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   aardwolf
         n 1: striped hyena of southeast Africa that feeds chiefly on
               insects [syn: {aardwolf}, {Proteles cristata}]

English Dictionary: aardwolf by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Airedale
n
  1. breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire [syn: Airedale, Airedale terrier]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Airedale terrier
n
  1. breed of large wiry-coated terrier bred in Yorkshire [syn: Airedale, Airedale terrier]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aortal
adj
  1. of or relating to the aorta
    Synonym(s): aortal, aortic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
art dealer
n
  1. a dealer in works of art requiring esthetic evaluation
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artillery
n
  1. large but transportable armament [syn: artillery, {heavy weapon}, gun, ordnance]
  2. an army unit that uses big guns
    Synonym(s): artillery, artillery unit
  3. a means of persuading or arguing; "he used all his conversational weapons"
    Synonym(s): weapon, artillery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artillery fire
n
  1. fire delivered by artillery [syn: artillery fire, {cannon fire}]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artillery plant
n
  1. tropical American stingless nettle that discharges its pollen explosively
    Synonym(s): artillery plant, Pilea microphylla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artillery shell
n
  1. a shell fired by artillery
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artillery unit
n
  1. an army unit that uses big guns [syn: artillery, artillery unit]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artilleryman
n
  1. a serviceman in the artillery [syn: artilleryman, cannoneer, gunner, machine gunner]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artless
adj
  1. characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"
    Synonym(s): ingenuous, artless
    Antonym(s): artful, disingenuous
  2. simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"
    Antonym(s): artful
  3. showing lack of art; "an artless translation"
  4. (of persons) lacking art or knowledge
    Synonym(s): artless, uncultivated, uncultured
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artlessly
adv
  1. in a crude and unskilled manner; "an inexpertly constructed lean-to"
    Synonym(s): artlessly, crudely, inexpertly
  2. in an ingenuous manner; "she answered the judge's questions artlessly"
    Synonym(s): artlessly, ingenuously
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
artlessness
n
  1. the quality of innocent naivete [syn: artlessness, innocence, ingenuousness, naturalness]
  2. ingenuousness by virtue of being free from artful deceit
    Antonym(s): artfulness
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Aretology \Ar`e*tol"o*gy\, n. [Gr. [?]; [?] virtue + [?]
      discourse, [?] to speak: cf. F. ar[82]tologie.]
      That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its
      nature, and the means of attaining to it.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artilize \Art"i*lize\, v. t.
      To make resemble. [Obs.]
  
               If I was a philosopher, says Montaigne, I would
               naturalize art instead of artilizing nature.
                                                                              --Bolingbroke.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artillerist \Ar*til"ler*ist\, n.
      A person skilled in artillery or gunnery; a gunner; an
      artilleryman.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artillery \Ar*til"ler*y\, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie,
      arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and
      apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of
      any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns,
      ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm,
      prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art.
      See {Art}.]
      1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows,
            and arrows. [Obs.]
  
                     And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. --1
                                                                              Sam. xx. 40.
  
      2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars,
            howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls,
            bombs, and shot of all kinds.
  
      Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense,
               including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils,
               machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a
               train of artillery.
  
      3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which
            the care and management of artillery are confided.
  
      4. The science of artillery or gunnery. --Campbell.
  
      {Artillery park}, or {Park of artillery}.
            (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery,
                  including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition,
                  appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for
                  working them.
            (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or
                  collected.
  
      {Artillery train}, or {Train of artillery}, a number of
            pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their
            furniture, ready for marching.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artillery \Ar*til"ler*y\, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie,
      arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and
      apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of
      any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns,
      ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm,
      prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art.
      See {Art}.]
      1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows,
            and arrows. [Obs.]
  
                     And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. --1
                                                                              Sam. xx. 40.
  
      2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars,
            howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls,
            bombs, and shot of all kinds.
  
      Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense,
               including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils,
               machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a
               train of artillery.
  
      3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which
            the care and management of artillery are confided.
  
      4. The science of artillery or gunnery. --Campbell.
  
      {Artillery park}, or {Park of artillery}.
            (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery,
                  including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition,
                  appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for
                  working them.
            (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or
                  collected.
  
      {Artillery train}, or {Train of artillery}, a number of
            pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their
            furniture, ready for marching.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artillery \Ar*til"ler*y\, n. [OE. artilrie, OF. artillerie,
      arteillerie, fr. LL. artillaria, artilleria, machines and
      apparatus of all kinds used in war, vans laden with arms of
      any kind which follow camps; F. artillerie great guns,
      ordnance; OF. artillier to work artifice, to fortify, to arm,
      prob. from L. ars, artis, skill in joining something, art.
      See {Art}.]
      1. Munitions of war; implements for warfare, as slings, bows,
            and arrows. [Obs.]
  
                     And Jonathan gave his artillery unto his lad. --1
                                                                              Sam. xx. 40.
  
      2. Cannon; great guns; ordnance, including guns, mortars,
            howitzers, etc., with their equipment of carriages, balls,
            bombs, and shot of all kinds.
  
      Note: The word is sometimes used in a more extended sense,
               including the powder, cartridges, matches, utensils,
               machines of all kinds, and horses, that belong to a
               train of artillery.
  
      3. The men and officers of that branch of the army to which
            the care and management of artillery are confided.
  
      4. The science of artillery or gunnery. --Campbell.
  
      {Artillery park}, or {Park of artillery}.
            (a) A collective body of siege or field artillery,
                  including the guns, and the carriages, ammunition,
                  appurtenances, equipments, and persons necessary for
                  working them.
            (b) The place where the artillery is encamped or
                  collected.
  
      {Artillery train}, or {Train of artillery}, a number of
            pieces of ordnance mounted on carriages, with all their
            furniture, ready for marching.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artillery wheel \Ar*til"ler*y wheel\
      A kind of heavily built dished wheel with a long axle box,
      used on gun carriages, usually having 14 spokes and 7
      felloes; hence, a wheel of similar construction for use on
      automobiles, etc.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artilleryman \Ar*til"ler*y*man\, n.
      A man who manages, or assists in managing, a large gun in
      firing.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artless \Art"less\, a.
      1. Wanting art, knowledge, or skill; ignorant; unskillful.
  
                     Artless of stars and of the moving sand. --Dryden.
  
      2. Contrived without skill or art; inartistic. [R.]
  
                     Artless and massy pillars.                  --T. Warton.
  
      3. Free from guile, art, craft, or stratagem; characterized
            by simplicity and sincerity; sincere; guileless;
            ingenuous; honest; as, an artless mind; an artless tale.
  
                     They were plain, artless men, without the least
                     appearance of enthusiasm or credulity about them.
                                                                              --Porteus.
  
                     O, how unlike the complex works of man, Heaven's
                     easy, artless, unencumbered plan!      --Cowper.
  
      Syn: Simple; unaffected; sincere; undesigning; guileless;
               unsophisticated; open; frank; candid.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artlessly \Art"less*ly\, adv.
      In an artless manner; without art, skill, or guile;
      unaffectedly. --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artlessness \Art"less*ness\, n.
      The quality of being artless, or void of art or guile;
      simplicity; sincerity.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Artly \Art"ly\, adv.
      With art or skill. [Obs.]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Aredale, IA (city, FIPS 2620)
      Location: 42.83344 N, 93.00449 W
      Population (1990): 88 (44 housing units)
      Area: 2.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 50605

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
   Artillery
      1 Sam. 20:40, (Heb. keli, meaning "apparatus;" here meaning
      collectively any missile weapons, as arrows and lances. In
      Revised Version, "weapons"). This word is derived from the Latin
      artillaria = equipment of war.
     
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