Definitions for arcus

arcus ar·cus

Spelling: [ahr-kuh s]
IPA: /ˈɑr kəs/

Arcus is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 9 points.

You can make 71 anagrams from letters in arcus (acrsu).

Definitions for arcus

noun

  1. a dense, horizontal, roll-shaped cloud sometimes occurring at the lower front portion of a cumulonimbus.

Origin of arcus

Latin: bow, arch

Examples for arcus

A view of this is given by Donati, who calls it the arcus Domitiani.

The Romans originally called their triumphal arch fornix, not arcus.

The frustules are curved or arcuate (arcus, a bow) in the side view, oblong and narrowed at the ends in the front view.

In elderly persons we ought always to look for the arcus senilis, which is a sign of a tendency to fatty degeneration.

Its claim, as the parent of projectile implements, is recognized in the common etymology of arcus, arcualia—artillery.

Otia si tollas, periere Cupidinis arcus—Remove 45 the temptations of idleness, and Cupid's bow is useless.

Moreover, there is the arcus senilis, the fine translucent to opaque circle surrounding the outer portion of the iris.

The etymology of arcus is the same; the root arc not only means to hurl, but to sing or resound.

Word Value for arcus
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7

Words with friends

9

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