Vocabulary : Aruspice to Asa

Aruspice : A soothsayer of ancient Rome. Same as Aruspex.
Aruspices : of Aruspex
Aruspicy : Prognostication by inspection of the entrails of victims slain sacrifice.
Arval : A funeral feast.
Arvicole : A mouse of the genus Arvicola; the meadow mouse. There are many species.

Aryan : One of a primitive people supposed to have lived in prehistoric times, in Central Asia, east of the Caspian Sea, and north of the Hindoo Koosh and Paropamisan Mountains, and to have been the stock from which sprang the Hindoo, Persian, Greek, Latin, Celtic, Teutonic, Slavonic, and other races; one of that ethnological division of mankind called also Indo-European or Indo-Germanic. ;; The language of the original Aryans. ;; Of or pertaining to the people called Aryans; Indo-European; Indo-Germanic; as, the Aryan stock, the Aryan languages.
Aryanize : To make Aryan (a language, or in language).
Arytenoid : Ladle-shaped; -- applied to two small cartilages of the larynx, and also to the glands, muscles, etc., connected with them. The cartilages are attached to the cricoid cartilage and connected with the vocal cords.
As : Denoting equality or likeness in kind, degree, or manner; like; similar to; in the same manner with or in which; in accordance with; in proportion to; to the extent or degree in which or to which; equally; no less than; as, ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil; you will reap as you sow; do as you are bidden. ;; In the idea, character, or condition of, -- limiting the view to certain attributes or relations; as, virtue considered as virtue; this actor will appear as Hamlet. ;; While; during or at the same time that; when; as, he trembled as he spoke. ;; Because; since; it being the case that. ;; Expressing concession. (Often approaching though in meaning). ;; That, introducing or expressing a result or consequence, after the correlatives so and such. ;; As if; as though. ;; For instance; by way of example; thus; -- used to introduce illustrative phrases, sentences, or citations. ;; Than. ;; Expressing a wish. ;; An ace. ;; A Roman weight, answering to the libra or pound, equal to nearly eleven ounces Tro
Asa : An ancient name of a gum.

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