| Arab |
n. |
One of a swarthy race occupying Arabia, and numerous in Syria, Northern Africa, etc. |
| Araba |
n. |
A wagon or cart, usually heavy and without springs, and often covered. |
| Arabesque |
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. |
| Arabesque |
a. |
Arabian. |
| Arabesque |
a. |
Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes. |
| Arabesqued |
a. |
Ornamented in the style of arabesques. |
| Arabian |
a. |
Of or pertaining to Arabia or its inhabitants. |
| Arabian |
n. |
A native of Arabia; an Arab. |
| Arabic |
a. |
Of or pertaining to Arabia or the Arabians. |
| Arabic |
n. |
The language of the Arabians. |
| Arabical |
a. |
Relating to Arabia; Arabic. |
| Arabin |
n. |
A carbohydrate, isomeric with cane sugar, contained in gum arabic, from which it is extracted as a white, amorphous substance. |
| Arabin |
n. |
Mucilage, especially that made of gum arabic. |
| Arabinose |
n. |
A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid. |
| Arabism |
n. |
An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language. |
| Arabist |
n. |
One well versed in the Arabic language or literature; also, formerly, one who followed the Arabic system of surgery. |
| Arable |
a. |
Fit for plowing or tillage;
hence, often applied to land which has been plowed or tilled. |
| Arable |
n. |
Arable land; plow land. |
| Araby |
n. |
The country of Arabia. |
