aristocratic | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocratical, blue-blooded, blue, gentle, patrician |
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aristocratical | (adjective) belonging to or characteristic of the nobility or aristocracy | Synonyms: aristocratic, blue-blooded, blue, gentle, patrician |
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aristocratically | (adverb) in an aristocratic manner | - |
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aristocratism | (noun) the principles, practices or characteristics of aristocracy. | - |
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arithmancy | (noun) divination by means of numbers | - |
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arithmetic | (adjective) relating to or involving arithmetic | Synonyms: arithmetical |
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(noun) the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations | - |
arithmetical | (adjective) relating to or involving arithmetic | Synonyms: arithmetic |
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arithmetically | (adverb) with respect to arithmetic | - |
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arithmetician | (noun) someone who specializes in arithmetic | - |
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arity | (noun) the number of arguments that a function can take | - |
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ark | (noun) a boat built by Noah to save his family and animals from the flood | - |
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arles | (noun) money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract | Synonyms: earnest money |
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arm | (noun) the part of a garment that is attached at the armhole and that provides a cloth covering for the arm | Synonyms: sleeve |
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(noun) any instrument or instrumentality used in fighting or hunting | Synonyms: weapon, weapon system |
(noun) the part of an armchair or sofa that supports the elbow and forearm of a seated person | - |
(noun) any projection that is thought to resemble a human arm | Synonyms: branch, limb |
(noun) a human limb; technically the part of the superior limb between the shoulder and the elbow but commonly used to refer to the whole superior limb | - |
(noun) a division of some larger or more complex organization | Synonyms: branch, subdivision |
(verb) prepare oneself for a military confrontation | Synonyms: build up, fortify, gird |
(verb) supply with arms | - |
armada | (noun) a large fleet | - |
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armadillo | (noun) burrowing chiefly nocturnal mammal with body covered with strong horny plates | - |
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armament | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: arming, equipping |
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(noun) weaponry used by military or naval force | - |
armamentarium | (noun) the collection of equipment and methods used in the practice of medicine | - |
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armature | (noun) coil in which voltage is induced by motion through a magnetic field | - |
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armband | (noun) a band worn around the upper arm | - |
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(noun) worn around arm as identification or to indicate mourning | - |
armchair | (noun) chair with a support on each side for arms | - |
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armed | (adjective) (used of persons or the military) characterized by having or bearing arms | - |
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(adjective) (used of plants and animals) furnished with bristles and thorns | - |
(adjective) having arms or arms as specified; used especially in combination | - |
armet | (noun) a medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard | - |
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armful | (noun) the quantity that can be contained in the arms | - |
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armguard | (noun) a protective covering for the wrist or arm that is used in archery and fencing and other sports | Synonyms: bracer |
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armhole | (noun) a hole through which you put your arm and where a sleeve can be attached | - |
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armiger | (noun) a squire carrying the armor of a knight | Synonyms: armor-bearer |
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(noun) a nobleman entitled to bear heraldic arms | - |
armilla | (noun) (archeology) a bracelet worn around the wrist or arm | - |
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(noun) a celestial globe consisting of metal hoops; used by early astronomers to determine the positions of stars | Synonyms: armillary sphere |
armillary | (adjective) of or relating to bracelets | - |
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arming | (noun) the act of equipping with weapons in preparation for war | Synonyms: armament, equipping |
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armistice | (noun) a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms | Synonyms: cease-fire, truce |
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armless | (adjective) having no arms | - |
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armlet | (noun) a band worn around the arm for decoration | Synonyms: arm band |
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armlike | (adjective) resembling an arm | - |
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armoire | (noun) a large wardrobe or cabinet; originally used for storing weapons | - |
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armor | (noun) tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant | Synonyms: armour |
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(noun) protective covering made of metal and used in combat | Synonyms: armour |
(noun) a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles | Synonyms: armour |
(verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armour |
armored | (adjective) protected by armor (used of persons or things military) | Synonyms: armoured |
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(adjective) used of animals; provided with protective covering | Synonyms: armoured |
(adjective) equipped with the complete arms and armor of a warrior | Synonyms: panoplied |
armorer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armourer |
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(noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armourer, artificer |
(noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armourer |
armorial | (adjective) of or relating to heraldry or heraldic arms | - |
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armory | (noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armoury, arsenal |
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(noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armoury, arsenal |
(noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armoury, arsenal |
(noun) a collection of resources | Synonyms: armoury, inventory |
armour | (noun) tough more-or-less rigid protective covering of an animal or plant | Synonyms: armor |
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(noun) protective covering made of metal and used in combat | Synonyms: armor |
(noun) a military unit consisting of armored fighting vehicles | Synonyms: armor |
(verb) equip with armor | Synonyms: armor |
armoured | (adjective) protected by armor (used of persons or things military) | Synonyms: armored |
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(adjective) used of animals; provided with protective covering | Synonyms: armored |
armourer | (noun) a manufacturer of firearms | Synonyms: armorer |
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(noun) an enlisted man responsible for the upkeep of small arms and machine guns etc. | Synonyms: armorer, artificer |
(noun) a worker skilled in making armor or arms | Synonyms: armorer |
armoury | (noun) a place where arms are manufactured | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
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(noun) a military structure where arms and ammunition and other military equipment are stored and training is given in the use of arms | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
(noun) all the weapons and equipment that a country has | Synonyms: armory, arsenal |
(noun) a collection of resources | Synonyms: armory, inventory |
armpit | (noun) the hollow under the arm where it is joined to the shoulder | Synonyms: axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa |
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armrest | (noun) a support for the arm | - |
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arms | (noun) weapons considered collectively | Synonyms: implements of war, munition, weaponry, weapons system |
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(noun) the official symbols of a family, state, etc. | Synonyms: blazon, blazonry, coat of arms |
army | (noun) a permanent organization of the military land forces of a nation or state | Synonyms: ground forces, regular army |
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(noun) a large number of people united for some specific purpose | - |
armyworm | (noun) moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes | Synonyms: Pseudaletia unipuncta |
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(noun) noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain | Synonyms: army worm, Pseudaletia unipuncta |
(noun) larva of fungus gnat that feed on cereals and other grains; they march in large companies in regular order when the food is exhausted | - |
arnica | (noun) an ointment used in treating bruises | - |
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(noun) any of various rhizomatous usually perennial plants of the genus Arnica | - |
(noun) used especially in treating bruises | - |
aroid | (adjective) relating to a plant of the family Araceae | Synonyms: araceous |
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(noun) any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe | Synonyms: arum |
aroma | (noun) any property detected by the olfactory system | Synonyms: odor, odour, olfactory property, scent, smell |
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(noun) a distinctive odor that is pleasant | Synonyms: fragrance, perfume, scent |
aromatherapy | (noun) the therapeutic use of aromatic plant extracts and essential oils in baths or massage | - |
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aromatic | (adjective) (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings | - |
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(adjective) having a strong pleasant odor | Synonyms: redolent |
aromaticity | (noun) The property of having an aroma. | - |
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aromatise | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatize, perfume |
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aromatize | (verb) fill or impregnate with an odor | Synonyms: aromatise, perfume |
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around | (adverb) in circumference | - |
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(adverb) in the area or vicinity | Synonyms: about |
(adverb) from beginning to end; throughout | Synonyms: round |
(adverb) (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct | Synonyms: about, approximately, close to, just about, more or less, or so, roughly, some |
(adverb) used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction | Synonyms: about |
(adverb) by a circular or circuitous route | - |
(adverb) in a circle or circular motion | - |
(adverb) all around or on all sides | Synonyms: about |
(adverb) to a particular destination either specified or understood | - |
(adverb) in or to a reversed position or direction | Synonyms: about |
arousal | (noun) the act of arousing | Synonyms: rousing |
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(noun) mutual sexual fondling prior to sexual intercourse | Synonyms: foreplay, stimulation |
(noun) awakening from sleep | - |
(noun) a state of heightened physiological activity | - |
arouse | (verb) cause to be alert and energetic | Synonyms: brace, energise, energize, perk up, stimulate |
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(verb) cause to become awake or conscious | Synonyms: awaken, rouse, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) stop sleeping | Synonyms: awake, awaken, come alive, wake, wake up, waken |
(verb) summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic | Synonyms: bring up, call down, call forth, conjure, conjure up, evoke, invoke, put forward, raise, stir |
(verb) call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses) | Synonyms: elicit, enkindle, evoke, fire, kindle, provoke, raise |
(verb) to evoke sexual feelings | Synonyms: excite, sex, turn on, wind up |
(verb) to begin moving | Synonyms: stir |
aroused | (adjective) (of persons) excessively affected by emotion | Synonyms: emotional, excited, worked up |
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(adjective) aroused to action | - |
(adjective) emotionally aroused | Synonyms: stimulated, stirred, stirred up |
(adjective) keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement | Synonyms: ablaze, aflame |
(adjective) feeling great sexual desire | Synonyms: horny, randy, ruttish, steamy, turned on |
(adjective) brought to a state of great tension | Synonyms: wound up |
arouser | (noun) someone who rouses others from sleep | Synonyms: rouser, waker |
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arpeggio | (noun) a chord whose notes are played in rapid succession rather than simultaneously | - |
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arpent | (noun) a former French unit of area; equal approximately to an acre | - |
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arquebus | (noun) an obsolete firearm with a long barrel | Synonyms: hackbut, hagbut, harquebus |
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arrack | (noun) any of various strong liquors distilled from the fermented sap of toddy palms or from fermented molasses | Synonyms: arak |
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arraign | (verb) accuse of a wrong or an inadequacy | - |
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(verb) call before a court to answer an indictment | - |
arraignment | (noun) a legal document calling someone to court to answer an indictment | - |
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arrange | (verb) arrange attractively | Synonyms: coif, coiffe, coiffure, do, dress, set |
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(verb) arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events | Synonyms: order, put, set up |
(verb) make arrangements for | Synonyms: fix up |
(verb) put into a proper or systematic order | Synonyms: set up |
(verb) adapt for performance in a different way | Synonyms: set |
(verb) set (printed matter) into a specific format | Synonyms: format |
(verb) plan, organize, and carry out (an event) | Synonyms: stage |
arranged | (adjective) disposed or placed in a particular kind of order | Synonyms: ordered |
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(adjective) deliberately arranged for effect | Synonyms: staged |
(adjective) organized or planned for | - |
arrangement | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arranging, transcription |
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(noun) the spatial property of the way in which something is placed | Synonyms: placement |
(noun) an organized structure for arranging or classifying | Synonyms: organisation, organization, system |
(noun) the thing arranged or agreed to | Synonyms: agreement |
(noun) a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments | Synonyms: musical arrangement |
(noun) an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging | - |
arranger | (noun) a person who brings order and organization to an enterprise | Synonyms: organiser, organizer |
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(noun) a musician who adapts a composition for particular voices or instruments or for another style of performance | Synonyms: adapter, transcriber |
arranging | (noun) the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music | Synonyms: arrangement, transcription |
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arrant | (adjective) without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers | Synonyms: complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter |
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arras | (noun) a wall hanging of heavy handwoven fabric often with pictorial designs | Synonyms: tapestry |
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array | (noun) an arrangement of aerials spaced to give desired directional characteristics | - |
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(noun) especially fine or decorative clothing | Synonyms: raiment, regalia |
(noun) an impressive display | - |
(noun) an orderly arrangement | - |
(verb) align oneself with a group or a way of thinking | Synonyms: align |
(verb) lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line | Synonyms: lay out, range, set out |
arrayed | (adjective) in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia | Synonyms: panoplied |
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arrears | (noun) an unpaid overdue debt | - |
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(noun) the state of being behind in payments | - |
arrest | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: apprehension, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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(noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: check, halt, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage |
(verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: check, contain, hold back, stop, turn back |
(verb) take into custody | Synonyms: apprehend, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
(verb) attract and fix | Synonyms: catch, get |
(verb) cause to come to an abrupt stop | Synonyms: halt, hold |
arrester | (noun) a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier | Synonyms: arrester hook |
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arresting | (adjective) commanding attention | Synonyms: sensational, stunning |
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arrhythmia | (noun) an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart | Synonyms: cardiac arrhythmia |
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arrhythmic | (adjective) without regard for rhythm | Synonyms: arrhythmical |
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(adjective) lacking a steady rhythm | Synonyms: jerking, jerky |
arrhythmical | (adjective) without regard for rhythm | Synonyms: arrhythmic |
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arrival | (noun) accomplishment of an objective | Synonyms: reaching |
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(noun) the act of arriving at a certain place | - |
(noun) someone who arrives (or has arrived) | Synonyms: arriver, comer |
arrive | (verb) reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress | Synonyms: come, get |
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(verb) succeed in a big way; get to the top | Synonyms: get in, go far, make it |
arrivederci | (noun) a farewell remark | Synonyms: adieu, adios, au revoir, auf wiedersehen, bye-bye, bye, cheerio, good-by, good-bye, good day, goodby, goodbye, sayonara, so long |
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arriver | (noun) someone who arrives (or has arrived) | Synonyms: arrival, comer |
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arriviste | (noun) a person who has suddenly risen to a higher economic status but has not gained social acceptance of others in that class | Synonyms: nouveau-riche, parvenu, upstart |
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arroba | (noun) a unit of weight used in some Spanish speaking countries | - |
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(noun) a liquid measure (with different values) used in some Spanish speaking countries | - |
arrogance | (noun) overbearing pride evidenced by a superior manner toward inferiors | Synonyms: haughtiness, hauteur, high-handedness, lordliness |
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arrogant | (adjective) having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride | Synonyms: chesty, self-important |
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arrogantly | (adverb) in an arrogant manner | - |
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arrogate | (verb) seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession | Synonyms: assume, seize, take over, usurp |
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(verb) make undue claims to having | Synonyms: assign |
(verb) demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to | Synonyms: claim, lay claim |
arrogation | (noun) seizure by the government | Synonyms: confiscation |
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arrogator | (noun) a person who through conceit makes pretentious claims to rights or advantages that he or she is not entitled to or to qualities that he or she does not possess | - |
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arrow | (noun) a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow | - |
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(noun) a mark to indicate a direction or relation | Synonyms: pointer |
arrowhead | (noun) the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow | - |
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arrowroot | (noun) white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch | Synonyms: American arrowroot, Maranta arundinaceae, obedience plant |
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(noun) canna grown especially for its edible rootstock from which arrowroot starch is obtained | Synonyms: achira, Canna edulis, Canna indica, indian shot |
(noun) a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant | - |
arrowsmith | (noun) a maker of arrows | - |
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arrowworm | (noun) any worm of the Chaetognatha; transparent marine worm with horizontal lateral and caudal fins and a row of movable curved spines at each side of the mouth | Synonyms: chaetognath |
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