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Attribute :: Attribute (n.) That which is attributed; a quality which is considered as belonging to, or inherent in, a person or thing; an essential or necessary property or characteristic..

Landlordism :: Landlordism (n.) The state of being a landlord; the characteristics of a landlord; specifically, in Great Britain, the relation of landlords to tenants, especially as regards leased agricultural lands..

Effeminate :: Effeminate (a.) Having some characteristic of a woman, as delicacy, luxuriousness, etc.; soft or delicate to an unmanly degree; womanish; weak..

Queenliness :: Queenliness (n.) The quality of being queenly; the; characteristic of a queen; stateliness; eminence among women in attractions or power.

Characteristically :: Characteristically (adv.) In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.

Collectivist :: Collectivist (a.) Relating to, or characteristic of, collectivism..

Glucoside :: Glucoside (n.) One of a large series of amorphous or crystalline substances, occurring very widely distributed in plants, rarely in animals, and regarded as influental agents in the formation and disposition of the sugars. They are frequently of a bitter taste, but, by the action of ferments, or of dilute acids and alkalies, always break down into some characteristic substance (acid, aldehyde, alcohol, phenole, or alkaloid) and glucose (or some other sugar); hence the name. They are of the natur

Mannerist :: Mannerist (n.) One addicted to mannerism; a person who, in action, bearing, or treatment, carries characteristic peculiarities to excess. See citation under Mannerism..

Jeffersonian :: "Jeffersonian (a.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, Thomas Jefferson or his policy or political doctrines..

Archimedes :: Archimedes (n.) An extinct genus of Bryzoa characteristic of the subcarboniferous rocks. Its form is that of a screw.

Hermaphroditical :: Hermaphroditical (a.) Partaking of the characteristics of both sexes; characterized by hermaphroditism.

Ichthyoidal :: Ichthyoidal (a.) Somewhat like a fish; having some of the characteristics of fishes; -- said of some amphibians.

Ghoulish :: Ghoulish (a.) Characteristic of a ghoul; vampirelike; hyenalike.

Xylyl :: Xylyl (n.) Any one of three metameric radicals which are characteristic respectively of the three xylenes.

Blank :: Blank (a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness..

Unity :: Unity (n.) The peculiar characteristics of an estate held by several in joint tenancy.

Ortho- :: Ortho- () Connection with, or affinity to, one variety of isomerism, characteristic of the benzene compounds; -- contrasted with meta- or para-; as, the ortho position; hence, designating any substance showing such isomerism; as, an ortho compound..

Vanillin :: Vanillin (n.) A white crystalline aldehyde having a burning taste and characteristic odor of vanilla. It is extracted from vanilla pods, and is also obtained by the decomposition of coniferin, and by the oxidation of eugenol..

Anglo-saxonism :: Anglo-Saxonism (n.) A characteristic of the Anglo-Saxon race; especially, a word or an idiom of the Anglo-Saxon tongue..

Form :: Form (n.) The peculiar characteristics of an organism as a type of others; also, the structure of the parts of an animal or plant..

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