Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- incitement
- the act of exhorting; an earnest attempt at persuasion
- verification
- (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement
- pedantry
- an ostentatious and inappropriate display of learning
- reduplication
- the syllable added in a reduplicated word form
- gibber
- unintelligible talking
- spread eagle
- an emblem (an eagle with wings and legs spread) on the obverse of the Great Seal of the United States
- condolence
- an expression of sympathy with another's grief
- SOS
- an internationally recognized distress signal in radio code
- bulk mail
- mail consisting of large numbers of identical items (circulars or advertisements) sent to individual addresses at less than 1st-class rates and paid for in one lot
- sextet
- a musical composition written for six performers
- swung dash
- a punctuation mark used in text to indicate the omission of a word
- rodomontade
- vain and empty boasting
- formulary
- (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation
- sensationalism
- subject matter that is calculated to excite and please vulgar tastes
- print media
- a medium that disseminates printed matter
- distinction
- an honor awarded to someone in recognition of achievement or superiority
- harmony
- the structure of music with respect to the composition and progression of chords
- callback
- a request by the manufacturer of a defective product to return the product (as for replacement or repair)
- initialism
- an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately
- mintmark
- a mark on a coin that identifies the mint where it was produced
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