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Answer for the clue "Juxtaposed ", 10 letters:
appositive

Word definitions for appositive in dictionaries

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Appositive \Ap*pos"i*tive\, a. Of or relating to apposition; in apposition. -- n. A noun in apposition. -- Ap*pos"i*tive*ly , adv. Appositive to the words going immediately before. --Knatchbull.

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. of or being in apposition. n. (context grammar English): a word or phrase that is in apposition.

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. relating to or being in apposition; "an appositive noun" [syn: appositional ]

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1690s, from Latin appositus , past participle of apponere "to put to" (see apposite ) + -ive . As a noun, from 1847.

Usage examples of appositive.

The same principle of comma use applies to participial phrases and to appositives.