n. (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

n. a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)

n. a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

n. a passageway under a curved masonry construction; "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory"

v. form an arch or curve; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"

adj. expert in skulduggery; "an arch criminal"

adj. (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

n. a stadium that has a roof

n. an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof

n. a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

n. a passage between rooms or between buildings

v. become stretched or tense or taught; "the bodybuilder's neck muscles tensed;" "the rope strained when the weight was attached"

v. become tense, nervous, or uneasy; "He tensed up when he saw his opponent enter the room"

v. increase the tension on; "alternately relax and tense your calf muscle"; "tense the rope manually before tensing the spring"

v. droop, sink, or settle from or as if from pressure or loss of tautness

v. form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"

v. be menacing, burdensome, or oppressive; "This worry hangs on my mind"; "The cloud of suspicion hangs over her"

adj. expressing extreme contempt

adj. having or showing feelings of unwarranted importance out of overbearing pride; "an arrogant official"; "arrogant claims"; "chesty as a peacock"

adj. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

adj. puffed up with vanity; "a grandiloquent and boastful manner"; "overblown oratory"; "a pompous speech"; "pseudo-scientific gobbledygook and pontifical hooey"- Newsweek

adj. having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude; "adept in handicrafts"; "an adept juggler"; "an expert job"; "a good mechanic"; "a practiced marksman"; "a proficient engineer"; "a lesser-known but no less skillful composer"; "the effect was achieved by skillful retouching"

adj. used of a player skilled in stealing the ball or robbing a batter of a hit; "a ball-hawking center fielder"

adj. having or revealing supreme mastery or skill; "a consummate artist"; "consummate skill"; "a masterful speaker"; "masterful technique"; "a masterly performance of the sonata"; "a virtuoso performance"

adj. marked by great skill especially in meticulous technique; "a surgeon's delicate touch"

adj. "a master plumber"; "a master thief"

adj. excellent; "famous for a mean backhand"

adj. (skilled)

adj. proficient and confident in performance; "promising playwrights...sure-handed enough to turn out top-drawer scripts"

adj. competent in many areas and able to turn with ease from one thing to another; "a versatile writer"

adj. used of a height or viewpoint; "a commanding view of the ocean"; "looked up at the castle dominating the countryside"; "the balcony overlooking the ballroom"

adj. standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"

adj. greatest in importance or degree or significance or achievement; "our greatest statesmen"; "the country's leading poet"; "a preeminent archeologist"

adj. at an elevated level in rank or importance; "a high-level official"; "a high-level corporate briefing"; "upper-level management"

adj. majestic in manner or bearing; superior to mundane matters; "his majestic presence"; "olympian detachment"; "olympian beauty and serene composure"

adj. "master race"

adj. of higher rank or status or value

v. straighten up or out; make straight