| arrondissement |
in France, the highest administrative unit within a department. [2 definitions] |
| arrow |
a slender pointed or tipped shaft that is shot from a bow. [3 definitions] |
| arrowhead |
the wedge-shaped barb on the striking end of an arrow. [3 definitions] |
| arrowroot |
a plant of tropical America whose root is dried and pulverized to produce a nutritious starch. [2 definitions] |
| arroyo |
a steep ditch or gully, usu. dry, carved in a plain or desert by drainage of heavy rainfall. |
| arsenal |
a building used for the storage or manufacture of weapons, munitions, and other military equipment; armory. [3 definitions] |
| arsenate |
an ester or salt of arsenic acid. |
| arsenic |
a poisonous chemical element that has thirty-three protons in each nucleus and occurs in brittle, grayish white crystalline masses or in yellow or black allotropes. (symbol: As) [2 definitions] |
| arsenic acid |
a poisonous, water-soluble white powder that is used in the making of arsenates, medicines, and insecticides. |
| arsenical |
composed of or involving arsenic. [2 definitions] |
| arsenide |
a compound containing arsenic and one or more less electronegative elements. |
| arsenious |
composed of or involving arsenic, esp. in its trivalent state. |
| ars gratia artis |
(Latin) art for the sake of art. |
| arson |
the illegal act of burning buildings, another's or one's own, for malicious purposes or to claim insurance money. |
| -art |
variant of -ard. |
| art |
a fine skill that allows one to create a thing of excellence, beauty, or deep meaning that has resulted from natural ability, practice, or study. [4 definitions] |
| art. |
abbreviation of "article," in English grammar, the words "a," "an," and "the," which are used with nouns and act to limit the nouns' applications. (See "definite article," "indefinite article.") |
| art deco |
(sometimes cap.) a decorative style of the 1920s and 1930s that featured geometric shapes and bold colors and that was applied to furniture, glass and plastic ware, graphic productions, architecture, and the like. |
| artefact |
variant of artifact. |
| Artemis |
in Greek mythology, a goddess associated with the moon, virginity, and hunting; Diana. |
| arterial |
of, relating to, or similar to the arteries. [3 definitions] |