argentite
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～ a valuable silver ore consisting of silver sulfide (Ag2S)
argil
— Noun
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～ a white clay (especially a white clay used by potters)
argillite
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～ a sedimentary rock differing from shale in being bound by silica and from slate in having no slate cleavages
arginine
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～ a bitter tasting amino acid found in proteins and necessary for nutrition; its absence from the diet leads to a reduced production of spermatozoa
argiope
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～ the type genus of Argiopidae; small genus of orb-weaving spiders
Argiopidae
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～ spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution
Argive
— Noun
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～ a native or inhabitant of the city of Argos
argo
— Noun
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～ formerly a large constellation in the southern hemisphere between Canis Major and the Southern Cross; now divided into Carina and Pyxis and Puppis and Vela
argon
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～ a colorless and odorless inert gas; one of the six inert gases; comprises approximately 1% of the earth's atmosphere
Argonaut
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～ (Greek mythology) one of the heroes who sailed with Jason in search of the Golden Fleece
Argonaut
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～ cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
argonaut
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～ someone engaged in a dangerous but potentially rewarding adventure
Argonauta
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～ type genus of the family Argonautidae: paper nautilus
Argonauta argo
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～ cephalopod mollusk of warm seas whose females have delicate papery spiral shells
Argonautidae
— Noun
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～ represented solely by the genus Argonauta
argonne
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～ an American operation in World War I (1918); American troops under Pershing drove back the German armies which were saved only by the armistice on November 11
argonon
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～ any of the chemically inert gaseous elements of the helium group in the periodic table
argos
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～ an ancient city in southeastern Greece; dominated the Peloponnese in the 7th century BC
argosy
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～ one or more large merchant ships
argot
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～ a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"