eristic's Usage Examples:

The reactions of the nitroparaffins with nitrous acid are very characteristic and have been used as a method for discriminating between the primary, secondary and tertiary alcohols (V.

keno numbers have some very interesting characteristics.

Evergreen oaks are a marked characteristic of the period, more than half the Swiss species being allied to living American forms.

The general characteristics of this progenitor of the horses are those given above as distinctive of the group.

Loyalty and good faith became the characteristics of the men, and chastity and docility those of the women.

According to their own annals and traditions they once inhabited southern China, a theory which is confirmed by many of their habits and physical characteristics; the race has, however, been modified by crossings with the Chams and other of the previous inhabitants of Indo-China.

The prominent part taken by the women of the royal house was a Macedonian characteristic.

The characteristic feature of Italys foreign relations during this period was the weakening of the bonds of the Triple Alliance and the improved relations with France, while the ~The disease progressively weakens all muscles, notably respiratory muscles, compromising life expectancy.

The nurse would have no way of knowing how uncharacteristic this behavior was for Destiny.

Yet in other physical characteristics the Japanese, the Koreans and the Chinese resemble each other so closely that, under similar conditions as to costume and coiffure, no appreciable difference is apparent.

Synonyms:

eristical, argumentative,

Antonyms:

unargumentative, fat person, introvert,