<B>agranulocytosis, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (Medicine.) an acute disease with high fever, ulcers in mouth and throat, and a sharp decrease of granulocytes, following a massive infection or treatment with certain coal-tar drugs. </DL>
<A NAME="agrapha">
<B>Agrapha, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> sayings ascribed to Jesus, not in the Bible but in other early Christian literature. </DL>
<A NAME="agraphia">
<B>agraphia, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a form of aphasia involving partial or complete inability to write (contrasted with <I>alexia</I>). </DL>
<A NAME="agraphic">
<B>agraphic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> characterized by the inability to write. </DL>
<A NAME="agrarian">
<B>agrarian, </B>adjective, noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>adj. </I> <B>1a. </B>having to do with farming land, its use, or its ownership. <DD><B> b. </B>for the support and advancement of farmers and farming. <BR> <I>Ex. an agrarian movement.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>agricultural. <DD><B> 3. </B>growing wild in the fields, as certain plants. <DD><I>noun </I> a person who favors a new or more equitable division of rural land. </DL>
<A NAME="agrarianism">
<B>agrarianism, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>political agitation or civil dissension arising from dissatisfaction with the existing tenure of the land. <DD><B> 2. </B>the principle of a more equitable division of rural land. <DD><B> 3. </B>promotion of the farmer's interests, especially by political means. </DL>
<A NAME="agravic">
<B>agravic, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> having no gravity; weightless: </DL>
<A NAME="agree">
<B>agree, </B>verb, <B>agreed,</B> <B>agreeing.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><I>v.i. </I> <B>1. </B>to have the same feeling or opinion. <BR> <I>Ex. We all agree in liking the teacher. I agree with your argument.</I> (SYN) concur. <DD><B> 2. </B>to be in harmony; be consistent; correspond. <BR> <I>Ex. All accounts of the accident seem to agree. Your story agrees with mine.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>to get along well together. <BR> <I>Ex. Brothers and sisters don't always agree as well as they should.</I> <DD><B> 4. </B>to say that one is willing (to); consent; assent. <BR> <I>Ex. He agreed to go with us.</I> <DD><B> 5. </B>to come to an understanding, especially in settling a dispute. <BR> <I>Ex. The workers and employers agreed on the terms for settling the strike.</I> <DD><B> 6. </B>(Grammar.) (in inflected languages) to have the same gender, number, case, or person, as another word. In the sentences "The man is going," "The men are going," the subjects and the verbs agree in person and number. <BR> <I>Ex. A Latin adjective must agree with its noun in gender, number, and case.</I> <DD><I>v.t. </I> to say (something) is real or true; admit; grant; concede. <BR> <I>Ex. John agreed that he had been thoughtless.</I> <BR><I>expr. <B>agree with,</B> </I>to have a good effect on; suit. <BR> <I>Ex. The food did not agree with me; it made me sick.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="agreeability">
<B>agreeability, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the quality of being agreeable. </DL>
<A NAME="agreeable">
<B>agreeable, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>giving pleasure; pleasant; pleasing. <BR> <I>Ex. The boy had a charming and agreeable manner.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>ready to agree; willing. <BR> <I>Ex. agreeable to a suggestion. If Mother is agreeable, we can go to the show this afternoon.</I> (SYN) conformable. <DD><B> 3. </B>in agreement; suitable (to). <BR> <I>Ex. music agreeable to the occasion.</I> noun <B>agreeableness.</B> adv. <B>agreeably.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="agreed">
<B>agreed, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>fixed by common consent. <BR> <I>Ex. to pay the agreed price.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>in agreement. <BR> <I>Ex. Are you all agreed, Lords? (Shakespeare).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="agreement">
<B>agreement, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>an understanding reached by two or more persons, groups of persons, or nations among themselves. Nations make treaties; certain persons make contracts; both are agreements. (SYN) pact, covenant, compact. <DD><B> 2. </B>the act of coming to an understanding, especially in settling a dispute. <BR> <I>Ex. Every obstacle to agreement has been removed.</I> (SYN) settlement. <DD><B> 3. </B>sameness of feeling or opinion. <BR> <I>Ex. There was perfect agreement between the two friends. They tried to shape their thought and deed in noble agreement (George Eliot).</I> (SYN) concurrence, accord. <DD><B> 4. </B>harmony; correspondence. <BR> <I>Ex. And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? (II Corinthians 6:16).</I> (SYN) concord, consonance. <DD><B> 5. </B>(Grammar.) (in inflected languages) correspondence between words in number, case, gender, or person; concord. There is agreement in "that man" but lack of agreement in "those man." </DL>
<A NAME="agregation">
<B>agregation, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) admission by examination to the rank of agrege. </DL>
<A NAME="agrege">
<B>agrege, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) an academic rank obtained by competitive examination entitling the holder to teach in a lycee or university. </DL>
<A NAME="agrement">
<B>agrement, </B>noun, pl. <B>-ments.</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (French.) <DD><B> 1. </B>the acceptance of a foreign diplomat by the country to which he is going to go. <DD><B> 2. </B>(literally) agreement; approval. <BR><I>expr. <B>agrements,</B> </I>agreeable features or accessories; ornaments; charms. <BR> <I>Ex. He delights in the agrements of wealth and rank.</I> </DL>
<B>agrestial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>having to do with or inhabiting the fields; wild. <DD><B> 2. </B>(Botany.) growing wild in cultivated land, as weeds. </DL>
<B>agricultural, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>of farming; having to do with farming; connected with agriculture. <BR> <I>Ex. A hoe is an agricultural tool. Bananas rank among the chief agricultural products of South America (Preston E. James).</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>promoting the interests or the study of agriculture. <BR> <I>Ex. an agricultural college.</I> adv. <B>agriculturally.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="agriculturalengineering">
<B>agricultural engineering,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> the branch of engineering that deals with the development of farmland, the improvement of farming, erosion control, and irrigation. </DL>
<B>agricultural paper,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> negotiable instruments, such as notes and acceptances, used in agricultural transactions. </DL>
<A NAME="agriculture">
<B>agriculture, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the science, art, or occupation of cultivating the soil to make crops grow; the raising of crops and farm animals; farming. (SYN) husbandry, tillage. </DL>
<B>agrimony, </B>noun, pl. <B>-nies.</B><DL COMPACT><DD><B> 1. </B>a plant of the rose family with slender stalks of feathery leaves and small, yellow flowers, whose roots are used as an astringent. <DD><B> 2. </B>any of various similar plants, especially the hemp agrimony. </DL>
<A NAME="agrin">
<B>agrin, </B>adjective, adverb.<DL COMPACT><DD> grinning. <BR> <I>Ex. His hard features were revealed all agrin ... with glee (Charlotte Bronte).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="agriological">
<B>agriological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with agriology. </DL>
<A NAME="agriologist">
<B>agriologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies agriology. </DL>
<A NAME="agriology">
<B>agriology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the comparative study of the customs of uncivilized peoples. </DL>
<A NAME="agro">
<B>agro, </B>noun. <B>=aggro.</B></DL>
<A NAME="agro">
<B>agro-,</B><DL COMPACT><DD> (combining form.) <DD><B> 1. </B>field; soil. <BR> <I>Ex. Agrology = soil science.</I> <DD><B> 2. </B>agriculture. <BR> <I>Ex. Agrochemical = a chemical used in agriculture.</I> <DD><B> 3. </B>agricultural and ______. <BR> <I>Ex. Agro-industrial</I> = agricultural and industrial. </DL>
<A NAME="agrobacteria">
<B>agrobacteria, </B>noun pl.<DL COMPACT><DD> bacteria present in the soil. <BR> <I>Ex. The usual procedure for introducing a new gene into plant cells is to insert the gene into agrobacteria and then let the bacteria infect protoplasts (Daniel L. Hartl).</I> </DL>
<A NAME="agrobacterial">
<B>agrobacterial, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with agrobacteria. <BR> <I>Ex. The agrobacterial plasmid seems an ideal vehicle for moving selected genes into plants (Science News).</I> </DL>
<B>agrobiological, </B>adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD> of or having to do with agrobiology. adv. <B>agrobiologically.</B> </DL>
<A NAME="agrobiologist">
<B>agrobiologist, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> a person who studies agrobiology. </DL>
<A NAME="agrobiology">
<B>agrobiology, </B>noun.<DL COMPACT><DD> the study of plant nutrition and growth in relation to the condition and constituents of the soil, especially to increase crops. </DL>
<A NAME="agrochemical">
<B>agrochemical, </B>noun, adjective.<DL COMPACT><DD><I>noun </I> any chemical product, such as an insecticide, used in agriculture. <DD><I>adj. </I> of agro chemicals. <BR> <I>Ex. agrochemical manufacturers, the agrochemical industry.</I> </DL>
<A NAME="agrocity">
<B>agrocity, </B>noun, pl. <B>-cities.</B> <B>=agrogorod.</B></DL>
