Webster's Dictionary 1913

5752

Archiannelida

‖Ar′chi‐an‐nel″i‐da (�), n. pl. [NL.; pref. archi- + annelida.] (Zoöl.) A group of Annelida remarkable for having no external segments or distinct ventral nerve ganglions.

5753

Archiater

Ar″chi‐a′ter (�), n. [L. archiatrus, Gr. �; pref. � + � physician, � to heal.] Chief physician; — a term applied, on the continent of Europe, to the first or body physician of p...

5754

Archibald wheel

Ar″chi‐bald wheel (?). A metal-hubbed wheel of great strength and elasticity, esp. adapted for artillery carriages and motor cars.

5755

Archiblastula

‖Ar′chi‐blas″tu‐la (�), n. [Pref. archi + blastula.] (Biol.) A hollow blastula, supposed to be the primitive form; a cœloblastula.

5756

Archical

Ar″chi‐cal (�), a. [Gr. � able to govern, fr. � beginning, government. See Arch-, pref.] Chief; primary; primordial. Cudworth.

5757

Archidiaconal

Ar′chi‐di‐ac″o‐nal (�), a. [L. archidiaconus, Gr. �, equiv. to E. archdeacon.] Of or pertaining to an archdeacon.This offense is liable to be censured in an archidiaconal visita...

5758

Archiepiscopacy

Ar′chi‐e‐pis″co‐pa‐cy (�), n. [Pref. archi- + episcopacy.] 1. That form of episcopacy in which the chief power is in the hands of archbishops.2. The state or dignity of an archb...

5759

Archiepiscopal

Ar′chi‐e‐pis″co‐pal (�), a. [Pref. archi- + episcopal.] Of or pertaining to an archbishop; as, Canterbury is an archiepiscopal see.

5760

Archiepiscopality

Ar′chi‐e‐pis′co‐pal″i‐ty (�), n. The station or dignity of an archbishop; archiepiscopacy. Fuller.

5761

Archiepiscopate

Ar′chi‐e‐pis″co‐pate (�), n. [Pref. archi- + episcopate.] The office of an archbishop; an archbishopric.

5762

Archierey

‖Ar‐chi″e‐rey (�), n. [Russ. archieréi, fr. Gr. αρχιερεὔσ; pref. αρχἰ- (E. arch-) + ιερεὕσ priest.] The higher order of clergy in Russia, including metropolitans, archbishops, a...

5763

Archil

Ar″chil (?; 277), n. [OF. orchel, orcheil, It. orcella, oricello, or OSp. orchillo. Cf. Orchil.] 1. A violet dye obtained from several species of lichen (Roccella tinctoria, etc...

5764

Archilochian

Ar′chi‐lo″chi‐an (�), a. [L. Archilochius.] Of or pertaining to the satiric Greek poet Archilochus; as, Archilochian meter.

5765

Archimage

{ Ar″chi‐mage (�), ‖Ar′chi‐ma″gus (�), } n. [NL.; pref. archi- + L. magus, Gr. �, a Magian.] 1. The high priest of the Persian Magi, or worshipers of fire.2. A great magician, w...

5766

Archimandrite

Ar′chi‐man″drite (�), n. [L. archimandrita, LGr. �; pref. � (E. arch-) + � an inclosed space, esp. for cattle, a fold, a monastery.] (Gr. Church) (a) A chief of a monastery, cor...

5767

Archimedean

Ar′chi‐me‐de″an (�), a. [L. Archimedeus.] Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean dril...

5768

Archimedes

‖Ar′chi‐me″des (�), n.(Paleon.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

5769

Arching

Arch″ing (�), n. 1. The arched part of a structure.2. (Naut.) Hogging; — opposed to sagging.

5770

Archipelagic

Ar′chi‐pe‐lag″ic (�), a. Of or pertaining to an archipelago.

5771

Archipelago

Ar′chi‐pel″a‐go, n.; pl.-goes or -gos (�). [It. arcipelago, properly, chief sea; Gr. pref � + � sea, perh. akin to � blow, and expressing the beating of the waves. See Plague.]1...

5772

Archipterygium

‖Ar‐chip′te‐ryg″i‐um (är‐kĭp′tē̍‐rĭj″ĭ‐ŭm), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. αρχἰ- (E. arch-) + πτερύγιον wing, fin.] (Anat.) The primitive form of fin, like that of Ceratodus.

5773

Architect

Ar″chi‐tect (är″kĭ‐tĕkt), n. [L. architectus, architecton, Gr. � chief artificer, master builder; pref. αρχἰ- (E. archi-) + � workman, akin to � art, skill, � to produce: cf. F....

5774

Architective

Ar′chi‐tec″tive (�), a. Used in building; proper for building. Derham.

5775

Architectonic

{ Ar′chi‐tec‐ton″ic (�), Ar′chi‐tec‐ton″ic‐al (�), } a. [L. architectonicus, Gr. �. See Architect.] 1. Pertaining to a master builder, or to architecture; evincing skill in desi...

5776

Architectonic (2)

Ar′chi‐tec‐ton″ic, n. [Cf. F. architectonique.] 1. The science of architecture.2. The act of arranging knowledge into a system.

5777

Architectonics

Ar′chi‐tec‐ton″ics, n. The science of architecture.

5778

Architector

Ar″chi‐tec′tor (�), n. An architect. North.