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Arched; concave.

• Archprelate
  An archbishop or other chief prelate.
• ARCHBRICK
  A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
• Archaeozoic
  Like or belonging to the earliest forms of animal life.
• Archchancellor
  A chief chancellor; -- an officer in the old German empire, who presided over the secretaries of the court.
• Archencephala
  The division that includes man alone.
• Archeus
  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.
• Archimandrite
  A chief of a monastery, corresponding to abbot in the Roman Catholic church.
• Architrave
  The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column.
• Archpresbyter
  Same as Archpriest.
• ARCHEOLOGYARCHEOLOGICAL
  Same as Archæology, etc.
• Archaic
  Of or characterized by antiquity or archaism; antiquated; obsolescent.
• Archchemic
  Of supreme chemical powers.
• Archenemy
  A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind.
• Archimedean
  Of or pertaining to Archimedes, a celebrated Greek philosopher; constructed on the principle of Archimedes' screw; as, Archimedean drill, propeller, etc.
• Architraved
  Furnished with an architrave.
• Archpresbytery
  The absolute dominion of presbytery.
• ARCHERFISH
  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.
• Archaical
  Archaic.

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