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Minus :: Minus (a.) Less; requiring to be subtracted; negative; as, a minus quantity..

Negative :: Negative (n.) That side of a question which denies or refuses, or which is taken by an opposing or denying party; the relation or position of denial or opposition; as, the question was decided in the negative..

Veto :: Veto (v. t.) To prohibit; to negative; also, to refuse assent to, as a legislative bill, and thus prevent its enactment; as, to veto an appropriation bill..

Plus :: Plus (a.) More, required to be added; positive, as distinguished from negative; -- opposed to minus..

Creep :: Creep (v. t.) To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep..

Whit :: Whit (n.) The smallest part or particle imaginable; a bit; a jot; an iota; -- generally used in an adverbial phrase in a negative sentence.

Metalloid :: Metalloid (a.) Having the properties of a nonmetal; nonmetallic; acid; negative.

Veto :: Veto (n.) An authoritative prohibition or negative; a forbidding; an interdiction.

Positive :: Positive (a.) Hence, basic; metallic; not acid; -- opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals..

Negative :: Negative (a.) Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing assent; as, a negative answer; a negative opinion; -- opposed to affirmative..

Pseudosphere :: Pseudosphere (n.) The surface of constant negative curvature generated by the revolution of a tractrix. This surface corresponds in non-Euclidian space to the sphere in ordinary space. An important property of the surface is that any figure drawn upon it can be displaced in any way without tearing it or altering in size any of its elements.

Negatived :: Negatived (imp. & p. p.) of Negativ.

Sufferance :: Sufferance (n.) Negative consent by not forbidding or hindering; toleration; permission; allowance; leave.

Subtrahend :: Subtractive (a.) Having the negative sign, or sign minus..

Particular :: Particular (a.) Forming a part of a genus; relatively limited in extension; affirmed or denied of a part of a subject; as, a particular proposition; -- opposed to universal: e. g. (particular affirmative) Some men are wise; (particular negative) Some men are not wise..

Abnegative :: Abnegative (a.) Denying; renouncing; negative.

Sulphionide :: Sulphion (n.) A hypothetical radical, SO4, regarded as forming the acid or negative constituent of sulphuric acid and the sulphates in electrolytic decomposition; -- so called in accordance with the binary theory of salts..

#NAME? :: -ide () A suffix used to denote: (a) The nonmetallic, or negative, element or radical in a binary compound; as, oxide, sulphide, chloride. (b) A compound which is an anhydride; as, glycolide, phthalide. (c) Any one of a series of derivatives; as, indogenide, glucoside, etc..

Negative :: Negative (v. t.) To prove unreal or intrue; to disprove.

Electro-negative :: Electro-negative (a.) Negative; nonmetallic; acid; -- opposed to positive, metallic, or basic..

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