‖n. [ Pref. arche- = archi- + Gr. bi`wsis, bi`os, life. ] The origination of living matter from non-living. See Abiogenesis. Bastian. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to the archegonium.
Syn. -- archegoniate, archegonical. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archegonium.
Syn. -- archegonial [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. bearing archegonia.
Syn. -- archegonial [ PJC ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; the first of a race. ] (Bot.) The pistillidium or female organ in the higher cryptogamic plants, corresponding to the pistil in flowering plants. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See Archegonium. ] (Biol.) Spontaneous generation; abiogenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; an element or first principle + -logy. ] The science of, or a treatise on, first principles. Fleming. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. pref. &unr_; + &unr_; the brain. ] (Zool.) The division that includes man alone. R. Owen. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. arch- + enemy. ] A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Relating to the archenteron; as, archenteric invagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ n. [ Pref. arch- + Gr. &unr_; intestine. ] (Biol.) The primitive enteron or undifferentiated digestive sac of a gastrula or other embryo. See Illust. under Invagination. [ 1913 Webster ]

n., a. the branch of anthropology that studies prehistoric people and their cultures. Same as Archæology, etc.
Syn. -- archaeology, Archæology [ 1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to archeology. archeological excavations [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. related to or dealing with or devoted to archaeology. an archeological dig
Syn. -- archaeological, archaeologic, archeologic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 an anthropologist who studies prehistoric people and their culture.
Syn. -- archaeologist. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. an extinct primitive toothed bird (Archaeopteryx lithographica) of the Upper Jurassic having a long feathered tail and hollow bones; usually considered the most primitive of all known birds. Same as archaeopteryx.
Syn. -- archaeopteryx. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. 1 the time from 1.5 billion to 5 billion years ago, when the earth's crust was formed; the time when only unicellular organisms and the earliest forms of life are present. Same as Archaeozoic.
Syn. -- Archaeozoic, Archeozoic era, Archaeozoic era [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. 1 (Geol.) same as archaeozoic.
Syn. -- archaeozoic [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archbishop. an archepiscopal see
Syn. -- archiepiscopal [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ archier, F. archer, LL. arcarius, fr. L. arcus bow. See Arc, Arch, n. ] A bowman, one skilled in the use of the bow and arrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female archer. Markham. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Zool.) A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The name is also applied to Chætodon rostratus. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The art or skill of an archer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OE. archerie. ] 1. The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Archers, or bowmen, collectively. [ 1913 Webster ]

Let all our archery fall off
In wings of shot a-both sides of the van. Webster (1607). [ 1913 Webster ]

pl. of Arch, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

Court of arches, or
Arches Court (Eng. Law), the court of appeal of the Archbishop of Canterbury, whereof the judge, who sits as deputy to the archbishop, is called the Dean of the Arches, because he anciently held his court in the church of St. Mary-le-Bow (de arcubus). It is now held in Westminster. Mozley & W. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. same as archesporium.
Syn. -- archesporium. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adj. 1. of or pertaining to an archespore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. 1. a primitive cell or group of cells from which a mother cell develops.
Syn. -- archespore. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Of or pertaining to an archetype; consisting a model (real or ideal) or pattern; original. “One archetypal mind.” Gudworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Among Platonists, the archetypal world is the world as it existed as an idea of God before the creation. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. With reference to the archetype; originally. “Parts archetypally distinct.” Dana. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. archetypum, Gr. 'arche`typon, fr. 'arche`typos stamped first and as model; 'arche = 'archi + ty`pos stamp, figure, pattern, ty`ptein to strike: cf. F. archétype. See Arch-, pref. ] 1. The original pattern or model of a work; or the model from which a thing is made or formed. [ 1913 Webster ]

The House of Commons, the archetype of all the representative assemblies which now meet. Macaulay. [ 1913 Webster ]

Types and shadows of that glorious archetype that was to come into the world. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Coinage) The standard weight or coin by which others are adjusted. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Biol.) The plan or fundamental structure on which a natural group of animals or plants or their systems of organs are assumed to have been constructed; as, the vertebrate archetype. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Relating to an archetype; archetypal. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ LL. archēus, Gr. 'archai^os ancient, primeval, fr. 'archh` beginning. See Archi-, pref. ] The vital principle or force which (according to the Paracelsians) presides over the growth and continuation of living beings; the anima mundi or plastic power of the old philosophers. [ Obs. ] Johnson. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who clearstarches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Her.) Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to the larch. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who marches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ See 2d March. ] The lord or officer who defended the marches or borders of a territory. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. [ LL. marcheta; of uncertain origin. ] In old English and in Scots law, a fine paid to the lord of the soil by a tenant upon the marriage of one the tenant's daughters. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A female monarch. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being parched. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Pachisi. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

n. See Pachisi. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ /mhw>, n. [ Hind., fr. pachis twenty-five, the highest throw in the game. ] 1. A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A game adopted from the Indian game, using disks, as of pasteboard, and dice; it is played on a cross-shaped board. [ U. S. & Eng. ] [ Webster 1913 Suppl. + WordNet 1.5 ]

n. One who conducts research. In the field of scientific research, also called an investigator or scientist. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Cf. OF. cercheor inspector. ] One who, or that which, searches or examines; a seeker; an inquirer; an examiner; a trier. Specifically: (a) Formerly, an officer in London appointed to examine the bodies of the dead, and report the cause of death. Graunt. (b) An officer of the customs whose business it is to search ships, merchandise, luggage, etc. (c) An inspector of leather. [ Prov. Eng. ] (d) (Gun.) An instrument for examining the bore of a cannon, to detect cavities. (e) An implement for sampling butter; a butter trier. (j) (Med.) An instrument for feeling after calculi in the bladder, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Stiffened with starch. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Stiff; precise; formal. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being starched or starchy{ 5 }; stiffness in manners; formality.
Syn. -- starchiness, starchness. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. One who starches. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pref. un- not (intensive) parched. ] Dried up; withered by heat. [ Obs. ] “My tongue . . . unparched.” Crashaw. [ 1913 Webster ]