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Namely :: Namely (adv.) That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular or specific designation.

Toponomy :: Toponomy (n.) The designation of position and direction.

Appointment :: Appointment (n.) The act of appointing; designation of a person to hold an office or discharge a trust; as, he erred by the appointment of unsuitable men..

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

Designation :: Designation (n.) Use or application; import; intention; signification, as of a word or phrase..

Appointment :: Appointment (n.) The exercise of the power of designating (under a power of appointment) a person to enjoy an estate or other specific property; also, the instrument by which the designation is made..

Specification :: Specification (n.) The designation of particulars; particular mention; as, the specification of a charge against an officer..

Mikado :: Mikado (n.) The popular designation of the hereditary sovereign of Japan.

Designation :: Designation (n.) Selection and appointment for a purpose; allotment; direction.

Hydrosulphuric :: Hydrosulphuric (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, hydrogen and sulphur; as, hydrosulphuric acid, a designation applied to the solution of hydrogen sulphide in water..

Merchantable :: Merchantable (a.) Fit for market; such as is usually sold in market, or such as will bring the ordinary price; as, merchantable wheat; sometimes, a technical designation for a particular kind or class..

Solicitor :: Solicitor (n.) An attorney or advocate; one who represents another in court; -- formerly, in English practice, the professional designation of a person admitted to practice in a court of chancery or equity. See the Note under Attorney..

Homonymy :: Homonymy (n.) Sameness of name or designation of things or persons which are different; ambiguity.

Heteronym :: Heteronym (n.) That which is heteronymous; a thing having a different name or designation from some other thing; -- opposed to homonym.

Emblem :: Emblem (n.) A visible sign of an idea; an object, or the figure of an object, symbolizing and suggesting another object, or an idea, by natural aptness or by association; a figurative representation; a typical designation; a symbol; as, a balance is an emblem of justice; a scepter, the emblem of sovereignty or power; a circle, the emblem of eternity..

Substitution :: Substitution (n.) The designation of a person in a will to take a devise or legacy, either on failure of a former devisee or legatee by incapacity or unwillingness to accept, or after him..

Entitle :: Entitle (v. t.) To give a title to; to affix to as a name or appellation; hence, also, to dignify by an honorary designation; to denominate; to call; as, to entitle a book Commentaries; to entitle a man Honorable..

Organonymy :: Organonymy (n.) The designation or nomenclature of organs.

Appellation :: Appellation (n.) The word by which a particular person or thing is called and known; name; title; designation.

Designation :: Designation (n.) That which designates; a distinguishing mark or name; distinctive title; appellation.

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