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"