A man speaks frantically into the phone, "My wife is pregnant, and her contractions are only two minutes apart!"
"Is this her first child?" the doctor queries.
"No, you idiot!" the man shouts. "This is her husband!"
—adj. Arousing sexual desire. —n. Aphrodisiac substance. [greek aphrodite goddess of love]
APPELLATION
n. Formal name or title; nomenclature.
APPELLATIVE
adj. - naming.
- gram. (of a noun) designating a class, common.
APPLICATION
n. - formal request.
- act of applying.
- substance applied.
- a relevance. B use (has many applications).
- diligence.
APPOINTMENT
n. - appointing or being appointed.
- arrangement for meeting or consultation.
- a post or office open to applicants. B person appointed.
- (usu. In pl.) Furniture, fittings; equipment.
APPRECIABLE
adj. Significant, considerable. [french: related to *appreciate]
APPROBATION
n. Approval, consent. [latin probo test]
APPROPRIATE
—adj. Suitable, proper. —v. (-ting) 1 take, esp. Without authority.
- devote (money etc.) To special purposes. appropriately adv. Appropriation n. [latin proprius own]
APPROXIMATE
—adj. Fairly correct, near to the actual (approximate price). —v. (-ting) (often foll. By to) bring or come near (esp. In quality, number, etc.). approximately adv. Approximation n. [latin proximus nearest]
ARBITRATION
n. Settlement of a dispute by an impartial third party.
- n. Settlement of a dispute by an impartial third party.
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