| apolemia | (noun) large siphonophore of up to 50 ft long | - |
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| apolitical | (adjective) politically neutral | Synonyms: unpolitical |
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| apoliticism | (noun) Apathy and/or antipathy towards all political affiliations. | - |
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| apologetic | (adjective) offering or expressing apology | Synonyms: excusatory |
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| apologetically | (adverb) in an apologetic manner | - |
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| apologetics | (noun) the branch of theology that is concerned with the defense of Christian doctrines | - |
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| apologia | (noun) a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly | Synonyms: apology |
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| apologise | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologize |
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| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologize, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
| apologist | (noun) a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution | Synonyms: justifier, vindicator |
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| apologize | (verb) acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | Synonyms: apologise |
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| (verb) defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning | Synonyms: apologise, excuse, rationalise, rationalize |
| apologue | (noun) a short moral story (often with animal characters) | Synonyms: allegory, fable, parable |
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| apology | (noun) a poor example | Synonyms: excuse |
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| (noun) an expression of regret at having caused trouble for someone | - |
| (noun) a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly | Synonyms: apologia |
| apolune | (noun) apoapsis in orbit around the moon | Synonyms: aposelene |
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| escapologist | (noun) an entertainer who is expert in the art of escaping | Synonyms: escape expert |
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| escapology | (noun) the study of methods of escaping (especially as a form of entertainment) | - |
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| extrapolate | (verb) estimate the value of something based on known values | Synonyms: interpolate |
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| (verb) gain knowledge of (an area not known or experienced) by extrapolating | - |
| (verb) draw from specific cases for more general cases | Synonyms: generalise, generalize, infer |
| extrapolation | (noun) (mathematics) calculation of the value of a function outside the range of known values | - |
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| (noun) an inference about the future (or about some hypothetical situation) based on known facts and observations | - |
| napoleon | (noun) a rectangular piece of pastry with thin flaky layers and filled with custard cream | - |
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| napoleoniana | (noun) items related to the life of Napoleon (engravings, paintings, books, etc.). | - |
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| unapologetic | (adjective) unwilling to make or express an apology | - |
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