In an apocryphal manner; mythically; not indisputably.
The quality or state of being apocryphal; doubtfulness of credit or genuineness.
Belonging to, or resembling, a family of plants, of which the dogbane (Apocynum) is the type.
A bitter principle obtained from the dogbane (Apocynum cannabinum).
A group of cirripeds, destitute of footlike organs. An order of Amphibia without feet. See Ophiomorpha. A group of worms without appendages, as the leech.
Without feet; footless.
Apodal.
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels. A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.
Same as Apodeictic.
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
an oreer of birds including the swifts and hummingbirds.
Full demonstration.
The consequent clause or conclusion in a conditional sentence, expressing the result, and thus distinguished from the protasis or clause which expresses a condition. Thus, in the sentence, /Though he slay me, yet will I trust in him,/ the former clause is the protasis, and the latter the apodosis.
Apodal; apod.
The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.
Apogean.
Relating to apogamy.
of or pertaining to apogamy.
The formation of a bud in place of a fertilized ovule or o/spore.
Apogean.
Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.
That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.
The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.
A copy or transcript.
Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
Balanced.
Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.
Devoted to enjoyment.
A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
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 Ph/bus.
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.
The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
A teller of apologues.
Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.
By way of apology.
That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.
same as apologize.
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.
To defend.
One who makes an apology; an apologist.
A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.
To offer an apology.
An instrument for measuring the height of objects.
The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.
A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.
Any one of the thicker and denser of the deep fasci/ which cover, invest, and the terminations and attachments of, many muscles. They often differ from tendons only in being flat and thin. See Fascia.
Of or pertaining to an aponeurosis.
Dissection of aponeuroses.
Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apopemptic songs or hymns.
Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils. An apophlegmatic medicine.
The action of apophlegmatics.
An apophlegmatic.
See Apothegm.
A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.
Same as Apothegmatic.
The small hollow curvature given to the top or bottom of the shaft of a column where it expands to meet the edge of the fillet; -- called also the scape.
A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.
A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.
One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.
Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.
Resembling apoplexy.
Apoplexy.
Affected with apoplexy.
Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.
Doubting; skeptical.
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.
A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.
Without pores.
On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.
Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.
A figure of speech in which the speaker breaks off suddenly, as if unwilling or unable to state what was in his mind; as, /I declare to you that his conduct -- but I can not speak of that, here./
Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.
An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp., the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity.
To apostatize.
Apostatical.
Apostate.
To renounce totally a religious belief once professed; to forsake one's church, the faith or principles once held, or the party to which one has previously adhered.
To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.
The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.
Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.
An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.
A marginal note on a letter or other paper; an annotation.
Literally: One sent forth; a messenger. Specifically: One of the twelve disciples of Christ, specially chosen as his companions and witnesses, and sent forth to preach the gospel.
The office or dignity of an apostle.
The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.
A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.
Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.
In an apostolic manner.
Apostolicity.
The state or quality of being apostolical.
A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the second person, some person or thing, absent or present; as, Milton's apostrophe to Light at the beginning of the third book of /Paradise Lost./
Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.
To use the rhetorical figure called apostrophe.
See Aposteme.
One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.
The result or issue.
Relating to the casting of horoscopes.
One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes; a druggist; a pharmacist.
of or pertaining to the apothecium.
The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.
Pertaining to, or in the manner of, an apothegm; sententious; pithy.
A collector or maker of apothegms.
To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.
The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.
The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, /the gods;/ deification.
To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.
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.
The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between /2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.
Intended to protect from evil.
A decoction or infusion.
Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction.
To impair; to grow worse.
Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.
Terror; dismay.
struck with fear, dread, or consternation.
Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.
Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.