Previously mentioned; before-mentioned.

Named before.

Said before, or in a preceding part; already described or identified.

Premeditation.

In time past; formerly.

In collision; entangled.

Impressed with fear or apprehension; in fear; apprehensive.

Same as Afrit.

A powerful evil jinnee, demon, or monstrous giant.

Anew; again; once more; newly.

African. Africa.

A native of Africa; also one ethnologically belonging to an African race.

same as African wild dog.

a dog (Lycaon pictus) with mottled fur found in Africa, notable for the strong social structure of its family groups.

an American whose ancestors were born in Africa, especially a United States citizen of African descent.

One born in Africa, the offspring of a white father and a /colored/ mother. Also, and now commonly in Southern Africa, a native born of European settlers.

A word, phrase, idiom, or custom peculiar to Africa or Africans.

To place under the domination of Africans or negroes.

of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of African ancestry or their history or culture.

of or relating to the nations of Africa and Asia or their peoples.

a wig that gives the appearance of an afro hairdo.

dioecious evergreen trees or shrubs; equatorial to S and SE Africa: yellowwood2; similar to trees or genus Podocarpus.

In front; face to face. In front of.

an African fowl genus; both sexes are brightly colored.

Near or towards the stern of a vessel; astern; abaft.

Subsequently in time or place; behind; afterward; as, he follows after.

The time just after dinner. Following dinner; post-prandial; as, an after-dinner nap.

Aftergrass.

A glow of refulgence in the western sky after sunset.

The impression of a vivid sensation retained by the retina of the eye after the cause has been removed; also extended to impressions left of tones, smells, etc.

Mentioned afterwards; as, persons after-mentioned (in a writing).

One of the small notes occur on the unaccented parts of the measure, taking their time from the preceding note.

The sails on the mizzenmast, or on the stays between the mainmast and mizzenmast.

outside regular school hours.

same as after-shave lotion.

a fragrant lotion for a man's face after shaving.

Wisdom or perception that comes after it can be of use.

Characterized by after-wit; slow-witted.

The placenta and membranes with which the fetus is connected, when they are expelled from the womb after delivery.

A throw of dice after the game in ended; hence, anything done too late.

An unexpected subsequent event; something disagreeable happening after an affair is supposed to be at an end.

A second crop or harvest in the same year.

To look after.

A second game; hence, a subsequent scheme or expedient.

The grass that grows after the first crop has been mown; aftermath.

A second growth or crop, or (metaphorically) development.

The seaman or seamen stationed on the poop or after part of the ship, to attend the after-sails.

The last milk drawn in milking; strokings.

A second moving; the grass which grows after the first crop of hay in the same season; rowen.

Hindmost; -- opposed to foremost.

The part of the day which follows noon, between noon and evening.

The pains which succeed childbirth, as in expelling the afterbirth.

A piece performed after a play, usually a farce or other small entertainment.

A sensation or sense impression following the removal of a stimulus producing a primary sensation, and reproducing the primary sensation in positive, negative, or complementary form. The aftersensation may be continuous with the primary sensation or follow it after an interval.

The hypoptilum.

having an aftershaft (a small feather at the base of some feathers)

A taste which remains in the mouth after eating or drinking.

Reflection after an act; later or subsequent thought.

At a later or succeeding time.

Wise after the event; wise or knowing, when it is too late.

Toward the stern.

In return, back; as, bring us word again.

To redeem.

Against; also, towards (in order to meet).

To gainsay.

Abreast; opposite to; facing; towards; as, against the mouth of a river; -- in this sense often preceded by over.

To withstand.

Back again.

Same as Agar-agar.

Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.

Lacking milk to suckle with.

A soft, resinous wood (Aquilaria Agallocha) of highly aromatic smell, burnt by the orientals as a perfume. It is called also agalwood and aloes wood. The name is also given to some other species.

A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called figure stone, and pagodite. It is probably a variety of pinite.

A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.

A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.

Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs. Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.

In an agamic manner.

An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage.

Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.

Reproducing or produced without sexual union.

Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. cryptogamous.

Without ganglia.

The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.

common shortened form of agar-agar{2}.

A fucus or seaweed much used in the East for soups and jellies; Ceylon moss (Gracilaria lichenoides).

A fungus of the genus Agaricus, of many species, of which the common mushroom is an example.

In a state of gasping.

See Aghast.

giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop.

Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm.

A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.

Containing or producing agates.

Pertaining to, or like, agate.

To convert into agate; to make resemble agate.

Of the nature of agate, or containing agate.

a natural family of chiefly tropical and xerophytic plants: includes Dracenaceae (Dracaenaceae); comprises plants that in some classifications are divided between the Amaryllidaceae and the Liliaceae.

A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (Agave Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It takes from ten to seventy years, according to climate, to attain maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. The juice has purgative and diuretic properties. The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans; distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.

looking intently; -- used of eyes.

Gazing with astonishment; amazed.

Asiatic epithet for Rhea or Cybele.

To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.

of very long duration

Old; having lived long; having lived almost to or beyond the usual time allotted to that species of being; as, an aged man; an aged oak.

In the manner of an aged person.

The quality of being aged; oldness.

same as aging.

discrimination against middle-aged and elderly people.

A genus of birds including the red-winged blackbirds.

Without old age limits of duration; as, fountains of ageless youth.

lasting through all time; unending; as, The agelong struggle for freedom.

See Again.

The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality.

See Agendum.

a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.

Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered. See agenda.

Characterized by sterility; infecund.

Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization.

Impotence; sterility.

One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor.

Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency.