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- English Word Araneoidea Definition See Araneina.
- English Word Araneose Definition Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.
- English Word Araneous Definition Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid.
- English Word Arango Definition A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.
- English Word Arangoes Definition of Arango
- English Word Arapaima Definition A large fresh-water food fish of South America.
- English Word Arara Definition The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).
- English Word Aration Definition Plowing; tillage.
- English Word Aratory Definition Contributing to tillage.
- English Word Araucaria Definition A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.
- English Word Araucarian Definition Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.
- English Word Arbalest Definition Alt. of Arbalist
- English Word Arbalester Definition Alt. of Arbalister
- English Word Arbalist Definition A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.
- English Word Arbalister Definition A crossbowman.
- English Word Arbiter Definition A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
- English Word Arbiter Definition Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
- English Word Arbiter Definition To act as arbiter between.
- English Word Arbitrable Definition Capable of being decided by arbitration; determinable.
- English Word Arbitrage Definition Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.