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Agog

In eager desire; eager; astir.

Agoing

In motion; in the act of going; as, to set a mill agoing.

Agon

A contest for a prize at the public games.

Agonism

Contention for a prize; a contest.

Agonist

One who contends for the prize in public games.

Agonistical Agonistic

Pertaining to violent contests, bodily or mental; pertaining to athletic or polemic feats; athletic; combative; hence, strained; unnatural.

Agonistics

The science of athletic combats, or contests in public games.

Agonize

To cause to suffer agony; to subject to extreme pain; to torture.

agonizing

causing agony. Opposite to painless.

Agonizingly

With extreme anguish or desperate struggles.

Agonothete

An officer who presided over the great public games in Greece.

Agony

Violent contest or striving.

Agood

In earnest; heartily.

Agora

An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

Agouara

The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

Agouta

A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Haiti.

Agouty Agouti

A rodent of the genus Dasyprocta, about the size of a rabbit, peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.

Agraphia

The absence or loss of the power of expressing ideas by written signs. It is one form of aphasia.

Agrarian

One in favor of an equal division of landed property.

Agrarianism

An equal or equitable division of landed property; the principles or acts of those who favor a redistribution of land.

Agrarianize

To distribute according to, or to imbue with, the principles of agrarianism.

Agree

To make harmonious; to reconcile or make friends.

Agreeable

Pleasing, either to the mind or senses; pleasant; grateful; as, agreeable manners or remarks; an agreeable person; fruit agreeable to the taste.

Agreeableness

The quality of being agreeable or pleasing; that quality which gives satisfaction or moderate pleasure to the mind or senses.

Agreeably

In an agreeably manner; in a manner to give pleasure; pleasingly.

agreeing

in agreement; of the same mind; having the same opinion.

Agreeingly

In an agreeing manner (to); correspondingly; agreeably.

Agreement

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsists among the members of the council.

Agrestic

Pertaining to fields or the country, in opposition to the city; rural; rustic; unpolished; uncouth.

Agricolist

A cultivator of the soil; an agriculturist.

Agricultural

Of or pertaining to agriculture; connected with, or engaged in, tillage; as, the agricultural class; agricultural implements, wages, etc.

Agriculture

The art or science of cultivating the ground, including the harvesting of crops, and the rearing and management of live stock; tillage; husbandry; farming.

Agriculturist

One engaged or skilled in agriculture; a husbandman.

Agrimony

A genus of plants of the Rose family. The name is also given to various other plants; as, hemp agrimony (Eupatorium cannabinum); water agrimony (Bidens).

Agrin

In the act of grinning.

Agriology

Description or comparative study of the customs of savage or uncivilized tribes.

Agrise

To shudder at; to abhor; to dread; to loathe.

agrology

the science of soils in relation to crops.

agrom

A disease occurring in Bengal and other parts of the East Indies, in which the tongue chaps and cleaves.

Agronomics

The science of the distribution and management of land.

Agronomist

One versed in agronomy; a student of agronomy.

Agronomy

The management of land; rural economy; agriculture.

Agrostis

A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses.

Agrostology

That part of botany which treats of the grasses.

Aground

On the ground; stranded; -- a nautical term applied to a ship when its bottom lodges on the ground.

Agrypnotic

Anything which prevents sleep, or produces wakefulness, as strong tea or coffee.

Ague

To strike with an ague, or with a cold fit.

agueweed

a gentian of East North America having clusters of bristly blue flowers.

Aguilt

To be guilty of; to offend; to sin against; to wrong.

Aguise

To dress; to attire; to adorn.

Aguish

Having the qualities of an ague; somewhat cold or shivering; chilly; shaky.

Agynous

Without female organs; male.

Ah

An exclamation, expressive of surprise, pity, complaint, entreaty, contempt, threatening, delight, triumph, etc., according to the manner of utterance.

Aha

A sunk fence. See Ha-ha.

Ahead

In or to the front; in advance; onward.

Aheap

In a heap; huddled together.

Ahem

An exclamation to call one's attention; hem.

Ahold

Near the wind; as, to lay a ship ahold.

Ahoy

A term used in hailing; as, /Ship ahoy./

Ahriman

The Evil Principle or Being of the ancient Persians; the Prince of Darkness as opposer to Ormuzd, the King of Light.

Ahu

The Asiatic gazelle.

Ahull

With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

Ahura-Mazda Ormuzd Ormazd

The supreme deity, the embodiment of the principle of good, creator of the world, source of light, and guardian of mankind. He is the opponent of Ahriman, the spirit of evil, both being sprung from Eternity, or, according to another version, Ahriman being the offspring of a moment of doubt on the part of Ormazd. Ormazd is attended by angels and archangels. He is represented as a bearded man inclosed in a winged circle, a conception probably derived from the Assyrian representations of Ashur.

Ai

The three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus) of South America. See Sloth.

Aid

Help; succor; assistance; relief.

Aid-de-camp

An officer selected by a general to carry orders, also to assist or represent him in correspondence and in directing movements.

Aidant

Helping; helpful; supplying aid.

Aider

One who, or that which, aids.

Aiglet Aglet

A tag of a lace or of the points, braids, or cords formerly used in dress. They were sometimes formed into small images. Hence, /aglet baby/ (Shak.), an aglet image.

Aigremore

Charcoal prepared for making powder.

Aiguillette

A point or tag at the end of a fringe or lace; an aglet.

Ail

Indisposition or morbid affection.

Ailantus

A genus of beautiful trees, natives of the East Indies. The tree imperfectly di/cious, and the staminate or male plant is very offensive when blossom.

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