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Word (n.) Account; tidings; message; communication; information; -- used only in the singular.

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Periphrastical :: Periphrastical (a.) Expressing, or expressed, in more words than are necessary; characterized by periphrase; circumlocutory..
Foil :: Foil (n.) A blunt weapon used in fencing, resembling a smallsword in the main, but usually lighter and having a button at the point..
Exclamation :: Exclamation (n.) A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expression of feeling; sudden expression of sound or words indicative of emotion, as in surprise, pain, grief, joy, anger, etc..
Clack :: Clack (n.) To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run..
Warling :: Warling (n.) One often quarreled with; -- / word coined, perhaps, to rhyme with darling..
Motet :: Motet (n.) A composition adapted to sacred words in the elaborate polyphonic church style; an anthem.
Swordless :: Swording (n.) Slashing with a sword.
Speak :: Speak (v. i.) To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to speak..
Prosthesis :: Prosthesis (n.) The prefixing of one or more letters to the beginning of a word, as in beloved..
The :: The (definite article.) A word placed before nouns to limit or individualize their meaning.
Breasted :: Breasted (a.) Having a breast; -- used in composition with qualifying words, in either a literal or a metaphorical sense; as, a single-breasted coat..
Adversative :: Adversative (n.) An adversative word.
Address :: Address (v.) To direct, as words (to any one or any thing); to make, as a speech, petition, etc. (to any one, an audience)..
Adducent :: Adducent (a.) Bringing together or towards a given point; -- a word applied to those muscles of the body which pull one part towards another. Opposed to abducent.
Phrase :: Phrase (v. t.) To express in words, or in peculiar words; to call; to style..
Gibe :: Gibe (v. i.) To reproach with contemptuous words; to deride; to scoff at; to mock.
Equivocal :: Equivocal (n.) A word or expression capable of different meanings; an ambiguous term; an equivoque.
Langue D''oil :: Langue d'oil () The dialect formerly spoken north of the Loire (in which the word for yes was oil, F. oui)..
Affix :: Affix (v. t.) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing..
Homophone :: Homophone (n.) A word having the same sound as another, but differing from it in meaning and usually in spelling; as, all and awl; bare and bear; rite, write, right, and wright..
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