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Apical
a.
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At or belonging to an apex, tip, or summit.
Apices
n. pl.
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See Apex.
Apician
a.
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Belonging to Apicius, a notorious Roman epicure; hence applied to whatever is peculiarly refined or dainty and expensive in cookery.
Apicular
a.
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Situated at, or near, the apex; apical.
Apiculate
a.
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Alt. of Apiculated
Apiculated
a.
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Terminated abruptly by a small, distinct point, as a leaf.
Apiculture
n.
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Rearing of bees for their honey and wax.
Apiece
adv.
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Each by itself; by the single one; to each; as the share of each; as, these melons cost a shilling apiece.
Apieces
adv.
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In pieces or to pieces.
Apiked
a.
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Trimmed.
Apiol
n.
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An oily liquid derived from parsley.
Apiologist
n.
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A student of bees.
Apis
n.
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A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.
Apish
a.
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Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.
Apishly
adv.
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In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
Apishness
n.
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The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
Apitpat
adv.
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With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat.
Aplacental
a.
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Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
Aplacentata
n. pl.
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Mammals which have no placenta.
Aplacophora
n. pl.
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A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or setae, but is without shelly plates.
Aplanatic
a.
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Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical aberration; -- said of a lens.
Aplanatism
n.
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Freedom from spherical aberration.
Aplastic
a.
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Not plastic or easily molded.
Aplomb
n.
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Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.
Aplotomy
n.
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Simple incision.
Aplustre
n.
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An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather.
Aplysia
n.
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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.
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An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; -- called also Apoda or Apodes.
Apnoea
n.
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Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Apo
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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.