Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter A - Page 75
Aphoristically (adv.) In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.
Aphorize (v. i.) To make aphorisms.
Aphrite (n.) (Min.) See under Calcite. Aphrodisiac
Aphrodisiac (a.) Alt. of Aphrodisiacal.
Aphrodisiacal (a.) Exciting venereal desire; stimulating the desire for sexual gratification.
Aphrodisiac (n.) That which (as a drug, or some kinds of food) stimulate sexual desire.
Aphrodisiac (a.) Exciting sexual desire [syn: aphrodisiac, aphrodisiacal, sexy] [ant: anaphrodisiac].
Aphrodisiac (n.) A drug or other agent that stimulates sexual desire.
Aphrodisian (a.) Pertaining to Aphrodite or Venus. "Aphrodisian dames" [that is, courtesans]. -- C. Reade.
Aphrodite (n.) (Classic Myth.) 【希神】愛芙羅黛蒂（司愛與美之女神） The Greek goddess of love, corresponding to the Venus of the Romans.
Aphrodite (n.) (Zool.) 詞典中對海鼠的定義是愛芙羅黛蒂（Aphrodite）屬及相關屬的幾種大型多毛蟲（polychaete（多毛類之海蟲））中的任何一種，具有寬闊的扁平體，背面覆蓋著一層密密的彩虹般的毛狀披肩。A large marine annelid, covered with long, lustrous, golden, hairlike set[ae]; the sea mouse.
Aphrodite (n.) (Zool.) （北美產的）一種褐帶黑點的蝴蝶 A beautiful butterfly ({Argunnis Aphrodite) of the United States.
Aphrodite (n.) Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology; identified with Roman Venus [syn: Aphrodite, Cytherea].
Aphroditic (a.) Venereal. [R.] -- Dunglison.
Aphtha (n.) (Med.) 【醫】小潰瘍；鵝口瘡 One of the whitish specks called aphth[ae].
Aphtha (n.) (Med.) The disease, also called thrush.
Aphthae (n. pl.) (Med.) Roundish pearl-colored specks or flakes in the mouth, on the lips, etc., terminating in white sloughs. They are commonly characteristic of thrush.
Aphthoid (a.) Of the nature of aphth[ae]; resembling thrush.
Aphthong (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound. -- Aph*thon"gal, a.
Aphthous (a.) Pertaining to, or caused by, aphth[ae]; characterized by aphtae; as, aphthous ulcers; aphthous fever.
Aphyllous (a.) (Bot.) 【植】無葉的 Destitute of leaves, as the broom rape, certain euphorbiaceous plants, etc.
Aphyllous (a.) Having no leaves.
Apiaceous (a.) (Bot.) Umbelliferous.
Apian (a.) 蜜蜂的 Belonging to bees.
Apian (a.) Relating to or having the characteristics of bees.
Apiarian (a.) 蜜蜂的；養蜂的 Of or relating to bees.
Apiarian (a.) Relating to bees or beekeeping.
Apiarist (n.) 養蜂家，養蜂人 One who keeps an apiary.
Apiarist (n.) A farmer who keeps bees for their honey [syn: beekeeper, apiarist, apiculturist].
Apiarist (n.) One who keeps bees, specifically one who cares for and raises bees for commercial or agricultural purposes. Also called beekeeper. [syn: Apiculturist, Beekeeper].
Apiarist (n.) (Zoology) A person who studies or keeps bees.
Apiarist (n.) (Agriculture) A person who studies or keeps bees.
Apiary (n.) 養蜂場；蜂房 A place where bees are kept; a stand or shed for bees; a beehouse.
Apiary (n.) A shed containing a number of beehives [syn: apiary, bee house].
Apical (a.) At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit. -- Gray.
Apices (n. pl.) See Apex.
Apician (a.) Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery. -- H. Rogers.
Apicular (a.) Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.
Apiculate (a.) Alt. of Apiculated.
Apiculated (a.) (Bot.) Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
Apiculture (n.) 養蜂（業） Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
Apiculture (n.) The cultivation of bees on a commercial scale for the production of honey [syn: beekeeping, apiculture].
Apiece (adv.) 各個，每個，每人，每樣 Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece. "Fined . . . a thousand pounds apiece." -- Hume.
Apiece (adv.) To or from every one of two or more (considered individually); "they received $10 each" [syn: each, to each one, for each one, from each one, apiece].
Apieces (adv.) In pieces or to pieces.
Apiked (a.) Trimmed.
Apiol (n.) An oily liquid derived from parsley.
Apiologist (n.) A student of bees.
Apis (n.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.
Apish (a.) Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Apishly (adv.) In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
Apishness (n.) The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
Apitpat (adv.) With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.
Aplacental (a.) 【動】（有袋動物及單孔類動物）無胎盤的 Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
Aplacentata (n. pl.) (Zool.) Mammals which have no placenta.
Aplacophora (n. pl.) (Zool.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.
Aplacophora (n.) An order of Amphineura [syn: Solenogastres, order Solenogastres, Aplacophora, order Aplacophora].
Aplanatic (a.) (Opt.) 等光程的 Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.
Aplanatic focus, () Of a lens (Opt.), the point or focus from which rays diverging pass the lens without spherical aberration. In certain forms of lenses there are two such foci; and it is by taking advantage of this fact that the best aplanatic object glasses of microscopes are constructed.
Aplanatic (a.) Free from or corrected for spherical aberration; "an aplanatic mirror".
Aplanatism (n.) Freedom from spherical aberration.
Aplastic (a.) Not plastic or easily molded.
Aplomb (n.) 【法】沉著；泰然自若 Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.
Aplomb (n.) Great coolness and composure under strain; "keep your cool" [syn: {aplomb}, {assuredness}, {cool}, {poise}, {sang- froid}].
Aplotomy (n.) (Surg.) Simple incision. -- Dunglison.
Aplustre (n.) (Rom. Antiq.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. -- Audsley.
Aplysia (n.) (Zool.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the species when disturbed throw out a deep purple liquor, which colors the water to some distance. See Illust. in Appendix.
Aplysia (n.) Type genus of the family Aplysiidae [syn: Aplysia, genus Aplysia, Tethys, genus Tethus].
Apneumona (n. pl.) (Zool.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.
Apnoea (n.) (Med.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Apo () A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle (one sent away), apocarpous.
APO, () Advanced Planner and Optimizer (SAP, SCM).
Apocalypse (n.) (Eccl.) One of a numerous class of writings proceeding from Jewish authors between 250 b. c. and 150 a. d., and designed to propagate the Jewish faith or to cheer the hearts of the Jewish people with the promise of deliverance and glory; or proceeding from Christian authors of the opening centuries and designed to portray the future.
Apocalypse (n.) Specifically, 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 (called Revelation or the Apocalypse).
Apocalypse (n.) Anything viewed as a revelation, especially one that is highly significant for the person receiving it; a disclosure. Often used of a realization or revelation that changes a person's goals or style of life.
The new apocalypse of Nature. -- Carlyle.
Apocalypse (n.) The final battle between good and evil, as foreseen in Saint John's Apocalypse; the time when God conquers the powers of evil, attended by cataclysmic cosmic events, and sometimes thought of as the end of the world; an Armageddon. Apocalyptic
Apocalypse (n.) A cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
Apocalypse (n.) The last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle [syn: Revelation, Revelation of Saint John the Divine, Apocalypse, Book of Revelation].
Apocalypse, () The Greek name of the Book of Revelation (q.v.).
Apocalypse, Uncovering, revelation.
Apocalyptic (a.) 【宗】啟示的，天啟的 Alt. of Apocalyptical.
Apocalyptical (a.) Of or pertaining to a revelation, or, specifically, to the Revelation of St. John; containing, or of the nature of, a prophetic revelation.
Apocalyptical (a.) Pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling an apocalypse, in senses 3 or 4.
{Apocalyptic number}, The number 666, mentioned in -- Rev. xiii. 18., in which it is described as the number of the "beast of the earth". It has been variously interpreted. Some fundamentalist Christians consider it to be the number of the Devil, and avoid or fear objects containing that number.
Apocalyptic (n.) Alt. of Apocalyptist.
Apocalyptist (n.) The writer of the Apocalypse.
Apocalyptic (a.) Prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom [syn: {apocalyptic}, {apocalyptical}, {revelatory}].
Apocalyptic (a.) Of or relating to an apocalypse.
Apocalyptic (a.) 預示大災難的，預言世界末日的 Showing or describing the total destruction and end of the world, or extremely bad future events.
// Apocalyptic visions of a nuclear confrontation.
// Apocalyptic warnings about our destruction of the environment.
Apocalyptically (adv.) By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.
Apocarpous (a.) (Bot.) Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. -- Lindley.
Apocarpous (a.) (Of ovaries of flowering plants) Consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses [ant: syncarpous].
Apocopate (v. t.) (Gram.) To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the last letter, syllable, or part of a word. Apocopate
Apocopate (a.) Alt. of Apocopated.
Apocopated (a.) Shortened by apocope; as, an apocopate form.
Apocopation (n.) Shortening by apocope; the state of being apocopated.
Apocope (n.) The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
Apocope (n.) (Med.) A cutting off; abscission. Apocrisiary
Apocrisiary (n.) Alt. of Apocrisiarius.
Apocrisiarius (n.) (Eccl.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople.
Apocrustic (a.) (Med.) Astringent and repellent.
Apocrustic (n.) An apocrustic medicine.
Apocryphas (n. pl. ) of Apocrypha.
Apocrypha (n. pl.) 經外書；偽經；可疑文件 Something, as a writing, that is of doubtful authorship or authority; -- formerly used also adjectively. [Obs.] -- Locke.
Apocrypha (n. pl.) Specif.: Certain writings which are received by some Christians as an authentic part of the Holy Scriptures, but are rejected by others.
Note: Fourteen such writings, or books, formed part of the Septuagint, but not of the Hebrew canon recognized by the Jews of Palestine. The Council of Trent included all but three of these in the canon of inspired books having equal authority. The German and English Reformers grouped them in their Bibles under the title Apocrypha, as not having dogmatic authority, but being profitable for instruction. The Apocrypha is now commonly ?mitted from the King James's Bible.
Apocrypha (n.) 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status.
Apocrypha (n.) Hidden, spurious, the name given to certain ancient books which found a place in the LXX. and Latin Vulgate versions of the Old Testament, and were appended to all the great translations made from them in the sixteenth century, but which have no claim to be regarded as in any sense parts of the inspired Word.
Apocrypha (n.) They are not once quoted by the New Testament writers, who frequently quote from the LXX. Our Lord and his apostles confirmed by their authority the ordinary Jewish canon, which was the same in all respects as we now have it.
Apocrypha (n.) These books were written not in Hebrew but in Greek, and during the "period of silence," from the time of Malachi, after which oracles and direct revelations from God ceased till the Christian era.
Apocrypha (n.) The contents of the books themselves show that they were no part of Scripture. The Old Testament Apocrypha consists of fourteen books, the chief of which are the Books of the Maccabees (q.v.), the Books of Esdras, the Book of Wisdom, the Book of Baruch, the Book of Esther, Ecclesiasticus, Tobit, Judith, etc.
Apocrypha (n.) The New Testament Apocrypha consists of a very extensive literature, which bears distinct evidences of its non-apostolic origin, and is utterly unworthy of regard.
Apocrypha (n.) Hidden.
Apocryphal (a.) 作者不明的；偽的；經外書的 Pertaining to the Apocrypha.
Apocryphal (a.) Not canonical. Hence: Of doubtful authority; equivocal; mythic; fictitious; spurious; false.
The passages . . . are, however, in part from apocryphal or fictitious works. -- Sir G. C. Lewis.
Apocryphal (a.) Being of questionable authenticity.
Apocryphal (a.) Of or belonging to the Apocrypha.
Apocryphalist (n.) One who believes in, or defends, the Apocrypha. [R.]
Apocryphalist (pl. apocryphalists) (Christianity) A member of the group who supported the inclusion of the Apocrypha in the Bible.
Apocryphally (adv.) In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.
Apocryphalness (n.) The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness. Apocynaceous
Apocynaceous (a.) Alt. of Apocyneous.
Apocyneous (a.) (Bot.) Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.
Apocynaceous (a.) Of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae.
Apocynin (n.) (Chem.) A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum). Apod
Apod (n.) Alt. of Apodal.
Apodal (n.) Without feet; footless.
Apodal (n.) (Zool.) Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels. Apod
Apods (n. pl. ) of Apode.
Apodes (n. pl. ) of Apode.
Apod (n.) Alt. of Apode.
Apode (n.) (Zool.) One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
Note: The bird of paradise formerly had the name Paradisea apoda, being supposed to have no feet, as these were wanting in the specimens first obtained from the East Indies.
Apoda (n.) (Zool.) A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs.
Apoda (n.) (Zool.) An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha.
Apoda (n.) (Zool.) A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.
Apodal (a.) (Of snakes and eels) naturally footless; "eels are apodal" [syn: apodal, apodous].
Apodal (a.) (Zoology) 無足動物；無腹鰭的魚 Having no distinct feet or footlike members.
Apodal (a.) (Zoology) Belonging or pertaining to the orders Apoda and Apodes, comprising various groups of animals without limbs.
Apodan (a.) (Zool.) Apodal. Apodeictical Apodictic Apodeictic
Apodeictic (a.) Alt. of Apodictical.
Apodictic (a.) Alt. of Apodictical.
Apodeictical (a.) Alt. of Apodictical.
Apodictical (a.) Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction. --Brougham. Sir Wm. Hamilton. Apodeictically
Apodeictically (adv.) Alt. of Apodictically.
Apodictically (adv.) So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
Apodeme (n.) (Zool.) One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
Apodeme (n.) Ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles.