a slender bristlelike or tubular process | an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole |
a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders; based on the theories of Sigmund Freud |
how something is done or how it happens | the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations |
distinctive and stylish elegance | a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits; sequences and series and integration and differentiation |
the popular taste at a given time | a form of literary criticism in which the structure of a piece of writing is analyzed |
a particular kind (as to appearance) | the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., `the father of the bride' instead of `the bride's father' |
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 | |