Inanimate+object
91personification — personificator, n. /peuhr son euh fi kay sheuhn/, n. 1. the attribution of a personal nature or character to inanimate objects or abstract notions, esp. as a rhetorical figure. 2. the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a… …
92polytheism — polytheist, n. polytheistic, polytheistical, adj. polytheistically, adv. /pol ee thee iz euhm, pol ee thee iz euhm/, n. the doctrine of or belief in more than one god or in many gods. [1605 15; POLY + THEISM; cf. F polythéisme] * * * Belief in… …
93speech, figure of — ▪ rhetoric any intentional deviation from literal statement or common usage that emphasizes, clarifies, or embellishes both written and spoken language. Forming an integral part of language, figures of speech are found in primitive oral… …
94it — 1. pronoun /ɪt,ɪʔ,ət/ a) The third person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an inanimate object, to an inanimate thing with no or unknown sex or gender. Put it over there. b) The third person singular personal pronoun used to refer to an …
95fomite — SYN: fomes. [L. fomitis, gen. of fomes. See fomes.] * * * fo·mite fō .mīt n, pl fo·mites .mīts; fäm ə .tēz, fōm an inanimate object (as a dish, toy, book, doorknob, or clothing) that may be contaminated with infectious organisms and serve in… …
96List of Pokémon (320–386) — Pokémon has 646 (as of Pokémon Black and White) distinctive fictional species classified as the titular Pokémon. These creatures and entities reside throughout various locations of the fictional Pokémon universe and can be caught by humans… …
97thing — [[t]θɪŋ[/t]] n. 1) an inanimate object: a person, animal, or thing[/ex] 2) some object that is not or cannot be specifically designated: Hand me that thing[/ex] 3) anything that is or may become an object of thought: things of the spirit[/ex] 4)… …
98personifications — It is a fairly common human practice to endow an inanimate object with a human personality and address it directly. We mutter to a machine that suddenly refuses to function: ‘What’s the matter with you, you stupid thing?’ A golfer selects a… …
99fomite — noun any inanimate object (as a towel or money or clothing or dishes or books or toys etc.) that can transmit infectious agents from one person to another • Syn: ↑vehicle • Hypernyms: ↑object, ↑physical object …
100in·an·i·mate — /ınˈænəmət/ adj : not living : not capable of life Stones are inanimate. an inanimate object opposite ↑animate, 1 …
