designation (n.)

• allocation
• appellation
• appellative
• appointment
• assignment
• attribution
• baptism
• blood
• brand
• breed
• byword
• calling
• cast
• character
• characterization
• christening
• clan
• classification
• cognomen
• color
• definition
• denomination
• denotation
• description
• determination
• differentiation
• disclosure
• epithet
• eponym
• expression
• feather
• fingering
• fixing
• form
• genre
• genus
• grain
• handle
• hint
• honorific
• hyponym
• identification
• ilk
• indication
• kidney
• kin
• kind
• label
• line
• lot
• make
• manifestation
• manner
• mark
• meaning
• mold
• moniker
• name
• namesake
• naming
• nature
• nomen
• nomination
• number
• ordination
• persuasion
• phylum
• pigeonhole
• pigeonholing
• pointing
• posting
• precision
• proposal
• race
• recognition
• selection
• shape
• show
• showing
• signification
• sort
• species
• specification
• stamp
• stipulation
• strain
• stripe
• style
• suggestion
• tag
• title
• transferral
• tribe
• type
• variety