Factitious: alternatives and connections

To bring together; to collect into a mass or sum. "The aggregated soil."

A diffusible substance formed from albumin by the action of natural or artificial gastric juice. See Peptone.

The quality or appearance of being artificial; that which is artificial.

A man of any age who has not been married.

The unit of heat according to the French standard; the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, on…

Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.

Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the…

To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

A peddler or hawker, especially of cheap, flashy articles, as sham jewelry; hence, a sham or cheat.

Any large, rapacious bird of the Falcon family, esp. of the genera Aquila and Haliaeetus. The eagle is remarkable for strength, size,…

The condition or quality of being formal, strictly ceremonious, precise, etc.

A prescribed or set form; an established rule; a fixed or conventional method in which anything is to be done, arranged, or said.

To measure or determine with a gauge.

A compound ether (formed from glycerin). Some glycerides exist ready formed as natural fats, others are produced artificially.

Of or pertaining to the liver; as, hepatic artery; hepatic diseases.

A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar.

Indifferent to obligation or duty.