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Stress :: Stress (n.) Force of utterance expended upon words or syllables. Stress is in English the chief element in accent and is one of the most important in emphasis. See Guide to pronunciation, // 31-35..

Diphthong :: Diphthong (n.) A coalition or union of two vowel sounds pronounced in one syllable; as, ou in out, oi in noise; -- called a proper diphthong..

Polysyllabical :: Polysyllabical (a.) Pertaining to a polysyllable; containing, or characterized by, polysyllables; consisting of more than three syllables..

Glide :: Glide (n.) A transitional sound in speech which is produced by the changing of the mouth organs from one definite position to another, and with gradual change in the most frequent cases; as in passing from the begining to the end of a regular diphthong, or from vowel to consonant or consonant to vowel in a syllable, or from one component to the other of a double or diphthongal consonant (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 19, 161, 162). Also (by Bell and others), the vanish (or brief final element)

Articulate :: Articulate (a.) Distinctly uttered; spoken so as to be intelligible; characterized by division into words and syllables; as, articulate speech, sounds, words..

Stammer :: Stammer (v. i.) To make involuntary stops in uttering syllables or words; to hesitate or falter in speaking; to speak with stops and diffivulty; to stutter.

Catalectic :: Catalectic (a.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse..

Triphthongal :: Triphthongal (a.) Of or pertaining to a triphthong; consisting of three vowel sounds pronounced together in a single syllable.

Ectasis :: Ectasis (n.) The lengthening of a syllable from short to long.

Spondulics :: Spondee (n.) A poetic foot of two long syllables, as in the Latin word leges..

Syllabification :: Syllabication (n.) The act of forming syllables; the act or method of dividing words into syllables. See Guide to Pron., /275..

Prefix :: Prefix (v. t.) To put or fix before, or at the beginning of, another thing; as, to prefix a syllable to a word, or a condition to an agreement..

Parelcon :: Parelcon (n.) The addition of a syllable or particle to the end of a pronoun, verb, or adverb..

Quadrisyllable :: Quadrisyllable (n.) A word consisting of four syllables.

Affix :: Affix (n.) That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.

Trigraph :: Trigraph (n.) Three letters united in pronunciation so as to have but one sound, or to form but one syllable, as -ieu in adieu; a triphthong..

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is..

Aphetic :: Aphetic (a.) Shortened by dropping a letter or a syllable from the beginning of a word; as, an aphetic word or form..

Solfeggio :: Solfeggio (n.) The system of arranging the scale by the names do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, si, by which singing is taught; a singing exercise upon these syllables..

Expletive :: Expletive (n.) A word, letter, or syllable not necessary to the sense, but inserted to fill a vacancy; an oath..

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