GLYPHS Synonyms

• an imaginary person represented in a work of fiction (play or film or story)

• a characteristic property that defines the apparent individual nature of something

• the inherent complex of attributes that determines a persons moral and ethical actions and reactions

• an actor's portrayal of someone in a play

• a person of a specified kind (usually with many eccentricities)

• good repute

• a formal recommendation by a former employer to a potential future employer describing the person's qualifications and dependability

• a written symbol that is used to represent speech

• (genetics) an attribute (structural or functional) that is determined by a gene or group of genes

• engrave or inscribe characters on

• writing that resembles hieroglyphics (usually by being illegible)

• a writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt

• a graphic character used in picture writing

• a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)

• a public display of a message

• any nonverbal action or gesture that encodes a message

• structure displaying a board on which advertisements can be posted

• (astrology) one of 12 equal areas into which the zodiac is divided

• (medicine) any objective evidence of the presence of a disorder or disease

• having an indicated pole (as the distinction between positive and negative electric charges)

• an event that is experienced as indicating important things to come

• a gesture that is part of a sign language

• a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified

• a character indicating a relation between quantities

• used of the language of the deaf

• mark with one's signature; write one's name (on)

• approve and express assent, responsibility, or obligation

• be engaged by a written agreement

• engage by written agreement

• communicate silently and non-verbally by signals or signs

• place signs, as along a road

• communicate in sign language

• make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

• an arbitrary sign (written or printed) that has acquired a conventional significance

• something visible that by association or convention represents something else that is invisible

• a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality

• an approximate definition or example

• a person of a particular character or nature

• an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion

• examine in order to test suitability

• arrange or order by classes or categories