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<A NAME="agal">
<B>agal, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a cord wound around a head covering at the temples, worn by any of various Arab peoples. </DL>
<A NAME="agalactia">
<B>agalactia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a lack or deficiency of milk in a mother after childbirth. </DL>
<A NAME="agalloch">
<B>agalloch, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fragrant wood of a kind of East Indian tree; aloes. </DL>
<A NAME="agallochum">
<B>agallochum, </B>noun. <B>=agalloch.</B></DL>
<A NAME="agalmatolite">
<B>agalmatolite, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of various grayish or greenish minerals; figure stone; pagodite. It is soft enough to be carved into ornaments and figurines, especially in China, and is also used for glazing pottery. </DL>
<A NAME="agalwood">
<B>agalwood, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the fragrant wood of a kind of East Indian tree; aloes. </DL>
<A NAME="agama">
<B>agama, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a genus of small lizards related to the iguanas, but having acrodont dental development, found in the Mediterranean region, in southern Asia, and in Africa. </DL>
<A NAME="agamemnon">
<B>Agamemnon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Greek Legend.) the leader of the Greeks in the Trojan War, a king of Mycenae. He was the brother of Menelaus and the father of Orestes, Electra, and Iphigenia. On his return from the war, he was killed by Clytemnestra, his unfaithful wife, and her lover, Aegisthus. </DL>
<A NAME="agamete">
<B>agamete, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> an asexual reproductive cell. </DL>
<A NAME="agami">
<B>agami, </B>noun, pl. <B>-mis.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a trumpeter, a bird of South America related to the cranes. </DL>
<A NAME="agamic">
<B>agamic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Biology.) <DD><B> 1. </B><B>=asexual.</B> <DD><B> 2. </B>(of ova) not requiring fertilization by the male. </DL>
<A NAME="agamically">
<B>agamically, </B>adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> in an agamic or asexual manner; asexually. </DL>
<A NAME="agamid">
<B>agamid, </B>noun. <B>=agama.</B></DL>
<A NAME="agammaglobulinemia">
<B>agammaglobulinemia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) the absence of gamma globulin in the blood. <BR> <I>Ex. Occasionally, human beings are born without the capacity to form the antibody-containing gamma globulins. Those suffering from such agammaglobulinemia die soon of infection unless massive antibiotic therapy is used (Isaac Asimov).</I> </DL>
<B>aganglionic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no ganglia. </DL>
<A NAME="agapanthus">
<B>agapanthus, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of the varieties of a South African perennial plant of the amaryllis family, including the African lily, with clusters of blue or white flowers with yellow anthers. <BR> <I>Ex. Agapanthus is in full bloom on the mountain in January (A. H. Hamer).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="agape">
<B>agape</B> (1), adverb, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>with the mouth wide open in wonder or surprise. <BR> <I>Ex. Their rich retinue ... Dazzles the crowd, and sets them all agape (Milton).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>wide open; gaping. <BR> <I>Ex. with mouth agape.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="agape">
<B>agape</B> (2), noun, pl. <B>-pae.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a communal meal among the early Christians, as an expression of brotherly love, originally combined with the celebration of the Lord's Supper; love feast. <DD><B> 2. </B>unselfish brotherly love. <BR> <I>Ex. Thus, it is from repression of agape, love of one's fellow man, ... that anxiety springs (Time).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="agar">
<B>agar, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a jellylike extract obtained from certain seaweeds, used in making cultures for bacteria and fungi, in food processing, as a glue, as a mild laxative, and in certain Oriental soups and jellies. Agar is a complex carbohydrate. <DD><B> 2. </B>a culture medium containing agar. </DL>
<A NAME="agaragar">
<B>agar-agar, </B>noun. <B>=agar.</B></DL>
<A NAME="agaric">
<B>agaric, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a type of fungus having blade-shaped gills on the under surface of an umbrellalike structure on which naked spores are produced; gill fungus. The group includes toadstools, edible mushrooms, and several shelf-like fungi. <DD><B> 2. </B>a corklike fungus that grows on trees. </DL>
<A NAME="agaricaceous">
<B>agaricaceous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> belonging to a large family of fungi that includes the common mushrooms. </DL>
<A NAME="agaricacid">
<B>agaric acid,</B><B>=agaricic acid.</B></DL>
<A NAME="agaricicacid">
<B>agaricic acid,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a white, crystalline powder, odorless and almost tasteless, contained in agaric. </DL>
<A NAME="agaricmineral">
<B>agaric mineral,</B> <B>=rock milk.</B></DL>
<A NAME="agate">
<B>agate</B> (1), noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a kind of quartz with colored stripes, cloudy colors, or mosslike formations. <DD><B> 2. </B>a marble used in games that looks like agate. <DD><B> 3. </B>a piece of this quartz. <DD><B> 4. </B>a burnisher, die plate, or other tool made of it. <DD><B> 5. </B><I>U.S.</I> a size of printing type (5 1/2 point), called <I>ruby</I> in England. The term survives largely in the phrase <I>agate line.</I> adj. <B>agatelike.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="agate">
<B>agate</B> (2), adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Scottish and Northern English.) on the way; going. </DL>
<A NAME="agateline">
<B>agate line,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (U.S.) a measure of print, about 1/14 inch deep and one column wide, used as a unit of space in advertising. </DL>
<A NAME="agateware">
<B>agateware, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>cooking dishes, cups, or other household utensils made of iron or steel coated with variegated enamel. <DD><B> 2. </B>pottery colored to look like agate. </DL>
<A NAME="agathodemon">
<B>agathodemon</B> or <B>agathodaemon, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a good spirit; good genius (contrasted with <I>cacodemon</I>). </DL>
<A NAME="agatiferous">
<B>agatiferous, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> containing or yielding agate. </DL>
<A NAME="agatize">
<B>agatize, </B>transitive verb, <B>-ized,</B> <B>-izing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> to change into agate; make like agate. </DL>
<A NAME="agauche">
<B>a gauche,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) to the left; on the left. </DL>
<A NAME="agave">
<B>agave, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> any one of a group of chiefly Mexican-American desert plants having a dense cluster of rigid, fleshy leaves with spines along the edges and at the tips. Soap, alcoholic drinks, and rope are made from some kinds of agave. The century plant and sisal are agaves. </DL>
<A NAME="agavefamily">
<B>agave family,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> a group of herbs and shrublike plants, especially adapted to desert life, closely related to the lily and amaryllis families, and including the century plant, yucca, bowstring hemp, and tuberose. </DL>
<A NAME="agavose">
<B>agavose, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a sugar found in the sap of the century plant. </DL>
<B>age, </B>noun, adjective, verb, <B>aged,</B> <B>aging</B> or <B>ageing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> <B>1. </B>time of life; length of life from birth on. <BR> <I>Ex. His age is ten.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>the length of time anything has existed. <BR> <I>Ex. Turtles live to a great age. The bristlecone pines and the redwoods of California have the greatest age of any living thing.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>a particular period or stage of life. <BR> <I>Ex. middle age. Grandfather has reached old age.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the latter part of life; old age. <BR> <I>Ex. the wisdom of age.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>the full or average term of life. <BR> <I>Ex. The age of a horse is 25 to 30 years.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>a period in history. <BR> <I>Ex. the golden age, the atomic age, the Bronze Age. We are living in the age of jet planes and space travel.</I> (SYN) epoch, era. <DD><B> 7. </B>a generation. <BR> <I>Ex. ages yet unborn.</I> <DD><B> 8. </B><I>Psychology.</I> the level of a person's development mentally, educationally, emotionally, or otherwise. <DD><B> 9. </B>the effects of growing old. <BR> <I>Ex. He has begun to show his age.</I> <DD><B> 10. </B>the period in which a person's lifetime falls; his generation. <BR> <I>Ex. Galileo was in advance of his age.</I> <DD><B> 11. </B>a period in the earth's history; eon. <BR> <I>Ex. the ice age.</I> <DD><I>adj. </I> aged. <BR> <I>Ex. The star of the piece is John Jennings, age twenty-eight (Edith Oliver).</I> <DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to grow old. <BR> <I>Ex. He is aging fast.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to become mature. <BR> <I>Ex. Wine is put in casks to age.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> <B>1. </B>to make old; produce the effects of age in. <BR> <I>Ex. Worry ages a person.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>to bring to full growth; mature, especially by keeping in storage. <BR> <I>Ex. to age wine. This cheese must be aged for a year before it is ripe enough to eat.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>ages,</B> <DD><B> a. </B>(Informal.) a long time or seemingly long time. </I> <I>Ex. I haven't seen you for ages!</I> <DD><B> b. </B>a long, indefinite stretch of time; hundreds of years. <BR> <I>Ex. the work of ages.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>come of age,</B> </I>to reach full development or maturity. <BR> <I>Ex. Army men feel the aircraft won't really come of age until maintenance costs are brought down sharply (Wall Street Journal).</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>of age,</B> </I>at the time of life when a person is considered ready for adult rights and responsibilities, fixed by law, formerly at 21, and now often at 18. <BR> <I>Ex. You cannot vote unless you are of age.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="age">
<B>-age,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> <I>suffix forming nouns from other nouns or from verbs.</I> <DD><B> 1. </B>the act of ______ing: <I>Breakage = act of breaking.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>a group or collection of ______s: <I>Baggage = group of bags.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>the condition or rank of ______s: <I>Peerage = rank of peers.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>the cost of or fee for ______ing: <I>Postage = cost of posting</I> (<I>mailing</I>). <DD><B> 5. </B>a home for ______s: <I>Orphanage = home for orphans.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="agearea">
<B>age area,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (Anthropology.) the age of a culture trait as determined by the relative size of the area over which it has spread. </DL>
