AORTIC
A*or"tic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the aorta.
AORTITIS
A`or*ti"tis, n. Etym: [Aorta + -itis.] (Med.)
Defn: Inflammation of the aorta.
AOUDAD
A"ou*dad, n. Etym: [The Moorish name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: An African sheeplike quadruped (the Ammotragus tragelaphus) having a long mane on the breast and fore legs. It is, perhaps, the chamois of the Old Testament.
APACE A*pace", adv. Etym: [Pref. a- + pace. OE. a pas at a walk, in which a is the article. See Pace.]
Defn: With a quick pace; quick; fast; speedily.
His dewy locks did drop with brine apace. Spenser.
A visible triumph of the gospel drawapace. I. Taylor.
APACHES
A*pa"ches, n. pl.; sing. Apache. (Ethnol.)
Defn: A group of nomadic North American Indians including several tribes native of Arizona, New Mexico, etc.