| second nature | acquired behavior that is practiced so long it seems innate |
character printer
character-at-a-time printer
serial printer | a printer that prints a single character at a time |
| human nature | the shared psychological attributes of humankind that are assumed to be shared by all human beings, a great observer of human nature |
| character | (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes |
| unit character | (genetics) a character inherited on an all-or-none basis and dependent on the presence of a single gene |
character fiber
fibre | the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions, education has for its object the formation of character- Herbert Spencer |
| nature | the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions, it is his nature to help others |
animality
animal nature | the physical (or animal) side of a person as opposed to the spirit or intellect |
| good nature | a cheerful, obliging disposition |
| ill nature | a disagreeable, irritable, or malevolent disposition |
| nature | the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized, it is the nature of fire to burn, the true nature of jealousy |
sex characteristic
sexual characteristic
sex character | those characteristics (both anatomical and psychological) that are strongly associated with one sex relative to the other |
primary sex characteristic
primary sexual characteristic
primary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics bound up with reproduction (genitals and organs of reproduction) |
secondary sex characteristic
secondary sexual characteristic
secondary sex character | the genetically determined sex characteristics that are not functionally necessary for reproduction (pitch of the voice and body hair and musculature) |
| nature study | the study of animals and plants in the natural world (usually at an elementary level) |
| nature | a particular type of thing, problems of this type are very difficult to solve, he's interested in trains and things of that nature, matters of a personal nature |
quality
character
lineament | a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something, each town has a quality all its own, the radical character of our demands |
| law law of nature | a generalization that describes recurring facts or events in nature, the laws of thermodynamics |
character role
theatrical role
part persona | an actor's portrayal of someone in a play, she played the part of Desdemona |
| nature worship | a system of religion that deifies and worships natural forces and phenomena |
| ASCII character set | (computer science) characters that make up the ASCII coding scheme, the ASCII character set is the most universal character coding set |
| character set | an ordered list of characters that are used together in writing or printing |
| character reference character reference | a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability, requests for character references are all too often answered evasively |
character assassination
assassination blackwash | an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation |
character
grapheme
graphic symbol | a written symbol that is used to represent speech, the Greek alphabet has characters |
| check character | a character that is added to the end of a block of transmitted data and used to check the accuracy of the transmission |
| ASCII character | any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers |
control character
ASCII control character | ASCII characters to indicate carriage return or tab or backspace, typed by depressing a key and the control key at the same time |
| backspace character | a control character that indicates moving a space to the left |
letter letter of the alphabet
alphabetic character | the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech, his grandmother taught him his letters |
| nature | the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc., they tried to preserve nature as they found it |
| nature | a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe, the laws of nature, nature has seen to it that men are stronger than women |
fictional character
fictitious character
character | an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story), she is the main character in the novel |
character
eccentric type
case | a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities), a real character, a strange character, a friendly eccentric, the capable type, a mental case |
| character actor | an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles |
| character witness | a witness who testifies under oath as to the good reputation of another person in the community where that person lives |
wild
natural state
state of nature | a wild primitive state untouched by civilization, he lived in the wild, they collected mushrooms in the wild |
| character | good repute, he is a man of character |
| character | engrave or inscribe characters on |
like
similar | resembling or similar, having the same or some of the same characteristics, often used in combination, suits of like design, a limited circle of like minds, members of the cat family have like dispositions, as like as two peas in a pod, doglike devotion, a dreamlike quality |
alike(p)
similar like | having the same or similar characteristics, all politicians are alike, they looked utterly alike, friends are generally alike in background and taste |
exchangeable
interchangeable
similar
standardized
standardised | capable of replacing or changing places with something else, permitting mutual substitution without loss of function or suitability, interchangeable electric outlets interchangeable parts |
| similar | marked by correspondence or resemblance, similar food at similar prices, problems similar to mine, they wore similar coats |
| similar | (of words) expressing closely related meanings |
in kind
in a similar way | with something of the same kind, she pays him back in kind |
| naturally by nature | through inherent nature, he was naturally lazy |