| AGNATHOUS | • agnathous adj. Jawless. • agnathous adj. (Pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia. • AGNATHOUS adj. lacking jaws, esp. of hagfish and lampreys. |
| AMBAGIOUS | • ambagious adj. Roundabout; vague. • ambagious adj. Indefinite. (Can we add an example for this sense?) • AMBAGIOUS adj. (archaic) roundabout, circuitous. |
| ANALOGOUS | • analogous adj. Having analogy; corresponding to something else; bearing some resemblance or proportion (Often followed by "to".). • analogous adj. (Biology) Functionally similar, but arising through convergent evolution rather than being homologous. • ANALOGOUS adj. bearing some correspondence or resemblance. |
| ANALOGUES | • analogues n. Plural of analogue. • ANALOGUE n. something that bears a resemblance to something else, also ANALOG. |
| ANGOSTURA | • angostura n. Angostura bitters. • angostura n. A South American tree, with bark used in tradition medicine and as an ingredient in various bitters… • Angostura prop.n. (Historical) The former name of Ciudad Bolivar, a town on the Orinoco. |
| APOGAMOUS | • apogamous adj. Relating to apogamy. • APOGAMOUS adj. engaging in apogamy, asexual reproduction. |
| ARGONAUTS | • argonauts n. Plural of argonaut. • ARGONAUT n. (Greek) a sort of cuttlefish, aka paper nautilus. |
| CALABOGUS | • CALABOGUS n. (Canadian) a Canadian drink of rum, spruce beer and molasses. |
| COAGULASE | • coagulase n. (Biochemistry) Any enzyme that induces coagulation. • coagulase n. (Biochemistry) Specifically, the enzyme produced by various Staphylococcus species that converts fibrinogen to fibrin. • COAGULASE n. any of several enzymes that cause coagulation, as of the blood. |
| FAGACEOUS | • fagaceous adj. (Botany) Of the family Fagaceae of beeches and similar trees. • FAGACEOUS adj. belonging to the beech family of trees. |
| GADABOUTS | • gadabouts n. Plural of gadabout. • GADABOUT n. one that gads about. |
| GLAUCOMAS | • glaucomas n. Plural of glaucoma. • GLAUCOMA n. a disease of the eye, marked by increased pressure within the eyeball and growing dimness of vision. |
| GUACHAROS | • guacharos n. Plural of guacharo. • GUACHARO n. (Spanish) a nocturnal bird of South America and Trinidad, aka oilbird. |
| GUAIACOLS | • guaiacols n. Plural of guaiacol. • GUAIACOL n. an expectorant and local anaesthetic. |
| MANGANOUS | • manganous adj. (Chemistry) Containing manganese in its +2 oxidation state. • MANGANOUS adj. of manganese of lower valency. |
| SAGACIOUS | • sagacious adj. Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness; mentally shrewd. • SAGACIOUS adj. wise. |
| SUGARCOAT | • sugarcoat v. (Transitive) To coat with sugar. • sugarcoat v. (Transitive, figurative) To make superficially more attractive; to give a falsely pleasant appearance to. • sugar-coat v. Alternative spelling of sugarcoat. |
| SUGARLOAF | • sugarloaf n. Alternative spelling of sugar-loaf. • sugar-loaf n. (Historical) A block of refined sugar, usually in the form of a truncated cone, in which form it was… • sugar-loaf n. (Obsolete) A hat shaped like a sugar-loaf. |
| VAGARIOUS | • vagarious adj. Subject to vagaries; erratic. • vagarious adj. Tending to wander or roam. • vagarious adj. Capricious. |