One of the most distinctive characteristics of the Tubulidentata is their teeth.

Hearing is one of the most crucial means of survival in the animal world, and speech is one of the most distinctive characteristics of human development and culture.

The distinctive “ double-pull ” format that typifies most of these songs — also at times used, with slight changes, for pumps, windlass, and capstan, too — was a later development that appears to owe much to African-American work songs.

They became prized for their distinctive sound, however, and found life with several musical styles ( most notably bluegrass and also blues ) well after electric amplification solved the issue of inadequate guitar sound levels.

Steven Suskin wrote: The " fascinating extended musical scenes, with extended choral work, ... immediately marked Sondheim as the most distinctive theatre composer of his time.

This is a yellow-green gas that has a distinctive strong odor, familiar to most from common household bleach.

DeMille's designs — most notably his design of the distinctive cadet parade uniform — won praise from Air Force and Academy leadership, were ultimately adopted, and are worn by cadets today.

Crux () is the smallest of the 88 modern constellations, but is one of the most distinctive.

The most prominent feature of Crux is the distinctive asterism known as the Southern Cross.

But it is the elegists of the mid-to-late first century BCE who are most commonly associated with the distinctive Roman form of the elegiac couplet.

It is the most colorful of the versions and is distinctive for the downward-looking stance of one of its background figures.

The most distinctive films of Phil Karlson ( The Phenix City Story, The Brothers Rico ) tell stories of vice organized on a monstrous scale.

The color of felids is also highly variable — although brown to golden fur is common in most species — usually marked with distinctive spots, stripes, or rosettes.

Character generation is mostly random, and features one of the game's most distinctive mechanics, the mutation tables.

The use of cadency marks to difference arms within the same family and the use of semy fields are distinctive features of Gallo-British heraldry ( in Scotland the most significant mark of cadency being the bordure, the small brisures playing a very minor role ).

Partly as a result of these factors, some scholars have identified a distinctive form of Celtic Christianity, in which abbots were more significant than bishops, attitudes to clerical celibacy were more relaxed and there was some significant differences in practice with Roman Christianity, particularly the form of tonsure and the method of calculating Easter, although most of these issues had been resolved by the mid-seventh century.

A hero ( heroine is always used for females ) (), in Greek mythology and folklore, was originally a demigod, their cult being one of the most distinctive features of ancient Greek religion.

His most distinctive stylistic innovation is that of a representation of human bodies and machines in a cold, interconnected relationship, described as " biomechanical ".

As in most Romance languages, stress is distinctive.

As in most Romance languages, stress is distinctive.

A division of Chrysler Group LLC, the most recent successor company to the Jeep brand, now holds trademark status on the name " Jeep " and the distinctive 7-slot front grille design.

His works, which are closely connected to the emergence of an innovative artistic genre — Cubism — are among the movement's most distinctive.

Templar knights, in their distinctive white mantles with a red cross, were among the most skilled fighting units of the Crusades.

Many karst regions display distinctive surface features, with cenotes, sinkholes or dolines being the most common.

In any inquiry into the way in which great literature affects the emotions, particularly with respect to the sense of harmony, or relief of tension, or sense of `` a transformed inner nature '' which may occur, a most careful exploration of the particular feature of the experience which produces the effect would be required.

Sherman proved that a railway base could be movable and the most brilliant feature of the Atlanta campaign was the rapid repair of the tracks.

The primary reason for the abandonment of the `` shore occupied by '' thesis has been the assimilation and accumulation of archaeological evidence, the most striking feature of early English studies in this century.

The most unusual feature of Boris, however, is the use of the greatest character of all, the chorus.

A most attractive feature is that detection and attack are combined in a single package.

Moreover, the most artistically successful of the nonfiction films have invariably borrowed the narrative form from the fiction feature.

The main feature of the family is the composite flower type in the form of capitula surrounded by involucral bracts. The name " Asteraceae " comes from Aster, the most prominent generum in the family, that derives from the Greek ἀστήρ meaning star, and is connected with its inflorescence star form.

Ataxia may depend on hereditary disorders consisting of degeneration of the cerebellum and / or of the spine ; most cases feature both to some extent, and therefore present with overlapping cerebellar and sensory ataxia, even though one is often more evident than the other.

While casuistry makes use of ethical theory, it does not view ethical theory as the most important feature of moral reasoning.

The most prominent feature of emission and absorption spectra ( known experimentally since the middle of the 19 < sup > th </ sup > century ), was that these atomic spectra contained discrete lines.

The Mark I showed no influence from the Analytical Engine and lacked the Analytical Engine's most prescient architectural feature, conditional branching.

In the remainder of this region, the southern portion, the most prominent feature is Little Mountain, extending about from east to west between two valleys, and rising precipitously on the north side above them or above the sea.

Joseph Dongell, professor at Asbury Theological Seminary, states " the most conscipuous feature of Ephesians 1: 3 – 2: 10 is the phrase ' in Christ ', which occurs twelve times in Ephesians 1: 3 – 4 alone ... this means that Jesus Christ himself is the chosen one, the predestined one.

The most striking feature is the existence of two great lines of depression, due largely to the subsidence of whole segments of the Earth's crust, the lowest parts of which are occupied by vast lakes.

Unlike the NES or Sega Master System, there were few add-on peripherals for the 7800, though its backwards compatibility feature allowed it to be compatible with most Atari 2600 peripherals.

While the Reno Air Races keep this tradition alive, most air shows today primarily feature a series of aerial demos of short duration.

Many cultures feature autumnal harvest festivals, often the most important on their calendars.

During the late 1980s and early 1990s, most BBSes used ANSI to make elaborate welcome screens, and colorized menus, and thus, ANSI support was a sought-after feature in terminal client programs.

Probably the most important feature of a biomembrane is that it is a selectively permeable structure.

Opera or other vocal music was the feature of most musical events, with concertos and " symphonies " ( arising from the overture ) serving as instrumental interludes and introductions for operas and church services.

For instance, an areal feature of the Pacific Northwest coast is that historical * has become palatalized in many languages, so that Saanich for example has and but no plain ; similarly, historical * in the Northwest Caucasian languages became palatalized to in Ubykh and in most Circassian dialects.

Harvard University turned down an invitation to join this group because they preferred to play a rougher version of football called " the Boston Game " in which the kicking of a round ball was the most prominent feature though a player could run with the ball, pass it, or dribble it ( known as “ babying ”).

He is most widely known in Hollywood for having written, directed and starred in several improvisational " mockumentary " films that feature a repertory-like ensemble cast.

All first-party cartridges and most third-party software titles feature a 12-second pause before presenting the game select screen.