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- English Word Neuter Definition A noun of the neuter gender; any one of those words which have the terminations usually found in neuter words.
- English Word Neuter Definition An intransitive verb.
- English Word Neuter Definition An organism, either vegetable or animal, which at its maturity has no generative organs, or but imperfectly developed ones, as a plant without stamens or pistils, as the garden Hydrangea; esp., one of the imperfectly developed females of certain social insects, as of the ant and the common honeybee, which perform the labors of the community, and are called workers.
- English Word Neutral Definition Not engaged on either side; not taking part with or assisting either of two or more contending parties; neuter; indifferent.
- English Word Neutral Definition Neither good nor bad; of medium quality; middling; not decided or pronounced.
- English Word Neutral Definition Neuter. See Neuter, a., 3.
- English Word Neutral Definition Having neither acid nor basic properties; unable to turn red litmus blue or blue litmus red; -- said of certain salts or other compounds. Contrasted with acid, and alkaline.
- English Word Neutral Definition A person or a nation that takes no part in a contest between others; one who is neutral.
- English Word Neutralist Definition A neutral; one who professes or practices neutrality.
- English Word Neutrality Definition The state or quality of being neutral; the condition of being unengaged in contests between others; state of taking no part on either side; indifference.
- English Word Neutrality Definition Indifference in quality; a state neither very good nor bad.
- English Word Neutrality Definition The quality or state of being neutral. See Neutral, a., 4.
- English Word Neutrality Definition The condition of a nation or government which refrains from taking part, directly or indirectly, in a war between other powers.
- English Word Neutrality Definition Those who are neutral; a combination of neutral powers or states.
- English Word Neutralization Definition The act or process of neutralizing, or the state of being neutralized.
- English Word Neutralization Definition The act or process by which an acid and a base are combined in such proportions that the resulting compound is neutral. See Neutral, a., 4.
- English Word Neutralize Definition To render neutral; to reduce to a state of neutrality.
- English Word Neutralize Definition To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base.
- English Word Neutralize Definition To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference inefficience; to counteract; as, to neutralize parties in government; to neutralize efforts, opposition, etc.
- English Word Neutralized Definition of Neutralize