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..

Alegar :: Alegar (n.) Sour ale; vinegar made of ale.

Algaroba :: Algaroba (n.) The Carob, a leguminous tree of the Mediterranean region; also, its edible beans or pods, called St. John's bread..

Algaroba :: Algaroba (n.) The Honey mesquite (Prosopis juliflora), a small tree found from California to Buenos Ayres; also, its sweet, pulpy pods. A valuable gum, resembling gum arabic, is collected from the tree in Texas and Mexico..

Algarot :: Algarot (n.) Alt. of Algarot.

Algaroth :: Algaroth (n.) A term used for the Powder of Algaroth, a white powder which is a compound of trichloride and trioxide of antimony. It was formerly used in medicine as an emetic, purgative, and diaphoretic..

Algarovilla :: Algarovilla (n.) The agglutinated seeds and husks of the legumes of a South American tree (Inga Marthae). It is valuable for tanning leather, and as a dye..

Angariation :: Angariation (n.) Exaction of forced service; compulsion.

Antilogarithm :: Antilogarithm (n.) The number corresponding to a logarithm. The word has been sometimes, though rarely, used to denote the complement of a given logarithm; also the logarithmic cosine corresponding to a given logarithmic sine..

Anythingarian :: Anythingarian (n.) One who holds to no particular creed or dogma.

Austro-hungarian :: Austro-Hungarian (a.) Of or pertaining to the monarchy composed of Austria and Hungary.

Bedegar :: Bedegar (n.) A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties..

Beeregar :: Beeregar (n.) Sour beer.

Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who begs; one who asks or entreats earnestly, or with humility; a petitioner..

Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who makes it his business to ask alms.

Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who is dependent upon others for support; -- a contemptuous or sarcastic use.

Beggar :: Beggar (n.) One who assumes in argument what he does not prove.

Beggar :: Beggar (v. t.) To reduce to beggary; to impoverish; as, he had beggared himself..

Beggar :: Beggar (v. t.) To cause to seem very poor and inadequate.

Beggar''s Lice :: Beggar's lice () The prickly fruit or seed of certain plants (as some species of Echinospermum and Cynoglossum) which cling to the clothing of those who brush by them.

Beggar''s Ticks :: Beggar's ticks () The bur marigold (Bidens) and its achenes, which are armed with barbed awns, and adhere to clothing and fleeces with unpleasant tenacity..

Beggared :: Beggared (imp. & p. p.) of Begga.

Beggarhood :: Beggarhood (n.) The condition of being a beggar; also, the class of beggars..

Beggaring :: Beggaring (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Begga.

Beggarism :: Beggarism (n.) Beggary.

Beggarliness :: Beggarliness (n.) The quality or state of being beggarly; meanness.

Beggarly :: Beggarly (a.) In the condition of, or like, a beggar; suitable for a beggar; extremely indigent; poverty-stricken; mean; poor; contemptible..

Beggarly :: Beggarly (a.) Produced or occasioned by beggary.

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