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- English Word Aptychus Definition A shelly plate found in the terminal chambers of ammonite shells. Some authors consider them to be jaws; others, opercula.
- English Word Apus Definition A genus of fresh-water phyllopod crustaceans. See Phyllopod.
- English Word Apyretic Definition Without fever; -- applied to days when there is an intermission of fever.
- English Word Apyrexia Definition Alt. of Apyrexy
- English Word Apyrexial Definition Relating to apyrexy.
- English Word Apyrexy Definition The absence or intermission of fever.
- English Word Apyrous Definition Incombustible; capable of sustaining a strong heat without alteration of form or properties.
- English Word Aqua Definition Water; -- a word much used in pharmacy and the old chemistry, in various signification, determined by the word or words annexed.
- English Word Aqua fortis Definition Nitric acid.
- English Word Aquamarine Definition A transparent, pale green variety of beryl, used as a gem. See Beryl.
- English Word Aquapuncture Definition The introduction of water subcutaneously for the relief of pain.
- English Word Aquarelle Definition A design or painting in thin transparent water colors; also, the mode of painting in such colors.
- English Word Aquarellist Definition A painter in thin transparent water colors.
- English Word Aquaria Definition of Aquarium
- English Word Aquarial Definition Alt. of Aquarian
- English Word Aquarian Definition Of or pertaining to an aquarium.
- English Word Aquarian Definition One of a sect of Christian in the primitive church who used water instead of wine in the Lord's Supper.
- English Word Aquarium Definition An artificial pond, or a globe or tank (usually with glass sides), in which living specimens of aquatic animals or plants are kept.
- English Word Aquariums Definition of Aquarium
- English Word Aquarius Definition The Water-bearer; the eleventh sign in the zodiac, which the sun enters about the 20th of January; -- so called from the rains which prevail at that season in Italy and the East.
- English Word Aquarius Definition A constellation south of Pegasus.
- English Word Aquatic Definition Pertaining to water; growing in water; living in, swimming in, or frequenting the margins of waters; as, aquatic plants and fowls.
- English Word Aquatic Definition An aquatic animal or plant.
- English Word Aquatic Definition Sports or exercises practiced in or on the water.
- English Word Aquatical Definition Aquatic.
- English Word Aquatile Definition Inhabiting the water.
- English Word Aquatint Definition Alt. of Aquatinta
- English Word Aquatinta Definition A kind of etching in which spaces are bitten by the use of aqua fortis, by which an effect is produced resembling a drawing in water colors or India ink; also, the engraving produced by this method.
- English Word Aqueduct Definition A conductor, conduit, or artificial channel for conveying water, especially one for supplying large cities with water.
- English Word Aqueduct Definition A canal or passage; as, the aqueduct of Sylvius, a channel connecting the third and fourth ventricles of the brain.