Definition of arch

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Arch (n.) Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed..

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Hunt :: Hunt (n.) The act or practice of chasing wild animals; chase; pursuit; search.
Marble :: Marble (n.) A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc..
Lophobranchii :: Lophobranchii (n. pl.) An order of teleostean fishes, having the gills arranged in tufts on the branchial arches, as the Hippocampus and pipefishes..
Doric :: Doric (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order..
Starch :: Starch (a.) Stiff; precise; rigid.
Arches :: Arches () pl. of Arch, n..
Promerops :: Promerops (n.) Any one of several species of very brilliant birds belonging to Promerops, Epimarchus, and allied genera, closely related to the paradise birds, and mostly native of New Guinea. They have a long curved beak and a long graduated tail..
Ransack :: Ransack (v. t.) To search thoroughly; to search every place or part of; as, to ransack a house..
Vault :: Vault (n.) An arched apartment; especially, a subterranean room, use for storing articles, for a prison, for interment, or the like; a cell; a cellar..
Archetypical :: Archetypical (a.) Relating to an archetype; archetypal.
Archer :: Archer (n.) A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow..
Sea Blite :: Sea blite () A plant (Suaeda maritima) of the Goosefoot family, growing in salt marches..
Patriarchdom :: Patriarchdom (n.) The office or jurisdiction of a patriarch; patriarchate.
Ferret :: Ferret (n.) To drive or hunt out of a lurking place, as a ferret does the cony; to search out by patient and sagacious efforts; -- often used with out; as, to ferret out a secret..
Shipbuilder :: Shipbuilder (n.) A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright.
Brigade :: Brigade (n.) Any body of persons organized for acting or marching together under authority; as, a fire brigade..
Supraclavicular :: Supraclavicle (n.) A bone which usually connects the clavicle with the post-temporal in the pectorial arch of fishes.
Archaeological :: Archaeological () Relating to archaeology, or antiquities; as, archaeological researches..
Arrowroot :: Arrowroot (n.) A nutritive starch obtained from the rootstocks of Maranta arundinacea, and used as food, esp. for children an invalids; also, a similar starch obtained from other plants, as various species of Maranta and Curcuma..
Amylaceous :: Amylaceous (a.) Pertaining to starch; of the nature of starch; starchy.
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