Name Report For First Name ARA:

ARA

First name ARA's origin is Greek. ARA means "a myth name". You can find other first names and English words that rhymes with ARA below. Ryhme list involves the matching sounds according to the first letters, last letters and first&last letters of ara.(Brown names are of the same origin (Greek) with ARA and Red names are first names with English/Anglo-Saxon origin)

Rhymes with ARA - Names & Words

First Names Rhyming ARA

FIRST NAMES WHICH INCLUDES ARA AS A WHOLE:

chinara saran tarana johara maram thara' gadara arabella mukamutara mukantagara barabell ceara mairearad aldara arachne cynara marmara vara chandara amaravati apsaras dharani pandara sarama sharada sharama sitara taraka varaza tara xiomara lacramioara marioara camara diara faraji jawara el-saraya faraj faras marah moubarak mubarak qaraja umarah avarair garabed karayan arawn pendaran taran harald dakarai garai harakhty okpara re-harakhty baran bearach gearald piaras amphiaraus haralambos aaralyn adara alvara amara amaranta angharad araceli aracelia aracely araina arama araminte araseli atara atarah athdara aushara barbara caffara cara carah caraid caralyn cesara chiara ciara conchobara damara dara daracha darah delmara desarae dezarae eara emmarae fara farah fearchara garabina garabine gaspara genara guanhamara hadara hadarah hildemara imara intisara intizara jakiara jennarae kamarae kara karah karalan karan karas karasel keara kesara keyara khiara kiara klara kymara lara larae laraine machara manara mara maralah maranda molara naiara nara nashara nathara nudara saarah sahara samarah sara sarah saraid sarajane sharaden sharanya takara tamara tamarah tammara tara-lynne taralynn vafara zara zarahlinda aglaral aglarale aralt aram aramis aranck arav barak bearacb caradawc caraidland ciaran darach daran evarado gara garaden garadin garadun garadyn garafeld garatun harac haraford harailt jarah jaran kiarad laramie meara narain zarad zahara caramichil bharain caradoc aglara faran aranka zarah samara araminta vavara varvara megara amarande barabal valara angharat azhara amarantha baraka cantara barakah tarafah ararinda amarante sarai baram clara sharayah jenarae maralyn garan

NAMES RHYMING WITH ARA (According to last letters):

Rhyming Names According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - Names That Ends with ra:

asura aurora azmera efra iyangura japera katura nadra sanura tandra zuhura estra moira soumra adra aludra alzubra badra bahira bushra nasira noura samira yusra adora chamorra senora thora dendera kakra sagira shukura subira zahra azura abdera aethra astra calandra cassandra cleopatra clytemnestra cyra cythera deianira dora electra fedora hemera hera hilaeira hydra hypermnestra isadora isaura kleopatra lysandra madora metanira musidora pandora phaedra pheodora sapphira theodora theora thera adira afra zemira candra chaitra chandra kawindra nidra odra sakra saura zudora allegra cira genevra maura pietra teodora dumitra teadora trandafira aleksandra gabra yera boukra amen-ra chenzira khafra menkaura runihura chimera indira abra

NAMES RHYMING WITH ARA (According to first letters):

Rhyming Names According to First 2 Letters (ar) - Names That Begins with ar:

arber arcadia arcas arcelia arcene archaimbaud archambault archard archemorus archenhaud archer archerd archere archibald archibaldo archie archimbald arcilla arda ardagh ardal ardala ardaleah ardath ardeen ardel ardelia ardell ardella ardelle arden ardena ardene ardi ardine ardith ardkill ardleig ardleigh ardley ardolf ardolph ardon ardra ardwolf ardy ardyne ardys are areebah areille arela arelis arella aren arena arend arene ares aret areta arete aretha arethusa aretina areyanna arfan argante argi argia argie argo argos argus argyle ari aria ariadna ariadne arian ariana ariane arianell arianna arianrod aric aricela arick aridatha arie ariel ariela ariele ariella arielle ariellel arienh aries arietta ariette

NAMES BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ARA:

First Names which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':

aala aaleahya aarika aarshiya aashka aasiya abba abda abdalla abdulla abeba abelia abella abellona abena abequa aberfa abhaya abia abida abisha abjaja abraha abriana abrianna acacia academia acantha acca acharya acima ada adaira adairia adalbrechta adalgisa adalheida adalia adalicia adalwolfa adama adamina adana adanna adda addula adeela adela adelajda adelia adelina adelinda adelisa adelita adella adelpha adena adeola adharma adia adianna adiba adiella adila adima adina adisa aditya adiva adjoa admeta admina adolpha adoncia adonia adowa adreana adreanna adriana adrianna adsaluta adsila adwoa adya aeaea aegina aeldra aenedlea aerwyna aethelha aethelreda aetna afafa afia afina afraima afreda africa afua afya

English Words Rhyming ARA

ENGLISH WORDS WHICH INCLUDES ARA AS A WHOLE:

abearancenoun (n.) Behavior.

agouaranoun (n.) The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

aldebarannoun (n.) A red star of the first magnitude, situated in the eye of Taurus; the Bull's Eye. It is the bright star in the group called the Hyades.

altaragenoun (n.) The offerings made upon the altar, or to a church.
 noun (n.) The profit which accrues to the priest, by reason of the altar, from the small tithes.

amaracusnoun (n.) A fragrant flower.

amarantnoun (n.) Amaranth, 1.

amarantaceousadjective (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the amaranth is the type.

amaranthnoun (n.) An imaginary flower supposed never to fade.
 noun (n.) A genus of ornamental annual plants (Amaranthus) of many species, with green, purplish, or crimson flowers.
 noun (n.) A color inclining to purple.

amaranthineadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to amaranth.
 adjective (a.) Unfading, as the poetic amaranth; undying.
 adjective (a.) Of a purplish color.

amaranthusnoun (n.) Alt. of Amarantus

amarantusnoun (n.) Same as Amaranth.

andaracnoun (n.) Red orpiment.

antiparalleladjective (a.) Running in a contrary direction.

antiparallelsnoun (n. pl.) Straight lines or planes which make angles in some respect opposite in character to those made by parallel lines or planes.

antiparalyticnoun (n.) A medicine for paralysis.
 adjective (a.) Good against paralysis.

antiparalyticaladjective (a.) Antiparalytic.

aparanoun (n.) See Mataco.

apparatusnoun (n.) Things provided as means to some end.
 noun (n.) Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism.
 noun (n.) A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus.
  (pl. ) of Apparatus

appearancenoun (n.) The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me.
 noun (n.) A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky.
 noun (n.) Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien.
 noun (n.) Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him.
 noun (n.) The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator.
 noun (n.) Probability; likelihood.
 noun (n.) The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction.

aranoun (n.) The Altar; a southern constellation, south of the tail of the Scorpion.
 noun (n.) A name of the great blue and yellow macaw (Ara ararauna), native of South America.

arabnoun (n.) One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc.

arabesquenoun (n.) A style of ornamentation either painted, inlaid, or carved in low relief. It consists of a pattern in which plants, fruits, foliage, etc., as well as figures of men and animals, real or imaginary, are fantastically interlaced or put together.
 adjective (a.) Arabian.
 adjective (a.) Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.

arabesquedadjective (a.) Ornamented in the style of arabesques.

arabiannoun (n.) A native of Arabia; an Arab.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants.

arabicnoun (n.) The language of the Arabians.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians.

arabicaladjective (a.) Relating to Arabia; Arabic.

arabinnoun (n.) A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance.
 noun (n.) Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic.

arabinosenoun (n.) A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.

arabismnoun (n.) An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language.

arabistnoun (n.) One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery.

arablenoun (n.) Arable land; plow land.
 adjective (a.) Fit for plowing or tillage; -- hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled.

arabynoun (n.) The country of Arabia.

aracanesenoun (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Aracan.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Aracan, a province of British Burmah.

aracarinoun (n.) A South American bird, of the genus Pleroglossius, allied to the toucans. There are several species.

araceousadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to an order of plants, of which the genus Arum is the type.

arachnidnoun (n.) An arachnidan.

arachnidanoun (n. pl.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix.

arachnidannoun (n.) One of the Arachnida.

arachnidialadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Arachnida.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to the arachnidium.

arachnidiumnoun (n.) The glandular organ in which the material for the web of spiders is secreted.

arachnitisnoun (n.) Inflammation of the arachnoid membrane.

arachnoidnoun (n.) The arachnoid membrane.
 noun (n.) One of the Arachnoidea.
 adjective (a.) Resembling a spider's web; cobweblike.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to a thin membrane of the brain and spinal cord, between the dura mater and pia mater.
 adjective (a.) Covered with, or composed of, soft, loose hairs or fibers, so as to resemble a cobweb; cobwebby.

arachnoidaladjective (a.) Pertaining to the arachnoid membrane; arachnoid.

arachnoideanoun (n. pl.) Same as Arachnida.

arachnologicaladjective (a.) Of or pertaining to arachnology.

arachnologistnoun (n.) One who is versed in, or studies, arachnology.

arachnologynoun (n.) The department of zoology which treats of spiders and other Arachnida.

araeostylenoun (a. & n.) See Intercolumniation.

araeosystylenoun (a. & n.) See Intercolumniation.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ARA (According to last letters):


Rhyming Words According to Last 2 Letters (ra) - English Words That Ends with ra:


abracadabranoun (n.) A mystical word or collocation of letters written as in the figure. Worn on an amulet it was supposed to ward off fever. At present the word is used chiefly in jest to denote something without meaning; jargon.

acciaccaturanoun (n.) A short grace note, one semitone below the note to which it is prefixed; -- used especially in organ music. Now used as equivalent to the short appoggiatura.

acetabuliferanoun (n. pl.) The division of Cephalopoda in which the arms are furnished with cup-shaped suckers, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopus; the Dibranchiata. See Cephalopoda.

agoranoun (n.) An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

algebranoun (n.) That branch of mathematics which treats of the relations and properties of quantity by means of letters and other symbols. It is applicable to those relations that are true of every kind of magnitude.
 noun (n.) A treatise on this science.

alhambranoun (n.) The palace of the Moorish kings at Granada.

almagranoun (n.) A fine, deep red ocher, somewhat purplish, found in Spain. It is the sil atticum of the ancients. Under the name of Indian red it is used for polishing glass and silver.

amphineuranoun (n. pl.) A division of Mollusca remarkable for the bilateral symmetry of the organs and the arrangement of the nerves.

amphoranoun (n.) Among the ancients, a two-handled vessel, tapering at the bottom, used for holding wine, oil, etc.

anaphoranoun (n.) A repetition of a word or of words at the beginning of two or more successive clauses.

angoranoun (n.) A city of Asia Minor (or Anatolia) which has given its name to a goat, a cat, etc.

anisopleuranoun (n. pl.) A primary division of gastropods, including those having spiral shells. The two sides of the body are unequally developed.

anomuranoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Anomoura

anomouranoun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, of which the hermit crab in an example.

anopluranoun (n. pl.) A group of insects which includes the lice.

anouranoun (n.) See Anura.

anuranoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of amphibians characterized by the absence of a tail, as the frogs and toads.

aphanipteranoun (n. pl.) A group of wingless insects, of which the flea in the type. See Flea.

aplacophoranoun (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.

appoggiaturanoun (n.) A passing tone preceding an essential tone, and borrowing the time it occupies from that; a short auxiliary or grace note one degree above or below the principal note unless it be of the same harmony; -- generally indicated by a note of smaller size, as in the illustration above. It forms no essential part of the harmony.

apteranoun (n. pl.) Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders.

araranoun (n.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia (Microglossus aterrimus).

arthrogastranoun (n. pl.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi.

arthropleuranoun (n.) The side or limb-bearing portion of an arthromere.

asuranoun (n.) An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.

auranoun (n.) Any subtile, invisible emanation, effluvium, or exhalation from a substance, as the aroma of flowers, the odor of the blood, a supposed fertilizing emanation from the pollen of flowers, etc.
 noun (n.) The peculiar sensation, as of a light vapor, or cold air, rising from the trunk or limbs towards the head, a premonitory symptom of epilepsy or hysterics.

auroranoun (n.) The rising light of the morning; the dawn of day; the redness of the sky just before the sun rises.
 noun (n.) The rise, dawn, or beginning.
 noun (n.) The Roman personification of the dawn of day; the goddess of the morning. The poets represented her a rising out of the ocean, in a chariot, with rosy fingers dropping gentle dew.
 noun (n.) A species of crowfoot.
 noun (n.) The aurora borealis or aurora australis (northern or southern lights).

baccaranoun (n.) Alt. of Baccarat

barbaranoun (n.) The first word in certain mnemonic lines which represent the various forms of the syllogism. It indicates a syllogism whose three propositions are universal affirmatives.

basommatophoranoun (n. pl.) A group of Pulmonifera having the eyes at the base of the tentacles, including the common pond snails.

brachelytranoun (n. pl.) A group of beetles having short elytra, as the rove beetles.

brachypteranoun (n. pl.) A group of Coleoptera having short wings; the rove beetles.

brachyuranoun (n. pl.) A group of decapod Crustacea, including the common crabs, characterized by a small and short abdomen, which is bent up beneath the large cephalo-thorax. [Also spelt Brachyoura.] See Crab, and Illustration in Appendix.

branchiuranoun (n. pl.) A group of Entomostraca, with suctorial mouths, including species parasitic on fishes, as the carp lice (Argulus).

bravuranoun (n.) A florid, brilliant style of music, written for effect, to show the range and flexibility of a singer's voice, or the technical force and skill of a performer; virtuoso music.

buckranoun (n.) A white man; -- a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.
 adjective (a.) White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam.

caesuranoun (n.) A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the caesural accent rests, or which is used as a foot.

calyptranoun (n.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flasklike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

cameranoun (n.) A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura.

capibaranoun (n.) See Capybara.

capranoun (n.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

capybaranoun (n.) A large South American rodent (Hydrochaerus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.

caracaranoun (n.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards.

caracoranoun (n.) A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.

carnivoranoun (n. pl.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.

cathedranoun (n.) The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority.

cephalophoranoun (n. pl.) The cephalata.

cephalopteranoun (n.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.

cesuranoun (n.) See Caesura.

charanoun (n.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

ENGLISH WORDS RHYMING WITH ARA (According to first letters):


Rhyming Words According to First 2 Letters (ar) - Words That Begins with ar:


arnottonoun (n.) A red or yellowish-red dyeing material, prepared from the pulp surrounding the seeds of a tree (Bixa orellana) belonging to the tropical regions of America. It is used for coloring cheese, butter, etc.
 noun (n.) Same as Annotto.

aragonesenoun (n. sing. & pl.) A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants.

aragonitenoun (n.) A mineral identical in composition with calcite or carbonate of lime, but differing from it in its crystalline form and some of its physical characters.

araguatonoun (n.) A South American monkey, the ursine howler (Mycetes ursinus). See Howler, n., 2.

araknoun (n.) Same as Arrack.

aramaeanadjective (a.) Alt. of Aramean

arameannoun (n.) A native of Aram.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic.

aramaicnoun (n.) The Aramaic language.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee.

aramaismnoun (n.) An idiom of the Aramaic.

araneidanoun (n. pl.) Alt. of Araneoidea

araneoideanoun (n. pl.) See Araneina.

araneidannoun (n.) One of the Araneina; a spider.
 adjective (a.) Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders.

araneiformadjective (a.) Having the form of a spider.

araneinanoun (n. pl.) The order of Arachnida that includes the spiders.

araneoseadjective (a.) Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.

araneousadjective (a.) Cobweblike; extremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid.

arangonoun (n.) A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade.

arapaimanoun (n.) A large fresh-water food fish of South America.

arationnoun (n.) Plowing; tillage.

aratoryadjective (a.) Contributing to tillage.

araucarianoun (n.) A genus of tall conifers of the pine family. The species are confined mostly to South America and Australia. The wood cells differ from those of other in having the dots in their lateral surfaces in two or three rows, and the dots of contiguous rows alternating. The seeds are edible.

araucarianadjective (a.) Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian.

arbalestnoun (n.) Alt. of Arbalist

arbalistnoun (n.) A crossbow, consisting of a steel bow set in a shaft of wood, furnished with a string and a trigger, and a mechanical device for bending the bow. It served to throw arrows, darts, bullets, etc.

arbalesternoun (n.) Alt. of Arbalister

arbalisternoun (n.) A crossbowman.

arbiternoun (n.) A person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them.
 noun (n.) Any person who has the power of judging and determining, or ordaining, without control; one whose power of deciding and governing is not limited.
 verb (v. t.) To act as arbiter between.

arbitragenoun (n.) Judgment by an arbiter; authoritative determination.
 noun (n.) A traffic in bills of exchange (see Arbitration of Exchange); also, a traffic in stocks which bear differing values at the same time in different markets.

arbitraladjective (a.) Of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration.

arbitramentnoun (n.) Determination; decision; arbitration.
 noun (n.) The award of arbitrators.

arbitrarinessnoun (n.) The quality of being arbitrary; despoticalness; tyranny.

arbitrariousadjective (a.) Arbitrary; despotic.

arbitraryadjective (a.) Depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment.
 adjective (a.) Exercised according to one's own will or caprice, and therefore conveying a notion of a tendency to abuse the possession of power.
 adjective (a.) Despotic; absolute in power; bound by no law; harsh and unforbearing; tyrannical; as, an arbitrary prince or government.

arbitratingnoun (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Arbitrate

arbitrationnoun (n.) The hearing and determination of a cause between parties in controversy, by a person or persons chosen by the parties.

arbitratornoun (n.) A person, or one of two or more persons, chosen by parties who have a controversy, to determine their differences. See Arbitration.
 noun (n.) One who has the power of deciding or prescribing without control; a ruler; a governor.

arbitratrixnoun (n.) A female who arbitrates or judges.

arbitressnoun (n.) A female arbiter; an arbitratrix.

arblastnoun (n.) A crossbow. See Arbalest.

arbornoun (n.) A kind of latticework formed of, or covered with, vines, branches of trees, or other plants, for shade; a bower.
 noun (n.) A tree, as distinguished from a shrub.
 noun (n.) An axle or spindle of a wheel or opinion.
 noun (n.) A mandrel in lathe turning.

arboraryadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to trees; arboreal.

arboratornoun (n.) One who plants or who prunes trees.

arborealadjective (a.) Of or pertaining to a tree, or to trees; of nature of trees.
 adjective (a.) Attached to, found in or upon, or frequenting, woods or trees; as, arboreal animals.

arboredadjective (a.) Furnished with an arbor; lined with trees.

arboreousadjective (a.) Having the form, constitution, or habits, of a proper tree, in distinction from a shrub.
 adjective (a.) Pertaining to, or growing on, trees; as, arboreous moss.

arborescencenoun (n.) The state of being arborescent; the resemblance to a tree in minerals, or crystallizations, or groups of crystals in that form; as, the arborescence produced by precipitating silver.

arborescentadjective (a.) Resembling a tree; becoming woody in stalk; dendritic; having crystallizations disposed like the branches and twigs of a tree.

arboretnoun (n.) A small tree or shrub.

arboretumnoun (n.) A place in which a collection of rare trees and shrubs is cultivated for scientific or educational purposes.

arboricaladjective (a.) Relating to trees.

ENGLISH WORDS BOTH FIRST AND LAST LETTERS RHYMING WITH ARA:

English Words which starts with 'a' and ends with 'a':

abacanoun (n.) The Manila-hemp plant (Musa textilis); also, its fiber. See Manila hemp under Manila.

abadanoun (n.) The rhinoceros.

abanganoun (n.) A West Indian palm; also the fruit of this palm, the seeds of which are used as a remedy for diseases of the chest.

abbanoun (n.) Father; religious superior; -- in the Syriac, Coptic, and Ethiopic churches, a title given to the bishops, and by the bishops to the patriarch.

abdominalianoun (n. pl.) A group of cirripeds having abdominal appendages.

abomanoun (n.) A large South American serpent (Boa aboma).

abranchiatanoun (n. pl.) A group of annelids, so called because the species composing it have no special organs of respiration.

abscissanoun (n.) One of the elements of reference by which a point, as of a curve, is referred to a system of fixed rectilineal coordinate axes.

abunanoun (n.) The Patriarch, or head of the Abyssinian Church.

acacianoun (n.) A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
 noun (n.) A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
 noun (n.) The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.

acanthanoun (n.) A prickle.
 noun (n.) A spine or prickly fin.
 noun (n.) The vertebral column; the spinous process of a vertebra.

acanthocephalanoun (n. pl.) A group of intestinal worms, having the proboscis armed with recurved spines.

acarinanoun (n. pl.) The group of Arachnida which includes the mites and ticks. Many species are parasitic, and cause diseases like the itch and mange.

aceldamanoun (n.) The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed.

acephalanoun (n. pl.) That division of the Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells, like the clams and oysters; -- so called because they have no evident head. Formerly the group included the Tunicata, Brachiopoda, and sometimes the Bryozoa. See Mollusca.

achatinanoun (n.) A genus of land snails, often large, common in the warm parts of America and Africa.

acholianoun (n.) Deficiency or want of bile.

aciculanoun (n.) One of the needlelike or bristlelike spines or prickles of some animals and plants; also, a needlelike crystal.

acinesianoun (n.) Same as Akinesia.

aconitianoun (n.) Same as Aconitine.

acontianoun (n. pl.) Threadlike defensive organs, composed largely of nettling cells (cnidae), thrown out of the mouth or special pores of certain Actiniae when irritated.

acranianoun (n.) Partial or total absence of the skull.
 noun (n.) The lowest group of Vertebrata, including the amphioxus, in which no skull exists.

acrasianoun (n.) Alt. of Acrasy

acraspedanoun (n. pl.) A group of acalephs, including most of the larger jellyfishes; the Discophora.

acrisianoun (n.) Alt. of Acrisy

acritanoun (n. pl.) The lowest groups of animals, in which no nervous system has been observed.

actinarianoun (n. pl.) A large division of Anthozoa, including those which have simple tentacles and do not form stony corals. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to all the Anthozoa, expert the Alcyonaria, whether forming corals or not.

actinianoun (n.) An animal of the class Anthozoa, and family Actinidae. From a resemblance to flowers in form and color, they are often called animal flowers and sea anemones. [See Polyp.].
 noun (n.) A genus in the family Actinidae.

actinotrochanoun (n. pl.) A peculiar larval form of Phoronis, a genus of marine worms, having a circle of ciliated tentacles.

actinozoanoun (n. pl.) A group of Coelenterata, comprising the Anthozoa and Ctenophora. The sea anemone, or actinia, is a familiar example.

actinulanoun (n. pl.) A kind of embryo of certain hydroids (Tubularia), having a stellate form.

adansonianoun (n.) A genus of great trees related to the Bombax. There are two species, A. digitata, the baobab or monkey-bread of Africa and India, and A. Gregorii, the sour gourd or cream-of-tartar tree of Australia. Both have a trunk of moderate height, but of enormous diameter, and a wide-spreading head. The fruit is oblong, and filled with pleasantly acid pulp. The wood is very soft, and the bark is used by the natives for making ropes and cloth.

adelphianoun (n.) A "brotherhood," or collection of stamens in a bundle; -- used in composition, as in the class names, Monadelphia, Diadelphia, etc.

adenalgianoun (n.) Alt. of Adenalgy

adularianoun (n.) A transparent or translucent variety of common feldspar, or orthoclase, which often shows pearly opalescent reflections; -- called by lapidaries moonstone.

adversarianoun (n. pl.) A miscellaneous collection of notes, remarks, or selections; a commonplace book; also, commentaries or notes.

adynamianoun (n.) Considerable debility of the vital powers, as in typhoid fever.

aegicranianoun (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls.

aerophobianoun (n.) Alt. of Aerophoby

aesthesianoun (n.) Perception by the senses; feeling; -- the opposite of anaesthesia.

aganoun (n.) Alt. of Agha

aghanoun (n.) In Turkey, a commander or chief officer. It is used also as a title of respect.

agalactianoun (n.) Alt. of Agalaxy

agamanoun (n.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

agoutanoun (n.) A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.

agraphianoun (n.) The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.

ahanoun (n.) A sunk fence. See Ha-ha.
  (interj.) An exclamation expressing, by different intonations, triumph, mixed with derision or irony, or simple surprise.

ailuroideanoun (n. pl.) A group of the Carnivora, which includes the cats, civets, and hyenas.

akinesianoun (n.) Paralysis of the motor nerves; loss of movement.

alanoun (n.) A winglike organ, or part.

alalonganoun (n.) Alt. of Alilonghi

albatanoun (n.) A white metallic alloy; which is made into spoons, forks, teapots, etc. British plate or German silver. See German silver, under German.

albuminurianoun (n.) A morbid condition in which albumin is present in the urine.

alcannanoun (n.) An oriental shrub (Lawsonia inermis) from which henna is obtained.

alcarrazanoun (n.) A vessel of porous earthenware, used for cooling liquids by evaporation from the exterior surface.

alcyonaceanoun (n. pl.) A group of soft-bodied Alcyonaria, of which Alcyonium is the type. See Illust. under Alcyonaria.

alcyonarianoun (n. pl.) One of the orders of Anthozoa. It includes the Alcyonacea, Pennatulacea, and Gorgonacea.

alfanoun (n.) Alt. of Alfa grass

alfalfanoun (n.) The lucern (Medicago sativa); -- so called in California, Texas, etc.

alfilarianoun (n.) The pin grass (Erodium cicutarium), a weed in California.

alganoun (n.) A kind of seaweed; pl. the class of cellular cryptogamic plants which includes the black, red, and green seaweeds, as kelp, dulse, sea lettuce, also marine and fresh water confervae, etc.

algarobanoun (n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread.
 noun (n.) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico.

algarovillanoun (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye.

alhennanoun (n.) See Henna.

allantoideanoun (n. pl.) The division of Vertebrata in which the embryo develops an allantois. It includes reptiles, birds, and mammals.

alleluianoun (n.) Alt. of Alleluiah

almanoun (n.) Alt. of Almah

almadianoun (n.) Alt. of Almadie

alopecianoun (n.) Alt. of Alopecy

alpacanoun (n.) An animal of Peru (Lama paco), having long, fine, wooly hair, supposed by some to be a domesticated variety of the llama.
 noun (n.) Wool of the alpaca.
 noun (n.) A thin kind of cloth made of the wooly hair of the alpaca, often mixed with silk or with cotton.

alphanoun (n.) The first letter in the Greek alphabet, answering to A, and hence used to denote the beginning.

alpianoun (n.) The seed of canary grass (Phalaris Canariensis), used for feeding cage birds.

althaeanoun (n.) Alt. of Althea

altheanoun (n.) A genus of plants of the Mallow family. It includes the officinal marsh mallow, and the garden hollyhocks.
 noun (n.) An ornamental shrub (Hibiscus Syriacus) of the Mallow family.

alulanoun (n.) A false or bastard wing. See under Bastard.

aluminanoun (n.) One of the earths, consisting of two parts of aluminium and three of oxygen, Al2O3.

alumnanoun (n. fem.) A female pupil; especially, a graduate of a school or college.

amalgamanoun (n.) Same as Amalgam.

amblyopianoun (n.) Alt. of Amblyopy

amblypodanoun (n. pl.) A group of large, extinct, herbivorous mammals, common in the Tertiary formation of the United States.

ambrosianoun (n.) The fabled food of the gods (as nectar was their drink), which conferred immortality upon those who partook of it.
 noun (n.) An unguent of the gods.
 noun (n.) A perfumed unguent, salve, or draught; something very pleasing to the taste or smell.
 noun (n.) Formerly, a kind of fragrant plant; now (Bot.), a genus of plants, including some coarse and worthless weeds, called ragweed, hogweed, etc.
 noun (n.) The food of certain small bark beetles, family Scolytidae believed to be fungi cultivated by the beetles in their burrows.

amenorrhoeanoun (n.) Retention or suppression of the menstrual discharge.

amentianoun (n.) Imbecility; total want of understanding.

ametabolanoun (n. pl.) A group of insects which do not undergo any metamorphosis.

ametropianoun (n.) Any abnormal condition of the refracting powers of the eye.

amianoun (n.) A genus of fresh-water ganoid fishes, exclusively confined to North America; called bowfin in Lake Champlain, dogfish in Lake Erie, and mudfish in South Carolina, etc. See Bowfin.

ammanoun (n.) An abbes or spiritual mother.

ammonianoun (n.) A gaseous compound of hydrogen and nitrogen, NH3, with a pungent smell and taste: -- often called volatile alkali, and spirits of hartshorn.

ammonitoideanoun (n. pl.) An extensive group of fossil cephalopods often very abundant in Mesozoic rocks. See Ammonite.

amnesianoun (n.) Forgetfulness; also, a defect of speech, from cerebral disease, in which the patient substitutes wrong words or names in the place of those he wishes to employ.

amniotanoun (n. pl.) That group of vertebrates which develops in its embryonic life the envelope called the amnion. It comprises the reptiles, the birds, and the mammals.

amoebanoun (n.) A rhizopod. common in fresh water, capable of undergoing many changes of form at will. See Rhizopoda.

amoebeanoun (n. pl.) That division of the Rhizopoda which includes the amoeba and similar forms.

amorosanoun (n.) A wanton woman; a courtesan.

amorphanoun (n.) A genus of leguminous shrubs, having long clusters of purple flowers; false or bastard indigo.

amorphozoanoun (n. pl.) Animals without a mouth or regular internal organs, as the sponges.

amphibianoun (n. pl.) One of the classes of vertebrates.
  (pl. ) of Amphibium

amphibioticanoun (n. pl.) A division of insects having aquatic larvae.

amphipodanoun (n. pl.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward. The beach flea is an example. See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca.

amphirhinanoun (n. pl.) A name applied to the elasmobranch fishes, because the nasal sac is double.