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Characterized by the presence of thin parallel strata, or layers, as in an agate.

Characterized by harshness; grating; shrill. "A strident voice." Thackeray.

Given to, or characterized by, silly talk; babbling. -- Stul*til"o*quent*ly, adv.

Characterized by physical strength or force; strong; lusty; violent; as, a sturdy lout. How bowed the woods beneath their sturdy stroke! Gray.

e Carboniferous formations underlying the proper coal measures. It was a marine formation characterized in general by beds of limestone. -- n.

distinct than speciesusually are, but based on characters more important than those which characterize ordinary varieties; often, a geographical variety or race.

Characterized by nicety of discrimination; discerning; delicate; refined; subtle. [In this sense now commonly written subtle.] The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtile, without being at all acute; hence there is so much humor and so little wit in their literature. The genius of the Italians, on the contr…

Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle proce…

Characterized by a shaking motion, especially an up and down movement, and not merely tremulous oscillation; as, the succussive motion in earthquakes.

untries of Europe, but particularly in England, in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, characterized by profuse sweating. Death often occured in a few hours.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, or living in, a state of symbiosis. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al (#), a. -- Sym`bi*ot"ic*al*ly (#), adv.

Characterized by the use of symbols; as, symbolistic poetry.

Pertaining to a symbology; versed in, or characterized by, symbology.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, syncretism; as, a syncretistic mixture of the service of Jehovah and the worship of idols.

Synthetic, or Synthetical language, an inflectional language, or one characterized by grammatical endings; -- opposed to analytic language. R. Morris.

Full of tact; characterized by a discerning sense of what is right, proper, or judicious.

A difficult dance in two-four time characterized by graceful posturing, frequent pointing positions, and a great variety of steps, including the cross step and turning steps. The dance is of Spanish origin, and is believed to have been in its original form a part of the fandango.

on of the acid. It crystallizes in colorless, regular six-sided prisms, and is especially characterized by containing both nitrogen and sulphur, being chemically amido- isethionic acid, C

Relating to, or characterized by, tautomerism.

Pertaining to, or characterized by, tautophony; repeating the same sound.