English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Archaeology
(n.)
The science or study of antiquities, esp. prehistoric
antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early
epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscripts,
etc.
Archaeopteryx
(n.)
A fossil bird, of the Jurassic period, remarkable
for having a long tapering tail of many vertebrae with feathers along
each side, and jaws armed with teeth, with other reptilian
characteristics.
Archaeostomatous
(a.)
Applied to a gastrula when the blastopore does
not entirely close up.
Archaeozoic
(a.)
Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal
life.
Archaic
(a.)
Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated;
obsolescent.
Archaical
(a.)
Archaic.
Archaism
(a.)
An ancient, antiquated, or old-fashioned, word,
expression, or idiom; a word or form of speech no longer in common use.
Archaism
(a.)
Antiquity of style or use; obsoleteness.
Archaist
(n.)
Am antiquary.
Archaist
(n.)
One who uses archaisms.
Archaistic
(a.)
Like, or imitative of, anything archaic; pertaining to
an archaism.
Archaize
(v. t.)
To make appear archaic or antique.
Archaized
(imp. & p. p.)
of Archaize
Archaizing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Archaize
Archangel
(n.)
A chief angel; one high in the celestial hierarchy.
Archangel
(n.)
A term applied to several different species of plants
(Angelica archangelica, Lamium album, etc.).
Archangelic
(a.)
Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or
resembling, an archangel.
Archbishop
(n.)
A chief bishop; a church dignitary of the first class
(often called a metropolitan or primate) who superintends the conduct
of the suffragan bishops in his province, and also exercises episcopal
authority in his own diocese.
Archbishopric
(n.)
The jurisdiction or office of an archbishop; the see
or province over which archbishop exercises archiepiscopal authority.
Archbutler
(n.)
A chief butler; -- an officer of the German empire.