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Relating to an antrum.

A comprehensive maxim or principle expressed in a few words; a sharply defined 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.

Of or relating to bees.

Relating to apogamy.

A mineral relating to the zeolites, usually occurring in square prisms or octahedrons with pearly luster on the cleavage surface. It is a hydrous silicate of calcium and potassium.

Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke.

olical brief. See under Brief. -- Apostolic canons, a collection of rules and precepts relating to the duty of Christians, and particularly to the ceremonies and discipline of the church in the second and third centuries. -- Apostolic church, the Christian church; -- so called on account of its apostolic foundation,…

Relating to the casting of horoscopes. [Archaic] Whewell.

Relating to an appeal; appellate. "An appellant jurisdiction." Hallam. Party appellant (Law), the party who appeals; appellant; -- opposed to respondent, or appellee. Tomlins.

Relating to an appendicle; appendiculate. [R.]

Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n.

Relating to the faculty of apprehension. Judgment . . . is implied in every apprehensive act. Sir W. Hamilton.

Relating to apyrexy. "Apyrexial period." Brande & C.

Relating to, or exhibiting, the style of ornament called arabesque; as, arabesque frescoes.

Relating to Arabia; Arabic. -- A*rab"ic*al*ly, adv.

Relating to, or of the nature of, the Araucaria. The earliest conifers in geological history were mostly Araucarian. Dana.

Of or relating to an arbiter or an arbitration. [R.]

Relating to trees. [Obs.]

Relating to archæology, or antiquities; as, archæological researches. -- Ar`*chæ*o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Relating to the archegonium.