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Speech :: Speech (n.) The faculty of uttering articulate sounds or words; the faculty of expressing thoughts by words or articulate sounds; the power of speaking.

Say :: Say (v. t.) A speech; something said; an expression of opinion; a current story; a maxim or proverb.

Outline :: Outline (n.) Fig.: A sketch of any scheme; a preliminary or general indication of a plan, system, course of thought, etc.; as, the outline of a speech..

Muzzle :: Muzzle (v. t.) To bind the mouth of; to fasten the mouth of, so as to prevent biting or eating; hence, figuratively, to bind; to sheathe; to restrain from speech or action..

Fluent :: Fluent (a.) Ready in the use of words; voluble; copious; having words at command; and uttering them with facility and smoothness; as, a fluent speaker; hence, flowing; voluble; smooth; -- said of language; as, fluent speech..

Capital :: Capital (n.) Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song..

Gloze :: Gloze (n.) Flattery; adulation; smooth speech.

Speechless :: Speechless (a.) Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech.

Cant :: Cant (n.) The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation..

Spoken :: Spoken (a.) Uttered in speech; delivered by word of mouth; oral; as, a spoken narrative; the spoken word..

Turcism :: Turcism (n.) A mode of speech peculiar to the Turks; a Turkish idiom or expression; also, in general, a Turkish mode or custom..

Phonograph :: Phonograph (n.) An instrument for the mechanical registration and reproduction of audible sounds, as articulate speech, etc. It consists of a rotating cylinder or disk covered with some material easily indented, as tinfoil, wax, paraffin, etc., above which is a thin plate carrying a stylus. As the plate vibrates under the influence of a sound, the stylus makes minute indentations or undulations in the soft material, and these, when the cylinder or disk is again turned, set the plate in vibration

Form :: Form (n.) The particular shape or structure of a word or part of speech; as, participial forms; verbal forms..

Accompany :: Accompany (v. t.) To go with or attend as a companion or associate; to keep company with; to go along with; -- followed by with or by; as, he accompanied his speech with a bow..

Heterophemy :: Heterophemy (n.) The unconscious saying, in speech or in writing, of that which one does not intend to say; -- frequently the very reverse of the thought which is present to consciousness..

Obloquy :: Obloquy (n.) Censorious speech; defamatory language; language that casts contempt on men or their actions; blame; reprehension.

Saw :: Saw (v. t.) Something said; speech; discourse.

Rounding :: Rounding (n.) Modifying a speech sound by contraction of the lip opening; labializing; labialization. See Guide to Pronunciation, / 11..

Speech :: Speech (v. i. & t.) To make a speech; to harangue.

Eloquence :: Eloquence (n.) Fluent, forcible, elegant, and persuasive speech in public; the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language either spoken or written, thereby producing conviction or persuasion..

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