Ties : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ties	by the DICT Development Group
12 results for Ties
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Incompatibility \In`compat`ibil"i*ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. incompatibilit[82].] The quality or state of being incompatible; inconsistency; irreconcilableness.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Magistrality \Mag`istral"ity\, n.; pl. {-ties}. Magisterialness; arbitrary dogmatism. --Bacon.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Responsibility \Respon`sibil"ity\ (r?sp?n`s?b?l"?t?), n.; pl. {-ties} (-t[?]z). [Cf. F. responsabilit[82].] 1. The state of being responsible, accountable, or answerable, as for a trust, debt, or obligation. 2. That for which anyone is responsible or accountable; as, the resonsibilities of power. 3. Ability to answer in payment; means of paying.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Rurality \Rural"ity\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [Cf. LL. ruralitas.] 1. The quality or state of being rural. 2. A rural place. [bd]Leafy ruralities.[b8] --Carlyle.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Chum \Chum\, n. {New chum}, a recent immigrant. [Australia] Chupatty \Chu*pat"ty\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Hind. chap[be]t[c6].] A kind of griddlecake of unleavened bread, used among the natives of India. [Anglo-Indian]
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Similarity \Sim`ilar"ity\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [Cf. F. similarit[82].] The quality or state of being similar; likeness; resemblance; as, a similarity of features. Hardly is there a similarity detected between two or three facts, than men hasten to extend it to all. --Sir W. Hamilton.
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Preciosity \Pre`cios"ity\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. pr[82]ciosit[82], OF. also precieuset[82].] Fastidious refinement, esp. in language; specif., the affected purism and sententiousness characteristic of the French pr[82]cieuses of the 17th century. He had the fastidiousness, the preciosity, the love of archaisms, of your true decadent. --L. Douglas.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Subvariety \Sub`vari"ety\, n.; pl. {-ties}. A subordinate variety, or a division of a variety.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Tie \Tie\, n.; pl. {Ties}. [AS. t[c7]ge, t[?]ge, t[c6]ge. [fb]64. See {Tie}, v. t.] 1. A knot; a fastening. 2. A bond; an obligation, moral or legal; as, the sacred ties of friendship or of duty; the ties of allegiance. No distance breaks the tie of blood. --Young. 3. A knot of hair, as at the back of a wig. --Young. 4. An equality in numbers, as of votes, scores, etc., which prevents either party from being victorious; equality in any contest, as a race. 5. (Arch. & Engin.) A beam or rod for holding two parts together; in railways, one of the transverse timbers which support the track and keep it in place. 6. (Mus.) A line, usually straight, drawn across the stems of notes, or a curved line written over or under the notes, signifying that they are to be slurred, or closely united in the performance, or that two notes of the same pitch are to be sounded as one; a bind; a ligature. 7. pl. Low shoes fastened with lacings. {Bale tie}, a fastening for the ends of a hoop for a bale.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Profundity \Profun"dity\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [L. profunditas: cf. F. profondite. See {Profound}.] The quality or state of being profound; depth of place, knowledge, feeling, etc. [bd]The vast profundity obscure.[b8] --Milton.
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Rationality \Ra`tional"ity\, n.; pl. {-ties}. [F. rationalit[82], or L. rationalitas.] The quality or state of being rational; agreement with reason; possession of reason; due exercise of reason; reasonableness. When God has made rationality the common portion of mankind, how came it to be thy inclosure? --Gov. of Tongue. Well-directed intentions, whose rationalities will never bear a rigid examination. --Sir T. Browne.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Constitutionality \Con`stitu`tional"i*ty\, n.; pl. -{ties}. [f. F. constitutionalit[82].] 1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame. 2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. --Burke. Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. --Carlyle.