Apodes (n. pl.) An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.
Apodes (n. pl.) A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.
Apodictic (a.) Same as Apodeictic.
Apodixis (n.) Full demonstration.
Apodosis (n.) The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, "Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him," the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.
Apodous (a.) Apodal; apod.
Apodyterium (n.) The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.
Apogaic (a.) Apogean.
Apogamic (a.) Relating to apogamy.
Apogamy (n.) The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or oospore.
Apogeal (a.) Apogean.
Apogean (a.) Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.
Apogee (n.) That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
Apogee (n.) Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
Apogeotropic (a.) Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.
Apogeotropism (n.) The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.
Apograph (n.) A copy or transcript.
Apohyal (a.) Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
Apoise (adv.) Balanced.
Apolar (a.) Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.
Apolaustic (a.) Devoted to enjoyment.
Apollinarian (a.) In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.
Apollinarian (n.) A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
Apollinaris water () An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.
Apollo (n.) A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phebus.
Apollonian (a.) Alt. of Apollonic
Apollonic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.
Apollyon (n.) The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
Apologer (n.) A teller of apologues.
Apologetic (a.) Alt. of Apologetical
Apologetical (a.) Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.
Apologetically (adv.) By way of apology.
Apologetics (n.) That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.
Apologist (n.) One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.
Apologized (imp. & p. p.) of Apologize
Apologizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apologize
Apologize (v. i.) To make an apology or defense.
Apologize (v. i.) To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
Apologize (v. t.) To defend.
Apologizer (n.) One who makes an apology; an apologist.
Apologue (n.) A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.
Apologies (pl. ) of Apology
Apology (n.) Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.
Apology (n.) An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.
Apology (n.) Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
Apology (v. i.) To offer an apology.
Apomecometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the height of objects.
Apomecometry (n.) The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.
Apomorphia (n.) Alt. of Apomorphine
Apomorphine (n.) A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.
Aponeuroses (pl. ) of Aponeurosis
Aponeurosis (n.) Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasciae which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.
Aponeurotic (a.) Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
Aponeurotomy (n.) Dissection of aponeuroses.
Apopemptic (a.) Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns.
Apophasis (n.) A figure by which a speaker formally declines to take notice of a favorable point, but in such a manner as to produce the effect desired. [For example, see Mark Antony's oration. Shak., Julius Caesar, iii. 2.]
Apophlegmatic (a.) Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils.
Apophlegmatic (n.) An apophlegmatic medicine.
Apophlegmatism (n.) The action of apophlegmatics.
Apophlegmatism (n.) An apophlegmatic.
Apophlegmatizant (n.) An apophlegmatic.
Apophthegm (n.) See Apothegm.
Apophthegmatic (a.) Alt. of Apophthegmatical
Apophthegmatical (a.) Same as Apothegmatic.
Apophyge (n.) The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.
Apophyllite (n.) A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.
-ses (pl. ) of Apophysis
Apophysis (n.) A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.
Apophysis (n.) An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses.
Apoplectic (a.) Alt. of Apoplectical
Apoplectical (a.) Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.
Apoplectic (n.) One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.
Apoplectiform (a.) Alt. of Apoplectoid
Apoplectoid (a.) Resembling apoplexy.
Apoplex (n.) Apoplexy.
Apoplexed (a.) Affected with apoplexy.
Apoplexy (n.) Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
Aporetical (a.) Doubting; skeptical.
Aporias (pl. ) of Aporia
Aporia (n.) A figure in which the speaker professes to be at a loss what course to pursue, where to begin to end, what to say, etc.
Aporosa (n. pl.) A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.
Aporose (a.) Without pores.
Aport (adv.) On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
Aposiopesis (n.) A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, "I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here."
Apositic (a.) Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.
Apostasies (pl. ) of Apostasy
Apostasy (n.) An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.
Apostate (n.) One who has forsaken the faith, principles, or party, to which he before adhered; esp., one who has forsaken his religion for another; a pervert; a renegade.
Apostate (n.) One who, after having received sacred orders, renounces his clerical profession.
Apostate (a.) Pertaining to, or characterized by, apostasy; faithless to moral allegiance; renegade.
Apostate (v. i.) To apostatize.
Apostatic (a.) Apostatical.
Apostatical (a.) Apostate.
Apostatized (imp. & p. p.) of Apostatize
Apostatizing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Apostatize
Apostatize (v. i.) To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.
Apostemate (v. i.) To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.
Apostemation (n.) The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
Apostematous (a.) Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.
Aposteme (n.) An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.