Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

American sign language
the sign language used in the United States
 
Paiute
the Shoshonean language spoken by the Paiute
 
color code
system using colors to designate classifications
 
bench mark
a surveyor's mark on a permanent object of predetermined position and elevation used as a reference point
 
onomatopoeia
using words that imitate the sound they denote
 
Ask Jeeves
a widely used search engine accepting plain English questions or phrases or terms
 
distress signal
an internationally recognized signal sent out by a ship or plane indicating that help is needed
 
chastisement
a rebuke for making a mistake
 
Shanghai dialect
a dialect of Chinese spoken in the Yangtze delta
 
crock
nonsense; foolish talk
 
GI
(law) a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin
 
Halacha
Talmudic literature that deals with law and with the interpretation of the laws on the Hebrew Scriptures
 
Old French
the earliest form of the French language; 9th to 15th century
 
negative
a reply of denial
 
true statement
a true statement
 
admonition
cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)
 
URL
the address of a web page on the world wide web
 
compound sentence
a sentence composed of at least two coordinate independent clauses
 
auxiliary verb
a verb that combines with another verb in a verb phrase to help form tense, mood, voice, or condition of the verb it combines with
 
disambiguation
clarification that follows from the removal of ambiguity
 
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