English English Dictionary

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Arable (a.)

Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.

Araby (n.)

The country of Arabia.

Aracanese (n. sing. & pl.)

A native or natives of Aracan.

Aracanese (a.)

Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah.

Aracari (n.)

A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

Arace (v. t.)

To tear up by the roots; to draw away.

Araceous (a.)

Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.

Arachnid (n.)

An arachnidan.

Arachnida (n. pl.)

One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix.

Arachnidan (n.)

One of the Arachnida.

Arachnidial (a.)

Pertaining to the arachnidium.

Arachnidial (a.)

Of or pertaining to the Arachnida.

Arachnidium (n.)

The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.

Arachnitis (n.)

Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.

Arachnoid (n.)

One of the Arachnoidea.

Arachnoid (n.)

The arachnoid membrane.

Arachnoid (a.)

Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby.

Arachnoid (a.)

Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.

Arachnoid (a.)

Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.

Arachnoidal (a.)

Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.