English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Ardentness
(n.)
Ardency.
Ardor
(n.)
Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.
Ardor
(n.)
Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
Ardor
(n.)
Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as,
he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
Arduous
(a.)
Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
Arduous
(a.)
Attended with great labor, like the ascending of
acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or
enterprise.
Arduously
(adv.)
In an arduous manner; with difficulty or
laboriousness.
Arduousness
(n.)
The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
Ardurous
(a.)
Burning; ardent.
The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but
etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is,
all come from the root as.
Are
(n.)
The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each
side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square
yards.
Area
(n.)
The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included
within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or
a triangle.
Area
(n.)
Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of
the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
Area
(n.)
The inclosed space on which a building stands.
Area
(n.)
The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light
to the basement of a building.
Area
(n.)
An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a
region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
Area
(n.)
Extent; scope; range; as, a wide area of thought.
Area
(n.)
A spot or small marked space; as, the germinative area.
Aread
(v. t.)
Alt. of Areed
Areal
(a.)
Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the
areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).