Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- rubric
- directions for the conduct of Christian church services (often printed in red in a prayer book)
- pop-up book
- a book (usually for children) that contains one or more pages such that a three-dimensional structure rises up when a page is opened
- genuflexion
- the act of bending the knees in worship or reverence
- codex
- an official list of chemicals or medicines etc.
- Kam-Sui
- a group of Kadai languages
- Yenisei-Samoyed
- the Uralic language spoken by the Yeniseian
- pidgin
- an artificial language used for trade between speakers of different languages
- prose
- matter of fact, commonplace, or dull expression
- Karakalpak
- the Turkic language spoken by the Karakalpak
- medical report
- a report of the results of a medical examination of a patient
- table talk
- conversation during a meal
- colon
- a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter)
- red herring
- a first draft of a prospectus; must be clearly marked to indicate that parts may be changed in the final prospectus
- leitmotif
- a melodic phrase that accompanies the reappearance of a person or situation (as in Wagner's operas)
- capriccio
- an instrumental composition that doesn't adhere to rules for any specific musical form and is played with improvisation
- hoof-mark
- a visible impression on a surface made by the hoof of an animal
- vowel rhyme
- the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words
- impromptu
- a short musical passage that seems to have been made spontaneously without advance preparation
- dissuasion
- a communication that dissuades you
- chamber music
- serious music performed by a small group of musicians
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