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APHELIOTROPISM n.
The habit of bending from the sunlight; -- said of certain plants.
APHETISM n.
An aphetized form of a word. New Eng. Dict.
APHORISM n.
ined sentence relating to abstract truth rather than to practical matters. The first aphorism of Hippocrates is, "Life is short, and the art is long." Fleming.
APHORISMATIC; APHORISMIC a.
Pertaining to aphorisms, or having the form of an aphorism.
APHORISMER n.
A dealer in aphorisms. [Used in derogation or contempt.] Milton.
APLANATISM n.
Freedom from spherical aberration.
APOGEOTROPISM n.
The apogeotropic tendency of some leaves, and other parts.
APOPHLEGMATISM n. 2 definitions
The action of apophlegmatics.
APOSTOLICISM; APOSTOLICITY n.
The state or quality of being apostolical.
APRIORISM n.
An a priori principle.
ARABISM n.
An Arabic idiom peculiarly of language. Stuart.
ARAMAISM n.
An idiom of the Aramaic.
ARCHAISM n. 2 definitions
iquity of style or use; obsoleteness. A select vocabulary corresponding (in point of archaism and remoteness from ordinary use) to our Scriptural vocabulary. De Quincey.
ARIANISM n.
The doctrines of the Arians.
ARISTOCRATISM n. 2 definitions
The principles of aristocrats. Romilly.
ARISTOTELIANISM n.
The philosophy of Aristotle, otherwise called the Peripatetic philosophy.
ARMINIANISM n.
The religious doctrines or tenets of the Arminians.
ARSENICISM n.
A diseased condition produced by slow poisoning with arsenic.
ASCETICISM n.
The condition, practice, or mode of life, of ascetics.
ASIATICISM n.
Something peculiar to Asia or the Asiatics.
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