| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| apagogical | adjective | Proving indirectly, by showing the absurdity, or impossibility of the contrary. |
| apalachian | adjective | See Appalachian. |
| apanthropy | noun | An aversion to the company of men; a love of solitude. |
| aphaeresis | noun | Same as Apheresis. |
| aphis lion | The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the ladybugs (Coccinella). | |
| aphorismic | adjective | Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism. |
| aphorismer | noun | A dealer in aphorisms. |
| aphoristic | adjective | Alt. of Aphoristical |
| aphroditic | adjective | Venereal. |
| apiculated | adjective | Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf. |
| apiculture | noun | Rearing of bees for their honey and wax. |
| apiologist | noun | A student of bees. |
| aplacental | adjective | Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta. |
| aplanatism | noun | Freedom from spherical aberration. |
| apocalypse | noun | 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., Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure. |
| apocarpous | adjective | Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; — opposed to syncarpous. |
| apocopated | adjective | Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form. |
| apocrustic | adjective | Astringent and repellent., An apocrustic medicine. |
| apocryphas | plural | of Apocrypha |
| apocryphal | adjective | Pertaining to the Apocrypha., Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false. |
| apocyneous | adjective | Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type. |
| apodeictic | adjective | Alt. of Apodictical |
| apolaustic | adjective | Devoted to enjoyment. |
| apollonian | adjective | Alt. of Apollonic |
| apologetic | adjective | Alt. of Apologetical |
| apologized | imp. & past participle | of Apologize |
| apologizer | noun | One who makes an apology; an apologist. |
| apomorphia | noun | Alt. of Apomorphine |
| apopemptic | adjective | Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apoplectic songs or hymns. |
| apophthegm | noun | See Apothegm., A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim. |
| apoplectic | adjective | Alt. of Apoplectical, One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy. |
| aporetical | adjective | Doubting; skeptical. |
| apostasies | plural | of Apostasy |
| apostatize | verb 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 | verb i. | To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus. |
| apostolate | noun | The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship., The dignity or office of the pope, as the holder of the apostolic see. |
| apostrophe | noun | A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton’s apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of “Paradise Lost.”, The contraction of a word by the omission of a letter or letters, which omission is marked by the character [‘] placed where the letter or letters would have been; as, call’d for called., The mark [‘] used to denote that a word is contracted (as in ne’er for never, can’t for can not), and as a sign of the possessive, singular and plural; as, a boy’s hat, boys’ hats. In the latter use it originally marked the omission of the letter e. |
| apotactite | noun | One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions. |
| apothecary | noun | One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes. |
| apothecium | noun | The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes. |
| apotheoses | plural | of Apotheosis |
| apotheosis | noun pl. | The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, “the gods;” deification., Glorification; exaltation. |
| apozemical | adjective | Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction. |
| appallment | noun | Depression occasioned by terror; dismay. |
| appanagist | noun | A prince to whom an appanage has been granted. |
| apparelled | of Apparel | |
| appareling | present participle & vb. noun | of Apparel |
| apparently | adverb | Visibly., Plainly; clearly; manifestly; evidently., Seemingly; in appearance; as, a man may be apparently friendly, yet malicious in heart. |
| apparition | noun | The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility., The thing appearing; a visible object; a form., An unexpected, wonderful, or preternatural appearance; a ghost; a specter; a phantom., The first appearance of a star or other luminary after having been invisible or obscured; — opposed to occultation. |
| appealable | adjective | Capable of being appealed against; that may be removed to a higher tribunal for decision; as, the cause is appealable., That may be accused or called to answer by appeal; as, a criminal is appealable for manslaughter. |
| appearance | noun | The act of appearing or coming into sight; the act of becoming visible to the eye; as, his sudden appearance surprised me., A thing seed; a phenomenon; a phase; an apparition; as, an appearance in the sky., Personal presence; exhibition of the person; look; aspect; mien., Semblance, or apparent likeness; external show. pl. Outward signs, or circumstances, fitted to make a particular impression or to determine the judgment as to the character of a person or a thing, an act or a state; as, appearances are against him., The act of appearing in a particular place, or in society, a company, or any proceedings; a coming before the public in a particular character; as, a person makes his appearance as an historian, an artist, or an orator., Probability; likelihood., The coming into court of either of the parties; the being present in court; the coming into court of a party summoned in an action, either by himself or by his attorney, expressed by a formal entry by the proper officer to that effect; the act or proceeding by which a party proceeded against places himself before the court, and submits to its jurisdiction. |
| appeasable | adjective | Capable of being appeased or pacified; placable. |
| appellable | adjective | Appealable. |
| appellancy | noun | Capability of appeal. |
| appendaged | adjective | Furnished with, or supplemented by, an appendage. |
| appendance | noun | Something appendant. |
| appendence | noun | Alt. of Appendency |
| appendency | noun | State of being appendant; appendance. |
| appendical | adjective | Of or like an appendix. |
| appendicle | noun | A small appendage. |
| appendixes | plural | of Appendix |
| appendices | plural | of Appendix |
| apperceive | verb t. | To perceive; to comprehend. |
| appetition | noun | Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something. |
| appetitive | adjective | Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty. |
| appetizing | adjective | Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food., So as to excite appetite. |
| applauding | present participle & vb. noun | of Applaud |
| applausive | adjective | Expressing applause; approbative. |
| apple-jack | noun | Apple brandy. |
| apple-john | noun | A kind of apple which by keeping becomes much withered; — called also Johnapple. |
| applicable | adjective | Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. |
| applicancy | noun | The quality or state of being applicable. |
| applotting | present participle & vb. noun | of Applot |
| applotment | noun | Apportionment. |
| appointing | present participle & vb. noun | of Appoint |
| appointive | adjective | Subject to appointment; as, an appointive office. |
| apposition | noun | The act of adding; application; accretion., The putting of things in juxtaposition, or side by side; also, the condition of being so placed., The state of two nouns or pronouns, put in the same case, without a connecting word between them; as, I admire Cicero, the orator. Here, the second noun explains or characterizes the first. |
| appositive | adjective | Of or relating to apposition; in apposition., A noun in apposition. |
| appraising | present participle & vb. noun | of Appraise |
| appreciant | adjective | Appreciative. |
| appreciate | verb t. | To set a price or value on; to estimate justly; to value., To raise the value of; to increase the market price of; — opposed to depreciate., To be sensible of; to distinguish., To rise in value. [See note under Rise, v. i.] |
| apprentice | noun | One who is bound by indentures or by legal agreement to serve a mechanic, or other person, for a certain time, with a view to learn the art, or trade, in which his master is bound to instruct him., One not well versed in a subject; a tyro., A barrister, considered a learner of law till of sixteen years’ standing, when he might be called to the rank of serjeant., To bind to, or put under the care of, a master, for the purpose of instruction in a trade or business. |
| approached | imp. & past participle | of Approach |
| approacher | noun | One who approaches. |
| approbator | noun | One who approves. |
| approvable | adjective | Worthy of being approved; meritorious. |
| approvance | noun | Approval. |
| approvedly | adverb | So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. |
| aprication | noun | Basking in the sun. |