Skip to content A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z approvably In an approvable manner; in a manner that is able to be approved. approval An expression granting permission; an indication of agreement with a proposal; an acknowledgement that a person, thing, or event meets requirements. approvance Approval. approve To officially sanction; to ratify; to confirm; to set as satisfactory. approved Having received approval. approvedly So as to secure approbation; in an approved manner. approvedness The state or quality of being approved. approvee One who is requesting approval from an approver; one who receives approval. approvement Improvement of common lands by converting them for advantage of the landlord. approver One who approves or gives approval. approving Expressing approbation; commending approvingly In an approving manner. approvision To supply with provisions. approximability The condition of being approximable approximable Able to be approximated approximal Near or adjacent approximally adjacently approximand The solution to function, series, etc. that is to be approximated. approximant A consonant sound made by slightly narrowing the vocal tract, while still allowing a smooth flow of air. Liquids and glides are approximants. approximate Approaching; proximate; nearly resembling. approximated Calculated by approximation approximatedly In an approximated manner approximately Imprecise but close to in quantity or amount. approximateness The quality of being approximate. approximation The act, process or result of approximating, as approximative Of, relating to, or being an estimate or approximation. approximatively In an approximative manner. approximativeness The state or quality of being approximative. approximator Something that approximates approximeeting The practice of people vaguely agreeing to meet and later finalizing the details through mobile phone communication. apps A surname. appui A support or supporter; a stay; a prop. appulse An energetic movement towards or against something; a push, a strike. appulsion A driving or striking against; an appulse. appulsive Striking against; impinging. appurtenance That which appertains to something else; a belonging, accompaniment, adjunct, appendage, attribute, or accessory ; an addition. appurtenances equipment used for a specific task or purpose; gear appurtenant Of or pertaining to an appurtenance. appy An appetizer. Apra A deep-water port on the western side of Guam. apraclonidine A sympathomimetic used in glaucoma therapy. apractagnosia A form of apraxia in which activities such as building, assembling, and drawing are impaired. apractic Relating to apraxia apragmatic Not pragmatic. apragmatical Not pragmatical. apragmatically Not pragmatically. apragmatism A state of inactivity caused by schizophrenia or severe depression apramycin An aminoglycoside antibiotic. apratastat A matrix metalloproteinase inhibitor. aprataxin A DNA-binding protein involved in the repair of single-strand DNA breaks apraxia Total or partial loss of the ability to perform coordinated movements or manipulate objects in the absence of motor or sensory impairment; specifically, a disorder of motor planning. apraxic Relating to or exhibiting apraxia. Aprelivka A village in Prostorne silrada, Jankoy Raion, the Crimea, Ukraine, first mentioned in 1915. apremilast A medication that acts as a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase 4, used for the treatment of psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis, and Behçet's disease. aprepitant An antiemetic drug C₂₃H₂₁F₇N₄O₃ taken orally to prevent nausea and vomiting occurring as a consequence of cancer chemotherapy or surgery. It acts as an antagonist of receptors for substance P. It is often taken in combination with other antiemetic drugs and is marketed under the trademark Emend. apres After Apresyan A surname from Armenian. apricate To bask in the sun. aprication The act of apricating, or basking in the sun. apricious Sunny; warmed by or basking in the sun. apricitabine An experimental nucleoside reverse-transcriptase inhibitor against HIV. apricity The light or warmth of the Sun. aprickle Prickling. apricot A round sweet and juicy stone fruit, resembling peach or plum in taste, with a yellow-orange flesh, lightly fuzzy skin and a large seed inside. apricotini A martini cocktail made with apricot. apricotlike Resembling or characteristic of apricots. apricotty Resembling apricots, apricotlike. apricoty Resembling apricots, apricotlike. apricoxib A COX-2 inhibitor with possible anticancer properties. aprikalim An antihypertensive drug. April The fourth month of the Gregorian calendar, following March and preceding May. Aprile A surname from Italian. Aprilesque Characteristic of or resembling the month of April. Aprilian Of, relating to, or like the month of April. Apriline Synonym of Aprilian. Aprilish Characteristic of April. Aprilly Characteristic of the month of April. AprilTag A type of tag consisting of a grid of black and white squares, used in robotics and computer vision applications. aprimorate To raise (something) to a better state; to elevate, to improve, to refine. aprimoration The rise (of something) to a better state; elevation, improvement, refinement. aprindine An antiarrhythmic agent. aprinocarsen A specific antisense oligonucleotide inhibitor of protein kinase "C-alpha" apriorism The idea that some knowledge of the physical world can be derived logically from general principles. apriorist A believer in apriorism. aprioristic A priori; based on hypothesis rather than experiment. aprioristically A priori; in an aprioristic manner. apriority The quality or state of being known a priori. aprismatic Lacking prisms Aprista A member of the American Popular Revolutionary Alliance. apritone The derivative of cyclopentanone 2-[(2~{E})-3,7-dimethylocta-2,6-dienyl]cyclopentan-1-one that is used as a synthetic apricot flavour aprium A plum-apricot cross, with characteristics of both fruits. aprobarbital A drug mainly used to treat insomnia. aprocarb Synonym of propoxur. aprocitentan An endothelin receptor antagonist researched for its effect on resistant hypertension. aproctous Without an anal orifice. apron An article of clothing worn over the front of the torso and/or legs for protection from spills; also historically worn by Freemasons and as part of women's fashion. aproned Wearing an apron. aproneer A shopkeeper. apronful as much as an apron will hold aproning Material for making aprons. apronitin An antifibrinolytic trypsin inhibitor apronless Without an apron. apronlike Resembling an apron. apronym An acronym or backronym that spells out another word or phrase relating to the meaning of the phrase that it abbreviates. apropos Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. aprosdoketon A figure of speech where an expected word in an idiom is replaced unexpectedly by an unusual one, as in Rome wasn't built in a teacup. aprosexia Inability to concentrate. aprosodia An impairment in the ability to interpret and/or express emotional prosody, typically as a symptom of a neurological disorder aprosodic Relating to aprosodia aprosody The lack of variations in speech, such as speed, tone, and emphasis. aprosopia having an underdeveloped face, or having no face aprotic That does not contain (or cannot donate) a hydrogen ion (proton). aprotinin A polypeptide, obtained from bovine lung tissue, that acts as a protease inhibitor, and is used in surgery to reduce bleeding aprowl Prowling. apsacline The part of a shell in which the interarea is at an angle of between 90° and 180° to the plane of commissure apsar An unrecognized currency of Abkhazia. apsara a class of female celestial beings, originally associated with waters and clouds and later especially with celestial dance, music, beauty and the divine courts. apse The rounded east (liturgical east) end of a church that contains or is behind the altar. apsed Having an apse or apses (semicircular projection(s) from a building). apseudomorph Any malacostracan crustacean of the suborder Apseudomorpha apsidal Of, pertaining to, or in the form of an apse. apsidally With regard to or by means of an apse or apses apside Synonym of apsis. apsidole A minor apse at the end of a side aisle in a church. apsis A recess or projection, with a dome or vault, at the east end of a church. Apslawn A locality in Glamorgan-Spring Bay council area, eastern Tasmania, Australia. Apsley A suburb of Hemel Hempstead, Dacorum borough, Hertfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0505). APSS Auxiliary Provisions Sub Surface - diesel powered transport submarine Apsu Fresh water from underground aquifers that was given a religious quality. apt Suitable; appropriate; fit or fitted; suited. aptagram An anagram whose meaning is relevant to that of the original text that was anagrammed. aptahistochemistry The use of aptamers in histochemistry (specifically in immunohistochemistry) aptamer Any subsequence of nucleic acid, selected from a large random sequence-pool, used to bind to a specific target molecule. aptameric Relating to aptamers. aptaprecipitation precipitation of aptamers aptapurification The separation and purification of specific aptamers aptasensor An aptamer used as a biosensor. aptatope The binding-site of an aptamer aptazapine A tetracyclic antidepressant evaluated in the 1980s but never marketed. aptazyme An aptamer fused with a ribozyme Aptera An ancient city in western Crete, now an archaeological site. apteral apterous, wingless apteran Any of the Aptera, an obsolete taxonomic category of wingless arthropods. apterate A wingless (apterous) form of an aphid apteric Relating to, or containing apteria apterin A furanocoumarin, the glucoside of vaginol, found in Zizia aptera and other plants. apterism The condition of being apterous. apterium An area of bare (featherless) skin on a bird. apternodontid Any member of the Apternodontidae. apterodontine Any member of the Apterodontinae.