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Arrest. [R.] The arrestation of the English resident in France was decreed by the National Convention. H. M. Williams.

Adoption of a person of full age.

A gnawing. [Obs.] Bailey.

Pertaining to, consisting of, or containing, arsenic; as, arsenious powder or glass.

An association for promoting art (esp. the arts of design), and giving encouragement to artists.

e through the lungs, oxygen being absorbed and carbonic acid evolved; -- called also aëration and hematosis.

A systematic description of the arteries.

A small artery.

That part of anatomy which treats of arteries.

Abnormal thickening and hardening of the walls of the arteries, esp. of the intima, occurring mostly in old age. -- Ar*te`ri*o*scle*rot"ic (#), a.

That part of anatomy which treats of the dissection of the arteries.

The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.

Artificial. [Obs.] Johnson.

One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foot (corresponding to the middle finger in man) is asymmetrical and paired with the fourth digit, as in the hog, the sheep, and the ox; - - opposed to Perissodactyla.

One of the Artiodactyla.

Even-toed.

Specifically: The visible ascent of our Savior on the fortieth day after his resurrection. (Acts i. 9.) Also, Ascension Day.

Relating to ascension; connected with ascent; ascensive; tending upward; as, the ascensional power of a balloon. Ascensional difference (Astron.), the difference between oblique and right ascension; -- used chiefly as expressing the difference between the time of the rising or setting of a body and six o'clock, or six…

ure 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.