apologue
— Noun
– English
~ a short moral story (often with animal characters)
apology
— Noun
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~ an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone; "he wrote a letter of apology to the hostess"
apology
— Noun
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~ a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly
apology
— Noun
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~ a poor example; "it was an apology for a meal"; "a poor excuse for an automobile"
apolune
— Noun
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~ apoapsis in orbit around the moon
apomict
— Noun
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~ a plant that reproduces or is reproduced by apomixis
apomictic
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis
apomictic
— Adjective
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~ (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction
apomictical
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis
apomixis
— Noun
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~ any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization
apomorphine
— Noun
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~ a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative
aponeurosis
— Noun
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~ any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons
aponeurotic
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to an aponeurosis; "muscles attached by a flat aponeurotic membrane"
apopemptic
— Adjective
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~ addressed to one who is departing; "apopemptic hymns"
apophasis
— Noun
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~ mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned
apophatic
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable')
apophatism
— Noun
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~ the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not)
apophthegm
— Noun
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~ a short pithy instructive saying
apophyseal
— Adjective
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~ of or relating to an apophysis
apophysis
— Noun
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~ (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra