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Agami: Definition and part of speech

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Agami

  1. n. A South American bird (Psophia crepitans), allied to the cranes, and easily domesticated; — called also the gold-breasted trumpeter. Its body is about the size of the pheasant. See Trumpeter.

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.

Agate: Definition and part of speech

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Agate

  1. n. A tool used by gold-wire drawers, bookbinders, etc.; — so called from the agate fixed in it for burnishing.
  2. adv. On the way; agoing; as, to be agate; to set the bells agate.
  3. n. A semipellucid, uncrystallized variety of quartz, presenting various tints in the same specimen. Its colors are delicately arranged in stripes or bands, or blended in clouds.
  4. n. A kind of type, larger than pearl and smaller than nonpareil; in England called ruby.
  5. n. A diminutive person; so called in allusion to the small figures cut in agate for rings and seals.

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.

Agamic: Definition and part of speech

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Agamic

  1. a. Not having visible organs of reproduction, as flowerless plants; agamous.
  2. a. Produced without sexual union; as, agamic or unfertilized eggs.

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.