Phrase Hound found 54 phrases and 19 compound words that contain arches. The most common are listed below. Open arches in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 54
- Golden ArchesA McDonald's restaurant.
- dental archesplural of dental arch: The U-shaped, curved arrangement of teeth, along with the supporting gum and alveolar bone, in either the upper or lower jaw.
- fallen archesplural of fallen arch: An instance of flat feet that results from the arch of the foot collapsing.
- gill archesplural of gill arch: branchial arch
- horseshoe archesplural of horseshoe arch: An arch having the circular curve continued below the horizontal line of its diameter, so that the opening at the bottom of the arch is narrower than the arch's full span. It is emblematic of Islamic, especially …
- jack archesplural of jack arch: An arch of the thickness of one brick.
- neural archesplural of neural arch: The arch of a vertebra protecting the spinal cord.
- aortic archesplural of aortic arch: The 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.
- skew archesplural of skew arch: an arch constructed at an angle other than a right angle
- vertebral archesplural of vertebral arch: The posterior part of a vertebra.
- pharyngeal archesplural of pharyngeal arch: Any 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.
- triumphal archesplural of triumphal arch: A monumental arch that commemorates a victory.
- Dean of the ArchesThe presiding judge in the provincial ecclesiastical court of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
- branchial archesplural of branchial arch: Any of a series of bony looped structures which support the gills of fish; any of the pharyngeal arches in a fish embryo.
- zygomatic archesplural of zygomatic arch: An arch formed by the zygomatic process of the temporal bone and the temporal process of the zygomatic bone.
- haemal archesplural of haemal arch: The position of a vertebra enclosing and protecting the heart and other viscera.
- palatoglossal archesplural of palatoglossal arch: the more anterior of the two ridges of soft tissue at the back of the mouth on each side that curves downward from the uvula to the side of the base of the tongue forming a recess for the palatine tonsil as it …
- palatopharyngeal archesplural of palatopharyngeal arch: the more posterior of the two ridges of soft tissue at the back of the mouth on each side that curves downward from the uvula to the side of the pharynx forming a recess for the palatine tonsil as it …
- take it on the archesTo depart, especially on foot.
- balloon archesplural of balloon arch: A curved structure of balloons designed to spotlight or accentuate a doorway, dance floor, stage, etc.
- bell archesplural of bell arch: An arch of unusual form, following the curve of an ogee.
- flying archesplural of flying arch: A 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.
- Gothic archesplural of Gothic arch: An arch in the shape of ogive.
- Maya archesplural of Maya arch: A form of corbel arch with small regular corbels.
- oblique archesplural of oblique arch: An arch whose span is not at right angles to the face.
Compound words 19
- archesporeA group of cells from which microspores or megaspores develop.
- archesporesplural of archespore: A group of cells from which microspores or megaspores develop.
- counterarchesplural of counterarch: An arch built adjacent to another arch to oppose its forces or help to stabilize it.
- demarchesplural of demarche: A diplomatic maneuver; one handled with finesse.
- destarchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of destarch: To remove starch from.
- hemiarchesplural of hemiarch: Either half of an arch
- Lamarchesplural of Lamarche: A surname.
- menarchesplural of menarche: The onset of menstruation; a girl's first period.
- midarchesplural of midarch: The midpoint of an arch.
- overarchesthird-person singular simple present indicative of overarch: To form an arch over something.