Vocabulary : Apteral to Aptness

Apteral : Apterous. ;; Without lateral columns; -- applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.
Apteran : One of the Aptera.
Apteria : Naked spaces between the feathered areas of birds. See Pteryliae.
Apterous : Destitute of wings; apteral; as, apterous insects. ;; Destitute of winglike membranous expansions, as a stem or petiole; -- opposed to alate.
Apteryges : An order of birds, including the genus Apteryx.

Apteryx : A genus of New Zealand birds about the size of a hen, with only short rudiments of wings, armed with a claw and without a tail; the kiwi. It is allied to the gigantic extinct moas of the same country. Five species are known.
Aptitude : A natural or acquired disposition or capacity for a particular purpose, or tendency to a particular action or effect; as, oil has an aptitude to burn. ;; A general fitness or suitableness; adaptation. ;; Readiness in learning; docility; aptness.
Aptitudinal : Suitable; fit.
Aptly : In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.
Aptness : Fitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end. ;; Disposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example. ;; Quickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in others. ;; Proneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.

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