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AGM-65 Maverick
AGM-65 Maverick (小牛): American fire-and-forget tactical air-to-surface guided missile (1972) with TV, imaging-infrared, or laser seekers and 125 lb shaped-charge or 300 lb penetrator warheads; over 75,000 built, used by 33+ nations for close air support and anti-armor strikes.
AGM-69 SRAM
The AGM-69 SRAM, or Short-Range Attack Missile, was a supersonic nuclear air-to-surface missile built by Boeing for B-52, FB-111, and B-1B bombers, deployed from 1972.
AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile
The AGM-84E Standoff Land Attack Missile (SLAM) is a US Navy air-launched precision land-attack cruise missile derived from the Harpoon, first used in combat in the 1991 Gulf War.
AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER
The AGM-84H/K SLAM-ER (Standoff Land Attack Missile-Expanded Response) is an American air-launched cruise missile derived from the Harpoon, used by the Navy from October 2001 in Afghanistan.
AGM-86 ALCM
The AGM-86 ALCM (Air-Launched Cruise Missile) is an American subsonic, air-launched cruise missile built by Boeing and carried by B-52 bombers; its nuclear AGM-86B variant has served since 1982.
AGM-88 HARM
The AGM-88 HARM (High-speed Anti-Radiation Missile) is an American supersonic air-to-surface missile that destroys enemy air defense radars by homing on their emissions, fielded since 1983.
AGM-88J SiAW
The AGM-88J SiAW (Stand-in Attack Weapon) is a supersonic air-to-ground missile by Northrop Grumman for the US Air Force, designated in 2024 to strike rapidly relocatable targets.
Agmark
Agmark is India's voluntary certification mark for graded agricultural produce, administered by the Directorate of Marketing and Inspection under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking) Act, 1937. Distinct from FSSAI food safety and BIS ISI marks; Certificate of Authorisation, CAL Nagpur and Regional Agmark Laboratories.
Agmatinase
Agmatinase (agmatine ureohydrolase, AUH, EC 3.5.3.11, speB) is a manganese-dependent arginase-family enzyme hydrolyzing agmatine to putrescine and urea; the human AGMAT ortholog's activity is debated.
Agmatine
Agmatine (decarboxylated arginine, CAS 306-60-5) is an endogenous cationic amine made from L-arginine by arginine decarboxylase; discovered by Kossel in 1910, rediscovered in 1994 as a clonidine-displacing substance, it modulates imidazoline, α2-adrenergic, and NMDA receptors and nitric oxide synthase, with studied roles in neuropathic pain, mood, and cardiovascular regulation.
AGN feedback
AGN feedback is the process by which energy and jets from an active supermassive black hole heat or eject gas in its host galaxy, quenching star formation.
Agnar Helgason
Agnar Helgason, born in Reykjavík in 1968, is an Icelandic population geneticist at deCODE Genetics and the University of Iceland who studies Icelandic genetic history.
Agnar Sandmo
Agnar Sandmo (1938–2019) was a Norwegian economist at the Norwegian School of Economics in Bergen, known for work in public economics on taxation under uncertainty, tax evasion, and environmental policy.
Agnatavasam
Agnatavasam (Ajnathavasam, അജ്ഞാതവാസം) is an 1890 Malayalam play by Kuttykunju Thankachi, widely considered the first Malayalam play by a woman, on the Pandavas' year in disguise.
Agnatha
Agnatha, jawless vertebrates including lampreys and hagfishes plus extinct ostracoderms and conodonts; only vertebrates without jaws, with cartilage skeletons, retained notochords, Cambrian origins, and Devonian decline.
Agnéby
Agnéby: river, former region, and name of Agboville in southern Côte d'Ivoire; today the Agnéby-Tiassa region (created 2011, capital Agboville), 865,951 inhabitants in 2021, agricultural economy.
Agnéby-Tiassa
Agnéby-Tiassa, administrative region of southern Côte d'Ivoire, capital Agboville; four departments (Agboville, Tiassalé, Sikensi, Taabo), 9,080 km², 865,951 people (RGPH 2021), Taabo dam supplying 35% of national electricity.
Agneepath (अग्निपथ) (1990 film)
Agneepath (अग्निपथ, "The Path of Fire") is Mukul S. Anand's 1990 Hindi crime drama starring Amitabh Bachchan as Vijay Dinanath Chavan, produced by Yash Johar. It flopped on release, won Bachchan the National Film Award for Best Actor, became a cult classic, and was remade in 2012.
Agneepath (अग्निपथ) (2012 film)
Agneepath (अग्निपथ; "Path of Fire") is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language action drama directed by Karan Malhotra, a remake of the 1990 film of the same name.
Agnel Sfeir
Agnel Sfeir is a chromosome biologist who holds the PaineWebber Chair in Cancer Genetics at the Sloan Kettering Institute, studying telomeres, DNA repair, and mitochondrial genome stability.
Agnelli family
The Agnelli family is an Italian industrial dynasty that has controlled Fiat since Giovanni Agnelli founded the carmaker in 1899, now holding Stellantis, Ferrari, and Juventus through Exor.
Agner Krarup Erlang
Agner Krarup Erlang (1878–1929) was a Danish mathematician and engineer who founded queueing theory while working for the Copenhagen Telephone Company from 1908 until his death.
Agnes B. Fogo
Agnes B. Fogo, also published as Agnes Fogo, is an American nephropathologist at Vanderbilt University Medical Center who co-authored the lupus nephritis and FSGS classification systems.
Agnes Binagwaho
Agnes Binagwaho is a Rwandan pediatrician who served as Rwanda's Minister of Health from 2011 to 2016, led its National AIDS Control Commission, and co-founded the University of Global Health Equity.
Agnes Bruckner
Agnes Bruckner (born 1985, Hollywood) is an American actress and former child model, not to be confused with German namesakes. Known for Blue Car (Independent Spirit nomination), The Bold and the Beautiful, and the Lifetime biopic Anna Nicole (2013).
Agnes Chow (周庭)
Agnes Chow Ting (周庭, born 1996) is a Hong Kong pro-democracy activist, Scholarism spokesperson, Demosistō co-founder, jailed 10 months in 2020 over the 2019 protests, who left for Canada in 2023 while on bail under the national security law; distinct from other people named Agnes Chow.
Agnes de Mille
Agnes de Mille (1905–1993), American dancer and choreographer; created Rodeo and the Oklahoma! Dream Ballet, choreographed Carousel and Brigadoon, founded the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.
Ágnes Forsthoffer
Ágnes Forsthoffer (Forsthoffer Ágnes, born 1980) is a Hungarian Tisza Party politician, Speaker of the National Assembly since 9 May 2026 and acting president in July 2026; former Balatonfüred hotel owner.
Agnes Geraghty
Agnes Geraghty (Agnes McAndrews), American breaststroke swimmer of the Women's Swimming Association, New York; 1924 Olympic silver medalist in the 200 m breaststroke (3:34.0) behind Lucy Morton, 1928 Olympian, and world breaststroke record holder.
Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey is the debut novel of Anne Brontë, published under the pseudonym Acton Bell in December 1847, drawing on her own years as a governess for two upper-middle-class families.