apochromatic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration; "an apochromatic lens"
apocope
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"
apocrine
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ (of exocrine glands) producing a secretion in which part of the secreting cell is released with the secretion; "mother's milk is one apocrine secretion"
apocrypha
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status
Apocryphal
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ of or belonging to the Apocrypha
apocryphal
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ being of questionable authenticity
Apocynaceae
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
apocynaceous
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae
Apocynum
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
Apocynum androsaemifolium
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
apodal
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ (of snakes and eels) naturally footless; "eels are apodal"
apodeictic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
apodeme
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles
Apodemus
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ Old World field mice
apodictic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
Apodidae
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ swifts; in former classifications included in the order Coraciiformes
Apodiformes
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ swifts; hummingbirds
apodous
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ (of snakes and eels) naturally footless; "eels are apodal"
apoenzyme
— Navneord
– Engelsk
～ a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme
apogametic
— Tillægsord
– Engelsk
～ of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization