Helen Fenton

Agglutination: Definition and part of speech

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Agglutination

  1. n. Combination in which root words are united with little or no change of form or loss of meaning. See Agglutinative, 2.
  2. n. The act of uniting by glue or other tenacious substance; the state of being thus united; adhesion of parts.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Agglutinative: Definition and part of speech

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Agglutinative

  1. a. Formed or characterized by agglutination, as a language or a compound.
  2. a. Pertaining to agglutination; tending to unite, or having power to cause adhesion; adhesive.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Agave: Definition and part of speech

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Agave

  1. n. A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief species is the maguey or century plant (A. Americana), wrongly called Aloe. It is from ten to seventy years, according to climate, in attaining maturity, when it produces a gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and perishes. 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.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Age: Definition and part of speech

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Age

  1. n. A long time.
  2. n. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
  3. n. That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
  4. n. The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
  5. n. One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
  6. n. Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.
  7. n. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion.
  8. n. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles.
  9. n. A great period in the history of the Earth.
  10. n. A century; the period of one hundred years.
  11. 1n. 1 A long time.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Aged: Definition and part of speech

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Aged

  1. imp. & p. p. of Age
  2. a. 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.
  3. a. Belonging to old age.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.