| APOCALYPTIC | • apocalyptic adj. Of or relating to an apocalypse… • apocalyptic adj. Portending a future apocalypse (disaster, devastation, or doom). • apocalyptic adj. (Nonstandard) Eggcorn of apoplectic. |
| APOCOPATING | • apocopating v. Present participle of apocopate. • APOCOPATE v. to cut off the end of a word. |
| APOCOPATION | • apocopation n. (Linguistics) A word formed by removing the end of a longer word. • APOCOPATION n. the cutting off of the last sound or syllable of a word. |
| APPLICATION | • application n. The act of applying or laying on, in a literal sense. • application n. The substance applied. • application n. The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use. |
| APPLICATORS | • applicators n. Plural of applicator. • APPLICATOR n. a device used to applicate something. |
| APPLICATORY | • applicatory adj. Able to be applied or used, practical. • APPLICATORY adj. capable of being applied. |
| APPRECIATOR | • appreciator n. Someone who appreciates a given thing, especially… • APPRECIATOR n. one who appreciates. |
| APPROACHING | • approaching adj. That approaches or approach. • approaching adv. Nearly. • approaching v. Present participle of approach. |
| APPROPRIACY | • appropriacy n. The extent to which something is suitable or appropriate for a certain circumstance, occasion, etc; appropriateness. • APPROPRIACY n. the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms. |
| COAPPEARING | • coappearing v. Present participle of coappear. • COAPPEAR v. to appear together at the same time. |
| HIPPOCAMPAL | • hippocampal adj. Pertaining to the hippocampus. • HIPPOCAMPAL adj. relating to the hippocampus. |
| PALAEOTYPIC | • palaeotypic adj. Relating to the palaeotype phonetic alphabet. • PALAEOTYPIC adj. of or like a palaeotype, a nineteenth century phonetic adaptation of ordinary alphabetical type. |
| PANSOPHICAL | • pansophical adj. All-wise; claiming universal knowledge. • PANSOPHICAL adj. relating to pansophy, knowledge of everything, also PANSOPHIC. |
| PANTROPICAL | • pantropical adj. (Biology) Occurring in tropical areas on all the major continents, i.e. in Africa, Asia and America. • PANTROPICAL adj. occurring or distributed throughout the tropical regions of the earth, also PANTROPIC. |
| PARAMORPHIC | • paramorphic adj. Of, relating to, or produced by paramorphism. • PARAMORPHIC adj. relating to a paramorph. |