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ing word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. Growth by apposition (Physiol.), a mode of growth characteristic of non vascular tissues, in which nutritive matter from the blood is transformed on the surface of an organ into solid unorganized substance…

s before us; an appreciation of colors. His foreboding showed his appreciation of Henry's character. J. R. Green.

w near, in a figurative sense; to make advances; to approximate; as, he approaches to the character of the ablest statesman.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected; as, aptotic languages.

carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.

y vertebræ with feathers along each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian characteristics.

Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.

An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

Consisting of, or characterized by, argument; containing a process of reasoning; as, an argumentative discourse.

Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony. Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev.

Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Ar`is*to*crat"ic*al*ness, n.

A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments. -- Ar*kos"ic (#), a.

A plant, drug, or medicine, characterized by a fragrant smell, and usually by a warm, pungent taste, as ginger, cinnamon spices.

Shaped like the head of an arow; cuneiform. Arrowheaded characters, characters the elements of which consist of strokes resembling arrowheads, nailheads, or wedges; -- hence called also nail-headed, wedge-formed, cuneiform, or cuneatic characters; the oldest written characters used in the country about the Tigris and E…

Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. [Archaic] "Artful strains." "Artful terms." Milton.

An affection characterized by pain in or about a joint, not dependent upon structural disease.

Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words. Total changes of party and articulate opinion. Carlyle.

fs. Johnson. -- Artificial classification (Science), an arrangement based on superficial characters, and not expressing the true natural relations species; as, "the artificial system" in botany, which is the same as the Linnæan system. -- Artificial horizon. See under Horizon. Artificial light, any light other than t…

or pertaining to art or to artists; made in the manner of an artist; conformable to art; characterized by art; showing taste or skill. -- Ar*tis"tic*al*ly, adv.

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 e…