Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 17 compound words that contain agate. The most common are listed below. Open agate in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- agate glassA glass made to imitate agate by stacking glass layers of different colours and thickness and fusing them with heat.
- eye agateA kind of circle agate, with the central part of deeper tints than the rest of the mass.
- moss agateA variety of agate with brown, black, or green moss-like or dendritic markings, due in part to manganese oxide.
- lace agateA variety of agate that exhibits a lace-like pattern with forms such as eyes, swirls, bands or zigzags.
- connie agateA playing marble made from agate.
- agate lineA unit of advertising space that is one column wide and one agate (one fourteenth of an inch) deep.
- agate linesplural of agate line: A unit of advertising space that is one column wide and one agate (one fourteenth of an inch) deep.
- agate rulerSynonym of pica stick: A type of ruler used to measure by hand the spacing in prints, designs, mock-ups, and proofs.
- agate rulersplural of agate ruler: A type of ruler used to measure by hand the spacing in prints, designs, mock-ups, and proofs.
- agate snailA snail of species Achatina achatina.
- agate snailsplural of agate snail: A snail of species Achatina achatina.
Compound words 17
- agatyOf the nature of agate, or containing agate.
- agatineResembling, containing, or pertaining to agate.
- agatelikeResembling or characteristic of agate.
- agatewarePottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.
- agatiferousContaining or yielding agates.
- agatiformHaving the form of an agate; resembling an agate in appearance.
- agatizationThe formation of agate.
- agatewardAgate; on the way; agoing; (more strictly) towards a gate.
- runagateA deserter, renegade or apostate.
- agatewaresplural of agateware: Pottery decorated with a combination of contrastingly coloured clays, designed to resemble the layers of colour in an agate stone.