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Pertaining to the office of an agonothete.

Violent contest or striving. The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay.

In earnest; heartily. [Obs.] "I made her weep agood." Shak.

An assembly; hence, the place of assembly, especially the market place, in an ancient Greek city.

The crab-eating raccoon (Procyon cancrivorus), found in the tropical parts of America.

A small insectivorous mammal (Solenodon paradoxus), allied to the moles, found only in Hayti.

peculiar to South America and the West Indies. The most common species is the Dasyprocta agouti.

Same as Leucoma.

Of the nature of, or resembling, an alga.

A fixed star, in Medusa's head, in the constellation Perseus, remarkable for its periodic variation in brightness.

Of or pertaining to algology; as, algological specimens.

One learned about algæ; a student of algology.

The study or science of algæ or seaweeds.

pressure. It has a piston rod with a blunted tip which is pressed against the skin. -- Al*gom"e*try (#), n. -- Al`go*met"ric (#), *met"ric*al (#), a. --Al`go*met"ric*al*ly, adv.

Var. of Algonquian.

tory occupied by the northern Iroquoian tribes. There are nearly 100,000 Indians of the Algonquian tribes, of which the strongest are the Ojibwas (Chippewas), Ottawas, Crees, Algonquins, Micmacs, and Blackfeet. -- n.

One of a widely spread family of Indians, including many distinct tribes, which formerly occupied most of the northern and eastern part of North America. The name was originally applied to a group of Indian tribes north of the River St. Lawrence.

Cold; chilliness.

The art of calculating with any species of notation; as, the algorithms of fractions, proportions, surds, etc.

Of or pertaining to the algæ, or seaweeds; abounding with, or like, seaweed.