English Words Starting With A

• agent of production

  nounC1
  /ˈeɪ.dʒənt əv prəˈdʌk.ʃən/In economics, any resource or input (typically land, labour, capital, or entrepreneurship) that is combined to produce goods and services.
• agent orange

  nounC1
  /ˌeɪdʒənt ˈɒrɪndʒ/The US military codename for a powerful herbicide and defoliant, containing toxic dioxins, famously used during the Vietnam War.
• agent provocateur

  nounC1/C2
  /ˌaʒ.ɒ̃ prɒˌvɒk.əˈtɜː/A person who infiltrates a group to incite its members to commit illegal or extreme acts, thereby discrediting them and providing grounds for prosecution.
• agent-general

  nounRare/Obsolescent
  /ˌeɪdʒənt ˈdʒɛnr(ə)l/The chief representative or diplomatic agent of a state or dominion in another country, particularly in the context of the British Commonwealth.
• agentive

  adjectivenounC1
  /ˈeɪdʒəntɪv/Relating to or indicating an agent (a person or thing that performs an action).
• agentry

  nounC2
  /ˈeɪ.dʒən.tri/The business or activities of an agent, especially a political or commercial agent; agency.
• ager

  nounLow (as a standalone word); High (as a suffix in compounds).
  /ˈeɪ.dʒə(r)/A person of a specified age; often used in compound words to describe someone belonging to a particular age group.
• ageratum

  nounLow
  /ˌadʒəˈreɪtəm/A genus of annual flowering plants in the aster family, with small, fluffy, brush-like flowers, typically blue, purple, white, or pink.
• agesilaus ii

  nounVery low (C2+ / Specialist)
  /əˌdʒɛsɪˈleɪəs ðə ˈsekənd/A king of Sparta (c. 444 – c. 360 BCE), renowned for his military leadership during the Corinthian War and for his conflict with the Persian Empire.
• ageusia

  nounVery Low
  /eɪˈɡjuːziə/The complete loss of the sense of taste.
• aggadah

  nounVery Low
  /aɡɑːˈdɑː/The non-legal, narrative and homiletic parts of classical rabbinic literature, including legends, parables, folklore, and historical anecdotes.
• agger

  nounVery Rare
  /ˈadʒə/A mound or embankment, especially one built by the Romans.
• aggie

  nounC2
  /ˈaɡi/An informal, often affectionate, term for a student or graduate of an agricultural college/university.
• aggiornamento

  nounC2 / Very Low
  /əˌdʒɔːnəˈmentəʊ/A process of modernising or updating an institution, especially the Roman Catholic Church.
• agglomerate

  adjectivenounverbverb-ambitransitiveC1
  /əˈɡlɒm.ər.eɪt/To collect or gather into a mass, cluster, or ball.
• agglomeration

  nounC1
  /əˌɡlɒm.əˈreɪ.ʃən/A large, dense, often chaotic cluster or mass formed by the collection or sticking together of diverse elements.
• agglutinant

  adjectivenounVery Low (Specialist)
  /əˈɡluːtɪnənt/A substance that causes agglutination, or the adhesion or sticking together of particles or cells, such as in blood clotting or bacterial clumping.
• agglutinate

  adjectiveverbverb-ambitransitiveC2/Rare
  /əˈɡluːtɪneɪt/To glue or join together firmly; to cause to adhere.
• agglutination

  nounC2
  /əˌɡluːtɪˈneɪʃən/The act or process of sticking or clumping particles together, especially in biology and linguistics.
• agglutinin

  nounRare
  /əˈɡluːtɪnɪn/An antibody or other substance that causes particles (like bacteria or red blood cells) to clump together.

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