Definition of distinctive

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Distinctive (a.) Marking or expressing distinction or difference; distinguishing; characteristic; peculiar.

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Characterize :: Characterize (v. t.) To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.
Sexual :: Sexual (a.) Of or pertaining to sex, or the sexes; distinguishing sex; peculiar to the distinction and office of male or female; relating to the distinctive genital organs of the sexes; proceeding from, or based upon, sex; as, sexual characteristics; sexual intercourse, connection, or commerce; sexual desire; sexual diseases; sexual generation..
Phonography :: Phonography (n.) A representation of sounds by distinctive characters; commonly, a system of shorthand writing invented by Isaac Pitman, or a modification of his system, much used by reporters..
Contradistinctive :: Contradistinctive (a.) having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast.
Peculiarity :: Peculiarity (n.) That which is peculiar; a special and distinctive characteristic or habit; particularity.
Horizon :: Horizon (n.) A plane passing through the eye of the spectator and at right angles to the vertical at a given place; a plane tangent to the earth's surface at that place; called distinctively the sensible horizon.
Colt :: Colt (n.) The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal..
Discriminative :: Discriminative (a.) Marking a difference; distinguishing; distinctive; characteristic.
Particularity :: Particularity (n.) The state or quality of being particular; distinctiveness; circumstantiality; minuteness in detail.
Distinctiveness :: Distinctiveness (n.) State of being distinctive.
Distinctively :: Distinctively (adv.) With distinction; plainly.
Man :: Man (n.) One possessing in a high degree the distinctive qualities of manhood; one having manly excellence of any kind.
Note :: Note (n.) A mark or token by which a thing may be known; a visible sign; a character; a distinctive mark or feature; a characteristic quality.
Name :: Name (n.) To give a distinctive name or appellation to; to entitle; to denominate; to style; to call.
Featureless :: Featureless (a.) Having no distinct or distinctive features.
Reaction :: Reaction (n.) The mutual or reciprocal action of chemical agents upon each other, or the action upon such chemical agents of some form of energy, as heat, light, or electricity, resulting in a chemical change in one or more of these agents, with the production of new compounds or the manifestation of distinctive characters. See Blowpipe reaction, Flame reaction, under Blowpipe, and Flame..
Distinctive :: Distinctive (a.) Having the power to distinguish and discern; discriminating.
Flagship :: Flagship (n.) The vessel which carries the commanding officer of a fleet or squadron and flies his distinctive flag or pennant.
Designate :: Designate (v. t.) To call by a distinctive title; to name.
Badge :: Badge (n.) A distinctive mark, token, sign, or cognizance, worn on the person; as, the badge of a society; the badge of a policeman..
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