English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Aquosity
(n.)
The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness.
Ar
(conj.)
Ere; before.
Ara
(n.)
The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the
Scorpion.
Ara
(n.)
A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna),
native of South America.
Arab
(n.)
One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in
Syria, Northern Africa, etc.
Arabesque
(n.)
A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or
carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits,
foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or
imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
Arabesque
(a.)
Arabian.
Arabesque
(a.)
Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called
arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.
Arabesqued
(a.)
Ornamented in the style of arabesques.
Arabian
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.
Arabian
(n.)
A native of Arabia; an Arab.
Arabic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.
Arabic
(n.)
The language of the Arabians.
Arabical
(a.)
Relating to Arabia; Arabic.
Arabin
(n.)
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum
arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
Arabin
(n.)
Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.
Arabinose
(n.)
A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry
gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.
Arabism
(n.)
An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language.
Arabist
(n.)
One well versed in the Arabic language or literature;
also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.
Arable
(a.)
Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land
which has been plowed or tilled.