1) Moresque. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Characteristic of Moorish art or architecture. An ornament or a decoration in Moorish style. French, from Old French, from Spanish Morisco, Morisco. See Morisco.... 2) grandfatherly. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...1. Characteristic of or befitting a grandfather. 2. Having the qualities of a grandfather.... 3) patented. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...1. Characteristic of, unique to, or originated by a particular person or group: Throughout the campaign, the candidate refuted his rival's criticisms with a series... 4) pathognomonic. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...Characteristic or symptomatic of a particular disease or condition. Greek pathognomonikos : patho-, patho- + gnomonikos, able to judge (from gnomon, interpreter;... 5) comic. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...1. Characteristic of or having to do with comedy. 2. Of or relating to comic strips. 3. Amusing; humorous: a comic situation involving the family's pets. 1a. A comedian.... 6) preadaptation. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...A characteristic evolved by an ancestral species or population that serves an adaptive though different function in a descendant species or population.... 7) grandmotherly. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000. ...1. Characteristic of or befitting a grandmother. 2. Having the qualities of a grandmother.... 8) Atticism. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...1. A characteristic feature of Attic Greek. 2. atticism An expression characterized by conciseness and elegance.... 9) lupine 2. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...1. Characteristic of or resembling a wolf. 2. Rapacious; ravenous. French, from Latin lupnus, from lupus, wolf. See wkwo- in Appendix I.... 10) gynecoid. The American HeritageŽ Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000. ...Characteristic of a woman.... |