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Aphesis :: Aphesis (n.) The loss of a short unaccented vowel at the beginning of a word; -- the result of a phonetic process; as, squire for esquire..

Accentless :: Accentless (a.) Without accent.

Polka :: Polka (n.) A lively Bohemian or Polish dance tune in 2-4 measure, with the third quaver accented..

Baritone :: Baritone (a.) Not marked with an accent on the last syllable, the grave accent being understood..

Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark or character used in writing, and serving to regulate the pronunciation; esp.: (a) a mark to indicate the nature and place of the spoken accent; (b) a mark to indicate the quality of sound of the vowel marked; as, the French accents..

Iambic :: Iambic (a.) Consisting of a short syllable followed by a long one, or of an unaccented syllable followed by an accented; as, an iambic foot..

Accent :: Accent (v. t.) To express the accent of (either by the voice or by a mark); to utter or to mark with accent.

Tone :: Tone (n.) Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion..

Properispomenon :: Properispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.

Accent :: Accent (n.) A mark at the right hand of a number, indicating minutes of a degree, seconds, etc.; as, 12'27'', i. e., twelve minutes twenty seven seconds..

Pronounce :: Pronounce (v. t.) To utter articulately; to speak out or distinctly; to utter, as words or syllables; to speak with the proper sound and accent as, adults rarely learn to pronounce a foreign language correctly..

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..

Dunnock :: Dunnock (a.) The hedge sparrow or hedge accentor.

Accent :: Accent (n.) Stress laid on certain syllables of a verse.

Accentuation :: Accentuation (n.) pitch or modulation of the voice in reciting portions of the liturgy.

Accentor :: Accentor (n.) A genus of European birds (so named from their sweet notes), including the hedge warbler. In America sometimes applied to the water thrushes..

Font :: Font (n.) A complete assortment of printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing with that variety of types; a fount..

Accentuable :: Accentuable (a.) Capable of being accented.

Broad :: Broad (superl.) Strongly marked; as, a broad Scotch accent..

Accenting :: Accenting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Accen.

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