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Hyphen :: Hyphen (n.) A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words..

Anapest :: Anapest (n.) A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of the dactyl. In Latin d/-/-tas, and in English in-ter-vene#, are examples of anapests..

Antepenultimate :: Antepenultimate (a.) Of or pertaining to the last syllable but two.

Monosyllable :: Monosyllable (n.) A word of one syllable.

Coronis :: Coronis (n.) In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable..

Re :: Re () A syllable applied in solmization to the second tone of the diatonic scale of C; in the American system, to the second tone of any diatonic scale..

Compare :: Compare (v. t.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing - er and -est to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing more and most, or less and least, to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful..

Biliteral :: Biliteral (n.) A word, syllable, or root, consisting of two letters..

Dispondee :: Dispondee (n.) A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.

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

Terrasyllable :: Terrasyllable (n.) A word consisting of four syllables; a quadrisyllable.

Synneuroses :: Synizesis (n.) A contraction of two syllables into one; synecphonesis.

Paroxytone :: Paroxytone (a.) A word having an acute accent on the penultimate syllable.

Implosion :: Implosion (n.) A sudden compression of the air in the mouth, simultaneously with and affecting the sound made by the closure of the organs in uttering p, t, or k, at the end of a syllable (see Guide to Pronunciation, //159, 189); also, a similar compression made by an upward thrust of the larynx without any accompanying explosive action, as in the peculiar sound of b, d, and g, heard in Southern Germany..

Parisyllabical :: Parisyllabical (a.) Having the same number of syllables in all its inflections.

Hypermeter :: Hypermeter (n.) A verse which has a redundant syllable or foot; a hypercatalectic verse.

Antispast :: Antispast (n.) A foot of four syllables, the first and fourth short, and the second and third long (#)..

Short :: Short (n.) A short sound, syllable, or vowel..

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

Syllabist :: Syllabism (n.) The expressing of the sounds of a language by syllables, rather than by an alphabet or by signs for words..

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