Arduous
Ar″du‐ous (?; 135), a. [L. arduus steep, high; akin to Ir. ard high, height.] 1. Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.Those arduous paths they trod.Pope.2. Attende...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Arduously
Ar″du‐ous‐ly, adv. In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.
Arduousness
Ar″du‐ous‐ness, n. The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
Ardurous
Ar″du‐rous (�), a. Burning; ardent.Lo! further on,Where flames the arduous Spirit of Isidore.Cary.
Are
Are (�). [AS. (Northumbrian) aron, akin to the 1st pers. pl. forms, Icel. erum, Goth. sijum, L. sumus, Gr. �, Skr. smas; all from a root as. � See Am and Is, and cf. Be.] The pr...
Are (2)
Are (�), n. [F., fr. L. area. See Area.] (Metric system) The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about ...
Area
A″re‐a (ā″rē̍‐ȧ; 277), n.; pl.Areas (–ȧz). [L. area a broad piece of level ground. Cf. Are, n.] 1. Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground withi...
Aread
{ A‐read″, A‐reed″ } (�), v. t. [OE. areden, AS. ārǣdan to interpret. See Read.] 1. To tell, declare, explain, or interpret; to divine; to guess; as, to aread a riddle or a drea...
Areal
A″re‐al (�), a. [Cf. L. arealis, fr. area.] Of or pertaining to an area; as, areal interstices (the areas or spaces inclosed by the reticulate vessels of leaves).
Arear
A‐rear″ (�), v. t. & i. [AS. ārǣran. See Rear.] To raise; to set up; to stir up.
Arear (2)
A‐rear″, adv. [See Arrear, adv.] Backward; in or to the rear; behindhand. Spenser.
Areca
‖A‐re″ca (�), n. [Canarese adiki: cf. Pg. & Sp. areca.] (Bot.) A genus of palms, one species of which produces the areca nut, or betel nut, which is chewed in India with the lea...
Arecoline
{ A‐re″co‐line (?), n. Also –lin }. [From NL. Areca, a genus of palms bearing betel nut.] An oily liquid substance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the l...
Areek
A‐reek″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + reek.] In a reeking condition. Swift.
Arefaction
Ar′e‐fac″tion (�), n. [L. arefacere to dry.] The act of drying, or the state of growing dry.The arefaction of the earth.Sir M. Hale.
Arefy
Ar″e‐fy (�), v. t. [L. arere to be dry + -fly.] To dry, or make dry. Bacon.
Arena
A‐re″na (�), n.; pl. E. Arenas (�); L. Arenæ (�). [L. arena, harena, sand, a sandy place.] 1. (Rom. Antiq.) The area in the central part of an amphitheater, in which the gladiat...
Arenaceous
Ar′e‐na″ceous (�), a. [L. arenaceus, fr. arena sand.] Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limest...
Arenarious
Ar′e‐na″ri‐ous (�), a. [L. arenarius, fr. arena sand.] Sandy; as, arenarious soil.
Arenation
Ar′e‐na″tion (ăr′ē̍‐nā″shŭn), n. [L. arenatio, fr. arena sand.] (Med.) A sand bath; application of hot sand to the body. Dunglison.
Arendator
‖Ar′en‐da″tor (�), n. [LL. arendator, arrendator, fr. arendare, arrendare, to pay rent, fr. arenda yearly rent; ad + renda, F. rente, E. rent. Cf. Arrentation and Rent.] In some...
Areng
‖A‐reng″ (�), ‖A‐ren″ga (�), n. A palm tree (Saguerus saccharifer) which furnishes sago, wine, and fibers for ropes; the gomuti palm.
Arenicolite
Ar′e‐nic″o‐lite (�), n. [L. arena sand + colere to cherish or live.] (Paleon.) An ancient wormhole in sand, preserved in the rocks. Dana.
Arenilitic
A‐ren′i‐lit″ic (�), a. [L. arena sand + Gr. λίθοσ stone.] Of or pertaining to sandstone; as, arenilitic mountains. Kirwan.
Arenose
Ar″e‐nose (�), a. [L. arenosus, fr. arena sand.] Sandy; full of sand. Johnson.
Arenulous
A‐ren″u‐lous (�), a. [L. arenula fine sand, dim. of arena.] Full of fine sand; like sand.
Areola
A‐re″o‐la (�), n.; pl.Areolæ (�). [L. areola, dim. of area: cf. F. aréole. See Area.] 1. An interstice or small space, as between the cracks of the surface in certain crustaceou...