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..

Air Gas :: Air gas () See under Gas.

Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.

Antorgastic :: Antorgastic (a.) See Antiorgastic.

Argas :: Argas (n.) A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is A. Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is A. Talaje..

Arthrogastra :: Arthrogastra (n. pl.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi..

Attagas :: Attagas (n.) Alt. of Attage.

Bagasse :: Bagasse (n.) Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar..

Branchiogastropoda :: Branchiogastropoda (n. pl.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiae, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata..

Cacogastric :: Cacogastric (a.) Troubled with bad digestion.

Cargason :: Cargason (n.) A cargo.

Cayugas :: Cayugas (n. pl.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations..

Digastric :: Digastric (a.) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw..

Digastric :: Digastric (a.) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves..

Distringas :: Distringas (n.) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him..

Engastrimuth :: Engastrimuth (n.) An ventriloquist.

Entogastric :: Entogastric (a.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids..

Epigastrial :: Epigastrial (a.) Epigastric.

Epigastric :: Epigastric (a.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region..

Epigastric :: Epigastric (a.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs.

Epigastrium :: Epigastrium (n.) The upper part of the abdomen.

Flabbergast :: Flabbergast (v. t.) To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements..

Flabbergastation :: Flabbergastation (n.) The state of being flabbergasted.

Fougasse :: Fougasse (n.) A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy..

Galligaskins :: Galligaskins (n. pl.) Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

Gallygaskins :: Gallygaskins (n. pl.) See Galligaskins.

Gas :: Gas (n.) An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state..

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