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  • English Word Arbitress Definition A female arbiter; an arbitratrix.
  • English Word Arblast Definition A crossbow. See Arbalest.
  • English Word Arbor Definition A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.
  • English Word Arbor Definition A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
  • English Word Arbor Definition An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
  • English Word Arbor Definition A mandrel in lathe turning.
  • English Word Arbor Dianae Definition A precipitation of silver, in a beautiful arborescent form.
  • English Word Arbor vine Definition A species of bindweed.
  • English Word Arbor vitae Definition An evergreen tree of the cypress tribe, genus Thuja. The American species is the T. occidentalis.
  • English Word Arbor vitae Definition The treelike disposition of the gray and white nerve tissues in the cerebellum, as seen in a vertical section.
  • English Word Arborary Definition Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.
  • English Word Arborator Definition One who plants or who prunes trees.
  • English Word Arboreal Definition Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.
  • English Word Arboreal Definition Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals.
  • English Word Arbored Definition Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees.
  • English Word Arboreous Definition Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub.
  • English Word Arboreous Definition Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.
  • English Word Arborescence Definition The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.
  • English Word Arborescent Definition Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.
  • English Word Arboret Definition A small tree or shrub.
  • English Word Arboreta Definition of Arboretum
  • English Word Arboretum Definition A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.
  • English Word Arborical Definition Relating to trees.
  • English Word Arboricole Definition Tree-inhabiting; -- said of certain birds.
  • English Word Arboricultural Definition Pertaining to arboriculture.
  • English Word Arboriculture Definition The cultivation of trees and shrubs, chiefly for timber or for ornamental purposes.
  • English Word Arboriculturist Definition One who cultivates trees.
  • English Word Arboriform Definition Treelike in shape.
  • English Word Arborist Definition One who makes trees his study, or who is versed in the knowledge of trees.
  • English Word Arborization Definition The appearance or figure of a tree or plant, as in minerals or fossils; a dendrite.