apomixis
— Noun
– English
～ any of several kinds of reproduction without fertilization
apomorphine
— Noun
– English
～ a morphine derivative that is not as strong as morphine; used as an emetic and in small doses as a sedative
aponeurosis
— Noun
– English
～ any of the deeper and thicker fascia that attach muscles to bones; resemble flattened tendons
aponeurotic
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to an aponeurosis; "muscles attached by a flat aponeurotic membrane"
apopemptic
— Adjective
– English
～ addressed to one who is departing; "apopemptic hymns"
apophasis
— Noun
– English
～ mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned
apophatic
— Adjective
– English
～ 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
– English
～ 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
– English
～ a short pithy instructive saying
apophyseal
— Adjective
– English
～ of or relating to an apophysis
apophysis
— Noun
– English
～ (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra
apophysis
— Noun
– English
～ (botany) a natural swelling or enlargement: at the base of the stalk or seta in certain mosses or on the cone scale of certain conifers
apoplectic
— Adjective
– English
～ pertaining to or characteristic of apoplexy; "apoplectic seizure"
apoplectiform
— Adjective
– English
～ resembling apoplexy
apoplectoid
— Adjective
– English
～ resembling apoplexy
apoplexy
— Noun
– English
～ a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain
apoptosis
— Noun
– English
～ a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival
Aporocactus
— Noun
– English
～ small genus of epiphytic cacti of Mexico
aposelene
— Noun
– English
～ apoapsis in orbit around the moon
aposiopesis
— Noun
– English
～ breaking off in the middle of a sentence (as by writers of realistic conversations)