| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| archaeology | noun | 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. |
| archaeozoic | adjective | Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life. |
| archangelic | adjective | Of or pertaining to archangels; of the nature of, or resembling, an archangel. |
| archdiocese | noun | The diocese of an archbishop. |
| archduchess | noun | The consort of an archduke; also, a princess of the imperial family of Austria. See Archduke. |
| archdukedom | noun | An archduchy. |
| archebiosis | noun | The origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis. |
| archegonial | adjective | Relating to the archegonium. |
| archegonium | noun | The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants. |
| archenteric | adjective | Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination. |
| archenteron | noun | The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination. |
| archer fish | A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; — so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chaetodon rostratus. | |
| archimedean | adjective | Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes’ screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc. |
| archipelago | noun | The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands., Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands. |
| architector | noun | An architect. |
| architraved | adjective | Furnished with an architrave. |
| archmarshal | noun | The grand marshal of the old German empire, a dignity that to the Elector of Saxony. |
| archprelate | noun | An archbishop or other chief prelate. |
| archprimate | noun | The chief primate. |
| archtraitor | noun | A chief or transcendent traitor. |