Vocabulary : Arcboutant to Archaeologic

Arcboutant : A flying buttress.
Arch : Any part of a curved line. ;; Usually a curved member made up of separate wedge-shaped solids, with the joints between them disposed in the direction of the radii of the curve; used to support the wall or other weight above an opening. In this sense arches are segmental, round (i. e., semicircular), or pointed. ;; A flat arch is a member constructed of stones cut into wedges or other shapes so as to support each other without rising in a curve. ;; Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge. ;; Any curvature in the form of an arch; as, the arch of the aorta. ;; To cover with an arch or arches. ;; To form or bend into the shape of an arch. ;; To form into an arch; to curve. ;; Chief; eminent; greatest; principal. ;; Cunning or sly; sportively mischievous; roguish; as, an arch look, word, lad. ;; A chief.
Arch- : A prefix signifying chief, as in archbuilder, archfiend.
Arch brick : A wedge-shaped brick used in the building of an arch.
Arch stone : A wedge-shaped stone used in an arch; a voussoir.

Archaean : Ancient; pertaining to the earliest period in geological history. ;; The earliest period in geological period, extending up to the Lower Silurian. It includes an Azoic age, previous to the appearance of life, and an Eozoic age, including the earliest forms of life.
Archaeography : A description of, or a treatise on, antiquity or antiquities.
Archaeolithic : Of or pertaining to the earliest Stone age; -- applied to a prehistoric period preceding the Paleolithic age.
Archaeologian : An archaeologist.
Archaeologic : Alt. of Archaeological

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