| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| apartment | noun | A room in a building; a division in a house, separated from others by partitions., A set or suite of rooms., A compartment. |
| apartness | noun | The quality of standing apart. |
| apathetic | adjective | Alt. of Apathetical |
| aperitive | adjective | Serving to open; aperient. |
| apertness | noun | Openness; frankness. |
| apetalous | adjective | Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther]. |
| aphanitic | adjective | Resembling aphanite; having a very fine-grained structure. |
| apheresis | noun | The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute for acute., An operation by which any part is separated from the rest. |
| aphrodite | noun | The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans., A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike setae; the sea mouse., A beautiful butterfly (Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States. |
| aphyllous | adjective | Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc. |
| apiaceous | adjective | Umbelliferous. |
| apiculate | adjective | Alt. of Apiculated |
| apishness | noun | The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery. |
| aplanatic | adjective | Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; — said of a lens. |
| apneumona | noun pl. | An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; — called also Apoda or Apodes. |
| apocopate | verb t. | To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word., Alt. of Apocopated |
| apocrypha | noun pl. | Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; — formerly used also adjectively., Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others. |
| apodictic | adjective | Alt. of Apodictical, Same as Apodeictic. |
| apollonic | adjective | Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo. |
| apologist | noun | 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. |
| apologize | verb i. | To make an apology or defense., 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., To defend. |
| apologies | plural | of Apology |
| apophasis | noun | 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.] |
| apophysis | noun | A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone., An enlargement at the top of a pedicel or stem, as seen in certain mosses. |
| apoplexed | adjective | Affected with apoplexy. |
| apostatic | adjective | Apostatical. |
| apostille | noun | A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation. |
| apostolic | adjective | Alt. of Apostolical, A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles. |
| apotelesm | noun | The result or issue., The calculation and explanation of a nativity. |
| apothecia | plural | of Apothecium |
| apothesis | noun | A place on the south side of the chancel in the primitive churches, furnished with shelves, for books, vestments, etc., A dressing room connected with a public bath. |
| appalling | present participle & vb. noun | of Appall, Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident. |
| apparatus | plural | of Apparatus, Things provided as means to some end., Hence: A full collection or set of implements, or utensils, for a given duty, experimental or operative; any complex instrument or appliance, mechanical or chemical, for a specific action or operation; machinery; mechanism., A collection of organs all of which unite in a common function; as, the respiratory apparatus. |
| appareled | imp. & past participle | of Apparel |
| apparence | noun | Appearance. |
| apparency | noun | Appearance., Apparentness; state of being apparent., The position of being heir apparent. |
| apparitor | noun | Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders., A messenger or officer who serves the process of an ecclesiastical court. |
| appeacher | noun | An accuser. |
| appealing | present participle & vb. noun | of Appeal, That appeals; imploring. |
| appealant | noun | An appellant. |
| appearing | present participle & vb. noun | of Appear |
| appeasing | present participle & vb. noun | of Appease |
| appeasive | adjective | Tending to appease. |
| appellant | adjective | Relating to an appeal; appellate., One who accuses another of felony or treason., One who appeals, or asks for a rehearing or review of a cause by a higher tribunal., A challenger., One who appealed to a general council against the bull Unigenitus., One who appeals or entreats. |
| appellate | adjective | Pertaining to, or taking cognizance of, appeals., A person or prosecuted for a crime. [Obs.] See Appellee. |
| appending | present participle & vb. noun | of Append |
| appendage | noun | Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house., A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates. |
| appendant | verb t. | Hanging; annexed; adjunct; concomitant; as, a seal appendant to a paper., Appended by prescription, that is, a personal usage for a considerable time; — said of a thing of inheritance belonging to another inheritance which is superior or more worthy; as, an advowson, common, etc. , which may be appendant to a manor, common of fishing to a freehold, a seat in church to a house., Anything attached to another as incidental or subordinate to it., A inheritance annexed by prescription to a superior inheritance. |
| appension | noun | The act of appending. |
| appertain | verb i. | To belong or pertain, whether by right, nature, appointment, or custom; to relate. |
| appetence | noun | A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency. |
| appetency | noun | Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite., Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism., Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; — used of inanimate objects. |
| appetible | adjective | Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire. |
| appetizer | noun | Something which creates or whets an appetite. |
| applauded | imp. & past participle | of Applaud |
| applauder | noun | One who applauds. |
| apple pie | A pie made of apples (usually sliced or stewed) with spice and sugar. | |
| appliable | adjective | Applicable; also, compliant. |
| appliance | noun | The act of applying; application; [Obs.] subservience., The thing applied or used as a means to an end; an apparatus or device; as, to use various appliances; a mechanical appliance; a machine with its appliances. |
| applicant | noun | One who apples for something; one who makes request; a petitioner. |
| applicate | adjective | Applied or put to some use., To apply. |
| appliedly | adverb | By application. |
| appliment | noun | Application. |
| applotted | imp. & past participle | of Applot |
| appointed | imp. & past participle | of Appoint |
| appointee | verb t. | A person appointed., A person in whose favor a power of appointment is executed. |
| appointer | noun | One who appoints, or executes a power of appointment. |
| appointor | noun | The person who selects the appointee. See Appointee, 2. |
| apportion | verb t. | To divide and assign in just proportion; to divide and distribute proportionally; to portion out; to allot; as, to apportion undivided rights; to apportion time among various employments. |
| appraisal | noun | A valuation by an authorized person; an appraisement. |
| appraised | imp. & past participle | of Appraise |
| appraiser | noun | One who appraises; esp., a person appointed and sworn to estimate and fix the value of goods or estates. |
| apprehend | verb t. | To take or seize; to take hold of., Hence: To take or seize (a person) by legal process; to arrest; as, to apprehend a criminal., To take hold of with the understanding, that is, to conceive in the mind; to become cognizant of; to understand; to recognize; to consider., To know or learn with certainty., To anticipate; esp., to anticipate with anxiety, dread, or fear; to fear., To think, believe, or be of opinion; to understand; to suppose., To be apprehensive; to fear. |
| appressed | adjective | Alt. of Apprest |
| apprising | present participle & vb. noun | of Apprise |
| approbate | adjective | Approved., To express approbation of; to approve; to sanction officially. |
| approving | present participle & vb. noun | of Approve, Expressing approbation; commending; as, an approving smile. |
| appulsion | noun | A driving or striking against; an appulse. |
| appulsive | adjective | Striking against; impinging; as, the appulsive influence of the planets. |
| apriorism | noun | An a priori principle. |
| apriority | noun | The quality of being innate in the mind, or prior to experience; a priori reasoning. |
| aproctous | adjective | Without an anal office. |
| apronfuls | plural | of Apronful |
| apronless | adjective | Without an apron. |
| apron man | A man who wears an apron; a laboring man; a mechanic. | |
| apteryges | noun pl. | An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx. |
| apyrexial | adjective | Relating to apyrexy. |