English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Aplotomy
(n.)
Simple incision.
Aplustre
(n.)
An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern,
usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
Aplysia
(n.)
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.
Apneumona
(n. pl.)
An order of holothurians in which the internal
respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.
Apnoea
(n.)
Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
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.
Apocalypse
(n.)
Anything viewed as a revelation; a disclosure.
Apocalypse
(n.)
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.
Apocalyptic
(n.)
Alt. of Apocalyptist
Apocalyptic
(a.)
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.
Apocalyptically
(adv.)
By revelation; in an apocalyptic manner.
Apocalyptist
(n.)
The writer of the Apocalypse.
Apocarpous
(a.)
Either entirely or partially separate, as the carpels
of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous.
Apocopate
(v. t.)
To cut off or drop; as, to apocopate a word, or the
last letter, syllable, or part of a word.
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.)
A cutting off; abscission.
Apocope
(n.)
The cutting off, or omission, of the last letter,
syllable, or part of a word.