apnea
— Noun
– English
～ transient cessation of respiration
apneic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to apnea
apnoeic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to apnea
apoapsis
— Noun
– English
～ (astronomy) the point in an orbit farthest from the body being orbited
apocalypse
— Noun
– English
～ a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil
Apocalypse
— Noun
– English
～ the last book of the New Testament; contains visionary descriptions of heaven and of conflicts between good and evil and of the end of the world; attributed to Saint John the Apostle
apocalyptic
— Adjective
– English
～ prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
apocalyptic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to an apocalypse
apocalyptical
— Adjective
– English
～ prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom
apocarpous
— Adjective
– English
～ (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
apochromatic
— Adjective
– English
～ corrected for both chromatic and spherical aberration; "an apochromatic lens"
apocope
— Noun
– English
～ abbreviation of a word by omitting the final sound or sounds; "the British get `pud' from `pudding' by apocope"
apocrine
— Adjective
– English
～ (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
— Noun
– English
～ 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
— Adjective
– English
～ of or belonging to the Apocrypha
apocryphal
— Adjective
– English
～ being of questionable authenticity
Apocynaceae
— Noun
– English
～ chiefly tropical trees or shrubs or herbs having milky juice and often showy flowers; many are sources of drugs
apocynaceous
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to tropical plants of the family Apocynaceae