characterized by having or containing a direct object; being or relating to a relation with the property that if the relation holds between a first element and a second and between the second element and a third, it holds between the first and third elements… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
not transitive; especially : characterized by not having or containing a direct object… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
something formed by a union of elements or parts; especially : a distinct substance formed by chemical union of two or more ingredients in definite proportion by weight; a word consisting of components that are words (such as rowboat, high school, devil-may-care)… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
any member of a class of words that typically can be combined with determiners to serve as the subject of a verb, can be interpreted as singular or plural, can be replaced with a pronoun, and refer to an entity, quality, state, action, or concept… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com
a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else… See the full definition| www.merriam-webster.com