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- AGAINSTIn a contrary direction to.
- AGALWOODAlternative form of agarwood.
- AGALWOODSAlternative form of agarwood.
- AGAMETEA non-sexual gamete; a gamete involved in asexual reproduction
- AGAMETESplural of agamete
- AGAMIA South American bird, Psophia crepitans, allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated.
- AGAMICOccurring without the union of male and female gametes; asexual.
- AGAMIDAny member of the family Agamidae of lizards, including many dragons.
- AGAMIDSplural of agamid
- AGAMOID
- AGAMOIDS
- 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.
- AGAPESMisspelling 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.
- AGARD
- AGARICAny of various fungi, principally of the order Agaricales, having fruiting bodies consisting of umbrella-like caps, on stalks, with numerous gills beneath.
- AGARICSplural of agaric
- AGARICUS
- AGAROSEA polymeric cross-linked polysaccharide extracted from the seaweed agar; used to make gels that are used in electrophoresis.
- AGARSplural of agar
- AGARWOOD
- AGASplural of aga
- AGASTObsolete spelling of aghast.
- AGATEA semitransparent, uncrystallized silicate mineral and semiprecious stone, presenting various tints in the same specimen, with colors delicately arranged and often curved in parall
- AGATESplural of agate
- AGATIZETo convert a living thing into the form of an agate; to fossilize.
- AGATIZEDsimple past and past participle of agatize
- AGATIZESthird-person singular simple present indicative of agatize
- AGATOID
- 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
- AGAVESplural of agave
- AGAZEGazing.
- AGAZEDGazing with astonishment; amazed.
- AGEAS
- AGEDOld.
- 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.
- AGEMATEAlternative form of age-mate.
- AGEMATESplural of agemate
- AGENObsolete spelling of again.
- AGENCIESplural of agency
- AGENCYThe capacity, condition, or state of acting or of exerting power.
- AGENDAA temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
- AGENDASplural of agenda
- AGENDER
- AGENDUMA task which ought to be done; an item on an agenda.
- AGENDUMSplural of agendum
- AGENEnitrogen trichloride when it was used as a bleaching agent and improving agent in flour
- 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.
- AGENIZESthird-person singular simple present indicative of agenize
- 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
- AGENTIVALSynonym of agentive.
- AGENTIVEIndicating an agent or agency (as -er in lexicographer).
- AGENTIVESplural of agentive
- AGENTRIESplural of agentry
- 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
- AGERATUMSplural of ageratum
- AGERSplural of ager
- AGESplural of age
- 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
- AGGERSplural of agger
- AGGRESSAggression.
- AGGRESSEDsimple past and past participle of aggress
- 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.
- AGGROSthird-person singular simple present indicative of aggro
- AGGRYApplied to a kind of variegated glass beads of ancient manufacture.
- AGHAAn honorific for high officials used in Turkey and certain Muslim countries.
- AGHASplural of agha
- AGHASTTerrified; struck with amazement; showing signs of terror or horror.
- AGIL
- AGILA
- AGILEHaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; loose-jointed.
- AGILELYIn an agile manner; with agility.
- AGILERcomparative form of agile: more agile
- AGILESTsuperlative form of agile: most agile
- 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
- AGIOSplural of agio
- AGIS
- 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.