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Odd :: Odd (superl.) Different from what is usual or common; unusual; singular; peculiar; unique; strange.

Featurely :: Featurely (a.) Having features; showing marked peculiarities; handsome.

Seedy :: Seedy (superl.) Having a peculiar flavor supposed to be derived from the weeds growing among the vines; -- said of certain kinds of French brandy.

Particular :: Particular (a.) Of or pertaining to a single person, class, or thing; belonging to one only; not general; not common; hence, personal; peculiar; singular..

Chinese :: Chinese (a.) Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China.

Hackle :: Hackle (n.) One of the peculiar, long, narrow feathers on the neck of fowls, most noticeable on the cock, -- often used in making artificial flies; hence, any feather so used..

Alkali :: Alkali (n.) One of a class of caustic bases, such as soda, potash, ammonia, and lithia, whose distinguishing peculiarities are solubility in alcohol and water, uniting with oils and fats to form soap, neutralizing and forming salts with acids, turning to brown several vegetable yellows, and changing reddened litmus to blue..

Idiomatical :: Idiomatical (a.) Of or pertaining to, or conforming to, the mode of expression peculiar to a language; as, an idiomatic meaning; an idiomatic phrase..

Bob :: Bob (n.) A peculiar mode of ringing changes on bells.

Endemical :: Endemical (a.) Peculiar to a district or particular locality, or class of persons; as, an endemic disease..

Pseudorhabdite :: Pseudorhabdite (n.) One of the peculiar rodlike corpuscles found in the integument of certain Turbellaria. They are filled with a soft granular substance.

Private :: Private (a.) Belonging to, or concerning, an individual person, company, or interest; peculiar to one's self; unconnected with others; personal; one's own; not public; not general; separate; as, a man's private opinion; private property; a private purse; private expenses or interests; a private secretary..

Rabbinism :: Rabbinism (n.) A rabbinic expression or phraseology; a peculiarity of the language of the rabbins.

Paxillus :: Paxillus (n.) One of a peculiar kind of spines covering the surface of certain starfishes. They are pillarlike, with a flattened summit which is covered with minute spinules or granules. See Illustration in Appendix..

Cicada :: Cicada (n.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by peculiar organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada..

Autumnal :: Autumnal (a.) Of, belonging to, or peculiar to, autumn; as, an autumnal tint; produced or gathered in autumn; as, autumnal fruits; flowering in autumn; as, an autumnal plant..

Spinner :: Spinner (n.) A goatsucker; -- so called from the peculiar noise it makes when darting through the air.

Englishism :: Englishism (n.) A form of expression peculiar to the English language as spoken in England; an Anglicism.

Quakerism :: Quakerism (n.) The peculiar character, manners, tenets, etc., of the Quakers..

Peculiar :: Peculiar (a.) One's own; belonging solely or especially to an individual; not possessed by others; of private, personal, or characteristic possession and use; not owned in common or in participation..

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