English English Dictionary

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Apiculated (a.)

Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.

Apiculture (n.)

Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.

Apiece (adv.)

Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.

Apieces (adv.)

In pieces or to pieces.

Apiked (a.)

Trimmed.

Aping (p. pr. & vb. n.)

of Ape

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.)

Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.

Aplacentata (n. pl.)

Mammals which have no placenta.

Aplacophora (n. pl.)

A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.

Aplanatic (a.)

Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.

Aplanatism (n.)

Freedom from spherical aberration.

Aplastic (a.)

Not plastic or easily molded.

Aplomb (n.)

Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.