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<HTML> <HEAD><TITLE>DICTIONARY: ar - aragonese</TITLE></HEAD> <BODY BGCOLOR="#ffffff"> <A HREF="a.dic">A</A> <A HREF="b.dic">B</A> <A HREF="c.dic">C</A> <A HREF="d.dic">D</A> <A HREF="e.dic">E</A> <A HREF="f.dic">F</A> <A HREF="g.dic">G</A> <A HREF="h.dic">H</A> <A HREF="i.dic">I</A> <A HREF="j.dic">J</A> <A HREF="k.dic">K</A> <A HREF="l.dic">L</A> <A HREF="m.dic">M</A> <A HREF="n.dic">N</A> <A HREF="o.dic">O</A> <A HREF="p.dic">P</A> <A HREF="q.dic">Q</A> <A HREF="r.dic">R</A> <A HREF="s.dic">S</A> <A HREF="t.dic">T</A> <A HREF="u.dic">U</A> <A HREF="v.dic">V</A> <A HREF="w.dic">W</A> <A HREF="x.dic">X</A> <A HREF="y.dic">Y</A> <A HREF="z.dic">Z</A> <A NAME="ar"> ar, noun. =are (2).</DL> <A NAME="ar"> ar-,<DL COMPACT><DD> (prefix.) the form of ad- before r, as in Ex. arrive. </DL> <A NAME="ar"> -ar, suffix forming adjectives from nouns.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. of or having to do with ______. Ex. Polar = of the pole(s). Nuclear = having to do with a nucleus or nuclei. <DD> 2. like ______. Ex. Stellar = like a star. <DD> 3. of the nature of the ______. Ex. Popular = of the nature of the people. </DL> <A NAME="ar"> ar.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. argent. <DD> 2. aromatic. <DD> 3a. arrival. <DD> b. arrive. <DD> c. arrives. </DL> <A NAME="ar"> Ar (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> argon (chemical element). </DL> <A NAME="ar"> Ar.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1a. Arabian. <DD> b. Arabic. <DD> 2. Aramaic. <DD> 3. argentum (silver). </DL> <A NAME="ar"> AR (no period),<DL COMPACT><DD> Arkansas (in postal Zip Code). </DL> <A NAME="ara"> ara, noun. =macaw.</DL> <A NAME="araa"> ara-A, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a drug used to control viral infections. It is made from a sugar derived from gum arabic and a substance present in nucleic acid. Ara-A is effective against encephalitis, hepatitis, and influenza. Ex. Hailed as the most significant advance since the first clinical use of penicillin in 1941, ara-A is derived from a type of sponge found in the Caribbean Sea (Dianne Rafalik). </DL> <A NAME="arab"> Arab, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1a. a person born or living in Arabia. <DD> b. a member of the native race of Arabia. The Arabs are a Semitic people now widely scattered over southwestern and southern Asia and north, east, and central Africa. <DD> 2. =Arabian horse. <DD> 3. a homeless little wanderer; child of the streets; street Arab. <DD>adj. of the Arabs; of Arabia. Ex. An Arab maiden brought his food (Shelley). </DL> <A NAME="arab"> Arab.,<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. Arabian. <DD> 2. Arabic. </DL> <A NAME="arabesque"> arabesque, noun, adjective, verb, -besqued, -besquing.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. a kind of ornament in which flowers, foliage, fruits, and geometrical figures are represented in a fancifully combined pattern, used especially for the decoration of Arabian Oriental rugs and for walls and ceilings. <DD> 2. a ballet pose in which the dancer stands (either erect or bent at the waist) on one leg, extending the other at right angles to it, with the arms held in any of various positions. <DD> 3. a fanciful, ornamental musical passage or piece. Ex. ... an arabesque of right-hand chords and arpeggios (Whitney Balliett). <DD>adj. 1. carved or painted in arabesque. <DD> 2. (Figurative.) like arabesque; elaborate; fanciful. <DD>v.t. to decorate with or in the style of arabesques. <DD>v.i. to execute an arabesque in ballet. </DL> <A NAME="arabian"> Arabian, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of Arabia or the Arabs. <DD>noun 1. an Arab; person born or living in Arabia. <DD> 2. =Arabian horse. </DL> <A NAME="arabiancamel"> Arabian camel,<DL COMPACT><DD> a camel with one hump; dromedary. </DL> <A NAME="arabiancoffee"> Arabian coffee,<DL COMPACT><DD> the common coffee shrub from which arabica coffee is made. </DL> <A NAME="arabianhorse"> Arabian horse,<DL COMPACT><DD> a swift, graceful horse belonging to a breed of horses originally developed by the Arabs for use in the deserts of Arabia, now used as saddle horses. </DL> <A NAME="arabiannights,the"> Arabian Nights, The,<DL COMPACT><DD> a collection of old tales from Arabia, Persia, and India, dating from the 900's A.D. It contains tales of Ali Baba, Aladdin, and many others and is also known as The Arabian Nights' Entertainments, and A Thousand and One Nights. </DL> <A NAME="arabic"> arabic, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> derived from various acacias of Arabia and other Eastern countries, such as gum arabic. </DL> <A NAME="arabic"> Arabic, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun 1. the language of the Arabs; any one of several Semitic languages related to Hebrew. Arabic is now spoken chiefly in Arabia, Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt, and North Africa. <DD> 2. the classical literary language of the Koran. <DD>adj. 1. of the Arabs or their language. <DD> 2. belonging to Arabia. <DD> 3. coming from the Arabs. Ex. Arabic architecture. </DL> <A NAME="arabica"> arabica, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. coffee made from the seeds of the common coffee shrub. <DD> 2. the seeds from which it is made. </DL> <A NAME="arabicize"> Arabicize, transitive verb, -cized, -cizing.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. to make like Arabic; conform to Arabic usage. Ex. Urdu is the Arabicized form of Hindustani. <DD> 2. to render Arabic in culture; Arabize. Ex. Most of the Berbers have been Arabicized, but some 35 percent continue to speak Berber dialects (Benjamin Rivlin). </DL> <A NAME="arabicnumerals"> Arabic numerals or figures,<DL COMPACT><DD> the figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 0. They are called Arabic because they were first made known to Europeans by Arab scholars, but most probably they were derived from India. </DL> <A NAME="arability"> arability, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality or condition of being arable; capability of being used as arable land. </DL> <A NAME="arabin"> arabin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an amorphous powder, the principal constituent of gum arabic and certain other plant gums. </DL> <A NAME="arabinose"> arabinose, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a pentose sugar prepared by the action of sulfuric acid on gum arabic and certain other plant gums. </DL> <A NAME="arabis"> arabis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any plant of a group belonging to the mustard family, including the sicklepod, found chiefly in rocky terrain. Ex. Milk-white arabis haunted by the drowsy booming bees (Rhoda Broughton). </DL> <A NAME="arabism"> Arabism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the realm of Arab power or influence; Arab nations, collectively. <DD> 2. attachment to Arabic culture. <DD> 3. advancement of Arab interests and aspirations. </DL> <A NAME="arabist"> Arabist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. a person who studies Arabic language, literature, or history. <DD> 2. a supporter of Arab interests and aspirations. </DL> <A NAME="arabization"> Arabization, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> 1. the act or process of bringing under Arab control or rendering Arabic in culture. <DD> 2. the condition of being Arabized. </DL> <A NAME="arabize"> Arabize, transitive verb, -ized, -izing.<DL COMPACT><DD> to bring under Arab control or render Arabic in culture. noun Arabization. </DL> <A NAME="arable"> arable, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. fit for plowing; suitable for producing crops which require plowing and tillage. Ex. There is not much arable land on the side of a rocky mountain. <DD>noun arable land, now especially such land actually in use. </DL> <A NAME="arableague"> Arab League,<DL COMPACT><DD> an organization of Arab nations created in 1945 to promote closer relations among its members. </DL> <A NAME="araby"> Araby, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Poetic.) Arabia. </DL> <A NAME="aracari"> aracari, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a toucan with a body about 13 inches in length, found in South America from Colombia through Brazil. </DL> <A NAME="araceous"> araceous, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to the arum family; aroid; aroideous. </DL> <A NAME="arachicacid"> arachic acid,<DL COMPACT><DD> a fatty acid found in peanut oil, peanut butter, etc. </DL> <A NAME="arachidonicacid"> arachidonic acid,<DL COMPACT><DD> an unsaturated acid obtained from lecithin. </DL> <A NAME="arachin"> arachin, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a glyceryl ester of arachic acid. </DL> <A NAME="arachine"> arachine, noun. =arachin.</DL> <A NAME="arachis"> arachis, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any of various plants, comprising a genus of the pea family, whose pods ripen underground, especially the peanut. </DL> <A NAME="arachisoil"> arachis oil, =peanut oil.</DL> <A NAME="arachne"> Arachne, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Mythology.) a Lydian maiden who dared to challenge Athena to a contest in weaving and was changed by her into a spider. </DL> <A NAME="arachnid"> arachnid, noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD>noun a small animal of a large group (arthropods) that includes the spiders, scorpions, mites, ticks, and daddy-longlegs. An arachnid is closely allied to the insects and crustaceans, but breathes air by means of tracheal tubes or pulmonary sacs and has four pairs of walking legs, no antennae, and no wings. The body is usually divided into only two regions. <DD>adj. =arachnidan. </DL> <A NAME="arachnidan"> arachnidan, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of or having to do with the arachnids. <DD>noun =arachnid. </DL> <A NAME="arachnidian"> arachnidian, adjective, noun. =arachnidan.</DL> <A NAME="arachnidism"> arachnidism, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the diseased condition caused by the bite of a poisonous spider or other arachnid. </DL> <A NAME="arachnoid"> arachnoid, adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. 1. of or resembling an arachnid. <DD> 2. of or designating the delicate serous membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cord, lying between the dura mater and pia mater. <DD> 3. like a cobweb. <DD> 4. (Botany.) covered with or formed of long, delicate, cobweblike hairs or fibers. <DD>noun 1. =arachnid. <DD> 2. the arachnoid membrane. </DL> <A NAME="arachnologist"> arachnologist, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies arachnology. </DL> <A NAME="arachnology"> arachnology, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of zoology that deals with the arachnids. </DL> <A NAME="aragonese"> Aragonese, adjective, noun, pl. -nese.<DL COMPACT><DD>adj. of Aragon, a region and former kingdom in northeastern Spain, its people, or their language. <DD>noun 1. a native or inhabitant of Aragon. <DD> 2. the dialect of Spanish spoken in Aragon. </DL> <A HREF="aragonit.dic">NEXT</A>