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
Apocynum
— Noun
– English
～ perennial herbs with small pink or white flowers
Apocynum androsaemifolium
— Noun
– English
～ North American perennial having pinkish flowers in loose cymes; used in folk medicine for pain or inflammation in joints
apodal
— Adjective
– English
～ (of snakes and eels) naturally footless; "eels are apodal"
apodeictic
— Adjective
– English
～ of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain
apodeme
— Noun
– English
～ ridge-like ingrowth of the exoskeleton of an arthropod that supports internal organs and provides attachment points for muscles