<B>appendix, </B>noun, pl. <B>-dixes</B> or <B>-dices,</B> verb, <B>-dixed,</B> <B>-dixing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>the small, saclike growth attached to the large intestine; vermiform appendix. <DD><B> 2. </B>an addition at the end of a book or document. <DD><B> 3. </B>a tube located at the bottom of the bag of a dirigible or balloon, by which it is inflated or deflated. <DD><I>v.t. </I> to provide with an appendix. <BR> <I>Ex. The book is illustrated, indexed, and appendixed to a fare-thee-well (New Yorker).</I> </DL>
<B>apperception, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>clear perception; full understanding. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Psychology, Rare.) the assimilation of a new perception by means of a mass of ideas already in the mind. </DL>
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<B>apperceptive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with apperception. adv. <B>apperceptively.</B> </DL>
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<B>appertain, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to belong as a part; be connected; pertain; relate. <BR> <I>Ex. Forestry appertains to geography, to botany, and to agriculture.</I> </DL>
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<B>Appert process,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a process of making wire glass, invented by Leon Appert of France. It consists of rolling one sheet of glass and laying meshed wire on it, then rolling another sheet of glass on the top and pressing the wire and the sheets of glass into one solid sheet. </DL>
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<B>appestat, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an area in the hypothalamic region of the brain regarded as the center which controls or regulates the appetite. </DL>
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<B>appetence, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the state of longing for, desiring, or craving; appetite; desire. <DD><B> 2. </B>instinctive inclination or tendency. <DD><B> 3. </B>material or chemical attraction or affinity. </DL>
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<B>appetency, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cies.</B> =appetence.</DL>
<B>appetite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>desire or craving for food. <BR> <I>Ex. Michael had no appetite; so they had to coax him to eat.</I> (SYN) hunger. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Figurative.) <DD><B> a. </B>desire or craving. <BR> <I>Ex. The lively boys had a great appetite for excitement and amusement.</I> (SYN) longing. <DD><B> b. </B>taste; liking. <BR> <I>Ex. The blind man had no appetite for art museums.</I> </DL>
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<B>appetitive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with appetite. </DL>
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<B>appetizer, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> something that arouses the appetite or gives relish to food. Pickles and olives are appetizers. </DL>
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<B>appetizing, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> arousing or exciting the appetite. <BR> <I>Ex. Appetizing food always smells delicious.</I> adv. <B>appetizingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>Appian Way,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a famous ancient Roman road extending about 366 miles southeast from Rome to Brundisium. </DL>
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<B>applaud, </B>intransitive verb.<DL COMPACT><DD> to show approval, especially by clapping hands, shouting, or stamping the feet. <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to show approval of in this way. <BR> <I>Ex. The audience applauds anything that pleases it in a play or concert.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to be pleased with; approve; praise. <BR> <I>Ex. Mother applauded his decision to remain in school.</I> (SYN) commend, laud, extol, acclaim. adj. <B>applaudable.</B> noun <B>applauder.</B> adv. <B>applaudingly.</B> </DL>
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<B>applause, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>approval shown, especially by clapping the hands, shouting, or stamping the feet. <BR> <I>Ex. Applause for the performance rang out from the audience.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>approval; praise. (SYN) acclamation, acclaim, approbation, plaudit, accolade. </DL>
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<B>applausive, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by applause. adv. <B>applausively.</B> </DL>
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<B>apple, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>the firm, fleshy, somewhat round fruit of a tree widely grown in temperate regions. Apples usually have red, yellow, or green skin, and are eaten either raw or cooked. <DD><B> 2. </B>the tree itself, belonging to the rose family, probably a native of Europe and the temperate regions of western Asia. Its blossom is the state flower of Michigan and Arkansas. <DD><B> 3. </B>the fruit of any of various related trees, such as the crab apple. <DD><B> 4. </B>any such tree. <DD><B> 5. </B>any of various other fruits or fruitlike products, such as the oak apple and love apple or tomato. <DD><B> 6. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a baseball. <DD><B> 7. </B>(U.S. Slang.) an American Indian who thinks and acts like a white man (used in an unfriendly way). <BR> <I>Ex. Young Indian activists have been heard ... to label an Indian bureaucrat, who may have neglected his origins, "an apple"--red on the outside, white on the inside (New York Times).</I> <DD><B> 8. </B>(U.S. Slang.) a citizens band radio operator who broadcasts illegally, especially by using output of greater power than the law permits. adj. <B>applelike.</B> </DL>
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<B>apple butter,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a smooth, dark-brown, somewhat heavy jam made by stewing apples with sugar, spices, and sometimes cider. </DL>
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<B>applecart, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cart that carries or is intended to carry apples. <BR><I>expr. <B>upset the applecart,</B> </I>(Informal.) to disrupt or bring to naught a plan or program of action. <BR> <I>Ex. "The recent steel strike did not upset the applecart," he declared (Wall Street Journal).</I> </DL>
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<B>apple-cheeked, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having red, blushing, or glowing cheeks. </DL>
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<B>apple family,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a former grouping of plants now classified with the rose family. See also <B>maiaceous.</B> </DL>
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<B>apple fly,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> an adult apple maggot. </DL>
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<B>apple green,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a clear light-green color. </DL>
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<B>apple-green, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of a clear light-green color. </DL>
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<B>apple gum,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a gum tree in Australia, especially one resembling the apple tree and valued for its hard, brown timber. </DL>
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<B>applejack, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a brandy distilled from hard cider. </DL>
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<B>appleknocker, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Slang.) a native of the country, especially a farmer or farm hand (always derogatory in use). </DL>
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<B>apple leafhopper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a small, slender insect that spreads fire blight in apple orchards and feeds on potatoes and other crops. </DL>
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<B>apple maggot,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the larva of certain insects of the same family as the fruit fly, which feeds on the flesh of apples and carries the organisms of bacterial rot; railroad worm. </DL>
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<B>apple moss,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> any moss of a genus with spore capsules shaped like apples. </DL>
<A NAME="appleofdiscord">
<B>apple of discord,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>any cause of jealousy and trouble. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Greek Legend.) a golden apple inscribed "For the fairest" thrown by the goddess of discord into a gathering of the gods. Aphrodite, Athena, and Hera forthwith claimed it, and in return for Aphrodite's promise to him that he might have Helen, the fairest of women, Paris awarded it to Aphrodite. This dispute and the decision of Paris led to the Trojan War. </DL>
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<B>apple of Peru,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> coarse annual plant of the nightshade family, bearing solitary, pale-blue flowers. </DL>
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<B>apple of Sodom,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>something that appears to be very desirable or attractive but turns out to be wholly disappointing. <DD><B> 2. </B>a fruit described by ancient writers as fair to the eye but turning to smoke and ashes when plucked. <DD><B> 3. </B>a spiny plant found near Jericho that bears small yellow fruits like small apples. It is related to the tomato. </DL>
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<B>apple of the eye,</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a person or thing that is valued or cherished. <DD><B> 2. </B>the pupil of the eye. </DL>
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<B>apple pandowdy,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) deep-dish apple pie or pudding; pandowdy. </DL>
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<B>apple-pie, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having or showing traditional American values and traits. <BR> <I>Ex. [He] trades frankly on the appeal of his Horatio Alger career and apple-pie patriotism (Time).</I> </DL>
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<B>apple-pie order</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S. Informal.) perfect order or condition. </DL>
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<B>apple-polish,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Informal.) <DD><I>v.t. </I> to seek the approval of by ingratiating actions. <BR> <I>Ex. To her credit she doesn't apple-polish her ex-boss ... (Saturday Review).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> to curry favor; act like a toady. noun <B>apple-polisher.</B> </DL>
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<B>applesauce, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>apples cut in pieces and cooked with sugar, spices, and water until soft. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Slang.) nonsense. </DL>
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<B>apple scab,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a fungous disease of apple trees characterized by dark blotches on the leaves and lesions on the fruit. </DL>
