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- English Word Apogean Definition Connected with the apogee; as, apogean (neap) tides, which occur when the moon has passed her apogee.
- English Word Apogee Definition That point in the orbit of the moon which is at the greatest distance from the earth.
- English Word Apogee Definition Fig.: The farthest or highest point; culmination.
- English Word Apogeotropic Definition Bending away from the ground; -- said of leaves, etc.
- English Word Apogeotropism Definition The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.
- English Word Apograph Definition A copy or transcript.
- English Word Apohyal Definition Of or pertaining to a portion of the horn of the hyoid bone.
- English Word Apoise Definition Balanced.
- English Word Apolar Definition Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to certain nerve cells.
- English Word Apolaustic Definition Devoted to enjoyment.
- 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.