a person of Anglo-Saxon (especially British) descent whose native tongue is English and whose culture is strongly influenced by Englis…
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occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
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English prior to about 1100
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the West Germanic language of the Netherlands
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of th…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of th…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.of or pertaining to the ancient Teutons or their languages; "Teutonic peoples such as Germans and Scandinavians and British"; "Germani…
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to carry the Word to the heathen"
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.the standard German language; developed historically from West Germanic
Used in the same subject area: Word origins, Germanic origins.
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Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.Of, pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants differing from the lily family chiefly in having the ovary below the /etals. The…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted by germ plasm
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.a group of biological taxa or species that share features inherited from a common ancestor
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.The aggregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with reference to ability…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.The state or condition of being contagious, easily transmitted to others.; "Without factoring in the contagiousness of a disease, we w…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.To deprive of features; to mar the features of.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.Having features; formed into features.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.One of the imaginary granules or atoms which, according to Darwin's hypothesis of pangenesis, are continually being thrown off from ev…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a giv…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.a disease or disorder that is inherited genetically
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: occurring, members, family, heredity, inherited.
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