Arachnology
(Ar`ach*nol"o*gy) n. [Gr. spider + -logy.] The department of zoölogy which treats of spiders
and other Arachnida.
Aræometer
(A`ræ*om"e*ter) See Areometer.
Aræostyle
(A*ræ"o*style) a. & n. [L. araeostylos, Gr. at intervals + pillar, column.] (Arch.) See Intercolumniation.
Aræosystyle
(A*ræ`o*sys"tyle) a. & n. [Gr. as intervals + . See Systyle.] (Arch.) See Intercolumniation.
Aragonese
(Ar`a*go*nese) a. Of or pertaining to Aragon, in Spain, or to its inhabitants. — n. sing. &
pl. A native or natives of Aragon, in Spain.
Aragonite
(A*rag"o*nite) n. [From Aragon, in Spain.] (Min.) 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.
Araguato
(||A`ra*gua"to) n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) A South American monkey, the ursine howler See
Howler, n., 2.
Araise
(A*raise"") v. t. To raise. [Obs.] Shak.
Arak
(Ar"ak) n. Same as Arrack.
Aramæan
(Ar`a*mæan, Ar`a*me"an) a. [L. Aramaeus, Gr. fr. Heb. Aram, i. e. Highland, a name given
to Syria and Mesopotamia.] Of or pertaining to the Syrians and Chaldeans, or to their language; Aramaic.
— n. A native of Aram.
Aramaic
(Ar`a*ma"ic) a. [See Aramæan, a.] Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language,
or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramæan; — specifically applied to the northern branch of the Semitic
family of languages, including Syriac and Chaldee. — n. The Aramaic language.
Aramaism
(Ar`a*ma"ism) n. An idiom of the Aramaic.
Araneida
(||Ar`a*ne"i*da ||Ar`a*ne*oid"e*a) n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) See Araneina.
Araneidan
(Ar`a*ne"i*dan) a. (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Araneina or spiders. — n. One of the Araneina; a
spider.
Araneiform
(Ar`a*ne"i*form) a. [L. aranea spider + -form.] (Zoöl.) Having the form of a spider. Kirby.
Araneina
(||A*ra`ne*i"na) n. pl. [NL., fr. L. aranea spider.] (Zoöl.) The order of Arachnida that includes
the spiders.
They have mandibles, modified as poison fangs, leglike palpi, simple eyes, abdomen without segments,
and spinnerets for spinning a web. They breathe by pulmonary sacs and tracheæ in the abdomen. See
Illustration in Appendix.
Araneose
(A*ra"ne*ose`) a. [L. araneosus.] Of the aspect of a spider's web; arachnoid.
Araneous
(A*ra"ne*ous) a. [L. araneosus, fr. aranea spider, spider's web.] Cobweblike; extremely
thin and delicate, like a cobweb; as, the araneous membrane of the eye. See Arachnoid. Derham.
Arango
(||A*ran"go) n.; pl. Arangoes [The native name.] A bead of rough carnelian. Arangoes were
formerly imported from Bombay for use in the African slave trade. McCulloch.
Arapaima
(||A`ra*pai"ma) n. [Prob. native name.] (Zoöl.) A large fresh-water food fish of South America.
Arara
(||A*ra"ra) n. [Native name.] (Zoöl.) The palm (or great black) cockatoo, of Australia
