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. |