by the sanction or authority of | a slender bristlelike or tubular process |
a language unit by which a person or thing is known | a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving |
a defamatory or abusive word or phrase | how something is done or how it happens |
family based on male descent | distinctive and stylish elegance |
a well-known or notable person | the popular taste at a given time |
a person's reputation | a particular kind (as to appearance) |
| a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period |
| editorial directions to be followed in spelling and punctuation and capitalization and typographical display |
| (botany) the narrow elongated part of the pistil between the ovary and the stigma |