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Denominative :: Denominative (a.) Derived from a substantive or an adjective; as, a denominative verb..

Substantively :: Substantive (v. t.) To substantivize.

Drinkable :: Drinkable (a.) Capable of being drunk; suitable for drink; potable. Macaulay. Also used substantively, esp. in the plural..

Whatever :: Whatever (pron.) Anything soever which; the thing or things of any kind; being this or that; of one nature or another; one thing or another; anything that may be; all that; the whole that; all particulars that; -- used both substantively and adjectively.

Substantive :: Substantive (n.) A noun or name; the part of speech which designates something that exists, or some object of thought, either material or immaterial; as, the words man, horse, city, goodness, excellence, are substantives..

Pronominalize :: Pronominalize (v. t.) To give the effect of a pronoun to; as, to pronominalize the substantives person, people, etc..

She :: She (obj.) A woman; a female; -- used substantively.

Noun :: Noun (n.) A word used as the designation or appellation of a creature or thing, existing in fact or in thought; a substantive..

Are :: Are () The present indicative plural of the substantive verb to be; but etymologically a different word from be, or was. Am, art, are, and is, all come from the root as..

Hate :: Hate (n.) To be very unwilling; followed by an infinitive, or a substantive clause with that; as, to hate to get into debt; to hate that anything should be wasted..

Substantivize :: Substantiveness (n.) The quality or state of being substantive.

Substantive :: Substantive (a.) Betokening or expressing existence; as, the substantive verb, that is, the verb to be..

It :: It (pron.) As an indefinite object after some intransitive verbs, or after a substantive used humorously as a verb; as, to foot it (i. e., to walk)..

Adjective :: Adjective (n.) Added to a substantive as an attribute; of the nature of an adjunct; as, an adjective word or sentence..

Who :: Who (object.) Originally, an interrogative pronoun, later, a relative pronoun also; -- used always substantively, and either as singular or plural. See the Note under What, pron., 1. As interrogative pronouns, who and whom ask the question: What or which person or persons? Who and whom, as relative pronouns (in the sense of that), are properly used of persons (corresponding to which, as applied to things), but are sometimes, less properly and now rarely, used of animals, plants, etc. Who and who

A :: A (prep.) In process of; in the act of; into; to; -- used with verbal substantives in -ing which begin with a consonant. This is a shortened form of the preposition an (which was used before the vowel sound); as in a hunting, a building, a begging..

Divers :: Divers (a.) Several; sundry; various; more than one, but not a great number; as, divers philosophers. Also used substantively or pronominally..

Some :: Some (a.) About; near; more or less; -- used commonly with numerals, but formerly also with a singular substantive of time or distance; as, a village of some eighty houses; some two or three persons; some hour hence..

Dozen :: Dozen (n.) A collection of twelve objects; a tale or set of twelve; with or without of before the substantive which follows.

Art :: Art () The second person singular, indicative mode, present tense, of the substantive verb Be; but formed after the analogy of the plural are, with the ending -t, as in thou shalt, wilt, orig. an ending of the second person sing. pret. Cf. Be. Now used only in solemn or poetical style..

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