1. [adj]  expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language; "articulate speech"; "an articulate orator"; "articulate beings"
2. [adj]  consisting of segments held together by joints
3. [v]  express or state clearly
4. [v]  speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way; "She pronounces French words in a funny way"; "I cannot say `zip wire'"; "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"
5. [v]  put into words or an expression; "He formulated his concerns to the board of trustees"
6. [v]  provide with a joint, as of two pieces of wood

ARTICULATE is a 10 letter word that starts with A.

1. \Ar*tic"u*late\, a. [L. articulatus. See
   {Articulata}.]
   1. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
      [Archaic] --Bacon.
   2. Jointed; formed with joints; consisting of segments united
      by joints; as, articulate animals or plants.
   3. 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.
   

2. \Ar*tic"u*late\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.
   

3. \Ar*tic"u*late\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Articulated};
   p. pr. & vb. n. {Articulating}].
   1. To utter articulate sounds; to utter the elementary sounds
      of a language; to enunciate; to speak distinctly.
   2. To treat or make terms. [Obs.] --Shak.
   3. To join or be connected by articulation.
   

4. \Ar*tic"u*late\, v. t.
   1. To joint; to unite by means of a joint; to put together
      with joints or at the joints.
   2. To draw up or write in separate articles; to
      particularize; to specify. [Obs.]
   3. To form, as the elementary sounds; to utter in distinct
      syllables or words; to enunciate; as, to articulate
      letters or language. ``To articulate a word.'' --Ray.
   4. To express distinctly; to give utterance to.
            Luther articulated himself upon a process that hand
            already begun in the Christian church. --Bibliotheca
                                                  Sacra.
            To . . . articulate the dumb, deep want of the
            people.                               --Carlyle.
   

1. Jointed; having joints where separation may occur naturally; of a stem, having nodes.
2. Having joints; jointed; provided with places where separation may take place.