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Charactery :: Charactery (n.) The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.

Costume :: Costume (n.) Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period..

Peculiarity :: Peculiarity (n.) That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.

Vowel :: Vowel (n.) A vocal, or sometimes a whispered, sound modified by resonance in the oral passage, the peculiar resonance in each case giving to each several vowel its distinctive character or quality as a sound of speech; -- distinguished from a consonant in that the latter, whether made with or without vocality, derives its character in every case from some kind of obstructive action by the mouth organs. Also, a letter or character which represents such a sound. See Guide to Pronunciation, // 5, 1

Contradistinctive :: Contradistinctive (a.) having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast.

Name :: Name (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.

Characterize :: Characterize (v. t.) To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.

Individual :: Individual (a.) Of or pertaining to one only; peculiar to, or characteristic of, a single person or thing; distinctive; as, individual traits of character; individual exertions; individual peculiarities..

Character :: Character (n.) A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol..

Colt :: Colt (n.) The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal..

Brother :: Brother (n.) One who, or that which, resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character..

Undistinctive :: Undistinctive (a.) Making no distinctions; not discriminating; impartial.

Quiddity :: Quiddity (n.) The essence, nature, or distinctive peculiarity, of a thing; that which answers the question, Quid est? or, What is it?.

Reader :: Reader (n.) One whose distinctive office is to read prayers in a church.

Chancellor :: Chancellor (n.) A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction..

Name :: Name (n.) The title by which any person or thing is known or designated; a distinctive specific appellation, whether of an individual or a class..

Racy :: Racy (superl.) Hence: Exciting to the mental taste by a strong or distinctive character of thought or language; peculiar and piquant; fresh and lively.

Quality :: Quality (n.) That which makes, or helps to make, anything such as it is; anything belonging to a subject, or predicable of it; distinguishing property, characteristic, or attribute; peculiar power, capacity, or virtue; distinctive trait; as, the tones of a flute differ from those of a violin in quality; the great quality of a statesman..

Canonicals :: Canonicals (n. pl.) The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when officiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress..

Lineament :: Lineament (n.) One of the outlines, exterior features, or distinctive marks, of a body or figure, particularly of the face; feature; form; mark; -- usually in the plural..

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