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- AFTERIMAGEAn image which persists or remains in negative after the original stimulation has ended.
- AFTERLIFEA conscious existence after death; a supernatural life that follows one's natural life, in some worldviews.
- AFTERSHAVEa lotion, gel, or liquid used after finishing shaving
- AFTERSHOCKAn earthquake that follows in the same vicinity as another, usually larger, earthquake (the "mainshock").
- AFTERSUNDescribing a cooling or moisturizing lotion applied to the skin after exposure to the sun, especially to soothe sunburn.
- AFTERTIMEA later time; the future.
- AFTOSAfoot-and-mouth disease
- AGAINAnother time: indicating a repeat of an action.
- AGAINSTIn a contrary direction to.
- AGAMETEA non-sexual gamete; a gamete involved in asexual reproduction
- AGAMIA South American bird, Psophia crepitans, allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated.
- AGAMICOccurring without the union of male and female gametes; asexual.
- AGAMONTa cell that divides by schizogony
- AGAMOUSHaving no marital partner or pair-bonded mate; being neither monogamous (pair-bonded) nor polygamous.
- AGAPEIn a state of astonishment, wonder, expectation, or eager attention; as with mouth hanging open.
- AGAPEICCharacteristic of agape.
- AGARA gelatinous substance obtained from red algae, especially Gracilaria species, used as a bacterial culture medium, in electrophoresis and as a food additive.
- AGARICAny of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
- AGAROSEA polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.
- AGATEA semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parall
- AGATIZETo convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.
- AGAVEAny plant in the large, variable genus Agave of succulent plants, commonly armed with formidable prickles, flowering at maturity after several years, and generally dying thereafter
- AGAZEGazing.
- AGAZEDGazing with astonishment; amazed.
- AGEDLYIn an aged manner.
- AGEEAside, on or to one side; awry; off from the straight line.
- AGEISMThe treating of a person or people, especially older people, differently from others based on assumptions, prejudices or/and stereotypes relating to their age.
- AGEISTUnfairly discriminatory against someone based on their age.
- AGELASTOne who never laughs (especially at jokes); a mirthless person.
- AGELASTICNot jovial; never laughing.
- AGENObsolete spelling of again.
- AGENCYThe capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
- AGENDAA temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
- AGENDUMA task which ought to be done; an item on an agenda.
- AGENESObsolete spelling of again.
- AGENESISAny imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization
- AGENETICNot genetic; that does not have a genetic cause.
- AGENIZETo treat with agene.
- AGENIZEDTreated with agene.
- AGENTOne who exerts power, or has the power to act.
- AGENTEDHaving an agent.
- AGENTIALOf or pertaining to an agent or an agency.
- AGENTICThat behaves like an agent: able to express or expressing agency or control on one's own behalf or on the behalf of another. Acting autonomously on behalf of a user; involving the
- AGENTIVEIndicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
- AGENTRYThe position of being an agent.
- AGEROne who or that which ages something.
- AGERATUMAny member of the genus Ageratum of tropical American herbs, annuals and perennials, from the sunflower family Asteraceae, tribe Eupatorieae; they are sometimes used in floral disp
- AGEUSIAAbsence of the sense of taste.
- AGGERA double tide, particularly a high tide in which the water rises to a given level, recedes, and then rises again (or only the second of these high waters), but sometimes equally a
- AGGRESSAggression.
- AGGRESSIONThe act of initiating hostilities or invasion.
- AGGRESSORThe person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
- AGGRYApplied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture.
- AGHAAn honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.
- AGHASTTerrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
- AGILEHaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
- AGILELYIn an agile manner; with agility.
- AGILITYThe quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; quickness of motion
- AGINDialectal form of again.
- AGIOThe premium or percentage on a better sort of money when it is given in exchange for an inferior sort. The premium or discount on foreign bills of exchange is sometimes called agio
- AGISMLess common, sometimes deprecated spelling of ageism
- AGISTTo take to graze or pasture, at a certain sum; used originally of the feeding of cattle in the king's forests, and collecting the money for the same.
- AGISTOROne who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer.
- AGITAdyspepsia
- AGITASdyspepsia
- AGITPOPPop music of an agitational character.
- AGITPROPPolitical propaganda disseminated through art, drama, literature, etc., especially communist propaganda; such propaganda formerly disseminated by the Department for Agitation and P
- AGLEAMGlowing with subdued light.
- AGLETAlternative form of aiglet.
- AGLEYWrong, awry, askew, amiss, or distortedly.
- AGLITTERGlittering.
- AGLOWglowing; radiant
- AGMAThe velar nasal consonant found in such words as song or wink.
- AGMINATEGrouped together.
- AGNATEA relative whose relation is traced only through male members of the family.
- AGNATHOUSJawless.
- AGNATICof the male bloodline; patrilineal
- AGNIZETo recognise; to acknowledge.
- AGNOSIAThe inability to recognise objects by use of the senses.
- AGNOSICExhibiting or relating to agnosia.
- AGNOSTICDoubtful or uncertain about the existence or demonstrability of God or other deity.
- AGNOSTICISMThe view that absolute truth or ultimate certainty is unattainable, especially regarding knowledge not based on experience or perceivable phenomena.
- AGOGIn a state of eager desire; full of anticipation; highly excited with curiosity.
- AGOGEIn ancient Greek music, tempo or pace; rhythmical movement.
- AGOGICAccentuating a note by extending it slightly beyond its normal time value.
- AGONA struggle or contest; conflict; especially between the protagonist and antagonist in a literary work.
- AGONALOf or pertaining to struggle, competition or conflict; of or pertaining to an agon.
- AGONEAlternative form of ago.
- AGONICLacking an angle.
- AGONISTSomeone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon), protagonist.
- AGONISTICOf or relating to contests that were originally participated in by the Ancient Greeks; athletic.
- AGONIZETo writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish.
- AGONIZEDLYIn an agonized manner
- AGONYExtreme pain or anguish.
- AGORAA place for gathering.
- AGORAPHOBESomeone who suffers from agoraphobia.
- AGORAPHOBICOne who suffers from agoraphobia.
- AGOUTIA rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, similar in appearance to a guinea pig but having longer legs, mainly native to Central and South America.
- AGRAFEAlternative form of agraffe: a hook or fastener on clothing.
- AGRANULOCYTEAny of several kinds of white blood cell characterised by the absence of granules in the cytoplasm.