Aphoristically (adv.) In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.
Aphorize (v. i.) To make aphorisms.
Aphrite (n.) See under Calcite.
Aphrodisiac (a.) Alt. of Aphrodisiacal
Aphrodisiacal (a.) Exciting venereal desire; provocative to venery.
Aphrodisiac (n.) That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) excites to venery.
Aphrodisian (a.) Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans].
Aphrodite (n.) The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
Aphrodite (n.) A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse.
Aphrodite (n.) A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.
Aphroditic (a.) Venereal.
Aphtha (n.) One of the whitish specks called aphthae.
Aphtha (n.) The disease, also called thrush.
Aphthae (n. pl.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.
Aphthoid (a.) Of the nature of aphthae; resembling thrush.
Aphthong (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound.
Aphthous (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, aphthae; characterized by aphtae; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.
Aphyllous (a.) Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.
Apiaceous (a.) Umbelliferous.
Apian (a.) Belonging to bees.
Apiarian (a.) Of or relating to bees.
Apiarist (n.) One who keeps an apiary.
Apiary (n.) A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.
Apical (a.) At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit.
Apices (n. pl.) See Apex.
Apician (a.) Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.
Apicular (a.) Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.
Apiculate (a.) Alt. of Apiculated
Apiculated (a.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
Apiculture (n.) Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
Apiece (adv.) Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.
Apieces (adv.) In pieces or to pieces.
Apiked (a.) Trimmed.
Apiol (n.) An oily liquid derived from parsley.
Apiologist (n.) A student of bees.
Apis (n.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.
Apish (a.) Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Apishly (adv.) In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
Apishness (n.) The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
Apitpat (adv.) With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.
Aplacental (a.) Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
Aplacentata (n. pl.) Mammals which have no placenta.
Aplacophora (n. pl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.
Aplanatic (a.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.
Aplanatism (n.) Freedom from spherical aberration.
Aplastic (a.) Not plastic or easily molded.
Aplomb (n.) Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.
Aplotomy (n.) Simple incision.
Aplustre (n.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
Aplysia (n.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.
Apneumona (n. pl.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.
Apnoea (n.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Apo () A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.
Apocalypse (n.) The revelation delivered to St. John, in the isle of Patmos, near the close of the first century, forming the last book of the New Testament.
Apocalypse (n.) Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.
Apocalyptic (a.) Alt. of Apocalyptical
Apocalyptical (a.) Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
Apocalyptic (n.) Alt. of Apocalyptist
Apocalyptist (n.) The writer of the Apocalypse.
Apocalyptically (adv.) By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.
Apocarpous (a.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.
Apocopate (v. t.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
Apocopate (a.) Alt. of Apocopated
Apocopated (a.) Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.
Apocopation (n.) Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.
Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
Apocope (n.) A cutting off; abscission.
Apocrisiary (n.) Alt. of Apocrisiarius
Apocrisiarius (n.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.
Apocrustic (a.) Astringent and repellent.
Apocrustic (n.) An apocrustic medicine.
Apocryphas (pl. ) of Apocrypha
Apocrypha (n. pl.) Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively.
Apocrypha (n. pl.) Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
Apocryphal (a.) Pertaining to the Apocrypha.
Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
Apocryphalist (n.) One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha.
Apocryphally (adv.) In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.
Apocryphalness (n.) The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.
Apocynaceous (a.) Alt. of Apocyneous
Apocyneous (a.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.
Apocynin (n.) A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).
Apod (n.) Alt. of Apodal
Apodal (n.) Without feet; footless.
Apodal (n.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
Apods (pl. ) of Apode
Apodes (pl. ) of Apode
Apod (n.) Alt. of Apode
Apode (n.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
Apoda (n.) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.
Apoda (n.) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.
Apoda (n.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.
Apodan (a.) Apodal.
Apodeictic (a.) Alt. of Apodictical
Apodictic (a.) Alt. of Apodictical
Apodeictical (a.) Alt. of Apodictical
Apodictical (a.) Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Apodeictically (adv.) Alt. of Apodictically
Apodictically (adv.) So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
Apodeme (n.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.