aqueous, adj. 1. watery, waterish, serous, waterlike; soggy, boggy, dripping, wet; moist, damp, dewy. 2. watered down, diluted, thinned, adulterated, cut; insipid, tasteless, flat, vapid, dull; tame, feeble, weak, wishy-washy.
aquiline, adj. (usu. of the nose) eagle-like, beaked, hooked, curved; prominent, protruding, Roman,
arabesque, n. 1. floral design, intricate pattern, ornamentation, Islamic decoration; anthemion, honeysuckle ornament.
2. Fine Arts, linear, motif, spiral, undulation, serpentine line, sinuosity,
arable, adj. plowable, tillable, farmable, cultivable, cultivatable; fertile, fruitful, productive, prolific, fecund,
arbiter, n. 1. judge, determiner, decider, adjudicator, arbitress; moderator, umpire, referee, linesman; arbitrator, negotiator, reconciler, peacemaker, Obs. arbitrer; go-between, intermediary, mediator, intercessor.
2. authority, sovereign, master, lord, ruler, governor, controller; autocrat, dictator, director; the one with the final say.
arbitrament, n. 1. arbitration, judgment. See - arbitration (def. 2).
2. decision, sentence, verdict, decree, opinion, finding; umpirage; final say.
arbitrariness, n. 1. capriciousness, whimsicalness, whimsicality, unreasonableness; willfulness, stubbornness, perverseness, mulishness, obstinacy, intransigence. 2. imperiousness, magisterialness, domineeringness, overbearingness, high-handedness, peremptoriness; superciliousness, haughtiness,
arbitrary, adj. 1. discretionary, discretional, left to one's discretion, subject to one's judgment, judgmental; optional, done at one's pleasure, done by choice.
2. capricious, whimsical, fanciful, crotchety; unreasonable, irrational, unsupported, unsupportable, irresponsible.
3. despotic, tyrannical, tyrannous, autocratic; dictatorial, imperious, domineering, magisterial; overbearing, high-handed, peremptory, summary; supercilious, condescending, haughty, Inf. toplofty.
4. willful, stubborn, wayward, perverse, obstinate, mulish, opinionated; intransigent, unbending, unyielding; indocile, intractable.
arbitrate, v. 1. decide, determine, settle; judge, adjudge, adjudicate, pronounce or pass judgment, decree, sentence; umpire, referee, Inf. ref; try, hear. 2. mediate, intervene, interpose, step in, come between; negotiate, bargain, bring to terms, parley; intercede, conciliate, placate, reconcile,
arbitration, n. 1. mediation, negotiation, bargaining; peacemaking, bringing together, reconciliation, reconcilement, conciliation; intervention, interposition, intermediation, interference.
2. judgment, adjudication, decision, determination; settling, settlement, arbitrament.
3. hearing, trial; parley, conference, discussion,
arbitrator, n. negotiator, bargainer, reconciler, peacemaker, Obs. arbitrer; go-between, intermediary, mediator, intercessor; arbiter, arbitress, judge, determiner, decider, adjudicator; moderator, umpire, referee, linesman.