Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- periodic sentence
- a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause
- song and dance
- theatrical performance combining singing and dancing
- Armenian language
- the Indo-European language spoken predominantly in Armenia, but also in Azerbaijan
- metrical foot
- (prosody) a group of 2 or 3 syllables forming the basic unit of poetic rhythm
- fascicule
- an installment of a printed work
- catachresis
- strained or paradoxical use of words either in error (as `blatant' to mean `flagrant') or deliberately (as in a mixed metaphor: `blind mouths')
- hit list
- a list of victims to be eliminated (as by murder)
- Votyak
- the Finnic language spoken by the Votyak
- tract
- a brief treatise on a subject of interest; published in the form of a booklet
- dictation
- speech intended for reproduction in writing
- East Midland
- the dialect of Middle English that replaced West Saxon as the literary language and which developed into Modern English
- antitrust law
- law intended to promote free competition in the market place by outlawing monopolies
- jump
- (film) an abrupt transition from one scene to another
- commonplace book
- a notebook in which you enter memorabilia
- title page
- a page of a book displaying the title and author and publisher
- South-Central Dravidian
- a Dravidian language spoken primarily in south central India
- jawbreaker
- a word that is hard to pronounce
- timetable
- a schedule listing events and the times at which they will take place
- Tongan
- the Polynesian language spoken by the Tongan people
- minuet
- a stately piece of music composed for dancing the minuet; often incorporated into a sonata or suite
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