| APOCARP | • APOCARP n. a fruit having separated carpels. |
| APOCOPE | • apocope n. (Phonetics, prosody, narrow sense) The loss or omission of the last vowel in a word, together with any… • apocope n. (Loosely) The loss or omission of a sound or syllable from the end of a word. • APOCOPE n. the omission of the last sound, syllable, or part of a word, e.g. mag for magazine, fab for fabulous. |
| APODOUS | • apodous adj. (Chiefly biology) apodal. • APODOUS adj. footless. |
| APOGAMY | • apogamy n. (Botany) Asexual reproduction of a fully formed plant directly from a bud. • APOGAMY n. a form of plant reproduction. |
| APOGEAL | • apogeal adj. Connected with the apogee. • APOGEAL adj. relating to an apogee, the outermost point in an orbit, also APOGAEIC, APOGEAN, APOGEIC. |
| APOGEAN | • apogean adj. Connected with the apogee. • APOGEAN adj. relating to an apogee, the outermost point in an orbit, also APOGAEIC, APOGEAL, APOGEIC. |
| APOGEES | • apogees n. Plural of apogee. • APOGEE n. the farthest point from the earth of a heavenly body. |
| APOGEIC | • apogeic adj. Pertaining to the apogee. • apogeic adj. (Figuratively) Climactic. • APOGEIC adj. relating to an apogee, the outermost point in an orbit, also APOGAEIC, APOGEAL, APOGEAN. |
| APOLLOS | • apollos n. Plural of apollo. • Apollos prop.n. Plural of Apollo. • Apollos prop.n. A figure of the early Christian church, mentioned in the Book of Acts and the First Epistle to the Corinthians. |
| APOLOGS | • APOLOG n. a story presenting a moral principle, also APOLOGUE. |
| APOLOGY | • apology n. An expression of remorse or regret for having said or done something that harmed another: an instance… • apology n. A formal justification, defence. • apology n. Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift. |
| APOLUNE | • apolune n. (Astronomy) The point of an elliptical lunar orbit where the distance between the satellite and the… • APOLUNE n. the point in the orbit of a body revolving round the moon that is farthest from the centre of the moon. |
| APOMICT | • apomict n. (Botany, zoology) Any apomictic plant or organism. • APOMICT n. an organism reproducing by, or formed by, apomixis, nonsexual reproduction from an unfertilized ovum. |
| APOPLEX | • apoplex n. Obsolete form of apoplexy. • APOPLEX v. to affect with apoplexy. |
| APORIAS | • aporias n. Plural of aporia. • APORIA n. a professed doubt of what to say or to choose, as in 'to be or not to be'. |
| APOSTIL | • apostil n. A marginal note; a gloss. • apostil n. A method of verification for international documents. • APOSTIL n. (French) a marginal note, also APOSTILLE. |
| APOSTLE | • apostle n. A missionary, or leader of a religious mission, especially one in the early Christian Church (but see Apostle). • apostle n. A pioneer or early advocate of a particular cause, prophet of a belief. • apostle n. A top-ranking ecclesiastical official in the twelve seat administrative council of The Church of Jesus… |
| APOTHEM | • apothem n. (Geometry) The perpendicular distance from the center of a circle to a chord of the same circle. • apothem n. (Geometry) The distance from the center of a regular polygon perpendicular to one of its sides (a special… • APOTHEM n. (Greek) the perpendicular from centre to the side of a polygon. |
| APOZEMS | • apozems n. Plural of apozem. • APOZEM n. (Greek) a medicine obtained by boiling. |