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armoured
  • v  equip with armor
  • a  used of animals; provided with protective covering
  • a  protected by armor (used of persons or things military)
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aroid
  • n  any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
  • a  relating to a plant of the family Araceae
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aromatic
  • a  (chemistry) of or relating to or containing one or more benzene rings
    an aromatic organic compound
  • s  having a strong pleasant odor
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around-the-clock
  • s  at all times
    around-the-clock nursing care
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around the bend
  • s  informal or slang terms for mentally irregular
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aroused
  • v  call forth (emotions, feelings, and responses)
  • v  stop sleeping
  • v  summon into action or bring into existence, often as if by magic
  • v  cause to be alert and energetic
  • v  cause to become awake or conscious
  • v  to begin moving, "As the thunder started the sleeping children began to stir"
  • v  stimulate sexually
  • s  aroused to action
    the aroused opposition
  • s  emotionally aroused
  • s  brought to a state of great tension
  • s  feeling great sexual desire
  • s  keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement
  • s  (of persons) excessively affected by emotion
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arranged
  • v  put into a proper or systematic order
  • v  make arrangements for
  • v  plan, organize, and carry out (an event)
  • v  set (printed matter) into a specific format
  • v  arrange attractively
  • v  adapt for performance in a different way
  • v  arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events
  • a  disposed or placed in a particular kind of order
    the carefully arranged chessmen
    haphazardly arranged interlobular septa
    comfortable chairs arranged around the fireplace
  • s  planned in advance
    an arranged marriage
  • s  deliberately arranged for effect
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arrant
  • s  without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
    an arrant fool
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arrayed
  • v  lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
  • v  align oneself with a group or a way of thinking
  • s  in ceremonial attire and paraphernalia
    professors arrayed in robes
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