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| Briticism |
a word, phrase, or idiom characteristic of or belonging exclusively to the English language as used in Great Britain. |
| Britishism |
any quality, custom, or manner characteristic of the British people. [1/2 definitions] |
| brute |
of, concerning, or characteristic of an animal. [1/5 definitions] |
| bullish |
of, concerning, or characteristic of a booming economy or stock market or a person who expects it to be so. [1/3 definitions] |
| Byzantine |
of, pertaining to, or resembling the style of architecture or decorative art that is characteristic of the Byzantine Empire. [1/3 definitions] |
| Cantonese |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Guangzhou or its people, culture, language, or the like. [1/3 definitions] |
| capability |
the characteristic of being qualified or able; capacity. [1/3 definitions] |
| capillary |
in physics, pertaining to or characteristic of capillarity. [1/6 definitions] |
| capitalistic |
pertaining to or characteristic of capitalists or capitalism. [1/2 definitions] |
| Caucasian |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a light-skinned person of European origin. [2/7 definitions] |
| Caucasoid |
(outdated; no longer in scientific use) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of members of a human racial group originating in Europe, North Africa, western Asia, and India, generally characterized by fair to brown skin and straight to curly hair of any color. [1/2 definitions] |
| chthonic |
of, pertaining, or characteristic of the underworld. |
| civilization |
the culture and achievements characteristic of a society that has reached such a level of development. [1/6 definitions] |
| clannish |
characteristic of a clan. [1/2 definitions] |
| classic |
typical or characteristic. [1/10 definitions] |
| cloven hoof |
a hoof or foot divided into two parts by a cleft, characteristic of deer, sheep, and goats; cloven foot. [1/2 definitions] |
| cockney |
the characteristic manner of speaking or dialect of cockneys. [1/3 definitions] |
| cockneyism |
an idiom, expression, pronunciation, or quality that is characteristic of cockneys. |
| cohort |
a group of people connected by some factor, often a shared demographic characteristic. [1/3 definitions] |
| colloquial |
characteristic of or suited to informal or familiar conversation or to writing that is imitative of conversational tone. [1/2 definitions] |
| colloquialism |
a colloquial or informal word or phrase, sometimes characteristic of a particular region. |
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