9-letter words starting with APO
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter APO. This section showcases how APO at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with APO, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| apologize | 21 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | I apologized for being late |
| apologise | 12 | acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing | - |
| apostolic | 13 | proceeding from or ordered by or subject to a pope or the papacy regarded as the successor of the Apostles | - |
| apocrypha | 21 | 14 books of the Old Testament included in the Vulgate (except for II Esdras) but omitted in Jewish and Protestant versions of the Bible; eastern Christian churches (except the Coptic Church) accept all these books as canonical; the Russian Orthodox Church accepts these texts as divinely inspired but does not grant them the same status | - |
| apologist | 12 | a person who argues to defend or justify some policy or institution | an apologist for capital punishment |
| apothegms | 17 | - | - |
| apophysis | 19 | (anatomy) a natural outgrowth or projection on an organ or body part such as the process of a vertebra | - |
| apoplasts | 13 | - | - |
| apoplexed | 21 | - | - |
| apoplexes | 20 | - | - |
| apoptoses | 13 | - | - |
| apoptosis | 13 | 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 | - |
| apoptotic | 15 | - | - |
| apositias | 11 | - | - |
| apotheces | 16 | - | - |
| apocopate | 15 | - | - |
| aposporic | 15 | - | - |
| apostates | 11 | - | - |
| apostatic | 13 | - | - |
| apostille | 11 | - | - |
| apothecia | 16 | - | - |
| apophyses | 19 | - | - |
| apophyges | 20 | - | - |
| apophenia | 16 | - | - |
| apophatic | 18 | 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') | - |
| apophasis | 16 | mentioning something by saying it will not be mentioned | - |
| apophases | 16 | - | - |
| apomictic | 17 | (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | - |
| apologues | 12 | - | - |
| apologies | 12 | - | - |
| apologias | 12 | - | - |
| apologiae | 12 | - | - |
| apographs | 17 | - | - |
| apogamous | 14 | of or relating to the development of an embryo in the absence of fertilization | - |
| apogamies | 14 | - | - |
| apoenzyme | 25 | a protein that combines with a coenzyme to form an active enzyme | - |
| apodictic | 16 | of a proposition; necessarily true or logically certain | - |
