Apsidiole
a small apse, especially one attached to a larger apse or a transept.
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- Apsyrtus
a son of aeëtes, killed by his sister medea, who, while fleeing with jason, threw pieces of her brother’s body into the sea so that her father, in pursuing her, might be delayed while picking them up. historical examples how then by evil doom did she slay apsyrtus when he came to meet her? the […]
- Apt.
. abbreviation (pl) apts. apartment apartment
- Apter
inclined; disposed; given; pr-ne: too apt to slander others. likely: am i apt to find him at home? unusually intelligent; able to learn quickly and easily: an apt pupil. suited to the purpose or occasion; appropriate: an apt metaphor; a few apt remarks on world peace. archaic. prepared; ready; willing. historical examples from the first […]
- Apteral
(of a cl-ssical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral. (of a church) having no aisles. (of a church façade) revealing no aisles. historical examples the female is apteral, but provided with a noisy apparatus for attracting the male’s attention. the natural philosophy of love remy de gourmont adjective (esp of a cl-ssical temple) […]
- Apteria
one of the featherless portions of the skin of a bird.