| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| apathy | noun | Want of feeling; privation of passion, emotion, or excitement; dispassion; — applied either to the body or the mind. As applied to the mind, it is a calmness, indolence, or state of indifference, incapable of being ruffled or roused to active interest or exertion by pleasure, pain, or passion. |
| apaume | noun | See Appaume. |
| apepsy | noun | Defective digestion, indigestion. |
| aperea | noun | The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea). |
| apexes | plural | of Apex |
| apices | plural | of Apex, See Apex. |
| aphasy | noun | Loss of the power of speech, or of the appropriate use of words, the vocal organs remaining intact, and the intelligence being preserved. It is dependent on injury or disease of the brain. |
| aphony | noun | Loss of voice or vocal utterance. |
| aphtha | noun | One of the whitish specks called aphthae., The disease, also called thrush. |
| apiary | noun | A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse. |
| apical | adjective | At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. |
| apiece | adverb | Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. |
| apiked | adjective | Trimmed. |
| aplomb | noun | Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession. |
| apnoea | noun | Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation. |
| apodal | noun | Without feet; footless., Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels. |
| apodes | plural | of Apode, An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels., A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona. |
| apodan | adjective | Apodal. |
| apogee | noun | That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth., Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination. |
| apoise | adverb | Balanced. |
| apolar | adjective | Having no radiating processes; — applied particularly to certain nerve cells. |
| apollo | noun | 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. |
| aporia | noun | 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. |
| apozem | noun | A decoction or infusion. |
| appair | verb t. & i. | To impair; to grow worse. |
| appall | adjective | To make pale; to blanch., To weaken; to enfeeble; to reduce; as, an old appalled wight., To depress or discourage with fear; to impress with fear in such a manner that the mind shrinks, or loses its firmness; to overcome with sudden terror or horror; to dismay; as, the sight appalled the stoutest heart., To grow faint; to become weak; to become dismayed or discouraged., To lose flavor or become stale., Terror; dismay. |
| appeal | verb t. | To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court., To charge with a crime; to accuse; to institute a private criminal prosecution against for some heinous crime; as, to appeal a person of felony., To summon; to challenge., To invoke., To apply for the removal of a cause from an inferior to a superior judge or court for the purpose of reexamination of for decision., To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one’s rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request., An application for the removal of a cause or suit from an inferior to a superior judge or court for reexamination or review., The mode of proceeding by which such removal is effected., The right of appeal., An accusation; a process which formerly might be instituted by one private person against another for some heinous crime demanding punishment for the particular injury suffered, rather than for the offense against the public., An accusation of a felon at common law by one of his accomplices, which accomplice was then called an approver. See Approvement., A summons to answer to a charge., A call upon a person or an authority for proof or decision, in one’s favor; reference to another as witness; a call for help or a favor; entreaty., Resort to physical means; recourse. |
| appear | verb i. | To come or be in sight; to be in view; to become visible., To come before the public; as, a great writer appeared at that time., To stand in presence of some authority, tribunal, or superior person, to answer a charge, plead a cause, or the like; to present one’s self as a party or advocate before a court, or as a person to be tried., To become visible to the apprehension of the mind; to be known as a subject of observation or comprehension, or as a thing proved; to be obvious or manifest., To seem; to have a certain semblance; to look., Appearance. |
| append | verb t. | To hang or attach to, as by a string, so that the thing is suspended; as, a seal appended to a record; the inscription was appended to the column., To add, as an accessory to the principal thing; to annex; as, notes appended to this chapter. |
| appete | verb t. | To seek for; to desire. |
| appian | adjective | Of or pertaining to Appius. |
| applot | verb t. | To divide into plots or parts; to apportion. |
| appose | verb t. | To place opposite or before; to put or apply (one thing to another)., To place in juxtaposition or proximity., To put questions to; to examine; to try. [Obs.] See Pose. |
| aptate | verb t. | To make fit. |
| aptera | noun pl. | Insects without wings, constituting the seventh Linnaen order of insects, an artificial group, which included Crustacea, spiders, centipeds, and even worms. These animals are now placed in several distinct classes and orders. |
| aptote | noun | A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun. |