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Princeton University - WordNet - a lexical database for the English language Category: General Date & country: 27/01/2008, USA Words: 85192

apologist
vindicator noun a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution; `an apologist for capital punishment`

apologize
apologise verb acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing; `I apologized for being late`; `He apologized for the many typoes`

apologize
rationalise verb defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning; `rationalize the child`s seemingly crazy behavior`; `he rationalized his lack of success`

apology
noun an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; `he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess`

apomict
noun a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis

apomictic
apomictical adjective of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis

apomixis
noun any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization

apomorphine
noun a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative

aponeurosis
noun any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons

aponeurotic
adjective of or relating to an aponeurosis; `muscles attached by a flat aponeurotic membrane`

apopemptic
adjective addressed to one who is departing; `apopemptic hymns`

apophasis
noun mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned

apophatic
adjective of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable`)

apophatism
noun the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other` and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)

apophysis
noun (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra

apoplectic
adjective pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy; `apoplectic seizure`

apoplectiform
apoplectoid adjective resembling apoplexy

apoptosis
programmed cell death noun a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal`s survival

Aporocactus
genus Aporocactus noun small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico

aposelene
apolune noun apoapsis in orbit around the moon

aposematic coloration
warning coloration noun conspicuous coloration or markings of an animal serving to warn off predators; `a skunk`s aposematic coloration`

aposiopesis
noun breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)

aposiopetic
adjective relating to or characteristic of aposiopesis

apostasy
noun the act of abandoning a party or cause

apostate
adjective not faithful to religion or party or cause

apostate
renegade 1 turncoat noun a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

apostatize
apostatise verb abandon one`s beliefs or allegiances

Apostelic Father
noun any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people

Apostle
noun (New Testament) one of the original 12 disciples chosen by Christ to preach his gospel

Apostle
noun any important early teacher of Christianity or a Christian missionary to a people

apostleship
noun the position of apostle

apostolic
apostolical adjective of or relating to or deriving from the Apostles or their teachings

apostolic delegate
noun (Roman Catholic Church) a representative of the Holy See in a country that has no formal diplomatic relations with it

apostrophe
noun address to an absent or imaginary person

apostrophic
adjective of or characteristic of apostrophe; `a passage of apostrophic grandeur`

apostrophize
apostrophise verb use an apostrophe

apothecaries` unit
apothecaries` weight noun any weight unit used in pharmacy; an ounce is equal to 480 grains and a pound is equal to 12 ounces

apothecial
adjective of or relating to the apothecium of some lichens and fungi

apothecium
noun a cuplike ascocarp in many lichens and ascomycetous fungi

apothegmatic
apothegmatical adjective given to or characterized by terse apothegms

apotheosize
apotheosise verb deify or glorify

apotropaic
adjective having the power to prevent evil or bad luck

Appalachia
noun an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)

Appalachian
adjective in or relating to Appalachia

Appalachians
Appalachian Mountains noun a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States

appalling
dismaying adjective causing consternation; `appalling conditions`

appallingly
adverb to an appalling extent; `the prisoners were appallingly thin`

Appaloosa
noun a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump

appanage
apanage noun a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; `bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families`

apparatus
noun (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; `the breathing apparatus`

apparel
wearing apparel noun clothing in general; `she was refined in her choice of apparel`; `he always bought his clothes at the same store`; `fastidious about his dress`

apparel chain
noun a chain of clothing stores

apparel industry
garment industry noun makers and sellers of fashionable clothing

appareled
attired adjective dressed or clothed especially in fine attire; often used in combination; `the elegantly attired gentleman`; `neatly dressed workers`; `monks garbed in hooded robes`; `went about oddly garmented`; `professors robed in crimson`; `tuxedo-attired gentlemen`; `crimson-robed Harvard professors`

apparency
noun the property of being apparent

apparent
evident adjective clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment; `the effects of the drought are apparent to anyone who sees the parched fields`; `evident hostility`; `manifest disapproval`; `patent advantages`; `made his meaning plain`; `it is plain that he is no reactionary`; `in plain view`

apparent motion
motion noun an optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object; `the cinema relies on apparent motion`; `the succession of flashing lights gave an illusion of movement`

apparent(a)
ostensible adjective appearing as such but not necessarily so; `for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent`; `the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies`; `the ostensible truth of their theories`; `his seeming honesty`

apparently
seemingly adverb from appearances alone; `irrigation often produces bumper crops from apparently desert land`; `the child is seemingly healthy but the doctor is concerned`; `had been ostensibly frank as to his purpose while really concealing it`-Thomas Hardy; `on the face of it the problem seems minor`

apparentness
noun the property of being apparent

apparition
noun the appearance of a ghostlike figure; `I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter`

apparitional
ghostlike adjective resembling or characteristic of a phantom; `a ghostly face at the window`; `a phantasmal presence in the room`; `spectral emanations`; `spiritual tappings at a seance`

appeal
noun (law) a legal proceeding in which the appellant resorts to a higher court for the purpose of obtaining a review of a lower court decision and a reversal of the lower court`s judgment or the granting of a new trial; `their appeal was denied in the superior court`

appeal
noun request for a sum of money; `an appeal to raise money for starving children`

appeal board
appeals board noun a board of officials that are not judicial but are appointed to hear appeals

appealable
adjective capable of being appealed especially to a higher tribunal; `decisions...appealable to the head of the agency`- New Republic

appealing
imploring adjective expressing earnest entreaty; `the appealing and frightened look worn by an injured dog`; `she holds out her hand for money, importunate, insistent`; `a pleading note in her voice`

appealingly
adverb in an appealing manner; `the table was set appealingly`

appear
verb come into sight or view; `He suddenly appeared at the wedding`; `A new star appeared on the horizon`

appear
verb come into being or existence, or appear on the scene; `Then the computer came along and changed our lives`; `Homo sapiens appeared millions of years ago`

appearance
noun the event of coming into sight

appearance
coming into court noun formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

appearing
coming into court noun formal attendance (in court or at a hearing) of a party in an action

appeasable
conciliable adjective capable of being pacified

appeasement
calming noun the act of appeasing (as by acceding to the demands of)

appeaser
noun someone who tries to bring peace by acceding to demands; `An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile--hoping it will eat him last`--Winston Churchill

appeasing(a)
placating adjective tending or intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions; `the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich`; `placating (or placative) gestures`; `an astonishingly placatory speech`

appellant
plaintiff in error noun the party who appeals a decision of a lower court

appellate
appellant adjective of or relating to or taking account of appeals (usually legal appeals); `appellate court`

appellate court
appeals court noun a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies

appellation
denomination noun identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

appellative
naming(a) adjective inclined to or serving for the giving of names; `the appellative faculty of children`; `the appellative function of some primitive rites`

append
tag on verb fix to; attach; `append a charm to the necklace`

append
supplement verb add to the very end; `He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language`

appendage
noun a part that is joined to something larger

appendaged
adjective having an appendage

appendant
adjective affixed as an appendage

appendectomy
appendicectomy noun surgical removal of the vermiform appendix

appendicitis
noun inflammation of the vermiform appendix

appendicle
noun a small appendage

appendicular
adjective relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs; `the appendicular skeleton`

appendicular artery
arteria appendicularis noun the branch of the ileocolic artery that supplies the vermiform appendix

appendicular skeleton
noun the part of the skeleton that includes the pectoral girdle and the pelvic girdle and the upper and lower limbs

appendicular vein
vena appendicularis noun a vein that accompanies the appendicular artery and empties into the ileocolic vein

appendicularia
noun free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates

appendix
noun supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book

apperceive
verb perceive in terms of a past experience

apperception
noun the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience

apperceptive
adjective able to relate new percepts to past experience

appetent
adjective marked by eager desire; `a big rich appetent Western city`