arris
A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two surfaces
A sharp edge or ridge formed by the intersection of two curved surfaces
A ridge formed on the surface of flaked stone, such as an arrowhead or hand axe, as the result of the intersection of two or more flake removals.

arrises
plural of arris

arrowpoint
Synonym of arrowhead (“pointed part of an arrow used as a weapon”).

arrowpoints
plural of arrowpoint

arrowword
A kind of crossword puzzle with the clues written in the grid, accompanied by arrows that indicate the position and direction of the answers.

arrowwords
plural of arrowword

arsenal
A military establishment for the storing, development, manufacturing, testing, or repairing of arms, ammunition, and other war materiel; an armoury.
A stock of weapons, especially all the weapons that a nation possesses.
A store or supply of anything.
Any supply of aid collected to prepare a person or army for hardship

arsenals
plural of arsenal

artefact
British standard spelling of artifact.

artefacts
plural of artefact

arties
plural of arty

artifact
An object made or shaped by human hand or labor.
An object made or shaped by some agent or intelligence, not necessarily of direct human origin.
Something viewed as a product of human agency or conception rather than an inherent element.
A finding or structure in an experiment or investigation that is not a true feature of the object under observation, but is a result of external action, the test arrangement, or an experimental error.
An object, such as a tool, ornament, or weapon of archaeological or historical interest, especially such an object found at an archaeological excavation.
An appearance or structure in protoplasm due to death, the method of preparation of specimens, or the use of reagents, and not present during life.
A perceptible distortion that appears in an audio or video file or an image as a result of applying a lossy compression or other inexact processing algorithm or of physical interference in an acquisition process.
Ellipsis of build artifact.
Any object in the collection of a museum. May be used sensu stricto only for human-made objects, or may include ones that are not human-made.

artifacts
plural of artifact

artilleries
plural of artillery

artillery
Large projectile weapons, in modern usage usually large guns, but also rocket artillery.
An army unit that uses such weapons, or a military formation using projectile weapons, such as archers.
Gunnery (design and manufacture of guns).
Weapons, especially siege engines.
One or more guns.

artilleryists
plural of artilleryist

artilleryman
A soldier enlisted in an artillery unit or who uses artillery.

artillerymen
plural of artilleryman

artilleryship
The military art or skill of using artillery.

artillerywoman
A female soldier who uses artillery.

artillerywomen
plural of artillerywoman

arty
Inclined towards the arts.
Pretending to artistic worth; high-flown.

assagai
Alternative spelling of assegai.

assagaie
Archaic form of assegai.

assagaies
plural of assagaie

assagay
Archaic form of assegai.

assegaai
Alternative form of assegai.

assegaais
plural of assegaai

assegai
A slim hardwood spear or javelin with an iron tip, especially those used by Bantu peoples of Southern Africa.
The tree species Curtisia dentata, the wood of which is traditionally used to make assegais.

assegais
plural of assegai

assegay
Alternative form of assegai.

assegays
plural of assegay

asspussies
plural of asspussy

asspussy
The anus, as the receiving orifice in anal sex.

astragal
Synonym of anklebone: the bone forming the ball of the ankle joint.
A die, especially a four-sided die historically made from or in imitation of an ankle bone.
A semicircular molding separating the architrave at the top or bottom of a column.
A tool used to mold such features; similar tools used for connecting panes of glass in a window.
A circular molding near the mouth of a cannon.
Synonym of milkvetch: a plant of the genus Astragalus.
A molding attached to double doors to prevent drafts.
A bracket used to fix downpipes to the wall of a building.

astragals
plural of astragal

ataghan
Alternative form of yataghan.

ataghans
plural of ataghan

atgar
A kind of spear or lance formerly in use.

atgars
plural of atgar

atgeir
A kind of spear-like polearm used by the Norse, conventionally translated as halberd, but of uncertain precise nature.

atgeirs
plural of atgeir

athame
A ceremonial pointed knife or dagger, used especially in Wicca and other neopagan traditions and typically having a black handle with magical symbols on it.

athames
plural of athame

atlatl
A spearthrower consisting of a wooden stick with a thong or perpendicularly protruding hook on the rear end that grips a grove or socket on the butt of its accompanying spear (or dart), intended to steady the spear immediately prior to throwing, to increase its potential range when thrown, and to increase its force of penetration of the target.

atlatls
plural of atlatl

attaghan
Archaic form of yataghan.

attaghans
plural of attaghan

autocannon
A fully automatic projectile weapon similar to a machine gun, but firing shells instead of bullets and larger in calibre.

autocannons
plural of autocannon

autofire
A feature on a joystick or gamepad that permits automatic firing, as though the player were repeatedly pressing the fire button.
A feature that allows a weapon to fire automatically.

autoloader
A mechanical device that loads ordnance into weapons such as tanks and artillery that would otherwise be loaded by a dedicated crew.
A mechanical device that automatically loads storage media (such as tapes or disks) into the device that can read them.
A software mechanism that automatically locates and loads classes etc. as required at run time.
A semi-automatic firearm.

autoloaders
plural of autoloader

automatic
Capable of operating without external control or intervention.
Done out of habit or without conscious thought.
Necessary, inevitable, prescribed by logic, law, etc.
Firing continuously as long as the trigger is pressed until ammunition is exhausted.
An autoloader; a semi-automatic or self-loading pistol, as opposed to a revolver or other manually actuated handgun, which fires one shot per pull of the trigger; distinct from machine guns.
Automatically added to and removed from the stack during the course of function calls.
Having one or more finite-state automata.

automatics
plural of automatic

autonav
automatic navigation

autopay
automatic payment

autopistol
An automatic pistol.

autopistols
plural of autopistol

autorifle
An automatic rifle.

autorifles
plural of autorifle

autozoom
automatic zoom

aws
plural of aw

axblade
American spelling of axeblade.

axblades
plural of axblade

axeblade
The blade of an axe; or, a blade identical to that of an axe, but not actually part of one.

axeblades
plural of axeblade

axehead
Alternative form of axe head.

axeheads
plural of axehead

axemanship
Skill in using an axe (tool for chopping wood).

axestone
Alternative form of axstone.

axhead
Alternative form of axe head.

axheads
plural of axhead

axmanship
Alternative form of axemanship.

axstone
A variety of jade, used by the natives of the South Sea Islands for making axes or hatchets.

backlock
A type of lock for a folding knife whose locking action and releasing feature are both on the back of the handle.
A knife with such a lock: synonym of lockback.

backlocks
plural of backlock

backspike
A spike protruding from the back of an axe.

backspikes
plural of backspike

backstrap
A pull strap extending the backstay of a boot or shoe.
The backbone of a book.
A loin of meat consisting of the muscle on each side of the spine.
An anchoring strap, passed around the waist or hips, for a small loom.
The rearmost surface applied to the grip especially of a pistol below a possible beavertail.
The rolling of a marijuana cigarette in a certain fashion.

backstraps
plural of backstrap