His peculiarity is fondness for aphorism and repetition. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible] Reference
That peculiarity is their own; it is their mode of expression. From Wordnik.com. [CHAPTER 12] Reference
This peculiarity is not limited to the Philomycidae and Toxicodendron radicans. From Wordnik.com. [What do philomycid slugs and poison ivy have in common?] Reference
A fundamental peculiarity is that the image elements do not influence each other while the image is being reconstructed. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology or Medicine 1979 - Press Release] Reference
Its peculiarity is the likeness to a seaport the Desert which rolls up almost to its doors being the sea and its ships being the camels. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The peculiarity is that the path found by Dr. Anderson showed the same deviation as the negative electrons, but in the opposite direction. From Wordnik.com. [Nobel Prize in Physics 1936 - Presentation Speech] Reference
His peculiarity is a white collar about the neck, so his. From Wordnik.com. [Black Bruin The Biography of a Bear] Reference
Another peculiarity is the appearance for the first time of A. spinulosa. From Wordnik.com. [Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries] Reference
My life has been entirely shaped by what people call a peculiarity in me. From Wordnik.com. [Jude the Obscure] Reference
Another peculiarity is the manner of the division of the books into sections. From Wordnik.com. [Who Wrote the Bible? : a Book for the People] Reference
His peculiarity is his excessively long neck, a good deal on the giraffe order. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Footprints] Reference
Here the peculiarity was the careful mining of a granitic hillock on the southern bank. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Midian — Volume 2] Reference
Another peculiarity is the sudden way in which the eye opens, especially under excitement. From Wordnik.com. [Personal Narrative of a Pilgrimage to Al-Madinah and Meccah] Reference
It has been called a peculiarity of the latter that in them the person saved is always the first man. From Wordnik.com. [The Myths of the New World A Treatise on the Symbolism and Mythology of the Red Race of America] Reference
Another peculiarity was their singularly depressed temples, which gave the face a very narrow diameter across the brow. From Wordnik.com. [The Negrito and Allied Types in the Philippines and The Ilongot or Ibilao of Luzon] Reference
188 This peculiarity is not uncommon amongst the so-called Aryan and Semitic races, while to the African it is all but unknown. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
A shibboleth is generally defined as a peculiarity of pronunciation or language usage distinguishing an insider from and outsider. From Wordnik.com. [Jeff Dorchen: Shibbolethism] Reference
This is a peculiarity which is very striking in connection with this Royal fixture. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 99, July 19, 1890] Reference
Actually, "peculiarity" is an unfair term; a better phrase would be, "additional design complication.". From Wordnik.com. [John Seavey’s Storytelling Engines: Hawkman | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources] Reference
Also, the AV Center has a small peculiarity which is described in the Eurogamer article and I didn't quite get. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference
Having a separate Asia unit, which currently accounts for customers only in India, is because of the "peculiarity" of the contracts here. From Wordnik.com. [Firstsource Faces More Squeeze From Slowdown] Reference
It argues "peculiarity," I own, to enjoy such a life. From Wordnik.com. [First Footsteps in East Africa] Reference
Another peculiarity is the existence of an extra hour, called Aurora (also. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman] Reference
The article, unlike Olaf, gives ample focus to this unprecedented "peculiarity". From Wordnik.com. [Far and Wide] Reference
Projecting ears is another peculiarity which is often associated with the idea of a criminal. From Wordnik.com. [Crime and Its Causes] Reference
In the fishermen of Whitby, for example, a town with a Danish name, there is a peculiarity which is probably Scandinavian. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
His writing possesses one peculiarity which is so habitual that in four hundred examples examined it was absent in only five. From Wordnik.com. [The Detection of Forgery A Practical Handbook for the Use of Bankers, Solicitors, Magistrates' Clerks, and All Handling Suspected Documents] Reference
But she had one peculiarity which is not set down in the description of Rozinante, to wit: the faculty of diagonal or oblique locomotion. From Wordnik.com. [Stories about Animals: with Pictures to Match] Reference
"Now you must observe a peculiarity which is also to be seen in the. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral] Reference
The answer lies in the peculiarity of foot races on the road. From Wordnik.com. [Slow and Steady Loses the Race] Reference
The peculiarity of Italy's cross-over is that it is considered irreversible. From Wordnik.com. [Italia, R.I.P.] Reference
Parents and children unafraid of their statistical peculiarity can flourish together. From Wordnik.com. [Special Issue: How Kids Grow Whose Child Am I Anyway?] Reference
Under Scruggs and Moore, the movement went from a Dixie peculiarity to a national pattern. From Wordnik.com. [Tolls On Tobacco Road] Reference
In despair of attaining greatness of quality, it founds its distinction only on peculiarity. From Wordnik.com. [The Laws of Etiquette] Reference
This physical peculiarity did not seem to me natural, but an effect of premeditated coquetry. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
Had it appeared there when it first came out, its peculiarity would surely have been dismissed. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
This peculiarity greatly assisted Houston's ability to absorb the thousands of Gulf Coast evacuees. From Wordnik.com. [Hurricane Katrina, Houston And The Humanitarian Case Against Zoning] Reference
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