Apieces
A‐pie″ces (�), adv. In pieces or to pieces. “Being torn apieces.” Shak.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.
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Apiked
A‐pik″ed (�), a. Trimmed.Full fresh and new here gear apiked was.Chaucer.
Apiol
A″pi‐ol (�), n. [L. apium parsley + -ol.] (Med.) An oily liquid derived from parsley.
Apiologist
A′pi‐ol″o‐gist (�), n. [L. apis bee + -logist (see -logy).] A student of bees. Emerson.
Apiology
A′pi‐ol″o‐gy (?), n. [L. apis bee + -logy.] The scientific or systematic study of honey bees.
Apis
‖A″pis (�), n.(Zoöl.) A genus of insects of the order Hymenoptera, including the common honeybee (Apis mellifica) and other related species. See Honeybee.
Apish
Ap″ish (�), a. Having the qualities of an ape; prone to imitate in a servile manner. Hence: Apelike; fantastically silly; foppish; affected; trifling.The apish gallantry of a fa...
Apishly
Ap″ish‐ly, adv. In an apish manner; with servile imitation; foppishly.
Apishness
Ap″ish‐ness, n. The quality of being apish; mimicry; foppery.
Apitpat
A‐pit″pat, adv. [Pref. a- + pitpat.] With quick beating or palpitation; pitapat. Congreve.
Aplacental
Ap′la‐cen″tal, a. [Pref. a- + placental.] Belonging to the Aplacentata; without placenta.
Aplacentata
‖Ap′la‐cen‐ta″ta, n. pl. [Pref. a- not + placenta.] (Zoöl.) Mammals which have no placenta.
Aplacophora
‖Ap′la‐coph″o‐ra (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ἀ priv. + � a flat cake + � to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of Amphineura in which the body is naked or covered with slender spines or se...
Aplanatic
Ap′la‐nat″ic (�), a. [Gr. ἀ priv. + � disposed to wander, wandering, � to wander.] (Opt.) Having two or more parts of different curvatures, so combined as to remove spherical ab...
Aplanatism
A‐plan″a‐tism (�), n. Freedom from spherical aberration.
Aplanogamete
A‐plan′o‐ga‐mete″ (?), n.(Bot.) A nonmotile gamete, found in certain lower algæ.
Aplasia
‖A‐pla″si‐a (?), n.(Med.) Incomplete or faulty development.
Aplastic
A‐plas″tic (�), a. [Pref. a- not + plastic.] Not plastic or easily molded.
Aplomb
‖A′plomb″ (�), n. [F., lit. perpendicularity; � to + plomb lead. See Plumb.] Assurance of manner or of action; self-possession.
Aplotomy
A‐plot″o‐my (�), n.(Surg.) Simple incision. Dunglison.
Aplustre
‖A‐plus″tre (�), n.(Rom. Antiq.) An ornamental appendage of wood at the ship's stern, usually spreading like a fan and curved like a bird's feather. Audsley.
Aplysia
‖A‐plys″i‐a (�), n. [Gr. � a dirty sponge, fr. � unwashed; ἀ priv. + � to wash.] (Zoöl.) A genus of marine mollusks of the order Tectibranchiata; the sea hare. Some of the speci...
Apneumatic
Ap′neu‐mat″ic (?), a.(Med.) Devoid of air; free from air; as, an apneumatic lung; also, effected by or with exclusion of air; as, an apneumatic operation.
Apneumona
‖Ap‐neu″mo‐na (�), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ἀ priv. + �, �, a lung.] (Zoöl.) An order of holothurians in which the internal respiratory organs are wanting; — called also Apoda or Ap...
Apnœa
‖Ap‐nœ″a (�), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ἀ priv. + �, �, breath, � to breathe, blow.] (Med.) Partial privation or suspension of breath; suffocation.
Apo
Ap″o (�). [Gr. �. See Ab-.] A prefix from a Greek preposition. It usually signifies from, away from, off, or asunder, separate; as, in apocope (a cutting off), apostate, apostle...
Apocalypse
A‐poc″a‐lypse (�), n. [L. apocalypsis, Gr. �, fr. � to uncover, to disclose; � from + � to cover, conceal: cf. F. apocalypse.] 1. The revelation delivered to St. John, in the is...