Phrase Hound found 106 phrases and 286 compound words that contain arch. The most common are listed below. Open arch in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 106
- Arch support
- arch bridgeA bridge with abutments at each end shaped as an arch.
- triumphal archA monumental arch that commemorates a victory.
- aortic archThe curving portion of the aorta that bends between the ascending aorta and the descending aorta, from which the brachiocephalic artery, left carotid artery, and left subclavian artery arise.
- Royal ArchThe first part of the American York Rite system of Masonic degrees.
- Marble ArchA landmark in Central London which lends its name to the surrounding area.
- flying archA form of arch that does not carry any vertical load, but is provided solely to supply outward horizontal forces, to resist an inwards compression. They are used across cuttings, to avoid them collapsing inwards.
- lancet archA sharp pointed arch used in doors and windows, etc. This type of architecture was peculiar to England in the 13th century.
- Thorp ArchA village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Leeds, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE4346).
- arch enemyAlternative spelling of archenemy: A principal enemy.
- bell archAn arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee.
- dental archThe U-shaped, curved arrangement of teeth, along with the supporting gum and alveolar bone, in either the upper or lower jaw.
- jack archAn arch of the thickness of one brick.
- knife archAn archway with a metal detector to detect weapons such as knives carried by a person entering a building.
- scheme archAn arch less than a semicircle.
- sea archAn opening through a headland, leaving a bridge of rock over the water.
- straight archA form of arch in which the intrados is straight, but with its joints drawn radially.
- wheel archThe shaped part of the bodywork of a car or other vehicle that allows the wheel to be accessed, and in the case of front wheels, enable them to be steered.
- pharyngeal archAny of a series of structures seen in the embryo of vertebrates that are precursors for many structures, notably the jaws and (in fish) the branchial arches.
- proscenium archThe arch that frames a theater stage, and separates it from the auditorium.
- branchial archAny of a series of bony looped structures which support the gills of fish; any of the pharyngeal arches in a fish embryo.
- arch bridgesplural of arch bridge: A bridge with abutments at each end shaped as an arch.
- Gothic archAn arch in the shape of ogive.
- equilateral archA pointed arch with two equal sides.
- neural archThe arch of a vertebra protecting the spinal cord.
Compound words 286
- archbishopA senior bishop who is in charge of an archdiocese, and presides over a group of dioceses called a province (in Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Anglicanism, etc.)
- archdioceseA diocese administered by an archbishop.
- archwayA passageway covered by an arch, particularly one made of masonry.
- archyResembling an arch; having arches; arched; arching
- archdukeThe son or male-line grandson of an emperor of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
- archduchessA daughter or granddaughter of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary, or the wife of a son or grandson of the Emperor of Austria-Hungary
- archpriestThe highest rank given to a married priest.
- nomarchThe governor of an ancient Egyptian nome.
- archstoneA stone forming part of an arch.
- archtopA style of large steel-stringed guitar having an arched belly, a neck at a slight angle to the body and a fretboard elevated above the soundboard.