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Aristocratical Aristocratic

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

Aristolochiales

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

Aristophanic

Of or pertaining to Aristophanes, the Athenian comic poet.

Aristotelia

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

Aristotelian

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

Aristotelic

Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.

Aristotype

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.

Arithmetic

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

Arithmetical

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

Ark

A chest, or coffer.

Arkose

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

Arles

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

Arm

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

Armada

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

Armadillo

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.

Armageddon

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.

Armament

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

Armature

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

armband

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

Armchair

A chair with arms to support the elbows or forearms.

Armed

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

Armenia

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

Armenian

A native or one of the people of Armenia; also, the language of the Armenians.

Armeria

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

Armet

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

Armful

As much as the arm can hold.

Armhole

The cavity under the shoulder; the armpit.

Armiger

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.

Armillary

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

Arming

The act of furnishing with, or taking, arms.

Arminian

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

Arminianism

The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.

Armistice

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

Armlet

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

Armor

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

Armor-bearer

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

Armor-plated

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

Armorer

One who makes or repairs armor or arms.

Armorial

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

Armorican Armoric

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.

Armorist

One skilled in coat armor or heraldry.

Armory

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

armoured

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

armourer

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

Armpit

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

Armrack

A frame, generally vertical, for holding small arms.

Arms

Instruments or weapons of offense or defense.

Army

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

Arnaout Arnaut

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

Arnee Arna

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

Arnica

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.

Arnicin

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

Arnicine

An alkaloid obtained from the arnica plant.

Arnotto 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.

Aroid

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

Aroideous Aroid

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

Aroint

To drive or scare off by some exclamation.

Arolla

The stone pine (Pinus Cembra).

Aroma

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

Aromatic

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

Aromatical Aromatic

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

Aromatize

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

Aromatizer

One who, or that which, aromatizes or renders aromatic.

Aroph

A barbarous word used by the old chemists to designate various medical remedies.

Around

On all sides of; encircling; encompassing; so as to make the circuit of; about.

around-the-clock

proceeding without interruption for twenty four hours every day.

Arousal

The act of arousing, or the state of being aroused.

Arouse

To excite to action from a state of rest; to stir, or put in motion or exertion; to rouse; to excite; as, to arouse one from sleep; to arouse the dormant faculties.

Arow

In a row, line, or rank; successively; in order.

Arpeggio

The production of the tones of a chord in rapid succession, as in playing the harp, and not simultaneously; a strain thus played.

Arpen Arpent

Formerly, a measure of land in France, varying in different parts of the country. The arpent of Paris was 4,088 sq. yards, or nearly five sixths of an English acre. The woodland arpent was about 1 acre, 1 rood, 1 perch, English.

Arpentator

The Anglicized form of the French arpenteur, a land surveyor.

Arquated

Shaped like a bow; arcuate; curved.

Arquebuse Arquebus

A sort of hand gun or firearm a contrivance answering to a trigger, by which the burning match was applied. The musket was a later invention.

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