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According to the doctrines of the apostles; delivered or taught by the apostles; as, apostolic faith or practice.

æ, the aqueous solution of ammonia; liquid ammonia; often called aqua ammonia. -- Aqua marine, or Aqua marina. Same as Aquamarine. -- Aqua regia. Etym: [L., royal water] (Chem.), a very corrosive fuming yellow liquid consisting of nitric and hydrochloric acids. It has the power of dissolving gold, the "royal" metal.…

Wateriness. [Obs.]

Wateriness.

The condition of being wet or watery; wateriness. Huxley. Very little water or aquosity is found in their belly. Holland.

g to Arius, a presbyter of the church of Alexandria, in the fourth century, or to the doctrines of Arius, who held Christ to be inferior to God the Father in nature and dignity, though the first and noblest of all created beings. -- n.

The doctrines of the Arians.

A marine bivalve shell belonging to the genus Arca and its allies.

An adherent of the Armenian Church, an organization similar in some doctrines and practices to the Greek Church, in others to the Roman Catholic.

Of or pertaining to Arminius of his followers, or to their doctrines. See note under Arminian, n.

The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.

several charges and other furniture, as mantling, crest, supporters, motto, etc. -- Submarine, a water-tight dress or covering for a diver. See under Submarine.

r kings. He arrogated to himself the right of deciding dogmatically what was orthodox doctrine. Macaulay.

A genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp.

The doctrine or theory held by associationists.

Pertaining to, implying, or containing, atheism; -- applied to things; as, atheistic doctrines, opinions, or books. Atheistical explications of natural effects. Barrow.

Extremely minute; tiny. Atomic philosophy, or Doctrine of atoms, a system which assuming that atoms are endued with gravity and motion accounted thus for the origin and formation of all things. This philosophy was first broached by Leucippus, was developed by Democritus, and afterward improved by Epicurus, and hence is…

The doctrine of atoms. See Atomic philosophy, under Atomic.

The doctrine of atoms. Cudworth.

n apple. It is remarkable for its power in dilating the pupil of the eye. Called also daturine.