Index of English words, starting with "ar"

(1) - Arioso (adv. & a.) In the smooth and melodious style of an air; ariose.

(1) - Arise (n.) Rising.
(2) - Arise (v. i.) To proceed; to issue; to spring.
(3) - Arise (v. i.) To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself; as, the waves of the sea arose; a persecution arose; the wrath of the king shall arise.
(4) - Arise (v. i.) To come up from a lower to a higher position; to come above the horizon; to come up from one's bed or place of repose; to mount; to ascend; to rise; as, to arise from a kneeling posture; a cloud arose; the sun ariseth; he arose early in the morning.

(1) - Arista (n.) An awn.

(1) - Aristate (a.) Having a slender, sharp, or spinelike tip.
(2) - Aristate (a.) Having a pointed, beardlike process, as the glumes of wheat; awned.

(1) - Aristocracy (n.) The nobles or chief persons in a state; a privileged class or patrician order; (in a popular use) those who are regarded as superior to the rest of the community, as in rank, fortune, or intellect.
(2) - Aristocracy (n.) A form a government, in which the supreme power is vested in the principal persons of a state, or in a privileged order; an oligarchy.
(3) - Aristocracy (n.) A ruling body composed of the best citizens.
(4) - Aristocracy (n.) Government by the best citizens.