Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

overview
a general summary of a subject
 
real presence
(Christianity) the Christian doctrine that the body of Christ is actually present in the Eucharist
 
footprint
a trace suggesting that something was once present or felt or otherwise important
 
contraindication
(medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment
 
ASCII character
any member of the standard code for representing characters by binary numbers
 
throwaway
words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis
 
Book of Mormon
a sacred text revealed to Joseph Smith in 1830 by an ancient prophet Mormon; supposedly a record of ancient peoples of America translated by Joseph Smith
 
Celtic language
a branch of the Indo-European languages that (judging from inscriptions and place names) was spread widely over Europe in the pre-Christian era
 
projection
the projection of an image from a film onto a screen
 
issue
one of a series published periodically
 
bell book
a logbook in which all orders concerning the main engines of a ship are recorded
 
amendment
a statement that is added to or revises or improves a proposal or document (a bill or constitution etc.)
 
Arabian Nights' Entertainment
a collection of folktales in Arabic dating from the 10th century
 
bound morpheme
a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns
 
buildup
highly favorable publicity and praise
 
Yoruba
a Kwa language spoken by the Yoruba in southwestern Nigeria
 
form
an arrangement of the elements in a composition or discourse
 
Prolog
a computer language designed in Europe to support natural language processing
 
crank call
a hostile telephone call (from a crank)
 
rebuff
an instance of driving away or warding off
 
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