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- English Word Archilute Definition A large theorbo, or double-necked lute, formerly in use, having the bass strings doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.
- English Word Archimage Definition Alt. of Archimagus
- English Word Archimagus Definition The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.
- English Word Archimagus Definition A great magician, wizard, or enchanter.
- English Word Archimandrite Definition A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.
- English Word Archimandrite Definition A superintendent of several monasteries, corresponding to superior abbot, or father provincial, in the Roman Catholic church.
- English Word Archimedean Definition Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.
- English Word Archimedes Definition An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.
- English Word Arching Definition of Arch
- English Word Arching Definition The arched part of a structure.
- English Word Arching Definition Hogging; -- opposed to sagging.
- English Word Archipelagic Definition Of or pertaining to an archipelago.
- English Word Archipelago Definition The Grecian Archipelago, or Aegean Sea, separating Greece from Asia Minor. It is studded with a vast number of small islands.
- English Word Archipelago Definition Hence: Any sea or broad sheet of water interspersed with many islands or with a group of islands.
- English Word Archipterygium Definition The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.
- English Word Architect Definition A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans and designs of buildings, and to superintend the artificers employed.
- English Word Architect Definition A contriver, designer, or maker.
- English Word Architective Definition Used in building; proper for building.
- English Word Architectonic Definition Alt. of Architectonical
- English Word Architectonic Definition The science of architecture.
- English Word Architectonic Definition The act of arranging knowledge into a system.
- English Word Architectonical Definition Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in designing or construction; constructive.
- English Word Architectonical Definition Relating to the systemizing of knowledge.
- English Word Architectonics Definition The science of architecture.
- English Word Architector Definition An architect.
- English Word Architectress Definition A female architect.
- English Word Architectural Definition Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture.
- English Word Architecture Definition The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.
- English Word Architecture Definition Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
- English Word Architeuthis Definition A genus of gigantic cephalopods, allied to the squids, found esp. in the North Atlantic and about New Zealand.