Webster's Dictionary 1913

2053

Againstand

A‐gain″stand′ (�), v. t. To withstand.

2054

Againward

A‐gain″ward (�), adv. Back again.

2055

Agal-agal

‖A′gal–a″gal (ä′găl‐ä″găl), n. Same as Agar-agar.

2056

Agalactia

{ ‖Ag′a‐lac″ti‐a (ăg′ȧ‐lăk″tĭ‐ȧ), Ag″a‐lax′y (ăg″ȧ‐lăk′sy̆), } n. [Gr. αγαλακτἴα; ἀ priv. + γάλα, γαλάκτοσ, milk.] (Med.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.

2057

Agalactous

Ag′a‐lac″tous (–tŭs), a. Lacking milk to suckle with.

2058

Agalloch

{ Ag″al‐loch (ăg″ăl‐lŏk), ‖A‐gal″lo‐chum (ȧ‐găl″lō̍‐kŭm), } n. [Gr. άγάλλοχον, of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ahālīm.] A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) o...

2059

Agalmatolite

Ag′al‐mat″o‐lite (ăg′ăl‐măt″ō̍‐līt), n. [Gr. ἄγαλμα, -ματοσ, image, statue + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.] (Min.) A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish col...

2060

Agama

‖Ag″a‐ma (ăg″ȧ‐mȧ), n.; pl.Agamas (–mȧz). (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

2061

Agami

‖Ag″a‐mi (–mē), n.; pl.Agamis (–mēz). [F. agami, fr. the native name.] (Zoöl.) A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; — called...

2062

Agamic

A‐gam″ic (�), a. [Agamous.] (a) (Biol.) Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs. (b) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agam...

2063

Agamically

A‐gam″ic‐al‐ly (�), adv. In an agamic manner.

2064

Agamist

Ag″a‐mist (�), n. [See Agamous.] An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage. Foxe.

2065

Agamogenesis

‖Ag′a‐mo‐gen″e‐sis (�), n. [Gr. � unmarried (ἀ priv. + � marriage) + � reproduction.] (Biol.) Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

2066

Agamogenetic

Ag′a‐mo‐ge‐net″ic (�), n.(Biol.) Reproducing or produced without sexual union. — Ag′a‐mo‐ge‐net″ic‐al‐ly (�), adv.All known agamogenetic processes end in a complete return to th...

2067

Agamous

Ag″a‐mous (�), a. [Gr. ἄγαμοσ unmarried; ἀ priv. + γάμοσ marriage.] (Biol.) Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In Bot., cryptogamous.

2068

Aganglionic

A‐gan′gli‐o″nic (�), a. [Pref. a- not + ganglionic.] (Physiol.) Without ganglia.

2069

Agape

A‐gape″ (�), adv. & a. [Pref. a- + gape.] Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape.Milton.

2070

Agape (2)

‖Ag″a‐pe (�), n.; pl.Agapæ (#). [Gr. αγἄπη love, pl. αγἄπαι.] The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.

2071

Agar-agar

‖A′gar–a″gar (�), n. A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).

2072

Agar-agar (2)

A′gar–a″gar (?), n. A gelatinlike substance, or a solution of it, prepared from certain seaweeds containing gelose, and used in the artificial cultivation of bacteria; — often c...

2073

Agaric

Ag″a‐ric (?; 277), n. [L. agaricum, Gr. �, said to be fr. Agara, a town in Sarmatia.] 1. (Bot.) A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is ...

2074

Agasp

A‐gasp″ (�), adv. & a. [. a- + gasp.] In a state of gasping. Coleridge.

2075

Agast

A‐gast″ or A‐ghast″ (�), v. t. To affright; to terrify. Chaucer. Spenser.

2076

Agast (2)

A‐gast″ (�), p. p. & a. See Aghast.

2077

Agastric

A‐gas″tric (ȧ‐găs″trĭk), a. [Gr. ἀ priv. + γαστηῤ stomach.] (Physiol.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.

2078

Agate

A‐gate″ (�), adv. [Pref. a- on + gate way.] On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate. Cotgrave.

2079

Agate (2)

Ag″ate (�), n. [F. agate, It. agata, L. achates, fr. Gr. �.] 1. (Min.) A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its color...