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- APPETITEA desire to eat food or consume drinks.
- APPETITIONA desire, longing for, or seeking after of something.
- APPLEA common, firm, round fruit produced by a tree of the genus Malus.
- APPLETA small program module that runs under the control of a larger application, typically a web browser.
- APPLEYResembling apples, apple-like.
- APPLICABLESuitable for application; relevant.
- APPLICABLYIn an applicable manner.
- APPLICATEAn applied material; an application
- APPLICATORA tool or device used to apply a fluid or semi-fluid substance to a surface.
- APPLIERA person or device that applies something.
- APPOINTTo set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
- APPOINTEEa person who is appointed
- APPOINTERA person who appoints (in any sense).
- APPORTThe supposed paranormal transference of an object from one place to another, or the appearance of an object from an unknown source, often associated with poltergeist activity and s
- APPORTIONTo divide and distribute portions of a whole.
- APPOSITEStrikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
- APPOSITELYIn an apposite manner.
- APPREHENDTo be or become aware of (something); to perceive. To acknowledge the existence of (something); to recognize. To take hold of (something) with understanding; to conceive (something
- APPRENTICEA trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
- APPROBATEApproved.
- APPROBATIONThe act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.
- APPUIA support or supporter; a stay; a prop.
- APPULSEAn energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike.
- APRAXICRelating to or exhibiting apraxia.
- APRESAfter
- APRICATETo bask in the sun.
- APRICATIONThe act of apricating, or basking in the sun.
- APRICATIONSThe act of apricating, or basking in the sun.
- APRICITYThe light or warmth of the Sun.
- APRICOTA round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside.
- APRONAn article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion.
- APRONEDWearing an apron.
- APRONLIKEResembling an apron.
- APROPOSOf an appropriate or pertinent nature.
- APROTICThat does not contain (or cannot donate) a hydrogen ion (proton).
- APSEThe rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar.
- APSIDALOf, pertaining to, or in the form of an apse.
- APTAMERAny subsequence of nucleic acid, selected from a large random sequence-pool, used to bind to a specific target molecule.
- APTERALapterous, wingless
- APTERIUMAn area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird.
- APTEROUSWithout wings.
- APTERYXKiwi bird.
- APTITUDEA natural ability to acquire knowledge or skill.
- APTLYIn an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably
- APTOTEA noun (broadly speaking) which has no distinction of cases; an indeclinable noun.
- APTOTICUninflected.
- APYRETICWithout fever, free from fever.
- APYREXIAThe absence or an intermission during a bout of fever.
- AQUAThe compound water.
- AQUAFERAlternative form of aquifer.
- AQUAFITAlternative form of aquafitness.
- AQUAFITSAlternative form of aquafitness.
- AQUALUNGA piece of equipment consisting of an oxygen tank and breathing apparatus used by divers to allow them to breathe underwater.
- AQUAPHOBICHaving aquaphobia
- AQUAPORINAny of a class of proteins that form water-permeable pores in the membrane of biological cells.
- AQUARIUMA tank, often made of glass, for keeping live fish or other aquatic animals.
- AQUASHOWA spectacle consisting of underwater dance and gymnastics.
- AQUATICRelating to water; living in or near water, taking place in water.
- AQUAVITA Scandinavian liquor distilled from potato or grain mash to about 40% ABV and typically flavored with anise, although caraway seeds, fennel, dill, and other spices and herbs are a
- AQUEDUCTAn artificial channel that is constructed to convey water from one location to another.
- AQUEOUSOf or relating to water.
- AQUEOUSLYIn an aqueous manner.
- AQUIFERAn underground layer of water-bearing porous stone, earth, or gravel.
- AQUIFEROUSOf or pertaining to an aquifer
- AQUILEGIAA columbine; any member of the genus Aquilegia.
- AQUILINEOf, pertaining to, or characteristic of eagles; resembling that of an eagle.
- AQUIVERIn a state of excitement, trepidation or agitation; quivering.
- ARABESQUEAn elaborate design of intertwined floral figures or complex geometrical patterns, mainly used in Islamic art and architecture.
- ARABESQUEDPatterned with arabesques.
- ARABICEllipsis of gum arabic.
- ARABICISEDMade Arabic, as to customs, culture, pronunciation, spelling, or style
- ARABILITYThe capacity for land to produce or support vegetation.
- ARABINOSEAn aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.
- ARABINOSIDEA glycoside which yields arabinose after being split by hydrolysis.
- ARABLEOf land, able to be plowed or tilled, capable of growing crops (traditionally contrasted with pasturable lands such as heaths).
- ARACHNIDAny of the eight-legged creatures, including spiders, mites, and scorpions, of the class Arachnida.
- ARACHNOIDRelating to or resembling spider webs; covered with or composed of soft loose hairs or fibers.
- ARACHNOLOGYThe study of the Arachnida.
- ARAEOSTYLEA type of intercolumniation
- ARAGONITEAn evaporite consisting of anhydrous calcium carbonate with the chemical formula CaCO3 and occurring in pearls, shells and nacre; it is dimorphous with calcite.
- ARAGONITICOf, pertaining to, or formed from aragonite
- ARAKA clear, unsweetened aniseed-flavoured alcoholic drink, produced and consumed primarily in the Levant.
- ARAMEA seaweed, Eisenia bicyclis, used in Japanese cuisine.
- ARAMIDAny of a class of strong, heat-resistant synthetic fibres, used in aerospace and military applications.
- ARANEOUSExtremely thin and delicate, like a cobweb.
- ARBALESTA steel crossbow.
- ARBITERA person appointed, or chosen, by parties to determine a controversy between them; an arbitrator.
- ARBORETUMA place where many varieties of tree are grown for research, educational, and ornamental purposes.
- ARBORISTOne who practices arboriculture; a tree surgeon.
- ARBUSCLEA plant midway in height between a shrub and a tree; a dwarf tree.
- ARBUTEANMade from arbute, the wood of the strawberry tree.
- ARBUTUSA strawberry tree, any of the flowering plants in the genus Arbutus.
- ARCADEA row of arches.
- ARCADINGAn arrangement of arcades.
- ARCANEUnderstood by only a few.
- ARCANELYIn an arcane way.
- ARCANISTA craftsman who has knowledge of a manufacturing secret (specifically in the area of porcelain manufacturing).
- ARCANUMA mystery or deep secret.
- ARCHAn inverted U shape.
- ARCHAEOLOGISTSomeone who studies or practises archaeology.