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   Abelard
         n 1: French philosopher and theologian; lover of Heloise
               (1079-1142) [syn: {Abelard}, {Peter Abelard}, {Pierre
               Abelard}]

English Dictionary: aflare(p) by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
aflare
adj
  1. streaming or flapping or spreading wide as if in a current of air; "ran quickly, her flaring coat behind her"; "flags aflare in the breeze"
    Synonym(s): aflare, flaring
  2. lighted up by or as by fire or flame; "forests set ablaze (or afire) by lightning"; "even the car's tires were aflame"; "a night aflare with fireworks"; "candles alight on the tables"; "houses on fire"
    Synonym(s): ablaze(p), afire(p), aflame(p), aflare(p), alight(p), on fire(p)
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apple orchard
n
  1. a grove of apple trees
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apple rust
n
  1. rust fungus causing rust spots on apples and pears etc
    Synonym(s): apple rust, cedar-apple rust, Gymnosporangium juniperi-virginianae
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
applier
n
  1. a person who requests or seeks something such as assistance or employment or admission
    Synonym(s): applicant, applier
  2. a device for applying a substance
    Synonym(s): applicator, applier
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Jay \Jay\, n. [F. geai, OF. gai, jaj, perh. fr. OHG. g[be]hi.
      Cf. {Gay}.] (Zo[94]l.)
      Any one of the numerous species of birds belonging to
      {Garrulus}, {Cyanocitta}, and allied genera. They are allied
      to the crows, but are smaller, more graceful in form, often
      handsomely colored, and usually have a crest.
  
      Note: The European jay ({Garrulus glandarius}) is a large and
               handsomely colored species, having the body pale
               reddish brown, lighter beneath; tail and wing quills
               blackish; the primary coverts barred with bright blue
               and black; throat, tail coverts, and a large spot on
               the wings, white. Called also {jay pie}, {Jenny jay},
               and {k[91]}. The common blue jay ({Cyanocitta
               cristata}.), and the related species, are brilliantly
               colored, and have a large erectile crest. The
               California jay ({Aphelocoma Californica}), the Florida
               jay ({A. Floridana}), and the green jay ({Xanthoura
               luxuosa}), of Texas and Mexico, are large, handsome,
               crested species. The Canada jay ({Perisoreus
               Canadensis}), and several allied species, are much
               plainer and have no crest. See {Blue jay}, and {Whisky
               jack}.
  
      {Jay thrush} (Zo[94]l.), any one several species of Asiatic
            singing birds, of the genera {Garrulax}, {Grammatoptila},
            and related genera of the family {Crateropodid[91]}; as,
            the white-throated jay thrush ({G. albogularis}), of
            India.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Torchwood \Torch"wood`\, n. (Bot.)
      The inflammable wood of certain trees ({Amyris balsamifera},
      {A. Floridana}, etc.); also, the trees themselves.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Able \A"ble\, a. [Comp. {Abler}; superl. {Ablest}.] [OF. habile,
      L. habilis that may be easily held or managed, apt, skillful,
      fr. habere to have, hold. Cf. {Habile} and see {Habit}.]
      1. Fit; adapted; suitable. [Obs.]
  
                     A many man, to ben an abbot able.      --Chaucer.
  
      2. Having sufficient power, strength, force, skill, means, or
            resources of any kind to accomplish the object; possessed
            of qualifications rendering competent for some end;
            competent; qualified; capable; as, an able workman,
            soldier, seaman, a man able to work; a mind able to
            reason; a person able to be generous; able to endure pain;
            able to play on a piano.
  
      3. Specially: Having intellectual qualifications, or strong
            mental powers; showing ability or skill; talented; clever;
            powerful; as, the ablest man in the senate; an able
            speech.
  
                     No man wrote abler state papers.         --Macaulay.
  
      4. (Law) Legally qualified; possessed of legal competence;
            as, able to inherit or devise property.
  
      Note:
  
      {Able for}, is Scotticism. [bd]Hardly able for such a
            march.[b8] --Robertson.
  
      Syn: Competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective;
               capable; skillful; clever; vigorous; powerful.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Abler \A"bler\, a.,
      comp. of {Able}. -- {A"blest}, a., superl. of {Able}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Apolar \A*po"lar\, a. [Pref. a- + polar.] (Biol.)
      Having no radiating processes; -- applied particularly to
      certain nerve cells.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Appealer \Ap*peal"er\, n.
      One who makes an appeal.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Appellor \Ap`pel*lor"\ ([acr]p`p[ecr]l*l[ocir]r"), n. [OF.
      apeleur, fr. L. appellator, fr. appellare.] (Law)
      (a) The person who institutes an appeal, or prosecutes
            another for a crime. --Blackstone.
      (b) One who confesses a felony committed and accuses his
            accomplices. --Blount. --Burrill.
  
      Note: This word is rarely or never used for the plaintiff in
               appeal from a lower court, who is called the
               {appellant}. Appellee is opposed both to {appellant}
               and appellor.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Apple \Ap"ple\ ([acr]p"p'l), n. [OE. appel, eppel, AS. [91]ppel,
      [91]pl; akin to Fries. & D. appel, OHG, aphul, aphol, G.
      apfel, Icel. epli, Sw. [84]ple, Dan. [91]ble, Gael. ubhall,
      W. afal, Arm. aval, Lith. ob[uring]lys, Russ. iabloko; of
      unknown origin.]
      1. The fleshy pome or fruit of a rosaceous tree ({Pyrus
            malus}) cultivated in numberless varieties in the
            temperate zones.
  
      Note: The European crab apple is supposed to be the original
               kind, from which all others have sprung.
  
      2. (bot.) Any tree genus {Pyrus} which has the stalk sunken
            into the base of the fruit; an apple tree.
  
      3. Any fruit or other vegetable production resembling, or
            supposed to resemble, the apple; as, apple of love, or
            love apple (a tomato), balsam apple, egg apple, oak apple.
  
      4. Anything round like an apple; as, an apple of gold.
  
      Note: Apple is used either adjectively or in combination; as,
               apple paper or apple-paper, apple-shaped, apple
               blossom, apple dumpling, apple pudding.
  
      {Apple blight}, an aphid which injures apple trees. See
            {Blight}, n.
  
      {Apple borer} (Zo[94]l.), a coleopterous insect ({Saperda
            candida [or] bivittata}), the larva of which bores into
            the trunk of the apple tree and pear tree.
  
      {Apple brandy}, brandy made from apples.
  
      {Apple butter}, a sauce made of apples stewed down in cider.
            --Bartlett.
  
      {Apple corer}, an instrument for removing the cores from
            apples.
  
      {Apple fly} (Zo[94]l.), any dipterous insect, the larva of
            which burrows in apples. Apple flies belong to the genera
            {Drosophila} and {Trypeta}.
  
      {Apple midge} (Zo[94]l.) a small dipterous insect ({Sciara
            mali}), the larva of which bores in apples.
  
      {Apple of the eye}, the pupil.
  
      {Apple of discord}, a subject of contention and envy, so
            called from the mythological golden apple, inscribed
            [bd]For the fairest,[b8] which was thrown into an assembly
            of the gods by Eris, the goddess of discord. It was
            contended for by Juno, Minerva, and Venus, and was
            adjudged to the latter.
  
      {Apple of love}, or {Love apple}, the tomato ({Lycopersicum
            esculentum}).
  
      {Apple of Peru}, a large coarse herb ({Nicandra physaloides})
            bearing pale blue flowers, and a bladderlike fruit
            inclosing a dry berry.
  
      {Apples of Sodom}, a fruit described by ancient writers as
            externally of fair appearance but dissolving into smoke
            and ashes when plucked; Dead Sea apples. The name is often
            given to the fruit of {Solanum Sodom[91]um}, a prickly
            shrub with fruit not unlike a small yellow tomato.
  
      {Apple sauce}, stewed apples. [U. S.]
  
      {Apple snail} or {Apple shell} (Zo[94]l.), a fresh-water,
            operculated, spiral shell of the genus {Ampullaria}.
  
      {Apple tart}, a tart containing apples.
  
      {Apple tree}, a tree which naturally bears apples. See
            {Apple, 2.}
  
      {Apple wine}, cider.
  
      {Apple worm} (Zo[94]l.), the larva of a small moth
            ({Carpocapsa pomonella}) which burrows in the interior of
            apples. See {Codling moth}.
  
      {Dead Sea Apple}.
            (a) pl. Apples of Sodom. Also Fig. [bd]To seek the Dead
                  Sea apples of politics.[b8] --S. B. Griffin.
            (b) A kind of gallnut coming from Arabia. See {Gallnut}.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Applier \Ap*pli"er\, n.
      He who, or that which, applies.

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
   Apple River, IL (village, FIPS 1673)
      Location: 42.50194 N, 90.09467 W
      Population (1990): 414 (191 housing units)
      Area: 2.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
      Zip code(s): 61001
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