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2,084 words match “ARCH”

ARCHNESS n.
The quality of being arch; cleverness; sly humor free from malice; waggishness. Goldsmith.
ARCHON n.
One of the chief magistrates in ancient Athens, especially, by preëminence, the first of the nine chief magistrates. -- Ar*chon"tic, a.
ARCHONSHIP n.
The office of an archon. Mitford.
ARCHONTATE n.
An archon's term of office. Gibbon.
ARCHONTS n.
The group including man alone.
ARCHOPLASM n.
The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist.
ARCHPRELATE n.
An archbishop or other chief prelate.
ARCHPRESBYTER n.
Same as Archpriest.
ARCHPRESBYTERY n.
The absolute dominion of presbytery. Milton.
ARCHPRIEST n.
A chief priest; also, a kind of vicar, or a rural dean.
ARCHPRIMATE n.
The chief primate. Milton.
ARCHTRAITOR n.
A chief or transcendent traitor. I. Watts.
ARCHTREASURER n.
A chief treasurer. Specifically, the great treasurer of the German empire.
ARCHWAY n.
A way or passage under an arch.
ARCHWIFE n.
A big, masculine wife. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ARCHWISE adv.
Arch-shaped.
ARCHY a. 2 definitions
Arched; as, archy brows.
ANARCH n.
The author of anarchy; one who excites revolt. Milton. Imperial anarchs doubling human woes. Byron.
ANARCHAL a.
Lawless; anarchical. [R.] We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence. Landor.
ANARCHIC; ANARCHICAL a.
Pertaining to anarchy; without rule or government; in political confusion; tending to produce anarchy; as, anarchic despotism; anarchical opinions.
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