Archipelago (n.) Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.
Archipterygium (n.) The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.
Architect (n.) A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.
Architect (n.) A contriver, designer, or maker.
Architective (a.) Used in building; proper for building.
Architectonic (a.) Alt. of Architectonical
Architectonical (a.) Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive.
Architectonical (a.) Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.
Architectonic (n.) The science of architecture.
Architectonic (n.) The act of arranging knowledge into a system.
Architectonics (n.) The science of architecture.
Architector (n.) An architect.
Architectress (n.) A female architect.
Architectural (a.) Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture.
Architecture (n.) The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.
Architecture (n.) Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
Architeuthis (n.) A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.
Architrave (n.) The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.
Architrave (n.) The group of moldings, or other architectural member, above and on both sides of a door or other opening, especially if square in form.
Architraved (a.) Furnished with an architrave.
Archival (a.) Pertaining to, or contained in, archives or records.
Archives (pl. ) of Archive
Archive (n.) The place in which public records or historic documents are kept.
Archive (n.) Public records or documents preserved as evidence of facts; as, the archives of a country or family.
Archivist (n.) A keeper of archives or records.
Archivolt (n.) The architectural member surrounding the curved opening of an arch, corresponding to the architrave in the case of a square opening.
Archivolt (n.) More commonly, the molding or other ornaments with which the wall face of the voussoirs of an arch is charged.
Archlute (n.) Alt. of Archilute
Archilute (n.) A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.
Archly (adv.) In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly.
Archmarshal (n.) The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony.
Archness (n.) The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness.
Archon (n.) One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates.
Archonship (n.) The office of an archon.
Archontate (n.) An archon's term of office.
Archonts (p. pr.) The group including man alone.
Archprelate (n.) An archbishop or other chief prelate.
Archpresbyter (n.) Same as Archpriest.
Archpresbytery (n.) The absolute dominion of presbytery.
Archpriest (n.) A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
Archprimate (n.) The chief primate.
Arch stone () A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.
Archtraitor (n.) A chief or transcendent traitor.
Archtreasurer (n.) A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.
Archway (n.) A way or passage under an arch.
Archwife (n.) A big, masculine wife.
Archwise (adv.) Arch-shaped.
Archy (a.) Arched; as, archy brows.
archy () A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the rule of one only. Cf. -arch.
Arciform (a.) Having the form of an arch; curved.
Arcograph (n.) An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use of a central point; a cyclograph.
Arctation (n.) Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as in constipation from inflammation.
Arctic (a.) Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole, circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.
Arctic (n.) The arctic circle.
Arctic (n.) A warm waterproof overshoe.
Arctisca (n. pl.) A group of Arachnida. See Illust. in Appendix.
Arctogeal (a.) Of or pertaining to arctic lands; as, the arctogeal fauna.
Arctoidea (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, that includes the bears, weasels, etc.
Arcturus (n.) A fixed star of the first magnitude in the constellation Bootes.
Arcual (a.) Of or pertaining to an arc.
Arcuate (a.) Alt. of Arcuated
Arcuated (a.) Bent or curved in the form of a bow.
Arcuately (adv.) In the form of a bow.
Arcuation (n.) The act of bending or curving; incurvation; the state of being bent; crookedness.
Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
Arcubalist (n.) A crossbow.
Arcubalister (n.) A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
Arcubus (n.) See Arquebus.
-ard () Alt. of -art
-art () The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.
Ardassine (n.) A very fine sort of Persian silk.
Ardency (n.) Heat.
Ardency (n.) Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal.
Ardent (a.) Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.
Ardent (a.) Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.
Ardent (a.) Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.
Ardently (adv.) In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.
Ardentness (n.) Ardency.
Ardor (n.) Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
Ardor (n.) Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
Ardor (n.) Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.
Arduous (a.) Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
Arduous (a.) Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.
Arduously (adv.) In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.
Arduousness (n.) The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
Ardurous (a.) Burning; ardent.
Are () The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.
Are (n.) The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.
Areas (pl. ) of Area
Area (n.) Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
Area (n.) The inclosed space on which a building stands.
Area (n.) The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
Area (n.) An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
Area (n.) The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.
Area (n.) A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
Area (n.) Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
Aread (v. t.) Alt. of Areed
Areed (v. t.) To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a dream.
Areed (v. t.) To read.
Areed (v. t.) To counsel, advise, warn, or direct.