English English Dictionary
English English Dictionary
The online English-English dictionary from The Project Gutenberg
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Apterous
(a.)
Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or
petiole; -- opposed to alate.
Apteryges
(n. pl.)
An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.
Apteryx
(n.)
A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with
only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail;
the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same
country. Five species are known.
Aptitude
(n.)
A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a
particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as,
oil has an aptitude to burn.
Aptitude
(n.)
A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation.
Aptitude
(n.)
Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.
Aptitudinal
(a.)
Suitable; fit.
Aptly
(adv.)
In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly;
pertinently; appropriately; readily.
Aptness
(n.)
Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of
things to their end.
Aptness
(n.)
Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
Aptness
(n.)
Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning;
docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children
than in others.
Aptness
(n.)
Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of
men to follow example.
Aptote
(n.)
A noun which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable
noun.
Aptotic
(a.)
Pertaining to, or characterized by, aptotes; uninflected;
as, aptotic languages.
Aptychus
(n.)
A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite
shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.
Apus
(n.)
A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.
Apyretic
(a.)
Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an
intermission of fever.
Apyrexia
(n.)
Alt. of Apyrexy
Apyrexial
(a.)
Relating to apyrexy.
Apyrexy
(n.)
The absence or intermission of fever.