SG Heritage Dictionary

Aper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

One who apes. in zoology, the wild boar.

Aper [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One who apes.

Aperea [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The wild Guinea pig of Brazil (Cavia aperea).

Aperient [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Opening; that has the quality of opening; deobstruent; laxative.

Aperient [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

a medicine which promoties the circulation of the fluids, by removing obstructions; a laxative; a deobstruent; as, smallage, fennel, asparagus, parsley, and butcher's broom.

Aperient [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Gently opening the bowels; laxative.

Aperient [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

An aperient medicine or food.

Aperies [Plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

of Apery

Aperitive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Opening; deobstruent; aperient.

Aperitive [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Serving to open; aperient.

Apert [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Open; evident; undisguised. [Not used.]

Apert [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Open; evident; undisguised.

Apert [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Openly.

Apertion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

The act of opening; the state of being opened; an opening; a gap, aperture, or passage. [Little used.]

Apertion [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

The act of opening; an opening; an aperture.

Apertly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Openly [Little used.]

Apertly [Adverb] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Openly; clearly.

Apertness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

Openness. [Rarely used.]

Apertness [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Openness; frankness.

Apertor [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

A muscle that raises the upper eye lid.

Aperture [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. The act of opening; more generally, an opening; a gap, cleft or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole through any solid substance.

2. An opening of meaning; explanation. [Not used.]

3. In geometry, the space between two right lines, forming an angle.

Aperture [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The act of opening.

2. An opening; an open space; a gap, cleft, or chasm; a passage perforated; a hole; as, an aperture in a wall.

3. The diameter of the exposed part of the object glass of a telescope or other optical instrument; as, a telescope of four-inch aperture.

Apery [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. A place where apes are kept.

2. The practice of aping; an apish action.