English words: apple scab to appropriability

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English words apple scab to appropriability

apple scab noun: A common disease of Rosaceae plants, caused by the ascomycete Venturia inaequalis.
apple-scented mint noun: A herb of species Mentha suaveolens with aroma or taste reminiscent of apple and mint.
apple scoop noun: An implement, usually made of bone, used to bore into an apple, in order to remove its core.
Apple Scruff noun: Any of a group of devoted Beatles fans who congregated outside the Apple Corps building and at the gates of Abbey Road Studios in London during the late...
apple seed noun: The seed of the fruit of the Malus domestica (apple) tree or other tree of the genus Malus.
apple-shaped adjective: Having the shape of an apple, or in cross section, like the cross section of an apple, or somewhat suggestive of it; especially with regard to top-heavy...
apple snail noun: Any of the large freshwater snails of the family Ampullariidae, some of which are the size of an apple.
apple snow noun: A dessert made from blended cooking apples, eggs, sugar, and double cream.
apple-squire noun: A male servant of a prostitute.
apple strudel noun: An Austrian pastry of apples, sugar, raisins, spice, etc in thin strudel dough or filo pastry.
apple summer disease noun: Synonym of sooty blotch and flyspeck.
apple tree noun /ˈæpl̩ tɹiː/: Any tree that bears apples, principally Malus domestica but also certain wild species.
apple turnover noun: A pastry dessert filled with pieces of sweetened apples, with the pastry folded over to enclose the filling.
apple up verb: To gain the qualities of an apple (as in size or color, usually cheeks blushing red).
apple weevil noun: Synonym of apple blossom weevil.
apple-wife noun: A female apple-seller.
apple wine noun: An alcoholic beverage made from apples; cider.
apple worm noun: The larva of the codling moth (Cydia pomonella).
appleade noun: A sweetened apple drink.
Applebaum proper noun: A surname.
Applebee proper noun: A surname.
appleberry noun: Any plant of the genus Billardiera.
appleblossom noun: Alternative form of apple blossom.
applebox noun: Alternative form of apple box.
applebush noun: Alternative form of apple bush.
Appleby proper noun: The historical county town of Westmorland, UK, now named Appleby-in-Westmorland (except for the railway station).
applecart noun: A barrow from which apples and other fruit were formerly sold in the street
applecore noun: Alternative spelling of apple core.
applecrab noun: A hybrid of apple and crabapple.
Applecross proper noun: A small coastal village in a remote part of Wester Ross, Highland council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NG7144).
appled adjective, verb /ˈæp.əld/: Made from or flavored by apples.
Appledore proper noun: A small village in Burlescombe parish, Mid Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref ST0614).
appledrane noun: A wasp.
Appleford proper noun: A village in Vale of White Horse district, Oxfordshire, England (OS grid ref SU5293).
Applegarth proper noun: A village in Richmondshire, North Yorkshire, England.
Applegate proper noun: A surname.
applegrower noun: A grower of apples.
applehead noun: A kind of Siamese cat with a round head shape.
applehood noun: The quality of being an apple.
appleish adjective: Alternative form of applish.
applejack noun: An alcoholic drink similar to apple brandy and calvados, made by freeze-distilling ("jacking") apple cider.
applejohn noun: A variety of apple which can be kept for a long period, gradually becoming dry and withered; known today as the French crab.
applejuicification noun: The use of apple juice as the main ingredient in drinks that contain several different fruit juices, especially when this is not made clear in the name or...
appleless adjective: Without apples.
applelicious adjective: Delicious.
applelike adjective: Like or resembling an apple
Appleman proper noun: A surname.
applemonger noun: A seller of apples.
applerita noun: An apple-flavored margarita cocktail.
apples adjective, noun, verb /ˈæp.(ə)lz/: Clipping of apple and pears or apples and pears (“stairs”).
apples and oranges noun: A comparison of items that, however categorically similar, is inapt; an incompatible analogy, or the items so compared; a disanalogy.
apples and pears noun: stairs
apples to apples noun: A comparison of items that are similar.
apples to apples, oranges to oranges noun: A comparison of items that are similar, while also acknowledging or distinguishing a separation of their sets or categories.
apples to oranges noun: Alternative form of apples and oranges.
apples with apples noun: Synonym of apples to apples.
applesauce interjection, noun: Alternative spelling of apple sauce.
applesauce cake noun: A dessert cake prepared using apple sauce, flour and sugar as primary ingredients.
applesauce-y adjective: Alternative form of applesaucey.
applesaucey adjective: Resembling or characteristic of applesauce.
applesaucy adjective: Alternative form of applesaucey.
AppleScript noun: A script written in this language.
appleseed noun: Alternative form of apple seed.
appless adjective: Without an app or apps (application software).
applet noun: A small program module that runs under the control of a larger application, typically a web browser.
appletini noun /ˌæp(ə)lˈtini/: A cocktail of vodka and either apple juice, apple cider, or apple liqueur.
Appleton proper noun /ˈæp.əl.tən/: A northern suburb of Widnes, Halton borough, Cheshire (OS grid ref SJ5186).
appletree noun: Alternative form of apple tree.
Applewhite proper noun: A surname from Old Norse.
applewife noun: Alternative form of apple-wife.
applewoman noun: A woman who sells apples outdoors.
applewood noun: The wood of the apple tree.
appleworm noun: Alternative form of apple worm.
appley adjective /ˈæpl̩.iː/: Resembling apples, apple-like.
Appleyard proper noun: A surname.
appleyness noun: The state or quality of being appley.
appliable adjective /əˈplʌɪəb(ə)l/: Compliant; accommodating.
appliableness noun: The state or quality of being appliable.
appliably adverb: In an appliable manner.
appliance noun /əˈplaɪ.əns/: An implement, an instrument or apparatus designed (or at least used) as a means to a specific end, especially
appliance computer noun: A computer sold to consumers as a unit ready to be switched on and used, rather than a kit for self-assembly.
applianced adjective: Furnished with appliances
appliancelike adjective: Resembling an appliance
applicability noun: The degree to which a thing is applicable.
applicable adjective /əˈplɪk.ə.bəl/: Suitable for application; relevant.
applicableness noun: The state or quality of being applicable.
applicably adverb: In an applicable manner.
applicancy noun: applicability
applicand noun: A function, in lambda calculus, that is the subject of application
applicant noun /ˈæp.lɪ.kənt/: One who applies for something; one who makes a request; a petitioner.
applicate adjective, noun, verb: An applied material; an application
application noun /ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/: The act of physically applying or laying on.
application bundle noun: A package format, often a directory with a specific structure, containing all the files and resources necessary for a program to run.
application domain noun: An isolated context, with its own virtual address space, in which an application runs, analogous to a process in an operating system.
application form noun: A form one fills in when applying for a job, placement, course, service etc.
application logic noun: The logic governing what a computer program is trying to accomplish; domain logic.
application program noun: A computer program written to solve a particular problem or to be used in a particular user-defined application.
application programme noun: Alternative form of application program.
application programming interface noun: A set of routines, protocols, and tools for building software applications, which makes it possible for software components to interact with one another.
application protocol data unit noun: A packet of data exchanged between two application programs across a network.
application software noun: A set of computer programs that work together to solve a particular problem or to be used for a particular user-defined application.
application-specific adjective: created or written for a specific application/usage
applicational adjective: Of or pertaining to an application.
applicationism noun: A tendency to view situations as problems to be solved by applying a certain theory or technique.
applicationist noun: A proponent of applicationism.
applications program noun: Alternative form of application program.
applications software noun: Alternative form of application software.
applicationwide adjective: Throughout an application (software program).
applicative adjective, noun /əˈplɪkətɪv/: Having practical application; applicable.
applicatively adverb: In an applicative manner.
applicator noun: A tool or device used to apply a fluid or semi-fluid substance to a surface.
applicatorful noun: The amount that will fill an applicator
applicatorily adverb: In an applicatory manner.
applicatory adjective: able to be applied or used, practical
applied adjective, verb /əˈplaɪd/: Put into practical use.
applied arts noun: The art of using of design and decoration to make everyday usable items aesthetically pleasing.
applied behavior analysis noun: A form of psychotherapy that uses respondent and operant conditioning to change human and animal behavior.
applied economics noun: The application of economic theory and econometrics in specific settings.
applied ethics noun: The branch of ethics that examines moral questions of right and wrong arising in specific areas of practical concern, as, for example, in medicine or business.
applied kinesiology noun: A pseudoscience-based technique in alternative medicine claimed to be able to diagnose illness or choose treatment by testing muscles for strength and weakness.
applied linguistics noun: The interdisciplinary field of linguistics that identifies, investigates and offers solutions to language-related real-life problems.
applied math noun: Synonym of applied mathematics.
applied mathematics noun: Mathematics that is used to solve problems in other sciences such as physics, engineering or electronics.
applied maths noun: Synonym of applied mathematics.
applied science noun: Science as applied to practical problems (applications), such as engineering and the advancement of technology.
applied semantics noun: The study and application of semantics.
applied statistics noun: Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics.
applied tension noun: The treatment of a phobia by having the patient alternately tense and relax the muscles while exposed to a phobic trigger.
appliedly adverb: in an applied manner
applier noun: A person or device that applies something.
appliment noun: Application
Applin proper noun: A surname.
applique adjective, noun, verb /əˈpliː.keɪ/: Alternative spelling of applique.
appliquer noun /ˌæp.lɪˈkeɪ.ɚ/: One who appliques.
applish adjective: Characteristic of an apple, as in taste, shape, colour, etc.
applistructure noun /ˈæplɪˌstɹʌkt͡ʃə/: The amalgamation of applications and technological infrastructure.
appln noun: Abbreviation of application.
applosion noun: The production of an applosive.
applosive noun /əˈpləʊ.sɪv/: An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.
applot verb: To divide into plots or parts; to apportion.
applotment noun: apportionment; allocation
applotter noun: One who applots.
apply adjective, verb /əˈplaɪ/: To lay or place; to put (one thing to another)
apply oneself verb: Synonym of strive: to work hard, to complete an activity with good effort and focus.
applying noun, verb /əˈplaɪ.ɪŋ/: The act of applying; an application.
applyingly adverb: With application.
applyment noun: Application.
appmt noun: Abbreviation of appointment.
appoggiatura noun /əˌpɒ.d͡ʒəˈtʊɹ.ə/: A type of musical ornament, falling on the beat, which often creates a suspension and subtracts for itself half the time value of the principal note which...
appoint verb /əˈpɔɪnt/: To set, fix or determine (a time or place for something such as a meeting, or the meeting itself) by authority or agreement.
appointable adjective: Capable of being appointed.
appointed adjective, verb /əˈpɔɪntɪd/: Subject to appointment, as opposed to an election.
appointee noun /əˌpɔɪnˈtiː/: a person who is appointed
appointer noun: A person who appoints (in any sense).
appointive adjective: Of, pertaining to, or filled by appointment.
appointment noun /əˈpɔɪnt.mɛnt/: The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust.
appointment diary noun: A small personal notebook in which one makes a note of future planned events, engagements, appointments, etc., so as not to forget them.
appointment in Samarra noun: One's death.
appointment television noun: Synonym of appointment TV.
appointment TV noun: Television that is broadcast at a particular time, rather than being made available on demand.
appointor noun: appointer, the person who appoints.
Appolo proper noun: Synonym of Nzema (“the language of the Nzema”)
appom noun /ɑˈpɒm/: A type of sweet fried flat bread made from rice flour.
Appomatox noun: Alternative form of Appomattoc.
Appomattoc noun: A tribe of Virginia Indians who spoke an Algonquian language and resided along the lower Appomattox River.
Appomattox noun: Alternative form of Appomattoc.
apport noun, verb /əˈpɔːt/: The supposed paranormal transference of an object from one place to another, or the appearance of an object from an unknown source, often associated with...
apporter noun: A bringer in; an importer.
apportion verb /əˈpɔːʃən/: To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
apportionable adjective: Capable of being apportioned.
apportionate adjective, verb: to apportion shares
apportionateness noun: The state or quality of being apportionate.
apportioned adjective, verb: Assigned as somebody's portion; allotted.
apportioner noun: Someone who apportions; an allocator.
apportioning noun, verb: apportionment
apportionment noun: The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
apposability noun: The property of being apposable.
apposable adjective: Capable of being apposed, or applied one to another, as the thumb to the fingers of the hand; able to be brought into direct spatial opposition.
appose verb /əˈpəʊz/: To interrogate; to question.
apposer noun: An asker; someone who poses questions.
apposite adjective, noun /ˈæp.ə.zɪt/: Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.
appositely adverb: In an apposite manner.
appositeness noun: the state of being apposite
appositio noun: Addition of an element not syntactically required for purpose of description or explanation.
apposition noun /ˌæpəˈzɪʃn̩/: A construction in which one noun or noun phrase is placed with another as an explanatory equivalent, both of them having the same syntactic function in the...
appositional adjective, noun: Relating to apposition.
appositionally adverb: In an appositional manner.
appositioned adjective: in a state of apposition
appositive adjective, noun /əˈpɑzɪtɪv/: of or being in apposition
appositive clause noun: A dependent clause that functions as an appositive, renaming or providing additional information regarding a noun or pronoun in the main clause.
appositively adverb: In an appositive manner.
appr noun: Abbreviation of approval.
appraisability noun: The characteristic of being appraisable; the ability to be evaluated for potential value.
appraisable adjective: Capable of being appraised.
appraisal noun /əˈpɹeɪzəl/: The act or process of developing an opinion of value.
appraisal cost noun: The costs that are incurred in assessing that products/services conform to the requirements. It relates to testing, executing, and examination to assess...
appraise verb /əˈpɹeɪz/: To determine the value or worth of (something), particularly as a person appointed for this purpose.
appraisee noun: One who is appraised; one undergoing an appraisal.
appraisement noun: The act of appraising.
appraiser noun /əˈpɹeɪz.ə(ɹ)/: One who performs appraisals.
appraisin' verb: Pronunciation spelling of appraising.
appraising noun, verb /əˈpɹeɪzɪŋ/: Alternative form of apprising.
appraisingly adverb: In an appraising way.
appraisive adjective: Of or relating to appraisal.
apprecation noun: Earnest prayer; devout wish.
apprecatory adjective: Praying or wishing well.
appreciability noun: The quality or degree of being appreciable.
appreciable adjective /əˈpɹiːʃəbl/: Both detectable and at least modestly substantial: large enough to be estimated and to be of practical relevance.
appreciableness noun: The quality or degree of being appreciable.
appreciably adverb /əˈpɹiːʃi.əbli/: In an appreciable manner; to a large extent; considerably.
appreciant adjective: appreciative
appreciatable adjective: That can be appreciated or enjoyed.
appreciate verb /əˈpɹiː.ʃi.eɪt/: To be grateful or thankful for.
appreciated adjective, verb: Recognized as having value.
appreciater noun: One who appreciates.
appreciating adjective, noun, verb: Appreciative: having or showing appreciation.
appreciatingly adverb: Appreciatively, with appreciation: in an appreciating manner.
appreciation noun /əˌpɹiː.ʃiˈeɪ.ʃən/: The act of appreciating.
appreciational adjective: Of or relating to appreciation.
appreciative adjective /əˈpɹi.ʃətɪv/: Showing appreciation or gratitude.
appreciatively adverb /ʌˈpɹiʃəˌtɪvli/: In an appreciative manner.
appreciativeness noun: The state or quality of being appreciative.
appreciator noun: Someone who values something highly.
appreciatorily adverb: With appreciation; appreciatively.
appreciatory adjective: Showing appreciation; appreciative.
apprecihate verb /əˈpɹiː.ʃi.heɪt/: To dislike, to resent.
appreesh verb: To appreciate; to be thankful for.
apprehend verb /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnd/: To be or become aware of (something); to perceive.
apprehendable adjective: That can be apprehended.
apprehended adjective, verb: Taken; seized.
apprehendee noun: a person who is apprehended
apprehending noun, verb: An act by which something is apprehended.
apprehendingly adverb: With apprehension or understanding.
apprehensibility noun: The quality of being apprehensible.
apprehensible adjective /ˌæpɹəˈhɛnsəbəl/: Which can be apprehended (usually in the sense of being understood).
apprehensibly adverb: Such that it can be apprehended; understandably.
apprehension noun /æp.ɹɪˈhɛn.ʃən/: The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
apprehensive adjective, noun /ˌæpɹɪˈhɛnsɪv/: Anticipating something with anxiety, fear, or doubt; reluctant.
apprehensively adverb: in an apprehensive manner; with apprehension
apprehensiveness noun: the state of being apprehensive
apprentice noun, verb /əˈpɹɛntɪs/: A trainee, especially in a skilled trade.
apprenticeage noun: Apprenticeship.
apprenticed adjective, verb: Serving as an apprentice.
apprenticehood noun: apprenticeship
apprenticelike adjective: Resembling or characteristic of an apprentice or apprenticeships.
apprenticeship noun /əˈpɹɛn.tɪs.ʃɪp/: The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.
appresent verb: To make present indirectly through appresentation; to intend or experience something as co-present with a directly perceived object.
appresentation noun: The intentional feature by which something indirectly given to consciousness is experienced as co-present or implied alongside what is directly perceived.
appress verb: To press close to.
appressed adjective, verb: Closely flattened down.
appressed-fibrillose adjective: Having fibrils that lie flat.
appressed-fibrillose-striate adjective: Having appressed fibrils in the form of radiating lines (used to describe the surface of the stem or cap of a mushroom).
appressed-silky adjective: Describing appressed fibrils which are silky in texture.
appressed-squamulose adjective: Having squamules that lie flat.
appressedly adverb: In an appressed manner.
appression noun: Alternative form of adpression.
appressorial adjective: Of or pertaining to appressoria
appressorium noun: A bulbous formation produced by parasitic fungi that is well attached to the cuticle of the host and from where a peg-shaped hypha is formed that penetrates...
apprimorate verb: Alternative spelling of aprimorate.
apprisal noun: The act of apprising, of making aware, of informing.
apprise verb /əˈpɹaɪz/: To make (someone or oneself) aware of some information; to inform, to notify.
apprised adjective, verb: informed
appriser noun: One who carries out an apprising.
apprising noun, verb: The appraisal of the value of goods, land, etc., often in order to pay the debts of a deceased person.
apprizer noun: An appraiser.
apprizing noun, verb: Alternative form of apprising.
appro noun: The situation where goods, especially jewellery, must be returned by the retailer if not successfully sold.
approach noun, verb /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃ/: To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
approach anxiety noun: The anxiety one experiences at the prospect of chatting up a stranger.
approach-forcing noun: A bidding system in which the responder does not support a partner's bid suit without 4 card support or 3 cards plus a Queen or higher, never passes an...
approach play noun: A play which advances a teams position but does not score.
approach shoe noun: A kind of footwear, a hybrid between a hiking boot and a climbing shoe.
approach shot noun: Any shot, normally not when teeing off, aimed to land on the green, hit for accuracy more than power.
approach wedge noun: A golf club designed to fill the distance gap between a pitching wedge and a sand wedge.
approachability noun: The characteristic of being approachable; the ability to be approached.
approachable adjective /əˈpɹəʊ.t͡ʃə.bəl/: Easily approached; easy to talk to.
approachableness noun: The state or quality of being approachable.
approacher noun: Someone or something that approaches.
approaches noun, verb /əˈpɹəʊt͡ʃiz/: Movements to gain favour; advances.
approaching adjective, adverb, noun, verb /əˈpɹoʊt͡ʃɪŋ/: That approaches or approach.
approachingly adverb: While approaching; so as to come near.
approachless adjective: Impossible to approach; unapproachable.
approachment noun: approach
approbate adjective, verb: Approved.
approbate and reprobate verb: To accept and reject the same deed or instrument (which is not permitted).
approbation noun /ˌæp.ɹəʊˈbeɪ.ʃən/: The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official...
approbative adjective, noun /ˈæp.ɹəˌbeɪ.tɪv/: Expressing approval.
approbatively adverb: Approvingly; in an approbative manner.
approbativeness noun: The state or quality of being approbative.
approbator noun: A person who gives formal approval.
approbatory adjective: Tending to approve or confirm.
approbrium noun: Alternative spelling of opprobrium.
approof noun: trial; proof; testimony; affirmation.
appropes adjective /əˈpɹəʊps/: Appropriate.
appropinquate verb: To approach; to near.
appropinquation noun: The act of drawing near; an approach.
appropinquity noun: nearness; propinquity
approportionate verb: to render proportionate; to proportion.
appropre verb: To appropriate.
appropriability noun: The environmental factors that govern an innovator's ability to capture profits generated by an innovation.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0): each word's first meaning. A word with a page of its own links to it; for the rest, this line is PlainSpell's entry. Total under A: 47,274 words, in 158 parts.