ARCHFLATTERER
ARCHFLAT'TERER, noun [See Flatter.] A chief flatterer.
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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ARCHFOE
ARCHFO'E, noun [See Foe.] A grand or chief enemy.
ARCHFOUNDER
ARCHFOUND'ER, noun A chief founder.
ARCHGOVERNOR
ARCHGOV'ERNOR, noun The chief governor.
ARCHHERESY
ARCHHER'ESY, noun [See Heresy.] The greatest heresy.
ARCHHERETIC
ARCHHER'ETIC, noun A chief heretic.
ARCHHIEREY
ARCHHI'EREY, noun [Gr. chief, and priest.] A chief priest in Russia.
ARCHHYPOCRITE
ARCHHYP'OCRITE, noun A great or chief hypocrite.
ARCHIATER
ARCH'IATER, noun [Gr. chief, and physician.] Chief physician; a word used in Russia.
ARCHICAL
ARCH'ICAL, adjective Chief; primary.
ARCHIDIACONAL
ARCHIDIAC'ONAL, adjective [See Deacon.]Pertaining to an archdeacon; as an archidiaconal visitation.
ARCHIEPISCOPAL
ARCHIEPIS'COPAL, adjective [See Episcopal.]Belonging to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.
ARCHIL
'ARCHIL, noun A lichen, which grows on rocks, in the Canary and Cape de Verd isles, which yields a rich purple color, not durable, but very beautiful. It is bruised between ston...
ARCHILOCHIAN
ARCHILO'CHIAN, adjective Pertaining to Archilochus, the poet, who invented a verse of seven feet, the first four dactyls or spondees, the last three, trochees.
ARCHILUTE
'ARCHILUTE, nounA large lute, a theorbo, the base-strings of which are doubled with an octave, and the higher strings with a unison.
ARCHIMAGUS
'ARCHIMAGUS, noun [See Magician.] The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.
ARCHIMANDRITE
ARCHIMAND'RITE, noun [from mandrite, a Syriac word for monk.]In church history, a chief of the mandrites or monks, answering to abbot in Europe.
ARCHING
'ARCHING, participle present tense Forming an arch; covering with an arch.'ARCHING, adjective Curving like an arch.
ARCHIPELAGO
ARCHIPEL'AGO, noun [Authors are not agreed as to the origin of this word. Some suppose it to be compounded of Gr. chief, and sea; others of the Egean sea.]In a general sense, a ...
ARCHITECT
'ARCHITECT, noun [Gr. chief, and a workman. See Technical.]1. A person skilled in the art of building; one who understands architecture, or makes it his occupation to form plans...
ARCHITECTIVE
ARCHITECT'IVE, adjective Used in building; proper for building.
ARCHITECTONIC
ARCHITECTON'IC, adjective That has power or skill to build.
ARCHITECTONICS
ARCHITECTON'ICS, noun The science of architecture.
ARCHITECTRESS
ARCHITECT'RESS, noun A female architect.
ARCHITECTURAL
ARCHITECT'URAL, adjective Pertaining to the art of building; that is according to the rules of architecture.
ARCHITECTURE
'ARCHITECTURE, noun [Latin architectura.]1. The art of building; but in a more limited and appropriate sense, the art of constructing houses, bridges and other buildings for the...
ARCHITRAVE
'ARCHITRAVE, noun [Gr. chief, and Latin trabs, a beam.]In architecture, the lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column. It probably rep...