Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- joker
- an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent
- hendiadys
- use of two conjoined nouns instead of a noun and modifier
- work song
- a usually rhythmical song to accompany repetitious work
- channels
- official routes of communication
- jeremiad
- a long and mournful complaint
- criticism
- a written evaluation of a work of literature
- gag
- a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter
- half rest
- a musical rest having the time value of half a whole rest or equal in duration to two beats in common time
- Idiom Neutral
- an artificial language proposed for use as an auxiliary international language; based on Volapuk but with a vocabulary selected on the basis of the maximum internationality of the roots
- editor
- (computer science) a program designed to perform such editorial functions as rearrangement or modification or deletion of data
- slang term
- informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar
- Hakham
- a Hebrew title of respect for a wise and highly educated man
- tango
- music written in duple time for dancing the tango
- pablum
- worthless or oversimplified ideas
- send-up
- a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
- manual alphabet
- an alphabet used by the deaf; letters are represented by finger positions
- ablative
- the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb
- Book of the Prophet Daniel
- an Old Testament book that tells of the apocalyptic visions and the experiences of Daniel in the court of Nebuchadnezzar
- oath
- a solemn promise, usually invoking a divine witness, regarding your future acts or behavior
- determinative
- one of a limited class of noun modifiers that determine the referents of noun phrases
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