Agamis :: Agamis (pl. ) of Agam.

Agamist :: Agamist (n.) An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage..

Agamogenesis :: Agamogenesis (n.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

Agamogenetic :: Agamogenetic (n.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union.

Agamous :: Agamous (a.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual.

Agamous :: Agamous (a.) cryptogamous.

Aganglionic :: Aganglionic (a.) Without ganglia.

Agapae :: Agapae (pl. ) of Agap.

Agape :: Agape (adv. & a.) Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention..

Agape :: Agape (n.) The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion..

Agar-agar :: Agar-agar (n.) A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).

Agaric :: Agaric (n.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example..

Agaric :: Agaric (n.) An old name for several species of Polyporus, corky fungi growing on decaying wood..

Agasp :: Agasp (adv. & a.) In a state of gasping.

Agast :: Agast (v. t.) Alt. of Aghas.

Agast :: Agast (p. p. & a.) See Aghast.

Agastric :: Agastric (a.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm..

Agate :: Agate (adv.) On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate..

Agate :: Agate (n.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds..

Agate :: Agate (n.) A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby..

Agate :: Agate (n.) A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

Agate :: Agate (n.) A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; -- so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing..

Agatiferous :: Agatiferous (a.) Containing or producing agates.

Agatine :: Agatine (a.) Pertaining to, or like, agate..

Agatize :: Agatize (v. t.) To convert into agate; to make resemble agate.

Agaty :: Agaty (a.) Of the nature of agate, or containing agate..

Agave :: Agave (n.) A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses..

Agazed :: Agazed (p. p.) Gazing with astonishment; amazed.

Assagai :: Assagai (n.) Alt. of Assega.

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

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