English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Apheliotropic
(a.)
Turning away from the sun; -- said of leaves, etc.
Apheliotropism
(n.)
The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of
certain plants.
Aphemia
(n.)
Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power
of writing; -- a disorder of cerebral origin.
Apheresis
(n.)
An operation by which any part is separated from the
rest.
Apheresis
(n.)
The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning
of a word; e. g., cute for acute.
Aphesis
(n.)
The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a
word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire.
Aphetic
(a.)
Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the
beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form.
Aphetism
(n.)
An aphetized form of a word.
Aphetize
(v. t.)
To shorten by aphesis.
Aphid
(n.)
One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.
Aphides
(n. pl.)
See Aphis.
Aphides
(pl. )
of Aphis
Aphidian
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the family Aphidae.
Aphidian
(n.)
One of the aphides; an aphid.
Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.
Aphidophagous
(a.)
Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles
of the family Coccinellidae.
Aphilanthropy
(n.)
Want of love to mankind; -- the opposite of
philanthropy.
Aphis
(n.)
A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and
family Aphidae, including numerous species known as plant lice and
green flies.
The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds
voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvae of the
ladybugs (Coccinella).
Aphlogistic
(a.)
Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of
wire is kept in a state of continued ignition by alcohol, without
flame.