English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Araneidan
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.
Araneidan
(n.)
One of the Araneina; a spider.
Araneiform
(a.)
Having the form of a spider.
Araneina
(n. pl.)
The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.
Araneoidea
(n. pl.)
See Araneina.
Araneose
(a.)
Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.
Araneous
(a.)
Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb;
as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid.
Arango
(n.)
A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported
from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.
Arangoes
(pl. )
of Arango
Arapaima
(n.)
A large fresh-water food fish of South America.
Arara
(n.)
The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia
(Microglossus aterrimus).
Aration
(n.)
Plowing; tillage.
Aratory
(a.)
Contributing to tillage.
Araucaria
(n.)
A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species
are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells
differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces
in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The
seeds are edible.
Araucarian
(a.)
Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The
earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.
Arbalest
(n.)
Alt. of Arbalist
Arbalester
(n.)
Alt. of Arbalister
Arbalist
(n.)
A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of
wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device
for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.
Arbalister
(n.)
A crossbowman.
Arbiter
(n.)
A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a
controversy between them.