appendicular | (adjective) relating to or consisting of an appendage or appendages; especially the limbs | - |
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appendicularia | (noun) free-swimming tadpole-shaped pelagic tunicate resembling larvae of other tunicates | - |
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appendix | (noun) a vestigial process that extends from the lower end of the cecum and that resembles a small pouch | Synonyms: cecal appendage, vermiform appendix, vermiform process |
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(noun) supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book | - |
apperceive | (verb) perceive in terms of a past experience | - |
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apperception | (noun) the process whereby perceived qualities of an object are related to past experience | - |
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apperceptive | (adjective) able to relate new percepts to past experience | - |
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appertain | (verb) be a part or attribute of | Synonyms: pertain |
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appetence | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetency, appetite |
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appetency | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetence, appetite |
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appetent | (adjective) marked by eager desire | - |
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appetiser | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetizer, starter |
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appetising | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetizing |
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appetisingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetizingness |
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appetite | (noun) a feeling of craving something | Synonyms: appetence, appetency |
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appetitive | (adjective) of or relating to appetite | - |
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appetizer | (noun) food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) | Synonyms: appetiser, starter |
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appetizing | (adjective) appealing to or stimulating the appetite especially in appearance or aroma | Synonyms: appetising |
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appetizingness | (noun) the property of stimulating the appetite | Synonyms: appetisingness |
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applaud | (verb) express that something is worthy of praise | - |
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(verb) clap one's hands or shout after performances to indicate approval | Synonyms: acclaim, clap, spat |
applaudable | (adjective) worthy of high praise | Synonyms: commendable, laudable, praiseworthy |
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applauder | (noun) someone who applauds | Synonyms: clapper |
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applause | (noun) a demonstration of approval by clapping the hands together | Synonyms: clapping, hand clapping |
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apple | (noun) fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh | - |
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(noun) native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits | Synonyms: Malus pumila, orchard apple tree |
applecart | (noun) a handcart from which apples and other fruit are sold in the street | - |
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(noun) the planning that is disrupted when someone `upsets the applecart' | - |
applejack | (noun) distilled from hard cider | - |
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applemint | (noun) mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States | Synonyms: apple mint, Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens |
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applesauce | (noun) nonsensical talk or writing | Synonyms: codswallop, folderol, rubbish, trash, tripe, trumpery, wish-wash |
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(noun) puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced | Synonyms: apple sauce |
applet | (noun) a Java application; an application program that uses the client's web browser to provide a user interface | - |
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applewood | (noun) wood of any of various apple trees of the genus Malus | - |
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appliance | (noun) durable goods for home or office use | - |
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(noun) a device or control that is very useful for a particular job | Synonyms: contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gismo, gizmo, widget |
applicability | (noun) relevance by virtue of being applicable to the matter at hand | Synonyms: pertinence, pertinency |
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applicable | (adjective) capable of being applied; having relevance | - |
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applicant | (noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applier |
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application | (noun) the action of putting something into operation | - |
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(noun) a diligent effort | Synonyms: diligence |
(noun) the act of bringing something to bear; using it for a particular purpose | Synonyms: practical application |
(noun) the work of applying something | Synonyms: coating, covering |
(noun) liquid preparation having a soothing or antiseptic or medicinal action when applied to the skin | Synonyms: lotion |
(noun) a verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school | - |
(noun) a program that gives a computer instructions that provide the user with tools to accomplish a task | Synonyms: application program, applications programme |
applicative | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicatory |
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applicator | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applier |
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applicatory | (adjective) readily applicable or practical | Synonyms: applicative |
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applied | (adjective) concerned with concrete problems or data rather than with fundamental principles | - |
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applier | (noun) a device for applying a substance | Synonyms: applicator |
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(noun) a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission | Synonyms: applicant |
applique | (noun) a decorative design made of one material sewn over another | - |
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(verb) sew on as a decoration | - |
apply | (verb) ask (for something) | - |
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(verb) refer (a word or name) to a person or thing | - |
(verb) put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose | Synonyms: employ, use, utilise, utilize |
(verb) coat, cover or smear a surface with | Synonyms: put on |
(verb) give or convey physically | Synonyms: give |
(verb) avail oneself to | Synonyms: practice, use |
(verb) ensure observance of laws and rules | Synonyms: enforce, implement |
(verb) apply oneself to | - |
(verb) be pertinent or relevant or applicable | Synonyms: go for, hold |
(verb) be applicable to; as to an analysis | Synonyms: lend oneself |
appoggiatura | (noun) an embellishing note usually written in smaller size | Synonyms: acciaccatura, grace note |
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appoint | (verb) furnish | - |
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(verb) assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to | Synonyms: charge |
(verb) create and charge with a task or function | Synonyms: constitute, name, nominate |
appointed | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointive |
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(adjective) selected for a job | - |
(adjective) provided with furnishing and accessories (especially of a tasteful kind) | - |
(adjective) fixed or established especially by order or command | Synonyms: decreed, ordained, prescribed |
appointee | (noun) an official who is appointed | - |
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(noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointment |
appointive | (adjective) subject to appointment | Synonyms: appointed |
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(adjective) relating to the act of appointing | - |
appointment | (noun) the act of putting a person into a non-elective position | Synonyms: assignment, designation, naming |
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(noun) the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed | - |
(noun) (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment | - |
(noun) (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel) | Synonyms: fitting |
(noun) a meeting arranged in advance | Synonyms: date, engagement |
(noun) a person who is appointed to a job or position | Synonyms: appointee |
apportion | (verb) give out as one's portion or share | Synonyms: deal, divvy up, portion out, share |
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(verb) distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose | Synonyms: allocate |
apportionable | (adjective) capable of being distributed | Synonyms: allocable, allocatable |
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apportioned | (adjective) given out in portions | Synonyms: dealt out, doled out, meted out, parceled out |
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apportioning | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportionment, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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apportionment | (noun) the act of distributing by allotting or apportioning; distribution according to a plan | Synonyms: allocation, allotment, apportioning, assignation, parceling, parcelling |
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apposable | (adjective) capable of being placed opposite to something | Synonyms: opposable |
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appose | (verb) place side by side or in close proximity | - |
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apposite | (adjective) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence | Synonyms: apt, pertinent |
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appositeness | (noun) appropriateness for the occasion | Synonyms: aptness |
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apposition | (noun) the act of positioning close together (or side by side) | Synonyms: collocation, juxtaposition |
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(noun) (biology) growth in the thickness of a cell wall by the deposit of successive layers of material | - |
(noun) a grammatical relation between a word and a noun phrase that follows | - |
appositional | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositive |
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appositive | (adjective) relating to or being in apposition | Synonyms: appositional |
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appositively | (adverb) in an appositive manner | Synonyms: in apposition |
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appraisal | (noun) an expert estimation of the quality, quantity, and other characteristics of someone or something | - |
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(noun) the classification of someone or something with respect to its worth | Synonyms: assessment |
(noun) a document appraising the value of something (as for insurance or taxation) | Synonyms: estimate, estimation |
appraise | (verb) consider in a comprehensive way | Synonyms: survey |
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(verb) evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of | Synonyms: assess, evaluate, measure, valuate, value |
appraiser | (noun) one who estimates officially the worth or value or quality of things | Synonyms: valuator |
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(noun) one who determines authenticity (as of works of art) or who guarantees validity | Synonyms: authenticator |
appraising | (adjective) exercising or involving careful evaluations | Synonyms: evaluative |
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appreciable | (adjective) enough to be estimated or measured | - |
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appreciably | (adverb) to a noticeable degree | - |
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appreciate | (verb) gain in value | Synonyms: apprise, apprize, revalue |
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(verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: apprise, apprize |
(verb) be fully aware of; realize fully | Synonyms: take account |
(verb) recognize with gratitude; be grateful for | - |
(verb) hold dear | Synonyms: prize, treasure, value |
appreciated | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: apprehended, comprehended |
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appreciation | (noun) a favorable judgment | Synonyms: admiration |
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(noun) an increase in price or value | - |
(noun) understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something | Synonyms: grasp, hold |
(noun) delicate discrimination (especially of esthetic values) | Synonyms: discernment, perceptiveness, taste |
(noun) an expression of gratitude | - |
appreciative | (adjective) having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion | - |
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(adjective) feeling or expressive of gratitude | - |
appreciatively | (adverb) with appreciation; in a grateful manner | Synonyms: gratefully |
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appreciativeness | (noun) warm friendly feelings of gratitude | Synonyms: gratefulness, thankfulness |
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appreciator | (noun) a person who is fully aware of something and understands it | - |
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apprehend | (verb) get the meaning of something | Synonyms: compass, comprehend, dig, get the picture, grasp, grok, savvy |
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(verb) take into custody | Synonyms: arrest, collar, cop, nab, nail, pick up |
(verb) anticipate with dread or anxiety | Synonyms: quail at |
apprehended | (adjective) fully understood or grasped | Synonyms: appreciated, comprehended |
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apprehender | (noun) a person who seizes or arrests (especially a person who seizes or arrests in the name of justice) | - |
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(noun) a person who knows or apprehends | Synonyms: knower |
apprehensible | (adjective) capable of being apprehended or understood | Synonyms: graspable, intelligible, perceivable, understandable |
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apprehension | (noun) the act of apprehending (especially apprehending a criminal) | Synonyms: arrest, catch, collar, pinch, taking into custody |
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(noun) the cognitive condition of someone who understands | Synonyms: discernment, savvy, understanding |
(noun) painful expectation | Synonyms: misgiving |
(noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehensiveness, dread |
apprehensive | (adjective) in fear or dread of possible evil or harm | - |
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(adjective) quick to understand | Synonyms: discerning |
(adjective) mentally upset over possible misfortune or danger etc | Synonyms: worried |
apprehensively | (adverb) with anxiety or apprehension | Synonyms: anxiously, uneasily |
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apprehensiveness | (noun) fearful expectation or anticipation | Synonyms: apprehension, dread |
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apprentice | (noun) works for an expert to learn a trade | Synonyms: learner, prentice |
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(verb) be or work as an apprentice | - |
apprenticed | (adjective) bound by contract | Synonyms: articled, bound, indentured |
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apprenticeship | (noun) the position of apprentice | - |
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appressed | (adjective) pressed close to or lying flat against something | Synonyms: adpressed |
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apprisal | (noun) informing by words | Synonyms: notification, telling |
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apprise | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize |
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(verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprize, revalue |
(verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprize, give notice, notify, send word |
(verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprize, instruct |
apprize | (verb) increase the value of | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise |
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(verb) gain in value | Synonyms: appreciate, apprise, revalue |
(verb) make aware of | Synonyms: apprise, instruct |
(verb) inform (somebody) of something | Synonyms: advise, apprise, give notice, notify, send word |
appro | (noun) an informal British abbreviation of approval | - |
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approach | (noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approaching, coming |
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(noun) a relatively short golf shot intended to put the ball onto the putting green | Synonyms: approach shot |
(noun) ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation | Synonyms: attack, plan of attack |
(noun) a way of entering or leaving | Synonyms: access |
(noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approaching, coming |
(noun) a close approximation | - |
(noun) a tentative suggestion designed to elicit the reactions of others | Synonyms: advance, feeler, overture |
(noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approaching |
(noun) the final path followed by an aircraft as it is landing | Synonyms: approach path, glide path, glide slope |
(verb) make advances to someone, usually with a proposal or suggestion | - |
(verb) move towards | Synonyms: come near, come on, draw close, draw near, go up, near |
(verb) come near in time | Synonyms: come near |
(verb) begin to deal with | Synonyms: go about, set about |
(verb) come near or verge on, resemble, come nearer in quality, or character | Synonyms: border on |
approachability | (noun) the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with | Synonyms: accessibility |
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approachable | (adjective) easy to meet or converse or do business with | - |
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(adjective) easily approached | Synonyms: reachable |
(adjective) capable of being read with comprehension | Synonyms: accessible |
approaching | (adjective) of the relatively near future | Synonyms: coming, forthcoming, upcoming |
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(noun) the act of drawing spatially closer to something | Synonyms: approach, coming |
(noun) the temporal property of becoming nearer in time | Synonyms: approach, coming |
(noun) the event of one object coming closer to another | Synonyms: approach |
approbate | (verb) accept (documents) as valid | - |
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(verb) approve or sanction officially | - |
approbation | (noun) official recognition or approval | - |
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(noun) official approval | - |
approbative | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbatory, approving, plausive |
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approbatory | (adjective) expressing or manifesting praise or approval | Synonyms: affirmative, approbative, approving, plausive |
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appropriable | (adjective) that can be appropriated | - |
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appropriate | (adjective) suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc | - |
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(adjective) meant or adapted for an occasion or use | Synonyms: suitable, suited |
(verb) give or assign a resource to a particular person or cause | Synonyms: allow, earmark, reserve, set aside |
(verb) take possession of by force, as after an invasion | Synonyms: capture, conquer, seize |
appropriately | (adverb) in accordance with what is appropriate or suitable for the circumstances | Synonyms: befittingly, duly, fitly, fittingly, properly, suitably |
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