English English Dictionary

English English Dictionary

The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg

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Apodal (n.)
Without feet; footless.
Apodal (n.)
Destitute of the ventral fin, as the eels.
Apodan (a.)
Apodal.
Apode (n.)
One of certain animals that have no feet or footlike organs; esp. one of certain fabulous birds which were said to have no feet.
Apodeictic (a.)
Alt. of Apodictical
Alt. of Apodictical
Alt. of Apodictically
Apodeme (n.)
One of the processes of the shell which project inwards and unite with one another, in the thorax of many Crustacea.
Apodes (pl. )
of Apode
Apodes (n. pl.)
A group of holothurians destitute of suckers. See Apneumona.
Apodes (n. pl.)
An order of fishes without ventral fins, including the eels.
Apodictic (a.)
Alt. of Apodictical
Apodictic (a.)
Same as Apodeictic.
Self-evident; intuitively true; evident beyond contradiction.
Apodictically (adv.)
So as to be evident beyond contradiction.
Apodixis (n.)
Full demonstration.
Apodosis (n.)
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.
Apodous (a.)
Apodal; apod.
Apods (pl. )
of Apode
The apartment at the entrance of the baths, or in the palestra, where one stripped; a dressing room.