| again | (adverb) anew | Synonyms: once again, once more, over again |
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| agal | (noun) a cord (usually of goat's hair) that Arabs (especially Bedouins) wind around their heads to hold down the kaffiyeh | - |
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| agalactia | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactosis |
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| agalactosis | (noun) a condition in which milk is not secreted in the mother's breasts after her child has been delivered | Synonyms: agalactia |
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| agama | (noun) small terrestrial lizard of warm regions of the Old World | - |
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| agamete | (noun) an asexual reproductive cell | - |
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| agamic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamogenetic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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| agamid | (noun) a lizard of the family Agamidae | Synonyms: agamid lizard |
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| agammaglobulinemia | (noun) a rare immunological disorder characterized by the virtual absence of gamma globulin in the blood and consequent susceptibility to infection | - |
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| agamogenesis | (noun) reproduction without the fusion of gametes | Synonyms: asexual reproduction |
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| agamogenetic | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamous, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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| agamous | (adjective) (of reproduction) not involving the fusion of male and female gametes in reproduction | Synonyms: agamic, agamogenetic, apomictic, parthenogenetic |
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| agapanthus | (noun) any of various plants of the genus Agapanthus having umbels of showy blue to purple flowers | Synonyms: lily of the Nile |
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| agape | (adjective) with the mouth wide open as in wonder or awe | Synonyms: gaping |
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| (noun) a religious meal shared as a sign of love and fellowship | Synonyms: love feast |
| (noun) selfless love of one person for another without sexual implications (especially love that is spiritual in nature) | Synonyms: agape love |
| (noun) (Christian theology) the love of God or Christ for mankind | - |
| agar | (noun) a colloidal extract of algae; used especially in culture media and as a gelling agent in foods | Synonyms: agar-agar |
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| (noun) any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent | Synonyms: nutrient agar |
| agaric | (noun) a saprophytic fungus of the order Agaricales having an umbrellalike cap with gills on the underside | - |
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| (noun) fungus used in the preparation of punk for fuses | Synonyms: Fomes igniarius |
| agate | (noun) an impure form of quartz consisting of banded chalcedony; used as a gemstone and for making mortars and pestles | - |
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| agateware | (noun) pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate | - |
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| agave | (noun) tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fiber | Synonyms: American aloe, century plant |
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| agaze | (adjective) (used of eyes) open and fixed as if in fear or wonder | Synonyms: staring |
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| age | (noun) how long something has existed | - |
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| (noun) a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | Synonyms: eld |
| (noun) a late time of life | Synonyms: eld, geezerhood, old age, years |
| (noun) an era of history having some distinctive feature | Synonyms: historic period |
| (noun) a prolonged period of time | Synonyms: long time, years |
| (verb) grow old or older | Synonyms: get on, maturate, mature, senesce |
| (verb) begin to seem older; get older | - |
| (verb) make older | - |
| aged | (adjective) (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process | Synonyms: cured |
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| (adjective) of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable) | Synonyms: ripened |
| (adjective) at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable) | - |
| (adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | Synonyms: elderly, older, senior |
| (adjective) having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable) | Synonyms: of age |
| (noun) people who are old collectively | Synonyms: elderly |
| agedness | (noun) the property characteristic of old age | Synonyms: senescence |
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| ageing | (adjective) growing old | Synonyms: aging, senescent |
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| (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: aging, senescence |
| (noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: aging, ripening |
| ageism | (noun) discrimination on the basis of a person's age | Synonyms: agism |
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| ageless | (adjective) continuing forever or indefinitely | Synonyms: aeonian, eonian, eternal, everlasting, perpetual, unceasing, unending |
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| agelessness | (noun) the quality of being timeless and eternal | - |
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| agelong | (adjective) lasting through all time | - |
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| agency | (noun) to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end | Synonyms: means, way |
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| (noun) an administrative unit of government | Synonyms: authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office |
| (noun) a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties | - |
| (noun) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent | Synonyms: delegacy, representation |
| (noun) the state of being in action or exerting power | - |
| agenda | (noun) a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to | Synonyms: docket, schedule |
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| (noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) | Synonyms: agendum, order of business |
| agendum | (noun) a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting) | Synonyms: agenda, order of business |
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| agenesia | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesis |
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| agenesis | (noun) imperfect development; nondevelopment of a part | Synonyms: agenesia |
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| agent | (noun) the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause | Synonyms: agentive role |
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| (noun) an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect | - |
| (noun) a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission | Synonyms: broker, factor |
| (noun) a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations | - |
| (noun) any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau | Synonyms: federal agent |
| (noun) a substance that exerts some force or effect | - |
| agential | (adjective) of or relating to an agent or agency | - |
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| agerasia | (noun) youthful appearance in an old person | - |
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| ageratum | (noun) any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers | - |
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| (noun) rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium | Synonyms: Conoclinium coelestinum, Eupatorium coelestinum, mist-flower, mistflower |
| agglomerate | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerated, agglomerative, clustered |
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| (noun) a collection of objects laid on top of each other | Synonyms: cumulation, cumulus, heap, mound, pile |
| (noun) volcanic rock consisting of large fragments fused together | - |
| (verb) form into one cluster | - |
| agglomerated | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerative, clustered |
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| agglomeration | (noun) the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating | - |
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| (noun) a jumbled collection or mass | - |
| agglomerative | (adjective) clustered together but not coherent | Synonyms: agglomerate, agglomerated, clustered |
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| agglomerator | (noun) a device that causes material to gather into rounded balls | - |
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| agglutinate | (adjective) united as if by glue | Synonyms: agglutinative |
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| (verb) clump together; as of bacteria, red blood cells, etc. | - |
| (verb) string together (morphemes in an agglutinating language) | - |
| agglutination | (noun) the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining | - |
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| (noun) a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins) | - |
| (noun) the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated | Synonyms: agglutinating activity |
| agglutinative | (adjective) united as if by glue | Synonyms: agglutinate |
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| (adjective) forming derivative or compound words by putting together constituents each of which expresses a single definite meaning | Synonyms: polysynthetic |
| agglutinin | (noun) an antibody that causes agglutination of a specific antigen | - |
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| agglutinogen | (noun) any substance that acts as an antigen to cause agglutinin production | - |
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| aggrade | (verb) build up to a level by depositing sediment | - |
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| aggrandise | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandize, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandisement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandizement, elevation |
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| aggrandize | (verb) add details to | Synonyms: aggrandise, blow up, dramatise, dramatize, embellish, embroider, lard, pad |
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| aggrandizement | (noun) the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something | Synonyms: aggrandisement, elevation |
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| aggravate | (verb) make worse | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate, worsen |
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| (verb) exasperate or irritate | Synonyms: exacerbate, exasperate |
| aggravated | (adjective) incited, especially deliberately, to anger | Synonyms: provoked |
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| (adjective) made more severe or intense especially in law | - |
| aggravating | (adjective) making worse | Synonyms: exacerbating, exasperating |
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| aggravatingly | (adverb) in an aggravating fashion | - |
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| aggravation | (noun) unfriendly behavior that causes anger or resentment | Synonyms: irritation, provocation |
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| (noun) action that makes a problem or a disease (or its symptoms) worse | Synonyms: exacerbation |
| (noun) an exasperated feeling of annoyance | Synonyms: exasperation |
| aggravator | (noun) an unpleasant person who is annoying or exasperating | Synonyms: annoyance |
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| aggregate | (adjective) composed of a dense cluster of separate units such as carpels or florets or drupelets | - |
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| (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregated, aggregative, mass |
| (noun) the whole amount | Synonyms: sum, total, totality |
| (noun) a sum total of many heterogenous things taken together | Synonyms: congeries, conglomeration |
| (noun) material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster | - |
| (verb) gather in a mass, sum, or whole | Synonyms: combine |
| (verb) amount in the aggregate to | - |
| aggregated | (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregate, aggregative, mass |
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| aggregation | (noun) the act of gathering something together | Synonyms: assembling, collecting, collection |
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| (noun) several things grouped together or considered as a whole | Synonyms: accumulation, assemblage, collection |
| aggregative | (adjective) formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole | Synonyms: aggregate, aggregated, mass |
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| aggregator | (noun) a person who collects things | Synonyms: collector |
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| aggress | (verb) take the initiative and go on the offensive | Synonyms: attack |
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| aggression | (noun) violent action that is hostile and usually unprovoked | Synonyms: hostility |
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| (noun) deliberately unfriendly behavior | - |
| (noun) the act of initiating hostilities | - |
| (noun) a disposition to behave aggressively | - |
| (noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggressiveness |
| aggressive | (adjective) having or showing determination and energetic pursuit of your ends | - |
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| (adjective) characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight | Synonyms: belligerent |
| (adjective) tending to spread quickly | Synonyms: fast-growing, strong-growing |
| aggressively | (adverb) in an aggressive manner | Synonyms: sharply |
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| aggressiveness | (noun) the quality of being bold and enterprising | - |
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| (noun) a natural disposition to be hostile | Synonyms: belligerence, pugnacity |
| (noun) a feeling of hostility that arouses thoughts of attack | Synonyms: aggression |
| aggressor | (noun) someone who attacks | Synonyms: assailant, assaulter, attacker |
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| (noun) a confident assertive person who acts as instigator | - |
| aggrieve | (verb) cause to feel sorrow | Synonyms: grieve |
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| (verb) infringe on the rights of | - |
| aggro | (noun) (informal British usage) aggravation or aggression | - |
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| aggroup | (verb) form a group or group together | Synonyms: group |
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| aghast | (adjective) struck with fear, dread, or consternation | Synonyms: appalled, dismayed, shocked |
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| agile | (adjective) moving quickly and lightly | Synonyms: nimble, quick, spry |
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| (adjective) mentally quick | Synonyms: nimble |
| agilely | (adverb) in a nimble or agile manner; with quickness and lightness and ease | Synonyms: nimbly |
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| agility | (noun) the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | Synonyms: legerity, lightness, lightsomeness, nimbleness |
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| aging | (adjective) growing old | Synonyms: ageing, senescent |
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| (noun) the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | Synonyms: ageing, senescence |
| (noun) acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time | Synonyms: ageing, ripening |
| agio | (noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies | Synonyms: agiotage, exchange premium, premium |
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| agiotage | (noun) a fee charged for exchanging currencies | Synonyms: agio, exchange premium, premium |
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| (noun) speculative dealing in stock exchange securities or foreign exchange. | - |
| agism | (noun) discrimination on the basis of a person's age | Synonyms: ageism |
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| agitate | (verb) change the arrangement or position of | Synonyms: commove, disturb, raise up, shake up, stir up, vex |
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| (verb) cause to be agitated, excited, or roused | Synonyms: charge, charge up, commove, excite, rouse, turn on |
| (verb) move very slightly | Synonyms: budge, shift, stir |
| (verb) move or cause to move back and forth | Synonyms: shake |
| (verb) try to stir up public opinion | Synonyms: foment, stir up |
| (verb) exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for | Synonyms: campaign, crusade, fight, press, push |
| agitated | (adjective) troubled emotionally and usually deeply | - |
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| (adjective) physically disturbed or set in motion | - |
| agitating | (adjective) causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | Synonyms: agitative, provoking |
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| agitation | (noun) disturbance usually in protest | Synonyms: excitement, hullabaloo, turmoil, upheaval |
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| (noun) the act of agitating something; causing it to move around (usually vigorously) | - |
| (noun) the feeling of being agitated; not calm | - |
| (noun) a state of agitation or turbulent change or development | Synonyms: ferment, fermentation, tempestuousness, unrest |
| (noun) a mental state of extreme emotional disturbance | - |
| agitative | (adjective) causing or tending to cause anger or resentment | Synonyms: agitating, provoking |
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| agitator | (noun) one who agitates; a political troublemaker | Synonyms: fomenter |
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| agitprop | (noun) political propaganda (especially communist propaganda) communicated via art and literature and cinema | - |
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| agleam | (adjective) bright with a steady but subdued shining | Synonyms: gleaming, nitid |
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| aglet | (noun) ornamental tagged cord or braid on the shoulder of a uniform | Synonyms: aiglet, aiguillette |
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| (noun) metal or plastic sheath over the end of a shoelace or ribbon | Synonyms: aiglet |
| aglitter | (adjective) having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | Synonyms: coruscant, fulgid, glinting, glistering, glittering, glittery, scintillant, scintillating, sparkly |
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| aglow | (adjective) softly bright or radiant | Synonyms: lambent, lucent, luminous |
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| agnail | (noun) a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected | Synonyms: hangnail |
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| agnate | (adjective) related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnatic, paternal |
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| (noun) one related on the father's side | Synonyms: patrikin, patrilineal kin, patrilineal sib, patrisib |
| agnathan | (noun) eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms | Synonyms: jawless fish, jawless vertebrate |
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| agnatic | (adjective) related on the father's side | Synonyms: agnate, paternal |
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| agnation | (noun) line of descent traced through the paternal side of the family | Synonyms: patrilineage |
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| agnise | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnize, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agnize | (verb) be fully aware or cognizant of | Synonyms: agnise, realise, realize, recognise, recognize |
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| agnomen | (noun) an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great') | - |
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| agnosia | (noun) inability to recognize objects by use of the senses | - |
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