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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: artemis - artichoke</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="artemis"> Artemis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) the goddess of the hunt, of the forests, of wild animals, and of the moon. She was the twin sister of Apollo and was called Diana by the Romans. </DL> <A NAME="artemisia"> artemisia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of plants that includes wormwood. They grow mainly in dry regions of the Northern Hemisphere. An artemisia with silvery gray foliage which keeps all winter is often grown in gardens. </DL> <A NAME="arterenol"> arterenol, noun. =norepinephrine.</DL> <A NAME="arterial"> arterial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of an artery or the arteries. Ex. hardening of the arterial walls. <DD> 2. contained in the arteries. Arterial blood is bright red because it has been purified and oxygenated by passing through the lungs. <DD> 3. serving as a major route of transportation, supply, or access. Ex. Many large arterial highways join the nation's cities. <DD> 4. having a main channel with many branches. adv. arterially. </DL> <A NAME="arterialize"> arterialize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to convert (venous blood) into the bright-red blood of the arteries by the action of oxygen in the lungs. noun arterialization. </DL> <A NAME="arterio"> arterio-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) artery or arteries. Ex. Arteriotomy = the opening of an artery. </DL> <A NAME="arteriogram"> arteriogram, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. an X-ray photograph of an artery. <DD> 2. =arteriograph. </DL> <A NAME="arteriograph"> arteriograph, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. an instrument which makes a graph of the pulsing of an artery. <DD> b. the graph or tracing itself. <DD> 2. =arteriogram. </DL> <A NAME="arteriographic"> arteriographic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an arteriograph. </DL> <A NAME="arteriography"> arteriography, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the art or science of using the arteriograph. </DL> <A NAME="arteriolar"> arteriolar, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with an arteriole. <DD> 2. resembling an arteriole. </DL> <A NAME="arteriole"> arteriole, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a small artery, especially one leading into capillaries. </DL> <A NAME="arteriology"> arteriology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the scientific study of the arteries. </DL> <A NAME="arteriosclerosis"> arteriosclerosis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a progressive thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, causing a decrease or loss of circulation and often associated with high blood pressure or with chronic disease of the kidneys. Arteriosclerosis usually occurs in elderly people. </DL> <A NAME="arteriosclerotic"> arteriosclerotic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having arteriosclerosis. <DD>noun a person who has arteriosclerosis. </DL> <A NAME="arteriotomy"> arteriotomy, noun, pl. -mies.<DL COMPACT><DD> the surgical opening of an artery. </DL> <A NAME="arteriovenous"> arteriovenous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with both an artery and a vein. Ex. An arteriovenous aneurysm allows a vein and artery to open into one another (Lois G. Lobb). </DL> <A NAME="arteritis"> arteritis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> inflammation of an artery or arteries. </DL> <A NAME="artery"> artery, noun, pl. -teries, verb, -teried, -terying.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. any of the blood vessels or tubes that carry blood from the heart to all parts of the body. Arteries are membranous, elastic, and muscular and form part of the system of blood vessels. <DD> 2. a main road; important channel. Ex. Oceans serve as the main arteries of transportation between continents (Ernest W. Williams, Jr.). (SYN) highway, thoroughfare. <DD>v.t. 1. to supply with arteries. <DD> 2. to traverse like arteries. Ex. Great rivers arteried every state (Lucy L. Cameron). </DL> <A NAME="artesianwell"> artesian well,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a deep, drilled well from which water gushes up without pumping, located in a formation where water pressure is sufficient to produce a constant supply of water rising to the surface of the ground. <DD> 2. (U.S.) any deep, drilled well. </DL> <A NAME="artfilm"> art film,<DL COMPACT><DD> a motion picture that is artistic or avantgarde, especially in theme and technique. </DL> <A NAME="artform"> art form,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. any traditional or recognized medium of expression in the arts, especially in painting, music, or literature. Ex. The sonnet was one of the art forms in Shakespeare's day. <DD> 2. any medium of expression considered to resemble one of these, such as folk singing. Ex. He is hired by The Torch, a progressive weekly full of stories by Africans and given to hailing primitive folkways as major new art forms (Malcolm Bradbury). </DL> <A NAME="artful"> artful, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. slyly clever; deceitful; crafty. Ex. A swindler uses artful tricks to get people's money away from them. (SYN) sly. <DD> 2. skillful; clever. Ex. His artful settling of the disagreement won everybody's approval. (SYN) adroit. <DD> 3. artificial. <DD> 4. (Archaic.) having or showing practical or constructive skill. adv. artfully. noun artfulness. </DL> <A NAME="artglass"> art glass,<DL COMPACT><DD> decorative colored glassware, especially of a type developed in the 1800's. </DL> <A NAME="arthouse"> art house, =art theater.</DL> <A NAME="arthralgia"> arthralgia, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> pain, especially neuralgic pain, in a joint. </DL> <A NAME="arthralgic"> arthralgic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or affected with arthralgia. </DL> <A NAME="arthritic"> arthritic, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of arthritis. <DD> 2. caused by arthritis. <DD> 3. (Figurative.) feeble; decrepit. Ex. ... creating a modern railway system out of the present arthritic Victorian organism (London Times). <DD>noun a person who has arthritis. adv. arthritically. </DL> <A NAME="arthritical"> arthritical, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Rare or Obsolete.) arthritic. </DL> <A NAME="arthritis"> arthritis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an inflammation of a joint or joints of the body. Rheumatism and gout are two kinds of arthritis. </DL> <A NAME="arthrodesis"> arthrodesis, noun, pl. -ses.<DL COMPACT><DD> immobilization or stabilization of a joint by surgical fusion of the bones. </DL> <A NAME="arthrodia"> arthrodia, noun, pl. -diae.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) a gliding joint; diarthrosis. </DL> <A NAME="arthrodial"> arthrodial, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with an arthrodia. Ex. Arthrodial joints are usually provided with ligaments (Robert Todd). </DL> <A NAME="arthrodire"> arthrodire, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of placoderms having jointed necks, whose fossils are commonly found in Devonian rocks but persist into the Permian period. </DL> <A NAME="arthromere"> arthromere, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> one of the segments or divisions of the body of a jointed or articulate animal. </DL> <A NAME="arthropathy"> arthropathy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any joint disease. </DL> <A NAME="arthroplastic"> arthroplastic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with arthroplasty. </DL> <A NAME="arthroplasty"> arthroplasty, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the making of an artificial joint to replace a natural one. <DD> 2. surgery performed on a joint. </DL> <A NAME="arthropod"> arthropod, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a large group of invertebrate animals having segmented (jointed) bodies and hollow, jointed legs. The antennae, wings, and legs of arthropods are articulated in pairs. Insects (such as beetles and bees), arachnids (such as spiders and mites), crustaceans (such as lobsters and crabs), and the extinct trilobites are arthropods. </DL> <A NAME="arthropoda"> Arthropoda, noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> the phylum of invertebrates composed of the arthropods. </DL> <A NAME="arthropodal"> arthropodal, adjective. =arthropodous.</DL> <A NAME="arthropodous"> arthropodous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with the arthropods. </DL> <A NAME="arthroscope"> arthroscope, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an instrument for examining the interior of a joint. </DL> <A NAME="arthroscopy"> arthroscopy, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> examination of the interior of a joint by means of an arthroscope. </DL> <A NAME="arthrosis"> arthrosis, noun, pl. -ses.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Anatomy.) an articulation or suture joining two bones or cartilages. </DL> <A NAME="arthrospore"> arthrospore, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of several spores in certain fungi and algae, that look like a string of beads, produced by the breaking up, or fission, of a hypha. </DL> <A NAME="arthrosporic"> arthrosporic, adjective. =arthrosporous.</DL> <A NAME="arthrosporous"> arthrosporous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> producing arthrospores. </DL> <A NAME="arthur"> Arthur, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a Christian king in medieval and later romances about ancient Britain who gathered about him the famous Knights of the Round Table. The historical person about whom these romances were later spun was probably a British chieftain or the Romano-British general, Aurelius Auriolanus, who, about 500 A.D., successfully halted the Anglo-Saxon conquest for nearly thirty years. </DL> <A NAME="arthurian"> Arthurian, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of King Arthur, his court, and his knights. Ex. Arthurian legends. <DD> 2. of the romances about them. Ex. an Arthurian scholar. </DL> <A NAME="artiad"> artiad, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun an atom or element whose valence is expressed by an even number. <DD>adj. having the valence expressed by an even number. See also perissad. </DL> <A NAME="artichoke"> artichoke, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a plant somewhat like a thistle, with large prickly leaves; globe artichoke. It is a large, vigorous, composite herb, with divided leaves and a flowering head. <DD> 2. its flowering head, which is cooked and eaten as a vegetable before it becomes mature. <DD> 3. =Jerusalem artichoke. </DL> <A HREF="article.dic">NEXT</A>