English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Archontate
(n.)
An archon's term of office.
Archonts
(p. pr.)
The group including man alone.
Archprelate
(n.)
An archbishop or other chief prelate.
Archpresbyter
(n.)
Same as Archpriest.
Archpresbytery
(n.)
The absolute dominion of presbytery.
Archpriest
(n.)
A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
Archprimate
(n.)
The chief primate.
Archtraitor
(n.)
A chief or transcendent traitor.
Archtreasurer
(n.)
A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer
of the German empire.
Archway
(n.)
A way or passage under an arch.
Archwife
(n.)
A big, masculine wife.
Archwise
(adv.)
Arch-shaped.
Archy
(a.)
Arched; as, archy brows.
A suffix properly meaning a rule, ruling, as in monarchy, the
rule of one only. Cf. -arch.
Arciform
(a.)
Having the form of an arch; curved.
Arcograph
(n.)
An instrument for drawing a circular arc without the use
of a central point; a cyclograph.
Arctation
(n.)
Constriction or contraction of some natural passage, as
in constipation from inflammation.
Arctic
(n.)
A warm waterproof overshoe.
Arctic
(n.)
The arctic circle.
Arctic
(a.)
Pertaining to, or situated under, the northern
constellation called the Bear; northern; frigid; as, the arctic pole,
circle, region, ocean; an arctic expedition, night, temperature.