| Words | Parts of Speech | Meaning/Definition/Similar Words |
|---|---|---|
| againward | adverb | Back again. |
| agalactia | noun | Alt. of Agalaxy |
| agal-agal | noun | Same as Agar-agar. |
| agar-agar | noun | A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides). |
| agennesis | noun | Impotence; sterility. |
| agentship | noun | Agency. |
| aggravate | verb t. | To make heavy or heavier; to add to; to increase., To make worse, or more severe; to render less tolerable or less excusable; to make more offensive; to enhance; to intensify., To give coloring to in description; to exaggerate; as, to aggravate circumstances., To exasperate; to provoke; to irritate. |
| aggregate | verb t. | To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. “The aggregated soil.”, To add or unite, as, a person, to an association., To amount in the aggregate to; as, ten loads, aggregating five hundred bushels., Formed by a collection of particulars into a whole mass or sum; collective., Formed into clusters or groups of lobules; as, aggregate glands., Composed of several florets within a common involucre, as in the daisy; or of several carpels formed from one flower, as in the raspberry., Having the several component parts adherent to each other only to such a degree as to be separable by mechanical means., United into a common organized mass; — said of certain compound animals., A mass, assemblage, or sum of particulars; as, a house is an aggregate of stone, brick, timber, etc., A mass formed by the union of homogeneous particles; — in distinction from a compound, formed by the union of heterogeneous particles. |
| aggressed | imp. & past participle | of Aggress |
| aggressor | noun | The person who first attacks or makes an aggression; he who begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant. |
| aggrieved | imp. & past participle | of Aggrieve |
| aggrouped | imp. & past participle | of Aggroup |
| agileness | noun | Agility; nimbleness. |
| agistator | noun | See Agister. |
| agistment | noun | Formerly, the taking and feeding of other men’s cattle in the king’s forests., The taking in by any one of other men’s cattle to graze at a certain rate., The price paid for such feeding., A charge or rate against lands; as, an agistment of sea banks, i. e., charge for banks or dikes. |
| agitating | present participle & vb. noun | of Agitate |
| agitation | noun | The act of agitating, or the state of being agitated; the state of being moved with violence, or with irregular action; commotion; as, the sea after a storm is in agitation., A stirring up or arousing; disturbance of tranquillity; disturbance of mind which shows itself by physical excitement; perturbation; as, to cause any one agitation., Excitement of public feeling by discussion, appeals, etc.; as, the antislavery agitation; labor agitation., Examination or consideration of a subject in controversy, or of a plan proposed for adoption; earnest discussion; debate. |
| agitative | adjective | Tending to agitate. |
| agminated | adjective | Grouped together; as, the agminated glands of Peyer in the small intestine. |
| agnus dei | A figure of a lamb bearing a cross or flag., A cake of wax stamped with such a figure. It is made from the remains of the paschal candles and blessed by the Pope., A triple prayer in the sacrifice of the Mass, beginning with the words “Agnus Dei.” | |
| agonistic | adjective | Alt. of Agonistical |
| agonizing | present participle & vb. noun | of Agonize |
| agreeable | adjective | Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste., Willing; ready to agree or consent., Agreeing or suitable; conformable; correspondent; concordant; adapted; — followed by to, rarely by with., In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; — in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the House took up the report. |
| agreeably | adverb | In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly., In accordance; suitably; consistently; conformably; — followed by to and rarely by with. See Agreeable, 4., Alike; similarly. |
| agreement | noun | State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council., Concord or correspondence of one word with another in gender, number, case, or person., A concurrence in an engagement that something shall be done or omitted; an exchange of promises; mutual understanding, arrangement, or stipulation; a contract., The language, oral or written, embodying reciprocal promises. |
| agriology | noun | Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes. |
| agronomic | Alt. of Agronomical |