ARILLATED
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ARILLED
AR'ILLED, a. Having an exterior covering or aril, as coffee.
ARILLUS
ARIL'LUS, noun The exterior coat or covering of a seed, fixed to it at the base only, investing it wholly or partially, and falling off spontaneously; by some writers called, fr...
ARIMA
AR'IMA,AH'RIMAN, nounThe evil genius or demon of the Persians; opposed to yezad, yezdan, ormozed, or hormizda, the good demon. The ancient magi held, that there are two deities ...
ARIMAN
AR'IMAN,ARIOLA'TION,HARIOLA'TION, noun [Latin ariolus or hariolus, a sooth sayer.]A soothsaying; a foretelling.
ARIOSO
ARIO'SO, adjective Light; airy.But according to Rousseau, applied to music, it denotes a kind of melody bordering on the majestic style of a capital air.
ARISE
ARI'SE, verb intransitive s as z preterit tense arose; participle passive arisen; Heb.1. To ascend, mount up or move to a higher place; as, vapors arise from humid places.2. To ...
ARISING
ARI'SING, participle present tense Ascending; moving upward; originating or proceeding; getting up; springing up; appearing.
ARISTA
ARIST'A, noun [Latin] In botany, awn, the long pointed beard which issues from the husk, or scaly flower cup of the grasses, called the glume.
ARISTARCHY
ARISTAR'CHY, noun [Gr. best, and rule.]A body of good men in power, or government by excellent men.
ARISTOCRACY
ARISTO'CRACY, noun [Gr. best, and to hold or govern.]A form of government, in which the whole supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state; or in a few men distin...
ARISTOCRAT
ARIST'OCRAT, noun One who favors an aristocracy in principle or practice; one who is a friend to an aristocratical form of government.
ARISTOCRATIC
ARISTOCRAT'IC,ARISTOCRAT'ICAL, adjective1. Pertaining to aristocracy; consisting in a government of nobles, or principal men; as an aristocratic constitution.2. Partaking of ari...
ARISTOCRATICAL
ARISTOCRAT'ICAL, a.1. Pertaining to aristocracy; consisting in a government of nobles, or principal men; as an aristocratic constitution.2. Partaking of aristocracy; as, an aris...
ARISTOCRATICALLY
ARISTOCRAT'ICALLY, adverb In an aristocratical manner.
ARISTOCRATICALNESS
ARISTOCRAT'ICALNESS, noun The quality of being aristocratical.
ARISTOTELIAN
ARISTOTE'LIAN, adjective Pertaining to Aristotle, a celebrated philosopher, who was born at Stagyra, in Macedon, about 384 years before Christ. The aristotelian philosophy is ot...
ARISTOTELIANISM
ARISTOTE'LIANISM, noun The philosophy or doctrines of Aristotle.
ARISTOTELIC
ARISTOTEL'IC, adjective Pertaining to Aristotle or to his philosophy.The pernicious effects of the aristotelic system.
ARITHMANCY
AR'ITHMANCY, noun [Gr. number, and divination.]Divination or the foretelling of future events by the use or observation of numbers.
ARITHMETIC
ARITH'METIC, noun [Gr. to number, the art of numbering, from number; from number, rhythm, order, agreement.]The science of numbers, or the art of computation. The various operat...
ARITHMETICAL
ARITHMET'ICAL, adjective Pertaining to arithmetic; according to the rules or method of arithmetic.
ARITHMETICALLY
ARITHMET'ICALLY, adverb According to the rules, principles or method arithmetic.
ARITHMETICIAN
ARITHMETI'CIAN, noun One skilled in arithmetic, or versed in the science of numbers.
ARK
'ARK, noun [Latin arca.]1. A small close vessel, chest or coffer, such as that which was the repository of the tables of the covenant among the Jews. This was about three feet n...
ARKITE
'ARKITE, noun A term used by Bryant to denote one of the persons who were preserved in the ark; or who, according to pagan fables, belonged to the ark.'ARKITE, adjective Belongi...
ARKTIZITE
'ARKTIZITE,'ARM, noun [Latin armus, an arm, a shoulder, a wing; armus is directly from the Gr. a joint, it would seem to be formed from Gr. to fit.]1. The limb of the human body...