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- Characteristic - a. - Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
- Characteristic - n. - A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized.
- Characteristic - n. - The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.
- Characteristical - a. - Characteristic.
- Characteristically - adv. - In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.
- Melody - n. - A rhythmical succession of single tones, ranging for the most part within a given key, and so related together as to form a musical whole, having the unity of what is technically called a musical thought, at once pleasing to the ear and characteristic in expression.
- Laconical - a. - Laconian; characteristic of, or like, the Spartans; hence, stern or severe; cruel; unflinching.
- Maclurea - n. - A genus of spiral gastropod shells, often of large size, characteristic of the lower Silurian rocks.
- Inquisitional - a. - Relating to inquiry or inquisition; inquisitorial; also, of or pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Inquisition.
- Crow - v. i. - To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance.
- Phosphorus - n. - A poisonous nonmetallic element of the nitrogen group, obtained as a white, or yellowish, translucent waxy substance, having a characteristic disagreeable smell. It is very active chemically, must be preserved under water, and unites with oxygen even at ordinary temperatures, giving a faint glow, -- whence its name. It always occurs compined, usually in phosphates, as in the mineral apatite, in bones, etc. It is used in the composition on the tips of friction matches, and for many other purposes. The molecule contains four atoms. Symbol P. Atomic weight 31.0.
- Operatical - a. - Of or pertaining to the opera or to operas; characteristic of, or resembling, the opera.
- Aldermanic - a. - Relating to, becoming to, or like, an alderman; characteristic of an alderman.
- Type - n. - That which possesses or exemplifies characteristic qualities; the representative.
- Characterize - v. t. - To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of.
- Demoniacal - a. - Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a demon or evil spirit; devilish; as, a demoniac being; demoniacal practices.
- Trigonia - n. - A genus of pearly bivalve shells, numerous extinct species of which are characteristic of the Mesozoic rocks. A few living species exist on the coast of Australia.
- Brutism - n. - The nature or characteristic qualities or actions of a brute; extreme stupidity, or beastly vulgarity.
- Midnight - a. - Being in, or characteristic of, the middle of the night; as, midnight studies; midnight gloom.
- Heathenish - a. - Of or pertaining to the heathen; resembling or characteristic of heathens.
- Bohemianism - n. - The characteristic conduct or methods of a Bohemian.
- Tropical - n. - Of or pertaining to the tropics; characteristic of, or incident to, the tropics; being within the tropics; as, tropical climate; tropical latitudes; tropical heat; tropical diseases.
- Paragonite - n. - A kind of mica related to muscovite, but containing soda instead of potash. It is characteristic of the paragonite schist of the Alps.
- Heroism - n. - The qualities characteristic of a hero, as courage, bravery, fortitude, unselfishness, etc.; the display of such qualities.
- -yl - - A suffix used as a characteristic termination of chemical radicals; as in ethyl, carbonyl, hydroxyl, etc.
- Unorganized - a. - Not organized; being without organic structure; specifically (Biol.), not having the different tissues and organs characteristic of living organisms, nor the power of growth and development; as, the unorganized ferments. See the Note under Ferment, n., 1.
- Knavish - a. - Like or characteristic of a knave; given to knavery; trickish; fraudulent; dishonest; villainous; as, a knavish fellow, or a knavish trick.
- Philanthropistic - a. - Pertaining to, or characteristic of, a philanthropist.
- Aristocratical - a. - Partaking of aristocracy; befitting aristocracy; characteristic of, or originating with, the aristocracy; as, an aristocratic measure; aristocratic pride or manners.
- Uroerythrin - n. - A reddish urinary pigment, considered as the substance which gives to the urine of rheumatism its characteristic color. It also causes the red color often seen in deposits of urates.
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