application
The act of physically applying or laying on.
The substance applied.
The act of applying as a means; the employment of means to accomplish an end; specific use.
The act of directing or referring something to a particular case, to discover or illustrate agreement or disagreement, fitness, or correspondence.
A computer program or the set of software that the end user perceives as a single entity as a tool for a well-defined purpose. (Also called: application program; application software.)
A verbal or written request for assistance or employment or admission to a school, course or similar.
A petition, entreaty, or other request, with the adposition for denoting the subject matter.
The act of requesting, claiming, or petitioning something.
Diligence; close thought or attention.
A kind of needlework; appliqué.
The substitution of a specific value for the parameter in the abstraction, in lambda calculus.
Compliance.

applicationism
A tendency to view situations as problems to be solved by applying a certain theory or technique.

applications
plural of application

appliment
Application

appliments
plural of appliment

applistructure
The amalgamation of applications and technological infrastructure.

applistructures
plural of applistructure

applosion
The production of an applosive.

applosive
An unreleased plosive, denoted ◌̚ in the IPA.

applosives
plural of applosive

applotment
apportionment; allocation

applotments
plural of applotment

appls
plural of appl

applyment
Application.

appmt
Abbreviation of appointment.

appmts
plural of appmt

appointment
The act of appointing a person to hold an office or to have a position of trust
The state of being appointed to a service or office; an office to which one is appointed
Stipulation; agreement; the act of fixing by mutual agreement.
An arrangement between people to meet; an engagement.
Decree; direction; established order or constitution.
The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made.
The assignment of a person by an official to perform a duty, such as a presidential appointment of a judge to a court.
Equipment, furniture.
An honorary part or exercise, as an oration, etc., at a public exhibition of a college.
The allowance paid to a public officer.

appointments
plural of appointment

apportionateness
The state or quality of being apportionate.

apportionment
The act of apportioning or the state of being apportioned.
The distribution of members of the House of Representatives according to the population of the various states.
The allocation of direct taxation according to the population of the various states.

apportionments
plural of apportionment

apposability
The property of being apposable.

appositeness
the state of being apposite

appositenesses
plural of appositeness

apposition
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 sentence.
The relationship between such nouns or noun phrases.
The quality of being side by side, apposed instead of opposed, next to each other.
A placing of two things side by side, or the fitting together of two things.
The growth of successive layers of a cell wall.
Appositio, the addition of an element not syntactically required.
A public disputation by scholars.
A (now purely ceremonial) speech day at St Paul's School, London.

appositions
plural of apposition

appr
Abbreviation of approval.

appraisability
The characteristic of being appraisable; the ability to be evaluated for potential value.

appraisal
The act or process of developing an opinion of value.
A judgment or assessment of the value of something, especially a formal one.

appraisals
plural of appraisal

appraisement
The act of appraising.

appraisements
plural of appraisement

apprecation
Earnest prayer; devout wish.

apprecations
plural of apprecation

appreciability
The quality or degree of being appreciable.

appreciableness
The quality or degree of being appreciable.

appreciation
The act of appreciating.
A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.
Accurate perception; true estimation.
A rise in value.

appreciations
plural of appreciation

appreciativeness
The state or quality of being appreciative.

apprehensibility
The quality of being apprehensible.

apprehension
The physical act of seizing or taking hold of (something); seizing.
The act of seizing or taking by legal process; arrest.
Perception; the act of understanding using one's intellect without affirming, denying, or passing any judgment
Opinion; conception; sentiment; idea.
The faculty by which ideas are conceived or by which perceptions are grasped; understanding.
Anticipation, especially of unfavorable things such as dread or fear or the prospect of something unpleasant in the future.

apprehensions
plural of apprehension

apprehensiveness
the state of being apprehensive

apprenticeship
The condition of, or the time served by, an apprentice.
The system by which a person learning a craft or trade is instructed by a master for a set time under set conditions.

appression
Alternative form of adpression.

apprisal
The act of apprising, of making aware, of informing.

apprisals
plural of apprisal

apprizal
Archaic form of appraisal.

apprizals
plural of apprizal

apprizement
Archaic form of appraisement.

apprizements
plural of apprizement

appro
The situation where goods, especially jewellery, must be returned by the retailer if not successfully sold.

approach
To come or go near, in place or time; to move toward; to advance nearer; to draw nigh.
To play an approach shot.
Used intransitively, followed by to: to draw near (to someone or something); to make advances; to approximate or become almost equal.
Of an immovable object or a number of such objects: to be positioned as to (notionally) appear to be moving towards (a place).
To move toward (someone or something) in place, time, character, or value; to draw nearer to.
To bring (something) near something else; to cause (something) to draw near.
Used when defining limits, preceded by as: To become arbitrarily close to some value, be it a number, vector or infinity and have an effect on another value.
To attempt to make (a policy) or solve (a problem).
To bring up or propose to (someone) an idea, question, request, etc.
To have sexual intercourse with (someone).
To take approaches to (a place); to move towards (a place) by using covered roads, trenches, or other works.

approachabilities
plural of approachability

approachability
The characteristic of being approachable; the ability to be approached.

approachableness
The state or quality of being approachable.

approached
simple past and past participle of approach

approaches
Movements to gain favour; advances.
The covered roads, trenches, or other works made by besiegers or soldiers in their advances toward a place such as a fortress or military post.

approachment
approach

approachments
plural of approachment

approbation
The act of approving; an assenting to the propriety of a thing with some degree of pleasure or satisfaction; approval, sanction, commendation or official recognition.

approbations
plural of approbation

approbativeness
The state or quality of being approbative.

approof
trial; proof; testimony; affirmation.
approval; commendation

appropinquation
The act of drawing near; an approach.

appropinquations
plural of appropinquation

appropinquity
nearness; propinquity

appropriabilities
plural of appropriability

appropriability
The environmental factors that govern an innovator's ability to capture profits generated by an innovation.

appropriacies
plural of appropriacy

appropriacy
The extent to which something is suitable or appropriate for a certain circumstance, occasion, etc.