A false aril; an aril originating from the micropyle instead of from the funicle or chalaza of the ovule. The mace of the nutmeg is an arillode.

A exterior covering, forming a false coat or appendage to a seed, as the loose, transparent bag inclosing the seed of the white water lily. The mace of the nutmeg is also an aril.

See Ahriman.

a genus of slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas.

A soothsaying; a foretelling.

In Greek legend, a fabulous horse, the offspring of Poseidon by Demeter (or, in other accounts, Gaea or a harpy) who to escape him had metamorphosed herself into a mare. It was successively owned by Copreus, Oncus, Heracles, and Adrastus. It possessed marvelous powers of speech, and its right feet were those of a man.

Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony.

In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.

a genus of tuberous or rhizomatous perennial herbs; mainly Mediterranean area.

Rising.

3d sing. pres. of Arise, for ariseth.

An awn.

A severe critic.

Severely critical.

Severe criticism.

Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.

Government by the best citizens.

One of the aristocracy or people of rank in a community; one of a ruling class; a noble.

Of or pertaining to an aristocracy; consisting in, or favoring, a government of nobles, or principal men; as, an aristocratic constitution.

The principles of aristocrats.

a family comprising the birthworts; wild ginger.

an order of plants distinguished by tubular petaloid perianth and inferior ovary. It includes the Aristolochiaceae, Rafflesiaceae, and Hydnoraceae.

The science of dining.

Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.

of or pertaining to Aristotle; Aristotelian.

a small genus of shrubs or small trees of Australia and New Zealand and West South America.

Of or pertaining to Aristotle, the famous Greek philosopher (384-322 b. c.). A follower of Aristotle; a Peripatetic. See Peripatetic.

Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.

Orig., a printing-out process using paper coated with silver chloride in gelatin; now, any such process using silver salts in either collodion or gelatin; also, a print so made.

Having a short beard or awn.

Divination by means of numbers.

The science of numbers; the art of computation by figures.

Of or pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.

Conformably to the principles or methods of arithmetic.

One skilled in arithmetic.

Arithmancy.

A calculating machine.

a resident of Arizona.

a resident of Arizona.

A chest, or coffer.

a resident of Arkansas.

a resident of Arkansas.

Belonging to the ark.

A sandstone derived from the disintegration of granite or gneiss, and characterized by feldspar fragments.

An earnest; earnest money; money paid to bind a bargain.

To provide one's self with arms, weapons, or means of attack or resistance; to take arms.

Great as a man's arm.

A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.

a family comrising the pill bugs.

the type genus of the Armadillidiidae.

Any edentate animal if the family Dasypid/, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay. A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.

Armada.

the final, decisive battle between the forces of good and evil, as foretold in the Apocolypse of Saint John. Also, the site of that battle. Used metaphorically for a vast and decisive conflict, attended by cataclysmic destruction.

A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.

An armory; a magazine or arsenal.

Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.

a band worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning.

A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms.

Furnished with weapons of offense or defense; furnished with the means of security or protection.

a country in the Caucasus, formerly a part of the Soviet Union.

a genus of shrubby or herbaceous low-growing evergreen perennials.

A kind of helmet worn in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries.

As much as the arm can hold.

With gaunt or slender legs. (?)

The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.

Bearing arms or weapons.

Formerly, an armor bearer, as of a knight, an esquire who bore his shield and rendered other services. In later use, one next in degree to a knight, and entitled to armorial bearings. The term is now superseded by esquire.

Bearing arms.

A bracelet.

An armil.

Pertaining to, or resembling, a bracelet or ring; consisting of rings or circles.

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.

One who holds the tenets of Arminius, a Dutch divine (b. 1560, d. 1609).

The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.

Power in arms.

Powerful in arms; mighty in battle.

Rustling in arms; resounding with arms.

A cessation of arms for a short time, by convention; a temporary suspension of hostilities by agreement; a truce.

Without any arm or branch.

A small arm; as, an armlet of the sea.

Ammoniac.

Defensive arms for the body; any clothing or covering worn to protect one's person in battle.

One who carries the armor or arms of another; an armiger.

Covered with defensive plates of metal, as a ship of war; steel-clad.

horseradish.

Clad with armor.

One who makes or repairs armor or arms.

Belonging to armor, or to the heraldic arms or escutcheon of a family.

A native of Armorica.

Of or pertaining to the northwestern part of France (formerly called Armorica, now Bretagne or Brittany), or to its people. The language of the Armoricans, a Celtic dialect which has remained to the present times.

One skilled in coat armor or heraldry.

A place where arms and instruments of war are deposited for safe keeping.

protected with a covering of armor.

provided with protective covering; -- used of animals. Opposite of unarmored.

an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc.

a collection of resources.

A thick plain silk, generally black, and used for clerical.

The hollow beneath the junction of the arm and shoulder; the axilla.

A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

Armor.

A collection or body of men armed for war, esp. one organized in companies, battalions, regiments, brigades, and divisions, under proper officers.

An inhabitant of Albania and neighboring mountainous regions, specif. one serving as a soldier in the Turkish army.

See Annotto.

The wild buffalo of India (Bos, or Bubalus, arni), larger than the domestic buffalo and having enormous horns.

A genus of plants; also, the most important species (Arnica montana), native of the mountains of Europe, used in medicine as a narcotic and stimulant.

An active principle of Arnica montana. It is a bitter resin.

An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.

Same as Annotto.

A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc.

The earthnut.

Any plant of the Arum family (Arace/); -- have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe.

Belonging to, or resembling, the Arum family of plants (Araceae).

To drive or scare off by some exclamation.

The stone pine (Pinus Cembra).

The quality or principle of plants or other substances which constitutes their fragrance; agreeable odor; as, the aroma of coffee.

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

Pertaining to, or containing, aroma; fragrant; spicy; strong-scented; odoriferous; as, aromatic balsam.

The act of impregnating or secting with aroma.

To impregnate with aroma; to render aromatic; to give a spicy scent or taste to; to perfume.