Index of English words, starting with "ar"

(1) - Armada (v. t.) A fleet of armed ships; a squadron. Specifically, the Spanish fleet which was sent to assail England, a. d. 1558.

(1) - Armadillo (n.) A genus of small isopod Crustacea that can roll themselves into a ball.
(2) - Armadillo (n.) Any edentate animal if the family Dasypidae, peculiar to America. The body and head are incased in an armor composed of small bony plates. The armadillos burrow in the earth, seldom going abroad except at night. When attacked, they curl up into a ball, presenting the armor on all sides. Their flesh is good food. There are several species, one of which (the peba) is found as far north as Texas. See Peba, Poyou, Tatouay.

(1) - Armament (n.) Any equipment for resistance.
(2) - Armament (n.) All the cannon and small arms collectively, with their equipments, belonging to a ship or a fortification.
(3) - Armament (n.) A body of forces equipped for war; -- used of a land or naval force.

(1) - Armature (n.) Iron bars or framing employed for the consolidation of a building, as in sustaining slender columns, holding up canopies, etc.
(2) - Armature (n.) A piece of soft iron used to connect the two poles of a magnet, or electro-magnet, in order to complete the circuit, or to receive and apply the magnetic force. In the ordinary horseshoe magnet, it serves to prevent the dissipation of the magnetic force.
(3) - Armature (n.) Armor; whatever is worn or used for the protection and defense of the body, esp. the protective outfit of some animals and plants.