Vocabulary : Aretaics to Argean

Aretaics : The ethical theory which excludes all relations between virtue and happiness; the science of virtue; -- contrasted with eudemonics.
Arete : An acute and rugged crest of a mountain range or a subsidiary ridge between two mountain gorges.
Aretology : That part of moral philosophy which treats of virtue, its nature, and the means of attaining to it.
Arew : In a row.
Argal : Crude tartar. See Argol. ;; A ludicrous corruption of the Latin word ergo, therefore. ;; Alt. of Argali

Argala : The adjutant bird.
Argali : A species of wild sheep (Ovis ammon, or O. argali), remarkable for its large horns. It inhabits the mountains of Siberia and central Asia.
Argand lamp : A lamp with a circular hollow wick and glass chimney which allow a current of air both inside and outside of the flame.
Argas : A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje.
Argean : Pertaining to the ship Argo. See Argo.

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