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Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders. -- n.

A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.

Of or pertaining to an archdeacon. This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visitation. Johnson.

A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.

Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste." Thomson.

The state or quality of being arid or without moisture; dryness.

Aridity; dryness.

Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants.

e; to gratify. [Archaic] B. Jonson. Above all thy rarities, old Oxenford, what do most arride and solace me are thy repositories of moldering learning. Lamb.

A compound of arsenic with a metal, or positive element or radical; -- formerly called arseniuret.

o the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.

The fetid gum resin or inspissated juice of a large umbelliferous plant (Ferula asafoetida) of Persia and the East India. It is used in medicine as an antispasmodic. [Written also assafoetida.]

A parasitic nematoid worm, espec. the roundworm, Ascaris lumbricoides, often occurring in the human intestine and allied species found in domestic animals; also commonly applied to the pinworm (Oxyuris), often troublesome to children and aged persons.

One of the Ascidioidea, or in a more general sense, one of the Tunicata. Also as an adj.

The structure which unites together the ascidiozooids in a compound ascidian.

Shaped like an ascidian.

A group of Tunicata, often shaped like a two-necked bottle. The group includes, social, and compound species. The gill is a netlike structure within the oral aperture. The integument is usually leathery in texture. See Illustration in Appendix.

One of the individual members of a compound ascidian. See Ascidioidea.

A genus of simple ascidians, which formerly included most of the known species. It is sometimes used as a name for the Ascidioidea, or for all the Tunicata.

On, or to, one side; out of a straight line, course, or direction; at a little distance from the rest; out of the way; apart. Thou shalt set aside that which is full. 2 Kings iv. 4. But soft! but soft! aside: here comes the king. Shak. The flames were blown aside. Dryden.