Againstand
(A*gain"stand`) v. t. To withstand. [Obs.]
Againward
(A*gain"ward) adv. Back again. [Obs.]
Agalactia
(||Ag`a*lac"ti*a) Agalaxy
(Ag"a*lax`y) n. [Gr. 'agalakti`a; 'a priv. + ga`la, gala`ktos, milk.]
(Med.) Failure of the due secretion of milk after childbirth.
Agalactous
(Ag`a*lac"tous) a. Lacking milk to suckle with.
Agal-agal
(||A`gal-a"gal) n. Same as Agar- agar.
Agalloch
(Ag"al*loch ||A*gal"lo*chum) n. [Gr. of Eastern origin: cf. Skr. aguru, Heb. pl. ahalim.] 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.
Agalmatolite
(Ag`al*mat"o*lite) n. [Gr. image, statue + -lite: cf. F. agalmatolithe.] (Min.) 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.
Agama
(||Ag"a*ma) n.; pl. Agamas [From the Caribbean name of a species of lizard.] (Zoöl.) A genus
of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.
Agami
(||Ag"a*mi) n.; pl. Agamis [F. agex>, fr. the native name.] (Zoöl.) A South American bird allied
to the cranes, and easily domesticated; — called also the gold- breasted trumpeter. Its body is about
the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.
Agamic
(A*gam"ic) a. [Agamous.] (a) (Biol.) Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized
eggs. (b) Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.
Agamically
(A*gam"ic*al*ly) adv. In an agamic manner.
Agamist
(Ag"a*mist) n. [See Agamous.] An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage. Foxe.
Agamogenesis
(||Ag`a*mo*gen"e*sis) n. [Gr. unmarried ('a priv. + marriage) + reproduction.] (Biol.)
Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.
