apotheosis
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~ model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal
apotheosis
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~ the elevation of a person (as to the status of a god)
appalachia
— Noun
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~ an impoverished coal mining area in the Appalachian Mountains (from Pennsylvania to North Carolina)
appalachian
— Noun
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~ a native or inhabitant of Appalachia
appalachians
— Noun
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~ a mountain range in the eastern United States extending from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico; a historic barrier to early westward expansion of the United States
appalling
— Noun
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~ an experience that appalls; "is it better to view the appalling or merely hear of it?"
appaloosa
— Noun
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~ a hardy breed of saddle horse developed in western North America and characteristically having a spotted rump
appanage
— Noun
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~ any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"
appanage
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~ a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"
apparatchik
— Noun
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~ a humorous but derogatory term for an official of a large organization (especially a political organization); "Democratic apparatchiks"
apparatchik
— Noun
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~ a communist who was a member of the administrative system of a communist party
apparatus
— Noun
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~ (anatomy) a group of body parts that work together to perform a given function; "the breathing apparatus"
apparatus
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~ equipment designed to serve a specific function
apparel
— Noun
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~ clothing in general; "she was refined in her choice of apparel"; "he always bought his clothes at the same store"; "fastidious about his dress"
apparency
— Noun
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~ the property of being apparent
apparentness
— Noun
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~ the property of being apparent
apparition
— Noun
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~ the appearance of a ghostlike figure; "I was recalled to the present by the apparition of a frightening specter"
apparition
— Noun
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~ a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us"
apparition
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~ something existing in perception only; "a ghostly apparition at midnight"
apparition
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~ an act of appearing or becoming visible unexpectedly; "natives were amazed at the apparition of this white stranger"