The lasting features by which a thing is recognised. Characteristics describe tendencies, not verdicts.

The coded instruction a living thing is built from and passes on. Also, by extension, the essential character a thing inherits.

The two-word compositions, spoken plural — the Grammar's own middle tier, atoms bonded into names.

Of the nerves and the brain. A part placed at the front to make a thing about how a mind is wired.

One with their own standing — addressed rather than described, whose own account of themselves is the authority. A standing, never a species: personhood here is not conferred by being human, and an entity that can be catalogued is not thereby a person. Where an entity is pointed at, a person is consulted.

One thread among those twisted into a larger cord. A strand is weak alone and is what the rope is made of.