| AGNATHOUS | • agnathous adj. Jawless. • agnathous adj. (Pathology) Afflicted by or characteristic of agnathia. • AGNATHOUS adj. lacking jaws, esp. of hagfish and lampreys. |
| 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. |
| ARGONAUTS | • argonauts n. Plural of argonaut. • ARGONAUT n. (Greek) a sort of cuttlefish, aka paper nautilus. |
| AUTOGAMIC | • autogamic adj. Exhibiting or relating to autogamy. • AUTOGAMIC adj. self-fertilizing, also AUTOGAMOUS. |
| AUTOGRAFT | • autograft n. (Surgery) A tissue graft taken from one part to another of the same individual’s body. • autograft v. (Transitive) To graft in this manner. • AUTOGRAFT n. a graft from one part of the body to another. |
| AUTOGRAPH | • autograph n. A person’s own handwriting, especially the signature of a famous or admired person. • autograph n. A manuscript in the author’s handwriting. • autograph adj. Written in the author’s own handwriting. |
| AUTOMAGIC | • automagic n. A process carried out automatically in such a clever way that the result appears to be magic. • AUTOMAGIC adj. performing a task with astonishing ease and speed. |
| AUTOPHAGY | • autophagy n. (Cytology) The process of self-digestion by a cell through the action of enzymes originating within… • autophagy n. (Cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion. • autophagy n. (Rare) Self-consumption; the act of eating oneself. |
| CATALOGUE | • catalogue n. A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc. • catalogue n. A complete (usually alphabetical) list of items. • catalogue n. A list of all the publications in a library. |
| COAGULANT | • coagulant adj. That causes coagulation or that coagulates. • coagulant n. A substance that causes coagulation. • COAGULANT n. that which produces coagulation. |
| COAGULATE | • coagulate v. (Intransitive) To become congealed; to convert from a liquid to a semisolid mass. • coagulate v. (Transitive) To cause to congeal. • coagulate adj. (Obsolete) Coagulated. |
| GADABOUTS | • gadabouts n. Plural of gadabout. • GADABOUT n. one that gads about. |
| GRADUATOR | • graduator n. One who determines or indicates graduation. • graduator n. An instrument for dividing any line, straight or curved, into smaller regular intervals. • graduator n. An apparatus for diffusing a solution, such as brine or vinegar, over a large surface, for exposure to the air. |
| GUARANTOR | • guarantor n. A person or company that provides a guarantee. • GUARANTOR n. one who makes or gives a guarantee. |
| MATAGOURI | • matagouri n. A thorny shrub endemic to New Zealand, taxonomic name Discaria toumatou. • MATAGOURI n. (Maori) a thorny bush of New Zealand, forming thickets in open country. |
| ORANGUTAN | • orangutan n. Any of three species of arboreal anthropoid ape, characterised by their shaggy reddish-brown coat and… • orang-utan n. Alternative spelling of orangutan. • orang␣utan n. Alternative spelling of orangutan. |
| 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. |