Part 244

<h1>Agalmatolite</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag`al*mat"o*lite</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/, <?/, image, statue + <ets>-lite</ets>: cf. F. <ets>agalmatolithe</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Min.)</fld> <def>A soft, compact stone, of a grayish, greenish, or yellowish color, carved into images by the Chinese, and hence called <altname>figure stone</altname>, and <altname>pagodite</altname>. It is probably a variety of pinite.</def>

<h1>Agama</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"a*ma</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <er>Agamas</er> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[From the Caribbean name of a species of lizard.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A genus of lizards, one of the few which feed upon vegetable substances; also, one of these lizards.</def>

<h1>Agami</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"a*mi</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Agamis</plw> <tt>(#)</tt>. <ety>[F. agex>, fr. the native name.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A South American bird (<spn>Psophia crepitans</spn>), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; -- called also the <altname>gold-breasted trumpeter</altname>. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See <er>Trumpeter</er>.</def>

<h1>Agamic</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gam"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<er>Agamous</er>.]</ety> <sd>(a)</sd> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Produced without sexual union; <as>as, <ex>agamic</ex> or unfertilized eggs</as>.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.</def>

<h1>Agamically</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gam"ic*al*ly</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In an agamic manner.</def>

<h1>Agamist</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"a*mist</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Agamous</er>.]</ety> <def>An unmarried person; also, one opposed to marriage.</def>

<i>Foxe.</i>

<h1>Agamogenesis</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag`a*mo*gen"e*sis</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ unmarried (<?/ priv. + <?/ marriage) + <?/ reproduction.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproduction without the union of parents of distinct sexes: asexual reproduction.</def>

<h1>Agamogenetic</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Reproducing or produced without sexual union.</def> -- <wordforms><wf>Ag`a*mo*ge*net"ic*al*ly</wf> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt></wordforms>

<blockquote>All known <b>agamogenetic</b> processes end in a complete return to the primitive stock. <i>Huxley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agamous</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"a*mous</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Gr. <?/ unmarried; <?/ priv. + <?/ marriage.]</ety> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Having no visible sexual organs; asexual. In <plu>Bo>., cryptogamous.</def>

<h1>Aganglionic</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gan`gli*o"nic</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> not + <ets>ganglionic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Physiol.)</fld> <def>Without ganglia.</def>

<h1>Agape</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>A*gape"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>adv. & a.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>a-</ets> + <ets>gape</ets>.]</ety> <def>Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention.</def>

<blockquote>Dazzles the crowd and sets them all <b>agape</b>. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Agape</h1> <Xpage=31>

<hw>Ag"a*pe</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Agap\'91</plw> (#)</plu>. <ety>[Gr. <?/ love, pl. <?/.]</ety> <def>The love feast of the primitive Christians, being a meal partaken of in connection with the communion.</def>

<h1>Agar-agar</h1> <Xpage=31>