| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| against | preposition | Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; — in this sense often preceded by over., From an opposite direction so as to strike or come in contact with; in contact with; upon; as, hail beats against the roof., In opposition to, whether the opposition is of sentiment or of action; on the other side; counter to; in contrariety to; hence, adverse to; as, against reason; against law; to run a race against time., By of before the time that; in preparation for; so as to be ready for the time when. |
| agalaxy | noun | Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth. |
| agamist | noun | An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage. |
| agamous | adjective | Having no visible sexual organs; asexual., cryptogamous. |
| agatine | adjective | Pertaining to, or like, agate. |
| agatize | verb t. | To convert into agate; to make resemble agate. |
| ageless | adjective | Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth. |
| agendum | noun | Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book., A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [In this sense, usually Agenda.] |
| aggrace | verb t. | To favor; to grace., Grace; favor. |
| aggrate | adjective | To please. |
| aggrege | verb t. | To make heavy; to aggravate. |
| aggress | verb i. | To commit the first act of hostility or offense; to begin a quarrel or controversy; to make an attack; — with on., To set upon; to attack., Aggression. |
| aggroup | verb t. | To bring together in a group; to group. |
| agilely | adverb | In an agile manner; nimbly. |
| agility | noun | The quality of being agile; the power of moving the limbs quickly and easily; nimbleness; activity; quickness of motion; as, strength and agility of body., Activity; powerful agency. |
| agister | noun | Alt. of Agistor |
| agistor | noun | Formerly, an officer of the king’s forest, who had the care of cattle agisted, and collected the money for the same; — hence called gisttaker, which in England is corrupted into guest-taker., Now, one who agists or takes in cattle to pasture at a certain rate; a pasturer. |
| agitate | verb t. | To move with a violent, irregular action; as, the wind agitates the sea; to agitate water in a vessel., To move or actuate., To stir up; to disturb or excite; to perturb; as, he was greatly agitated., To discuss with great earnestness; to debate; as, a controversy hotly agitated., To revolve in the mind, or view in all its aspects; to contrive busily; to devise; to plot; as, politicians agitate desperate designs. |
| agitato | adjective | Sung or played in a restless, hurried, and spasmodic manner. |
| agminal | adjective | Pertaining to an army marching, or to a train. |
| agnatic | adjective | Pertaining to descent by the male line of ancestors. |
| agnomen | noun | An additional or fourth name given by the Romans, on account of some remarkable exploit or event; as, Publius Caius Scipio Africanus., An additional name, or an epithet appended to a name; as, Aristides the Just. |
| agnuses | plural | of Agnus |
| agonism | noun | Contention for a prize; a contest. |
| agonist | noun | One who contends for the prize in public games. |
| agonize | verb i. | To writhe with agony; to suffer violent anguish., To struggle; to wrestle; to strive desperately., To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture. |
| agonies | plural | of Agony |
| agouara | noun | The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America. |
| agraffe | noun | A hook or clasp., A hook, eyelet, or other device by which a piano wire is so held as to limit the vibration. |
| aground | adverb & adjective | On the ground; stranded; — a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground. |
| agynous | adjective | Without female organs; male. |