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Agonism
- - Contention for a prize; a contest.
Agonist
- noun - (biochemistry) a drug that can combine with a receptor on a cell to produce a physiological reaction
- a muscle that contracts while another relaxes; "when bending the elbow the biceps are the agonist"
- someone involved in a contest or battle (as in an agon)
- the principal character in a work of fiction
Agonize
- verb - cause to agonize
- suffer agony or anguish
Agouara
- - The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.
Agoutis
- unknown - Any of several short-haired, short-eared, rabbitlike rodents of the genus Dasyprocta, of South and Central America and the West Indies, destructive to sugarcane.
Agrapha
- noun - sayings of Jesus not recorded in the canonical Gospels
Agrippa
- noun - Roman general who commanded the fleet that defeated the forces of Antony and Cleopatra at Actium (63-12 BC)
Aground
- adjective - stuck in a place where a ship can no longer float; "a ship aground offshore"; "a boat aground on the beach waiting for the tide to lift it"
- with the bottom lodged on the ground; "he ran the ship aground"
Agulhas
- unknown - Cape at the southern most tip of Africa