Words |
Parts of Speech |
Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
arcade |
noun |
A series of arches with the columns or piers which support them, the spandrels above, and other necessary appurtenances; sometimes open, serving as an entrance or to give light; sometimes closed at the back (as in the cut) and forming a decorative feature., A long, arched building or gallery., An arched or covered passageway or avenue. |
arcane |
adjective |
Hidden; secret. |
arcana |
plural |
of Arcanum |
arched |
imp. & past participle |
of Arch, Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door. |
archer |
noun |
A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow. |
arches |
|
pl. of Arch, n. |
archi- |
|
A prefix signifying chief, arch; as, architect, archiepiscopal. In Biol. and Anat. it usually means primitive, original, ancestral; as, archipterygium, the primitive fin or wing. |
archil |
noun |
A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc.), which grow on maritime rocks in the Canary and Cape Verd Islands, etc., The plant from which the dye is obtained. |
archly |
adverb |
In an arch manner; with attractive slyness or roguishness; slyly; waggishly. |
archon |
noun |
One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preeminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates. |
arctic |
adjective |
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., The arctic circle., A warm waterproof overshoe. |
arcual |
adjective |
Of or pertaining to an arc. |