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71Ardella — /ahr del euh/, n. a female given name. Also, Ardelle /ahr del /. * * * …
72argenteous — /ahr jen tee euhs/, adj. silvery. Also, argentate /ahr jeuhn tayt /. [1880 85; < L argenteus. See ARGENT , EOUS] * * * …
73Argentine — /ahr jeuhn teen , tuyn /, n. 1. a native or inhabitant of Argentina. 2. Argentina (usually prec. by the): They vacationed in the Argentine. adj. 3. of or pertaining to Argentina. Also, Argentinean /ahr jeuhn tin ee euhn/ (for defs. 1, 3). * * * ▪ …
74Argonne Forest — /ahr gon, ahr gon /; Fr. /annrdd gawn / a wooded region in NE France: battles, World War I, 1918; World War II, 1944. Also called Argonne /annrdd gawn /. * * * …
75Argyll — /ahr guyl /, n. a historic county in W Scotland. Also called Argyllshire /ahr guyl shear, sheuhr/. * * * …
76armillary — /ahr meuh ler ee, ahr mil euh ree/, adj. consisting of hoops or rings. [1655 65; < L armill(a) bracelet, hoop (arm(us) shoulder (see ARM1) + illa dim. suffix) + ARY] * * * …
77Arsaces I — /ahr seuh seez , ahr say seez/ founder of the Parthian empire c250 B.C. * * * …
78arsenopyrite — /ahr seuh noh puy ruyt, ahr sen euh /, n. a common mineral, iron arsenic sulfide, FeAsS, occurring in silver white to steel gray crystals or masses: an ore of arsenic. Also called mispickel. [1880 85; ARSENO + PYRITE] * * * ▪ mineral also called… …
79arsine — /ahr seen , ahr seen, sin/, n. Chem. 1. Also called arseniuretted hydrogen. a colorless, flammable, slightly water soluble gas, AsH3, having a fetid, garliclike odor, used in chemical warfare. 2. any derivative of this compound in which one or… …
80arsy-varsy — /ahr see vahr see/, Informal. adj. 1. wrong end foremost; completely backward: an arsy varsy way of doing things. adv. 2. in a backward or thoroughly mixed up fashion: The papers are all filed arsy varsy. Also, arsyversy /ahr see verr see/. [1530 …
