2. Records, chronicles, registers, annals, historical accounts.
Archway, n. Arched passage.
Arctic, a. Northern, boreal.
Arcuate, a. [Rare.] Curved, bent, bowed, hooked, crooked, aduncous.
Arcuation, n. [Rare.] Curvature, incurvation, curvity, flexure, bend, crook.
Ardent, a. 1. Hot, burning, fiery.
2. Warm, passionate, fervent, impassioned, eager, intense, keen, sharp, vehement, fiery, earnest, fervid, glowing, zealous, devoted, enthusiastic, strenuous, sanguine.
3. Alcoholic, spirituous.
Ardor, n. 1. Heat, warmth.
2. Zeal, fervor, fervency, flame, glow, excitement, sharpness, earnestness, eagerness, heartiness, devotion, enthusiasm, soul, spirit, vehemence, impetuosity, intensity, passion.
Arduous, a. 1. Steep, high, lofty, uphill.
2. Hard, difficult, laborious, onerous, troublesome, Herculean, toilsome, tiresome, wearisome, fatiguing, beset with difficulties, full of difficulties.
Area, n. 1. Region, sphere, realm, territory, domain, district, circuit, circle, definite space.
2. (Geom.) Superficial contents.
Arena, n. Field, lists, stage, ring, amphitheatre, battle-field, field of battle, scene of action, place of contest.
Arenaceous, a. Sandy, arenose.
Arenose, a. Sandy, arenaceous.
Areometer, n. Hydrometer.
Argent, a. 1. Of silver.
2. Silvery, bright, resplendent, shining, radiant, brilliant, beaming, effulgent, refulgent.
Argil, n. 1. Potter's clay, white clay.
2. Alumina, argillaceous earth, oxide of aluminium.
Argillaceous, a. Clayey, aluminous.
Argol, n. Tartar (crude), bitartrate of potash, wine-stone.
Argosy, n. Carack, galleon.
Argue, v. n. 1. Reason, plead, offer reasons, use arguments.
2. Dispute, debate, chop logic, try conclusions, bandy words or arguments, hold or carry on an argument.
Argue, v. a. 1. Show, indicate, evince, denote, imply, betoken, prove.
2. Debate, discuss, ventilate, sift, contest, controvert, moot, reason upon.
Arguer, n. Reasoner, debater, controversialist, disputant, disputer.
Argument, n. 1. Reason, reasoning, chain of reasoning, process of reasoning.
2. Controversy, dispute, disputation, discussion.
3. Subject, topic, matter, theme, thesis, question, subject-matter, matter in hand.
Argumentation, n. Reasoning, ratiocination, process of reasoning.
Argumentative, a. 1. Controversial, polemical.
2. Disputatious, given to controversy.