Agal-agal :: Agal-agal (n.) Same as Agar-agar.

Agalactia :: Agalactia (n.) Alt. of Agalax.

Agalactous :: Agalactous (a.) Lacking milk to suckle with.

Agalaxy :: Agalaxy (n.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.

Agalloch :: Agalloch (n.) Alt. of Agallochu.

Agallochum :: Agallochum (n.) A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species..

Agalmatolite :: Agalmatolite (n.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite..

Astragal :: Astragal (n.) A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle..

Astragal :: Astragal (n.) A round molding encircling a cannon near the mouth.

Astragalar :: Astragalar (a.) Of or pertaining to the astragalus.

Astragaloid :: Astragaloid (a.) Resembling the astragalus in form.

Astragalomancy :: Astragalomancy (n.) Divination by means of small bones or dice.

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle..

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) A genus of papilionaceous plants, of the tribe Galegeae, containing numerous species, two of which are called, in English, milk vetch and licorice vetch. Gum tragacanth is obtained from different oriental species, particularly the A. gummifer and A. verus..

Astragalus :: Astragalus (n.) See Astragal, 1..

Circumesophagal :: Circumesophagal (a.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.

Esophagal :: Esophagal (a.) Esophageal.

Plagal :: Plagal (a.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; -- said of certain old church modes or tunes, as opposed to those called authentic, which ran from the tonic to its octave..

Septifragal :: Septifragal (a.) Breaking from the partitions; -- said of a method of dehiscence in which the valves of a pod break away from the partitions, and these remain attached to the common axis..

Stylagalmaic :: Stygian (a.) Of or pertaining to the river Styx; hence, hellish; infernal. See Styx..

Supra-esophagal :: Supradecompound (a.) More than decompound; divided many times.

Supra-oesophagal :: Supraocular (a.) Above the eyes; -- said of certain scales of fishes and reptiles.

Vagal :: Vagal (a.) Of or pertaining to the vagus, or pneumogastric nerves; pneumogastric..

Warragal :: Warragal (n.) The dingo.

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