Word Meanings - XENYL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The radical characteristic of xenylic compounds.

CHARACTERISTIC
Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive. Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.
XENYLIC
Pertaining to, derived from, designating, certain amido compounds obtained by reducing certain nitro derivatives of diphenyl.
RADICALNESS
Quality or state of being radical.
RADICAL
Relating, or belonging, to the root, or ultimate source of derivation; as, a radical verbal form. (more info) 1. Of or pertaining to the root; proceeding directly from the root. 2. Hence: Of or pertaining to the root or origin; reaching to the
RADICALLY
1. In a radical manner; at, or from, the origin or root; fundamentally; as, a scheme or system radically wrong or defective. 2. Without derivation; primitively; essentially. These great orbs thus radically bright. Prior.
CHARACTERISTICALLY
In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.
RADICALISM
The quality or state of being radical; specifically, the doctrines or principles of radicals in politics or social reform. Radicalism means root work; the uprooting of all falsehoods and abuses. F. W. Robertson.
CHARACTERISTICAL
Characteristic.
RADICALITY
1. Germinal principle; source; origination. Sir T. Browne. 2. Radicalness; relation to root in essential to a root in essential nature or principle.
SPORADICAL
Sporadic.
EQUIRADICAL
Equally radical. Coleridge.
SPORADICALLY
In a sporadic manner.