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  • English Word Apollinarian Definition In honor of Apollo; as, the Apollinarian games.
  • English Word Apollinarian Definition A follower of Apollinaris, Bishop of Laodicea in the fourth century, who denied the proper humanity of Christ.
  • English Word Apollinaris water Definition An effervescing alkaline mineral water used as a table beverage. It is obtained from a spring in Apollinarisburg, near Bonn.
  • English Word Apollo Definition A deity among the Greeks and Romans. He was the god of light and day (the "sun god"), of archery, prophecy, medicine, poetry, and music, etc., and was represented as the model of manly grace and beauty; -- called also Phebus.
  • English Word Apollonian Definition Alt. of Apollonic
  • English Word Apollonic Definition Of, pertaining to, or resembling, Apollo.
  • English Word Apollyon Definition The Destroyer; -- a name used (Rev. ix. 11) for the angel of the bottomless pit, answering to the Hebrew Abaddon.
  • English Word Apologer Definition A teller of apologues.
  • English Word Apologetic Definition Alt. of Apologetical
  • English Word Apologetical Definition Defending by words or arguments; said or written in defense, or by way of apology; regretfully excusing; as, an apologetic essay.
  • English Word Apologetically Definition By way of apology.
  • English Word Apologetics Definition That branch of theology which defends the Holy Scriptures, and sets forth the evidence of their divine authority.
  • English Word Apologies Definition of Apology
  • English Word Apologist Definition One who makes an apology; one who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution; especially, one who argues in defense of Christianity.
  • English Word Apologize Definition To make an apology or defense.
  • English Word Apologize Definition To make an apology or excuse; to make acknowledgment of some fault or offense, with expression of regret for it, by way of amends; -- with for; as, my correspondent apologized for not answering my letter.
  • English Word Apologize Definition To defend.
  • English Word Apologized Definition of Apologize
  • English Word Apologizer Definition One who makes an apology; an apologist.
  • English Word Apologizing Definition of Apologize
  • English Word Apologue Definition A story or relation of fictitious events, intended to convey some moral truth; a moral fable.
  • English Word Apology Definition Something said or written in defense or justification of what appears to others wrong, or of what may be liable to disapprobation; justification; as, Tertullian's Apology for Christianity.
  • English Word Apology Definition An acknowledgment intended as an atonement for some improper or injurious remark or act; an admission to another of a wrong or discourtesy done him, accompanied by an expression of regret.
  • English Word Apology Definition Anything provided as a substitute; a makeshift.
  • English Word Apology Definition To offer an apology.
  • English Word Apomecometer Definition An instrument for measuring the height of objects.
  • English Word Apomecometry Definition The art of measuring the distance of objects afar off.
  • English Word Apomorphia Definition Alt. of Apomorphine
  • English Word Apomorphine Definition A crystalline alkaloid obtained from morphia. It is a powerful emetic.
  • English Word Aponeuroses Definition of Aponeurosis