Acropetal :: Acropetal (a.) Developing from below towards the apex, or from the circumference towards the center; centripetal; -- said of certain inflorescence..

Andropetalous :: Andropetalous (a.) Produced by the conversion of the stamens into petals, as double flowers, like the garden ranunculus..

Anisopetalous :: Anisopetalous (a.) Having unequal petals.

Antipetalous :: Antipetalous (a.) Standing before a petal, as a stamen..

Apetalous :: Apetalous (a.) Having no petals, or flower leaves. [See Illust. under Anther]..

Apetalousness :: Apetalousness (n.) The state of being apetalous.

Appete :: Appete (v. t.) To seek for; to desire.

Appetence :: Appetence (n.) A longing; a desire; especially an ardent desire; appetite; appetency.

Appetencies :: Appetencies (pl. ) of Appetenc.

Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Fixed and strong desire; esp. natural desire; a craving; an eager appetite.

Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Specifically: An instinctive inclination or propensity in animals to perform certain actions, as in the young to suck, in aquatic fowls to enter into water and to swim; the tendency of an organized body to seek what satisfies the wants of its organism..

Appetency :: Appetency (n.) Natural tendency; affinity; attraction; -- used of inanimate objects.

Appetent :: Appetent (a.) Desiring; eagerly desirous.

Appetibility :: Appetibility (n.) The quality of being desirable.

Appetible :: Appetible (a.) Desirable; capable or worthy of being the object of desire.

Appetite :: Appetite (n.) The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind..

Appetite :: Appetite (n.) Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger..

Appetite :: Appetite (n.) Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

Appetite :: Appetite (n.) Tendency; appetency.

Appetite :: Appetite (n.) The thing desired.

Appetition :: Appetition (n.) Desire; a longing for, or seeking after, something..

Appetitive :: Appetitive (a.) Having the quality of desiring gratification; as, appetitive power or faculty..

Appetize :: Appetize (v. t.) To make hungry; to whet the appetite of.

Appetizer :: Appetizer (n.) Something which creates or whets an appetite.

Appetizing :: Appetizing (a.) Exciting appetite; as, appetizing food..

Appetizing :: Appetizing (adv.) So as to excite appetite.

Bipetalous :: Bipetalous (a.) Having two petals.

Carpet :: Carpet (n.) A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables..

Carpet :: Carpet (n.) A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet.

Carpet :: Carpet (v. t.) To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets..

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