abaft
         adv 1: at or near or toward the stern of a ship or tail of an
                  airplane; "stow the luggage aft"; "ships with square
                  sails sail fairly efficiently with the wind abaft"; "the
                  captain looked astern to see what the fuss was about"
                  [syn: {aft}, {abaft}, {astern}] [ant: {fore}, {forward}]

English Dictionary: apophatism	by the DICT Development Group
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apophatic adj of or relating to the belief that God can be known to humans only in terms of what He is not (such as `God is unknowable')
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apophatism n the religious belief that God cannot be known but is completely `other' and must be described in negative terms (in terms of what God is not) Antonym(s): analogy, cataphatism, doctrine of analogy
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apophthegm n a short pithy instructive saying [syn: aphorism, apothegm, apophthegm]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
apoptosis n a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metazoans to control cell number and eliminate cells that threaten the animal's survival Synonym(s): apoptosis, programmed cell death, caspase-mediated cell death
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Note: The common or sea lamprey of America and Europe                ({Petromyzon marinus}), which in spring ascends rivers                to spawn, is considered excellent food by many, and is                sold as a market fish in some localities. The smaller                river lampreys mostly belong to the genus                {Ammoc[d2]les}, or {Lampetra}, as {A. fluviatilis}, of                Europe, and {A. [91]pypterus} of America. All lampreys                attach themselves to other fishes, as parasites, by                means of the suckerlike mouth.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abaft \A*baft"\ ([adot]*b[adot]ft"), prep. [Pref. a- on + OE.       baft, baften, biaften, AS. be[91]ftan; be by + [91]ftan       behind. See {After}, {Aft}, {By}.] (Naut.)       Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.          {Abaft the beam}. See under {Beam}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abaft \A*baft"\, adv. (Naut.)       Toward the stern; aft; as, to go abaft.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abaft \A*baft"\ ([adot]*b[adot]ft"), prep. [Pref. a- on + OE.       baft, baften, biaften, AS. be[91]ftan; be by + [91]ftan       behind. See {After}, {Aft}, {By}.] (Naut.)       Behind; toward the stern from; as, abaft the wheelhouse.          {Abaft the beam}. See under {Beam}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Beam \Beam\, n. [AS. be[a0]m beam, post, tree, ray of light;       akin to OFries. b[be]m tree, OS. b[?]m, D. boom, OHG. boum,       poum, G. baum, Icel. ba[?]mr, Goth. bahms and Gr. [?] a       growth, [?] to become, to be. Cf. L. radius staff, rod, spoke       of a wheel, beam or ray, and G. strahl arrow, spoke of a       wheel, ray or beam, flash of lightning. [?]97. See {Be}; cf.       {Boom} a spar.]       1. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to             its thickness, and prepared for use.          2. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building or             ship.                         The beams of a vessel are strong pieces of timber                      stretching across from side to side to support the                      decks.                                                --Totten.          3. The width of a vessel; as, one vessel is said to have more             beam than another.          4. The bar of a balance, from the ends of which the scales             are suspended.                         The doubtful beam long nods from side to side.                                                                               --Pope.          5. The principal stem or horn of a stag or other deer, which             bears the antlers, or branches.          6. The pole of a carriage. [Poetic] --Dryden.          7. A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which             weavers wind the warp before weaving; also, the cylinder             on which the cloth is rolled, as it is woven; one being             called the fore beam, the other the back beam.          8. The straight part or shank of an anchor.          9. The main part of a plow, to which the handles and colter             are secured, and to the end of which are attached the oxen             or horses that draw it.          10. (Steam Engine) A heavy iron lever having an oscillating             motion on a central axis, one end of which is connected             with the piston rod from which it receives motion, and             the other with the crank of the wheel shaft; -- called             also {working beam} or {walking beam}.          11. A ray or collection of parallel rays emitted from the sun             or other luminous body; as, a beam of light, or of heat.                         How far that little candle throws his beams !                                                                               --Shak.          12. Fig.: A ray; a gleam; as, a beam of comfort.                         Mercy with her genial beam.               --Keble.          13. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk; -- called             also {beam feather}.          {Abaft the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon between a             line that crosses the ship at right angles, or in the             direction of her beams, and that point of the compass             toward which her stern is directed.          {Beam center} (Mach.), the fulcrum or pin on which the             working beam of an engine vibrates.          {Beam compass}, an instrument consisting of a rod or beam,             having sliding sockets that carry steel or pencil points;             -- used for drawing or describing large circles.          {Beam engine}, a steam engine having a working beam to             transmit power, in distinction from one which has its             piston rod attached directly to the crank of the wheel             shaft.          {Before the beam} (Naut.), in an arc of the horizon included             between a line that crosses the ship at right angles and             that point of the compass toward which the ship steers.          {On the beam}, in a line with the beams, or at right angled             with the keel.          {On the weather beam}, on the side of a ship which faces the             wind.          {To be on her beam ends}, to incline, as a vessel, so much on             one side that her beams approach a vertical position.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Salt \Salt\, n. [AS. sealt; akin to OS. & OFries. salt, D. zout,       G. salz, Icel., Sw., & Dan. salt, L. sal, Gr. [?], Russ.       sole, Ir. & Gael. salann, W. halen, of unknown origin. Cf.       {Sal}, {Salad}, {Salary}, {Saline}, {Sauce}, {Sausage}.]       1. The chloride of sodium, a substance used for seasoning             food, for the preservation of meat, etc. It is found             native in the earth, and is also produced, by evaporation             and crystallization, from sea water and other water             impregnated with saline particles.          2. Hence, flavor; taste; savor; smack; seasoning.                         Though we are justices and doctors and churchmen . .                      . we have some salt of our youth in us. --Shak.          3. Hence, also, piquancy; wit; sense; as, Attic salt.          4. A dish for salt at table; a saltcellar.                         I out and bought some things; among others, a dozen                      of silver salts.                                 --Pepys.          5. A sailor; -- usually qualified by old. [Colloq.]                         Around the door are generally to be seen, laughing                      and gossiping, clusters of old salts. --Hawthorne.          6. (Chem.) The neutral compound formed by the union of an             acid and a base; thus, sulphuric acid and iron form the             salt sulphate of iron or green vitriol.          Note: Except in case of ammonium salts, accurately speaking,                it is the acid radical which unites with the base or                basic radical, with the elimination of hydrogen, of                water, or of analogous compounds as side products. In                the case of diacid and triacid bases, and of dibasic                and tribasic acids, the mutual neutralization may vary                in degree, producing respectively basic, neutral, or                acid salts. See Phrases below.          7. Fig.: That which preserves from corruption or error; that             which purifies; a corrective; an antiseptic; also, an             allowance or deduction; as, his statements must be taken             with a grain of salt.                         Ye are the salt of the earth.            --Matt. v. 13.          8. pl. Any mineral salt used as an aperient or cathartic,             especially Epsom salts, Rochelle salt, or Glauber's salt.          9. pl. Marshes flooded by the tide. [Prov. Eng.]          {Above the salt}, {Below the salt}, phrases which have             survived the old custom, in the houses of people of rank,             of placing a large saltcellar near the middle of a long             table, the places above which were assigned to the guests             of distinction, and those below to dependents, inferiors,             and poor relations. See {Saltfoot}.                         His fashion is not to take knowledge of him that is                      beneath him in clothes. He never drinks below the                      salt.                                                --B. Jonson.          {Acid salt} (Chem.)             (a) A salt derived from an acid which has several                   replaceable hydrogen atoms which are only partially                   exchanged for metallic atoms or basic radicals; as,                   acid potassium sulphate is an acid salt.             (b) A salt, whatever its constitution, which merely gives                   an acid reaction; thus, copper sulphate, which is                   composed of a strong acid united with a weak base, is                   an acid salt in this sense, though theoretically it is                   a neutral salt.          {Alkaline salt} (Chem.), a salt which gives an alkaline             reaction, as sodium carbonate.          {Amphid salt} (Old Chem.), a salt of the oxy type, formerly             regarded as composed of two oxides, an acid and a basic             oxide. [Obsolescent]          {Basic salt} (Chem.)             (a) A salt which contains more of the basic constituent                   than is required to neutralize the acid.             (b) An alkaline salt.          {Binary salt} (Chem.), a salt of the oxy type conveniently             regarded as composed of two ingredients (analogously to a             haloid salt), viz., a metal and an acid radical.          {Double salt} (Chem.), a salt regarded as formed by the union             of two distinct salts, as common alum, potassium aluminium             sulphate. See under {Double}.          {Epsom salts}. See in the Vocabulary.          {Essential salt} (Old Chem.), a salt obtained by             crystallizing plant juices.          {Ethereal salt}. (Chem.) See under {Ethereal}.          {Glauber's salt} [or] {salts}. See in Vocabulary.          {Haloid salt} (Chem.), a simple salt of a halogen acid, as             sodium chloride.          {Microcosmic salt}. (Chem.). See under {Microcosmic}.          {Neutral salt}. (Chem.)             (a) A salt in which the acid and base (in theory)                   neutralize each other.             (b) A salt which gives a neutral reaction.          {Oxy salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from an oxygen acid.          {Per salt} (Old Chem.), a salt supposed to be derived from a             peroxide base or analogous compound. [Obs.]          {Permanent salt}, a salt which undergoes no change on             exposure to the air.          {Proto salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a protoxide base or             analogous compound.          {Rochelle salt}. See under {Rochelle}.          {Salt of amber} (Old Chem.), succinic acid.          {Salt of colcothar} (Old Chem.), green vitriol, or sulphate             of iron.          {Salt of hartshorn}. (Old Chem.)             (a) Sal ammoniac, or ammonium chloride.             (b) Ammonium carbonate. Cf. {Spirit of hartshorn}, under                   {Hartshorn}.          {Salt of lemons}. (Chem.) See {Salt of sorrel}, below.          {Salt of Saturn} (Old Chem.), sugar of lead; lead acetate; --             the alchemical name of lead being Saturn.          {Salt of Seignette}. Same as {Rochelle salt}.          {Salt of soda} (Old Chem.), sodium carbonate.          {Salt of sorrel} (Old Chem.), acid potassium oxalate, or             potassium quadroxalate, used as a solvent for ink stains;             -- so called because found in the sorrel, or Oxalis. Also             sometimes inaccurately called {salt of lemon}.          {Salt of tartar} (Old Chem.), potassium carbonate; -- so             called because formerly made by heating cream of tartar,             or potassium tartrate. [Obs.]          {Salt of Venus} (Old Chem.), blue vitriol; copper sulphate;             -- the alchemical name of copper being Venus.          {Salt of wisdom}. See {Alembroth}.          {Sedative salt} (Old Med. Chem.), boric acid.          {Sesqui salt} (Chem.), a salt derived from a sesquioxide base             or analogous compound.          {Spirit of salt}. (Chem.) See under {Spirit}.          {Sulpho salt} (Chem.), a salt analogous to an oxy salt, but             containing sulphur in place of oxygen.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Abovedeck \A*bove"deck`\, a.       On deck; and hence, like aboveboard, without artifice.       --Smart.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apothegm \Ap"o*thegm\, Apophthegm \Ap"oph*thegm\, n. [Gr.       'apo`fqegma thing uttered, apothegm, from 'apofqe`ggesqai to       speak out; 'apo` from + fqe`ggesqai to speak.]       A short, pithy, and instructive saying; a terse remark,       conveying some important truth; a sententious precept or       maxim.          Note: [Apothegm is now the prevalent spelling in the United                States.]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apophthegm \Ap`oph*thegm\, n.       See {Apothegm}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apophthegmatic \Ap`oph*theg*mat"ic\, Apophthegmatical    \Ap`oph*theg*mat"ic*al\, a.       Same as {Apothegmatic}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Apophthegmatic \Ap`oph*theg*mat"ic\, Apophthegmatical    \Ap`oph*theg*mat"ic*al\, a.       Same as {Apothegmatic}.