Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- function word
- a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning
- pillow talk
- intimate conversation between lovers (typically occurring in bed)
- continuant
- consonant articulated by constricting (but not closing) the vocal tract
- sense tagger
- a tagging program whose labels indicate the meanings of words or expressions
- curfew
- an order that after a specific time certain activities (as being outside on the streets) are prohibited
- open-door policy
- the policy of granting equal trade opportunities to all countries
- space
- one of the areas between or below or above the lines of a musical staff
- feature film
- the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater
- article
- (grammar) a determiner that may indicate the specificity of reference of a noun phrase
- dead letter
- mail that can neither be delivered nor returned
- keynote
- (music) the first note of a diatonic scale
- word-painting
- a graphic or vivid verbal description
- isometric line
- a line connecting isometric points
- digram
- two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
- informing
- a speech act that conveys information
- Modern Greek
- the Greek language as spoken and written today
- inversion
- the reversal of the normal order of words
- convention
- (diplomacy) an international agreement
- concurrence
- agreement of results or opinions
- relative pronoun
- a pronoun (as `that' or `which' or `who') that introduces a relative clause referring to some antecedent
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