7-letter words starting with ap
- apolune — the point in a lunar orbit when a spacecraft is at its greatest distance from the moon
- apomict — an organism, esp a plant, produced by apomixis
- apophis — a demon serpent of darkness whom Ra, as sun god, destroys every morning at dawn.
- apoplex — to afflict with apoplexy
- apopyle — (in sponges) a pore in each of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall, through which water passes into the excurrent canals.
- aporiae — Rhetoric. the expression of a simulated or real doubt, as about where to begin or what to do or say.
- aporias — Plural form of aporia.
- apostil — a marginal note
- apostle — The apostles were the followers of Jesus Christ who went from place to place telling people about him and trying to persuade them to become Christians.
- apothem — the perpendicular line or distance from the centre of a regular polygon to any of its sides
- appaled — Misspelling of appalled.
- appalls — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appall.
- appalto — a monopoly or contract
- apparat — the Communist Party organization in the former Soviet Union and other states
- apparel — Apparel means clothes, especially formal clothes worn on an important occasion.
- appeale — Obsolete spelling of appeal.
- appeals — Plural form of appeal.
- appeard — Obsolete spelling of appeared.
- appeare — Obsolete spelling of appear.
- appears — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appear.
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- appends — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of append.
- applaud — When a group of people applaud, they clap their hands in order to show approval, for example when they have enjoyed a play or concert.
- appleby — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: famous for its annual horse fair. Pop: 2862 (2001)
- applets — Plural form of applet.
- applied — An applied subject of study has a practical use, rather than being concerned only with theory.
- applier — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- applies — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- appoint — If you appoint someone to a job or official position, you formally choose them for it.
- apports — things brought as offerings; revenues
- apposed — Simple past tense and past participle of appose.
- apposer — a person who asks questions
- apposes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of appose.
- appress — to press together or towards a surface
- apprise — When you are apprised of something, someone tells you about it.
- apprize — to give notice to; inform; advise (often followed by of): to be apprised of the death of an old friend.
- approve — If you approve of an action, event, or suggestion, you like it or are pleased about it.
- approx. — Approx. is a written abbreviation for approximately.
- appulse — a very close approach of two celestial bodies so that they are in conjunction but no eclipse or occultation occurs
- apraxia — a disorder of the central nervous system caused by brain damage and characterized by impaired ability to carry out purposeful muscular movements
- apraxic — a disorder of the nervous system, characterized by an inability to perform purposeful movements, but not accompanied by a loss of sensory function or paralysis.
- apricot — An apricot is a small, soft, round fruit with yellowish-orange flesh and a stone inside.
- apriori — Alternative form of a priori.
- aproned — Wearing an apron.
- apropos — Something which is apropos, or apropos of, a subject or event, is connected with it or relevant to it.
- aprotic — (of solvents) neither accepting nor donating hydrogen ions
- apsaras — a female spirit of water and air
- apsidal — of an apse or apsis
- apsides — Astronomy. either of two points in an eccentric orbit, one (higher apsis) farthest from the center of attraction, the other (lower apsis) nearest to the center of attraction.
- aptamer — an artificially created molecule of DNA or RNA