Webster's Dictionary 1913

5023

Aphelion

A‐phel″ion (?; 277), n.; pl.Aphelia (�). (Astron.) That point of a planet's or comet's orbit which is most distant from the sun, the opposite point being the perihelion.

5024

Apheliotropic

A‐phe′li‐o‐trop″ic (�), a. Turning away from the sun; — said of leaves, etc. Darwin.

5025

Apheliotropism

A‐phe′li‐ot″ro‐pism (�), n. The habit of bending from the sunlight; — said of certain plants.

5026

Aphemia

‖A‐phe″mi‐a (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἀ priv. + � voice.] (Med.) Loss of the power of speaking, while retaining the power of writing; — a disorder of cerebral origin.

5027

Apheresis

A‐pher″e‐sis (?; 277), n. [L. aphaeresis, Gr. �, fr. � to take away; � + � to take.] 1. (Gram.) The dropping of a letter or syllable from the beginning of a word; e. g., cute fo...

5028

Aphesis

‖Aph″e‐sis (�), n. The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; — the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire. New Eng. Dict.

5029

Aphetic

A‐phet″ic (�), a. Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form. — A‐phet″ic‐al‐ly, adv.New Eng. Dict.

5030

Aphetism

Aph″e‐tism (�), n. An aphetized form of a word. New Eng. Dict.

5031

Aphetize

Aph″e‐tize (�), v. t. To shorten by aphesis.These words... have been aphetized.New Eng. Dict.

5032

Aphid

A″phid (�), n.(Zoöl.) One of the genus Aphis; an aphidian.

5033

Aphides

Aph″i‐des (�), n. pl.(Zoöl.) See Aphis.

5034

Aphidian

A‐phid″i‐an (�), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the family Aphidæ. — n. One of the aphides; an aphid.

5035

Aphidivorous

Aph′i‐div″o‐rous (�). [Aphis + L. vorare to devour.] (Zoöl.) Devouring aphides; aphidophagous.

5036

Aphidophagous

Aph′i‐doph″a‐gous (�), a. [Aphis + Gr. � to eat.] (Zoöl.) Feeding upon aphides, or plant lice, as do beetles of the family Coccinellidæ.

5037

Aphilanthropy

Aph′i‐lan″thro‐py (�), n. [Gr. � not loving man; ἀ priv. + � to love + � man.] Want of love to mankind; — the opposite of philanthropy. Coxe.

5038

Aphis

‖A″phis (�), n.; pl.Aphides (�). (Zoöl.) A genus of insects belonging to the order Hemiptera and family Aphidæ, including numerous species known as plant lice and green flies.☞ ...

5039

Aphis lion

A″phis li″on (�). (Zoöl.) The larva of the lacewinged flies (Chrysopa), which feeds voraciously upon aphids. The name is also applied to the larvæ of the ladybugs (Coccinella).

5040

Aphlogistic

Aph′lo‐gis″tic (�), a. [Gr. � not inflammable; ἀ priv. + � set on fire. See Phlogiston.] Flameless; as, an aphlogistic lamp, in which a coil of wire is kept in a state of contin...

5041

Aphonia

{ ‖A‐pho″ni‐a (�), Aph″o‐ny (�), } n. [NL. aphonia, Gr. �, fr. � voiceless; ἀ priv. + � voice: cf. F. aphonie.] (Med.) Loss of voice or vocal utterance.

5042

Aphonic

{ A‐phon″ic (�), Aph″o‐nous (�), } a. Without voice; voiceless; nonvocal.

5043

Aphorism

Aph″o‐rism (�), n. [F. aphorisme, fr. Gr. � definition, a short, pithy sentence, fr. � to mark off by boundaries, to define; � from + � to separate, part. See Horizon.] A compre...

5044

Aphorismatic

{ Aph′o‐ris‐mat″ic (�), Aph′o‐ris″mic (�), } a. Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.

5045

Aphorismer

Aph′o‐ris″mer (�) n. A dealer in aphorisms. Milton.

5046

Aphorist

Aph″o‐rist, n. A writer or utterer of aphorisms.

5047

Aphoristic

{ Aph′o‐ris″tic (�), Aph′o‐ris″tic‐al (�), } a. In the form of, or of the nature of, an aphorism; in the form of short, unconnected sentences; as, an aphoristic style.The method...

5048

Aphoristically

Aph′o‐ris″tic‐al‐ly, adv. In the form or manner of aphorisms; pithily.

5049

Aphorize

Aph″o‐rize (�), v. i. To make aphorisms.