Arabian |
of, having to do with, or characteristic of Arabia or its desert climate. [1/3 definitions] |
associative property |
in addition and multiplication, the characteristic that allows you to add or multiply a group of numbers in any order and get the same answer. For example, in multiplication, (5 x 2) x 7 is equal to (7 x 2) x 5. |
attribute |
a characteristic or quality. [1/3 definitions] |
characteristic |
A characteristic is something that makes a person or thing different from others. The color of your eyes is one characteristic that makes you different from many other people in the world. The color of your hair and your height are also characteristics that make you different. Groups also have characteristics that make them different from other groups. A characteristic of fish, for example, is that they live in water. A characteristic of spiders is that they have eight legs. [3 definitions] |
cruelty |
the state or characteristic of being cruel. [1/2 definitions] |
cry |
to make a sound or call characteristic of an animal. [1/6 definitions] |
distributive property |
in mathematics, a characteristic of numbers that allows you to multiply a group of numbers and get the same answer you would get if you multiplied each member of the group and then combined the answers. For example, 4 x (8 + 1 + 5) is equal to (4 x 8) + (4 x 1) + (4 x 5). |
gene |
a tiny section of a chromosome. A gene causes a particular characteristic, such as eye color or hair color, to be passed on from parent to offspring. |
gourmet |
characteristic of or suited to the taste of someone who values very fine food and drink. [1/2 definitions] |
inflection |
change that occurs in the form of words to show a grammatical characteristic such as the tense of a verb, the number of a noun, or the degree of an adjective or adverb. [1/3 definitions] |
national |
specific to or characteristic of one particular nation. [1/2 definitions] |
oddity |
the state or characteristic of being strange. [1/2 definitions] |
parental |
of, relating to, or characteristic of a parent or parents. |
phonetic |
characteristic of the speech sounds of human language. [1/2 definitions] |
property |
a quality that something is known by; characteristic. [1/3 definitions] |
soapy |
characteristic of or like soap. [1/2 definitions] |
style |
the collection of unique features that is characteristic of something. [1/5 definitions] |
trait |
a characteristic or quality that makes a person or animal different from others. |
tropical |
of, having to do with, characteristic of, or happening near the equator. |
typical |
characteristic or usual. [1/2 definitions] |
universal |
of, having to do with, or characteristic of the whole world or the world's population. [1/2 definitions] |