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   air mail
         n 1: mail that is sent by air transport [ant: {surface mail}]

English Dictionary: Arnold by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
air mile
n
  1. a unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude
    Synonym(s): nautical mile, mile, mi, naut mi, knot, international nautical mile, air mile
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airmail
n
  1. letters and packages that are transported by aircraft
  2. a system of conveying mail by aircraft
    Synonym(s): airmail, airpost
v
  1. send or transport by airmail; "Letters to Europe from the U.S. are best airmailed"
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airmail letter
n
  1. a letter sent by air mail [syn: airmail letter, {air letter}, aerogram, aerogramme]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
airmailer
n
  1. a mailer for airmail
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Aram Ilich Khachaturian
n
  1. Russian composer (born in Armenia) whose works are romantic and reflect his interest in folk music (1903-1978)
    Synonym(s): Khachaturian, Aram Khachaturian, Aram Ilich Khachaturian
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
armhole
n
  1. a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
armilla
n
  1. a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars
    Synonym(s): armillary sphere, armilla
  2. (archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Armillaria
n
  1. genus of edible mushrooms having white spores an annulus and blue juice; some are edible; some cause root rot
    Synonym(s): Armillaria, genus Armillaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Armillaria caligata
n
  1. fungus with a brown cap and white gills and a membranous ring halfway up the stalk
    Synonym(s): Armillaria caligata, booted armillaria
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Armillaria ponderosa
n
  1. a large white mushroom that develops brown stains as it ages; gills are white; odor is spicy and aromatic; collected commercially for oriental cooking the Pacific Northwest
    Synonym(s): Armillaria ponderosa, white matsutake
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Armillaria zelleri
n
  1. a large fungus with viscid cap that dries and turns brown with age; gills are off-white
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Armillariella
n
  1. a honey-colored diminutive form of genus Armillaria; grows in clusters; edible (when cooked) but most attention has been on how to get rid of it
    Synonym(s): Armillariella, genus Armillariella
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Armillariella mellea
n
  1. a honey-colored edible mushroom commonly associated with the roots of trees in late summer and fall; do not eat raw
    Synonym(s): honey mushroom, honey fungus, Armillariella mellea
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
armillary
adj
  1. of or relating to bracelets
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
armillary sphere
n
  1. a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars
    Synonym(s): armillary sphere, armilla
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
armless
adj
  1. having no arms; "the armless Venus de Milo" [ant: armed]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
armlet
n
  1. a band worn around the arm for decoration [syn: armlet, arm band]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
armlike
adj
  1. resembling an arm
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold
n
  1. English poet and literary critic (1822-1888) [syn: Arnold, Matthew Arnold]
  2. United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801)
    Synonym(s): Arnold, Benedict Arnold
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold Daniel Palmer
n
  1. United States golfer (born in 1929) [syn: Palmer, {Arnold Palmer}, Arnold Daniel Palmer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold Gesell
n
  1. United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961)
    Synonym(s): Gesell, Arnold Gesell, Arnold Lucius Gesell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold Joseph Toynbee
n
  1. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975)
    Synonym(s): Toynbee, Arnold Toynbee, Arnold Joseph Toynbee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold Lucius Gesell
n
  1. United States psychologist noted for his work in child development (1880-1961)
    Synonym(s): Gesell, Arnold Gesell, Arnold Lucius Gesell
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold of Brescia
n
  1. Italian theologian who censured the worldly possessions of monks and the temporal power of bishops and was condemned for dogmatic errors by the Second Lateran Council (early 12th century)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold Palmer
n
  1. United States golfer (born in 1929) [syn: Palmer, {Arnold Palmer}, Arnold Daniel Palmer]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold Schoenberg
n
  1. United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)
    Synonym(s): Schonberg, Arnold Schonberg, Schoenberg, Arnold Schoenberg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold Schonberg
n
  1. United States composer and musical theorist (born in Austria) who developed atonal composition (1874-1951)
    Synonym(s): Schonberg, Arnold Schonberg, Schoenberg, Arnold Schoenberg
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold Toynbee
n
  1. English historian who studied the rise and fall of civilizations looking for cyclical patterns (1889-1975)
    Synonym(s): Toynbee, Arnold Toynbee, Arnold Joseph Toynbee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Arnold-Chiari deformity
n
  1. deformity in which part of the brain protrudes through the skull
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
arum lily
n
  1. South African plant widely cultivated for its showy pure white spathe and yellow spadix
    Synonym(s): calla lily, calla, arum lily, Zantedeschia aethiopica
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arenilitic \A*ren`i*lit"ic\, a. [L. arena sand + Gr. li`qos
      stone.]
      Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains.
      --Kirwan.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Arenulous \A*ren"u*lous\, a. [L. arenula fine sand, dim. of
      arena.]
      Full of fine sand; like sand. [Obs.]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Armhole \Arm"hole`\, n. [Arm + hole.]
      1. The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit. --Bacon.
  
      2. A hole for the arm in a garment.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Armil \Ar"mil\, n. [L. armilla a bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf.
      OF. armille.]
      1. A bracelet. [Obs.]
  
      2. An ancient astronomical instrument.
  
      Note: When composed of one ring placed in the plane of the
               equator for determining the time of the equinoxes, it
               is called an equinoctial armil; when of two or more
               rings, one in the plane of the meridian, for observing
               the solstices, it is called a solstitial armil.
               --Whewell.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Armilla \[d8]Ar*mil"la\, n.; pl. E. {Armillas}, L.
      {Armill[91]}. [L., a bracelet.]
      1. An armil.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Armillary \Ar"mil*la*ry\, a. [LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla
      arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See
      {Arm}, n.]
      Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting
      of rings or circles.
  
      {Armillary sphere}, an ancient astronomical machine composed
            of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere,
            designed to represent the positions of the important
            circles of the celestial sphere. --Nichol.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Sphere \Sphere\, n. [OE. spere, OF. espere, F. sph[8a]re, L.
      sphaera,. Gr. [?][?][?] a sphere, a ball.]
      1. (Geom.) A body or space contained under a single surface,
            which in every part is equally distant from a point within
            called its center.
  
      2. Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial
            one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth.
  
                     Of celestial bodies, first the sun, A mighty sphere,
                     he framed.                                          --Milton.
  
      3. (Astron.)
            (a) The apparent surface of the heavens, which is assumed
                  to be spherical and everywhere equally distant, in
                  which the heavenly bodies appear to have their places,
                  and on which the various astronomical circles, as of
                  right ascension and declination, the equator,
                  ecliptic, etc., are conceived to be drawn; an ideal
                  geometrical sphere, with the astronomical and
                  geographical circles in their proper positions on it.
            (b) In ancient astronomy, one of the concentric and
                  eccentric revolving spherical transparent shells in
                  which the stars, sun, planets, and moon were supposed
                  to be set, and by which they were carried, in such a
                  manner as to produce their apparent motions.
  
      4. (Logic) The extension of a general conception, or the
            totality of the individuals or species to which it may be
            applied.
  
      5. Circuit or range of action, knowledge, or influence;
            compass; province; employment; place of existence.
  
                     To be called into a huge sphere, and not to be seen
                     to move in 't.                                    --Shak.
  
                     Taking her out of the ordinary relations with
                     humanity, and inclosing her in a sphere by herself.
                                                                              --Hawthorne.
  
                     Each in his hidden sphere of joy or woe Our hermit
                     spirits dwell.                                    --Keble.
  
      6. Rank; order of society; social positions.
  
      7. An orbit, as of a star; a socket. [R.] --Shak.
  
      {Armillary sphere}, {Crystalline sphere}, {Oblique sphere},.
            See under {Armillary}, {Crystalline},.
  
      {Doctrine of the sphere}, applications of the principles of
            spherical trigonometry to the properties and relations of
            the circles of the sphere, and the problems connected with
            them, in astronomy and geography, as to the latitudes and
            longitudes, distance and bearing, of places on the earth,
            and the right ascension and declination, altitude and
            azimuth, rising and setting, etc., of the heavenly bodies;
            spherical geometry.
  
      {Music of the spheres}. See under {Music}.
  
      Syn: Globe; orb; circle. See {Globe}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Armillary \Ar"mil*la*ry\, a. [LL. armillarius, fr. L. armilla
      arm ring, bracelet, fr. armus arm: cf. F. armillaire. See
      {Arm}, n.]
      Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting
      of rings or circles.
  
      {Armillary sphere}, an ancient astronomical machine composed
            of an assemblage of rings, all circles of the same sphere,
            designed to represent the positions of the important
            circles of the celestial sphere. --Nichol.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   d8Armilla \[d8]Ar*mil"la\, n.; pl. E. {Armillas}, L.
      {Armill[91]}. [L., a bracelet.]
      1. An armil.
  
      2. (Zo[94]l.) A ring of hair or feathers on the legs.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Armless \Arm"less\, a.
      1. Without any arm or branch.
  
      2. Destitute of arms or weapons.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Armlet \Arm"let\, n. [Arm + -let.]
      1. A small arm; as, an armlet of the sea. --Johnson.
  
      2. An arm ring; a bracelet for the upper arm.
  
      3. Armor for the arm.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arnold, CA (CDP, FIPS 2770)
      Location: 38.23219 N, 120.36955 W
      Population (1990): 3788 (3937 housing units)
      Area: 50.0 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
   Arnold, KS
      Zip code(s): 67515
   Arnold, MD (CDP, FIPS 2275)
      Location: 39.04273 N, 76.49943 W
      Population (1990): 20261 (7238 housing units)
      Area: 28.0 sq km (land), 6.7 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 21012
   Arnold, MN (CDP, FIPS 2260)
      Location: 46.87507 N, 92.10784 W
      Population (1990): 2891 (1058 housing units)
      Area: 29.9 sq km (land), 0.2 sq km (water)
   Arnold, MO (city, FIPS 1972)
      Location: 38.42843 N, 90.36930 W
      Population (1990): 18828 (6986 housing units)
      Area: 29.1 sq km (land), 0.9 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 63010
   Arnold, NE (village, FIPS 2095)
      Location: 41.42386 N, 100.19382 W
      Population (1990): 679 (371 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 69120
   Arnold, PA (city, FIPS 3088)
      Location: 40.57895 N, 79.76488 W
      Population (1990): 6113 (3022 housing units)
      Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 15068

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arnolds Park, IA (city, FIPS 3025)
      Location: 43.36284 N, 95.13180 W
      Population (1990): 953 (769 housing units)
      Area: 2.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 51331

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arnoldsburg, WV
      Zip code(s): 25234

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Arnoldsville, GA (city, FIPS 3124)
      Location: 33.91074 N, 83.21807 W
      Population (1990): 275 (119 housing units)
      Area: 4.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 30619

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
   ARM Ltd
  
      {Advanced RISC Machines Ltd.}
  
  
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