Helen Fenton

Articulately: Definition and part of speech

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Articulately

  1. adv. With distinct utterance of the separate sounds.
  2. adv. After the manner, or in the form, of a joint.
  3. adv. Article by article; in distinct particulars; in detail; definitely.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Articulation: Definition and part of speech

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Articulation

  1. n. A sound made by the vocal organs; an articulate utterance or an elementary sound, esp. a consonant.
  2. n. A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.
  3. n. The connection of the parts of a plant by joints, as in pods.
  4. n. One of the nodes or joints, as in cane and maize.
  5. n. One of the parts intercepted between the joints; also, a subdivision into parts at regular or irregular intervals as a result of serial intermission in growth, as in the cane, grasses, etc.
  6. n. The act of putting together with a joint or joints; any meeting of parts in a joint.
  7. n. The state of being jointed; connection of parts.
  8. n. The utterance of the elementary sounds of a language by the appropriate movements of the organs, as in pronunciation; as, a distinct articulation.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Articulator: Definition and part of speech

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Articulator

  1. n. One who, or that which, articulates; as: (a) One who enunciates distinctly. (b) One who prepares and mounts skeletons. (c) An instrument to cure stammering.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Articulus: Definition and part of speech

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Articulus

  1. n. A joint of the cirri of the Crinoidea; a joint or segment of an arthropod appendage.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Artifice: Definition and part of speech

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Artifice

  1. n. Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [Now the usual meaning.]
  2. n. A handicraft; a trade; art of making.
  3. n. Workmanship; a skillfully contrived work.
  4. n. Artful or skillful contrivance.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Artificer: Definition and part of speech

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Artificer

  1. n. A military mechanic, as a blacksmith, carpenter, etc.; also, one who prepares the shells, fuses, grenades, etc., in a military laboratory.
  2. n. An artistic worker; a mechanic or manufacturer; one whose occupation requires skill or knowledge of a particular kind, as a silversmith.
  3. n. One who makes or contrives; a deviser, inventor, or framer.
  4. n. A cunning or artful fellow.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Artificial: Definition and part of speech

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Artificial

  1. a. Cultivated; not indigenous; not of spontaneous growth; as, artificial grasses.
  2. a. Made or contrived by art; produced or modified by human skill and labor, in opposition to natural; as, artificial heat or light, gems, salts, minerals, fountains, flowers.
  3. a. Feigned; fictitious; assumed; affected; not genuine.
  4. a. Artful; cunning; crafty.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.