Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

North Atlantic Treaty
the treaty signed in 1949 by 12 countries that established NATO
 
bluster
vain and empty boasting
 
newspaper headline
the heading or caption of a newspaper article
 
tilde
a diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
 
edict
a formal or authoritative proclamation
 
fine print
material printed in small type
 
postulation
a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority
 
GPA
a measure of a student's academic achievement at a college or university; calculated by dividing the total number of grade points received by the total number attempted
 
graphic design
visual communication by a skillful combination of text and pictures in advertisements, magazines, books, etc.
 
formulary
(pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation
 
ti
the syllable naming the seventh (subtonic) note of any musical scale in solmization
 
Atsugewi
the Shastan language spoken by the Atsugewi
 
closet drama
drama more suitable for reading that for performing
 
conditional contract
a contract whose performance depends on a fact or event that affects legal relations
 
defence
the speech act of answering an attack on your assertions
 
sonnet
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
 
appendix
supplementary material that is collected and appended at the back of a book
 
Fleet Street
British journalism
 
yellow-dog contract
a labor contract (now illegal) whereby the employee agrees not to join a trade union
 
bold face
a typeface with thick heavy lines
 
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