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Arcuation
n.
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A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering.
Arcubalist
n.
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A crossbow.
Arcubalister
n.
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A crossbowman; one who used the arcubalist.
Arcubus
n.
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See Arquebus.
-ard
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Alt. of -art
-art
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The termination of many English words; as, coward, reynard, drunkard, mostly from the French, in which language this ending is of German origin, being orig. the same word as English hard. It usually has the sense of one who has to a high or excessive degree the quality expressed by the root; as, braggart, sluggard.
Ardassine
n.
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A very fine sort of Persian silk.
Ardency
n.
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Heat.
Ardency
n.
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Warmth of passion or affection; ardor; vehemence; eagerness; as, the ardency of love or zeal.
Ardent
a.
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Hot or burning; causing a sensation of burning; fiery; as, ardent spirits, that is, distilled liquors; an ardent fever.
Ardent
a.
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Having the appearance or quality of fire; fierce; glowing; shining; as, ardent eyes.
Ardent
a.
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Warm, applied to the passions and affections; passionate; fervent; zealous; vehement; as, ardent love, feelings, zeal, hope, temper.
Ardently
adv.
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In an ardent manner; eagerly; with warmth; affectionately; passionately.
Ardentness
n.
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Ardency.
Ardor
n.
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Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.
Ardor
n.
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Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.
Ardor
n.
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Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.
Arduous
a.
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Steep and lofty, in a literal sense; hard to climb.
Arduous
a.
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Attended with great labor, like the ascending of acclivities; difficult; laborious; as, an arduous employment, task, or enterprise.
Arduously
adv.
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In an arduous manner; with difficulty or laboriousness.
Arduousness
n.
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The quality of being arduous; difficulty of execution.
Ardurous
a.
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Burning; ardent.
Are
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The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as.
Are
n.
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The unit of superficial measure, being a square of which each side is ten meters in length; 100 square meters, or about 119.6 square yards.
Areas
pl.
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of Area
Area
n.
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Any plane surface, as of the floor of a room or church, or of the ground within an inclosure; an open space in a building.
Area
n.
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The inclosed space on which a building stands.
Area
n.
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The sunken space or court, giving ingress and affording light to the basement of a building.
Area
n.
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An extent of surface; a tract of the earth's surface; a region; as, vast uncultivated areas.
Area
n.
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The superficial contents of any figure; the surface included within any given lines; superficial extent; as, the area of a square or a triangle.