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Apodyterium

The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.

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.

Apogee

That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.

Apogeotropic

Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.

Apogeotropism

The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.

Apohyal

Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.

Apolar

Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.

Apollinarian

A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.

Apollo

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.

Apollyon

The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.

Apologetical Apologetic

Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.

Apologetics

That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.

Apologist

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.

Apologue

A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.

Apomecometer

An instrument for measuring the height of objects.

Apomecometry

The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.

Aponeurosis

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.

Apopemptic

Sung or addressed to one departing; valedictory; as, apopemptic songs or hymns.

Apophlegmatic

Designed to facilitate discharges of phlegm or mucus from mouth or nostrils. An apophlegmatic medicine.

Apophthegm Apothegm

A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark, conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or maxim.

Apophyge

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.

Apophyllite

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.

Apophysis

A marked prominence or process on any part of a bone.

Apoplectic

One liable to, or affected with, apoplexy.

Apoplectical Apoplectic

Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

Apoplexy

Sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion, usually caused by pressure on the brain.

Aporia

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.

Aporosa

A group of corals in which the coral is not porous; -- opposed to Perforata.

Aport

On or towards the port or left side; -- said of the helm.

Aposematic

Having or designating conspicuous or warning colors or structures indicative of special means of defense against enemies, as in the skunk.

Aposiopesis

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./

Apositic

Destroying the appetite, or suspending hunger.

Apostasy

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.

Apostatize

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.

Apostemate

To form an abscess; to swell and fill with pus.

Apostemation

The formation of an aposteme; the process of suppuration.

Apostematous

Pertaining to, or partaking of the nature of, an aposteme.

Aposteme

An abscess; a swelling filled with purulent matter.

Apostle

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.

Apostolate

The dignity, office, or mission, of an apostle; apostleship.

Apostolic

A member of one of certain ascetic sects which at various times professed to imitate the practice of the apostles.

Apostolical Apostolic

Pertaining to an apostle, or to the apostles, their times, or their peculiar spirit; as, an apostolical mission; the apostolic age.

Apostrophe

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./

Apostrophic

Pertaining to an apostrophe, grammatical or rhetorical.

Apotactite

One of a sect of ancient Christians, who, in supposed imitation of the first believers, renounced all their possessions.

Apothecary

One who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes; a druggist; a pharmacist.

Apothecium

The ascigerous fructification of lichens, forming masses of various shapes.

Apothegmatize

To utter apothegms, or short and sententious sayings.

Apothem

The perpendicular from the center to one of the sides of a regular polygon.

Apotheosis

The act of elevating a mortal to the rank of, and placing him among, /the gods;/ deification.

Apotheosize

To exalt to the dignity of a deity; to declare to be a god; to deify; to glorify.

Apothesis

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.

Apotome

The difference between two quantities commensurable only in power, as between /2 and 1, or between the diagonal and side of a square.

Apozem

A decoction or infusion.

Apozemical

Pertaining to, or resembling, a decoction.

Appair

To impair; to grow worse.

Appalachian

Of or pertaining to a chain of mountains in the United States, commonly called the Allegheny mountains.

appalled

struck with fear, dread, or consternation.

Appalling

Such as to appall; as, an appalling accident.

Appallment

Depression occasioned by terror; dismay.

Appaloosa

a hardy breed of horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump.

Appanage

The portion of land assigned by a sovereign prince for the subsistence of his younger sons.

Appanagist

A prince to whom an appanage has been granted.

Apparatus

Things provided as means to some end.

Apparel

To make or get (something) ready; to prepare.

Apparentness

Plainness to the eye or the mind; visibleness; obviousness.

Apparition

The act of becoming visible; appearance; visibility.

Apparitional

Pertaining to an apparition or to apparitions; spectral.

Apparitor

Formerly, an officer who attended magistrates and judges to execute their orders.

Appaume

A hand open and extended so as to show the palm.

Appay

To pay; to satisfy or appease.

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