adv. & prep. See Again. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Agencies [ agentia, fr. L. agens, agentis: cf. F. agence. See Agent. ] 1. The faculty of acting or of exerting power; the state of being in action; action; instrumentality. [ 1913 Webster ]

The superintendence and agency of Providence in the natural world. Woodward. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The office of an agent, or factor; the relation between a principal and his agent; business of one intrusted with the concerns of another. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. The place of business of an agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. An organization or business that provides some service, primarily for other organizations; as, an advertising agency. [ PJC ]

5. An administrative division of a government; as, a state welfare agency; a motor vehicle agency; the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). [ PJC ]

Syn. -- Action; operation; efficiency; management. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Agendum. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to.
Syn. -- docket, schedule [ WordNet 1.5 +PJC ]

2. A list of matters to be discussed (as at a meeting).
Syn. -- agendum, docket, order of business [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. A motive or set of goals; as, to have one's own agenda; especially, a secret motive; also called hidden agenda; as, some of the news commentators themselves have an agenda.
Syn. -- goal, hidden motive, secret motive, hidden agenda. [ PJC ]

‖n.; pl. Agenda [ L., neut. of the gerundive of agere to act. ] 1. Something to be done; in the pl., a memorandum book; also, a list of items to be considered. See agenda. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A church service; a ritual or liturgy. [ In this sense, usually Agenda. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Agensis. ] (Physiol.) Characterized by sterility; infecund. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; birth. ] (Physiol.) Any imperfect development of the body, or any anomaly of organization. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; an engendering. ] (Physiol.) Impotence; sterility. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. agens, agentis, p. pr. of agere to act; akin to Gr. &unr_; to lead, Icel. aka to drive, Skr. aj. √2. ] Acting; -- opposed to patient, or sustaining, action. [ Archaic ] “The body agent.” Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who exerts power, or has the power to act; an actor. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heaven made us agents, free to good or ill. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One who acts for, or in the place of, another, by authority from him; one intrusted with the business of another; a substitute; a deputy; a factor. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. An active power or cause; that which has the power to produce an effect, such as a physical, chemical, or medicinal agent; as, heat is a powerful agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Biochem., Med.) a chemical substance having biological effects; a drug. [ PJC ]

a. Of or pertaining to an agent or an agency. Fitzed. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Agency. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. attagen a kind of bird, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) a compound which forms a chelate with a metal ion. Commonly used chelating agents in laboratory use are EDTA and sodium citrate. Citrate is used as an additive to blood collected in blood banks, to chelate the calcium ions and retard clotting. [ PJC ]

n. Agency in common; joint agency or agent. Coleridge. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An associate in an act; a coworker. Drayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. ko`lla glue + -gen. ] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Physiol.) Containing or resembling collagen. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. (Geography) The capital city of Denmark. Population (2000) = 1, 339, 395. [ PJC ]

n. [ From Copenhagen, Denmark. ] 1. A sweetened hot drink of spirit and beaten eggs. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. A children's game in which one player is inclosed by a circle of others holding a rope. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. extra- + L. genus race. ] Belonging to another race or kind. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; race + E. genesis. ] (Biol.) Alternate generation. See under Generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Of or pertaining to actions, processes, or objects involving to more than one agency (senses 4 or 5); as, interagency cooperation. [ PJC ]

n. Intermediate agency. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An intermediate agent. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. L. Lagenæ E. Lagenas [ L., a flask; cf. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Anat.) The terminal part of the cochlea in birds and most reptiles; an appendage of the sacculus, corresponding to the cochlea, in fishes and amphibians. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Lagena. ] (Zool.) Like, or pertaining to, Lagena, a genus of Foraminifera having a straight, chambered shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Lagena, and -form. ] (Bot.) Shaped like a bottle or flask; flag-shaped. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A small genus of herbs of Australia and South America having small solidary white or purple flowers similar to true daisies of genus Bellis.
Syn. -- genus Lagenophera. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Hebrew, shield of David. ] A hexagram{ 1a }, when used as the symbol of Judaism; called also Mogen David and Star of David. It is included on the flag of Israel
Syn. -- Star of David, Mogen David. [ PJC ]

n. (Chem.) An aniline dye obtained as an amorphous substance having a green bronze surface color, which dissolves to a shade of red; also, the color; -- so called from Magenta, in Italy, in allusion to the battle fought there about the time the dye was discovered. Called also fuchsin, fuchsine, roseine, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The purplish-red color of magenta. [ PJC ]

n. [ Pref. meta- + genesis. ] 1. (Biol.) The change of form which one animal species undergoes in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the one developed from the ovum to the final perfected individual. Hence, metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations. Opposed to monogenesis. See Alternate generation, under Generation. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Biol.) Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; -- in distinction from heterogamy. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to metagenesis. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Biol.) Metagenetic. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A chemical compound or other external influence (such as ionizing radiation) which causes mutations{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

n. the causing of a mutation or the occurrence of a mutation{ 3 }. [ PJC ]

n. the degree or measure of the ability to cause mutation{ 3 }; -- said of mutagens. [ PJC ]

n. [ L. nonagenarius containing, or consisting of, ninety, fr. nonageni ninety each; akin to novem nine. ] A person ninety years old. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Pref. para- + genesis. ] 1. (Min.) The science which treats of minerals with special reference to their origin. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Geol.) (a) The formation of minerals in contact, so as to affect one another's development. (b) The order in which minerals occurring together in rocks and veins have developed. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ Pref. para- the root of ge`nos birth. ] (Biol.) Originating in the character of the germ, or at the first commencement of an individual; -- said of peculiarities of structure, character, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) See Pauhaugen. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. quadragenarius, fr. qyadrageni forty each. ] Consisting of forty; forty years old. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ LL. quadragena, fr. L. quadrageni forty each, akin to quadraginta forty. ] (R. C. Ch.) An indulgence of forty days, corresponding to the forty days of ancient canonical penance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) A substance capable of producing with another a reaction, especially when employed to detect the presence of other bodies; a test. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Chem.) a substance that causes reduction of another substance in a chemical reaction, as by donating electrons or adding hydrogen atoms; as, lithium hydride is a powerful reducing agent. [ PJC ]

n. [ Russ. sajene. ] A Russian measure of length equal to about seven English feet. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being sage; wisdom; sagacity; prudence; gravity. Ascham. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. sagénite, fr. L. sagena a large net. See Seine. ] (Min.) Acicular rutile occurring in reticulated forms imbedded in quartz. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Min.) Resembling sagenite; -- applied to quartz when containing acicular crystals of other minerals, most commonly rutile, also tourmaline, actinolite, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state or quality of being savage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Wolves and bears, they say,
Casting their savageness aside have done
Like offices of pity. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]