arable, adj., arable, tillable.

arachide, n.f., earth-nut.

arachnide (-rak-), n.m., arachnidan.

arachnoïde (-rak-no-id), n.f., (anat.) arachnoid, arachnoid membrane.

arachnoïde, adj., (anat.) arachnoid; cobwebbed.

arack or rack, n.m., a spirituous liquor; arrack.

araignée, n.f., spider; (mining) araignee, arraign; (nav.) crow-foot. Toile d’—; cobweb, spider-work. — de mer; crab. Pattes d’—; spider’s legs, scrawling handwriting. Oter les —s; to sweep the cobwebs away. J’en ai horreur comme d’une —; (fam.) I hate it as I do sin. Avoir une — dans le plafond; to have a bee in one’s bonnet.

araméen, -ne, adj., aramean.

aramer, v.a., to stretch cloth upon tenters, to tenter.

aranéeu-x, -se, adj., cobwebbed.