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Amphibrach
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Amphimacer
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the middle one short and the others long, as in cast/tas.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Anapest
noun · 78% connection
A metrical foot consisting of three syllables, the first two short, or unaccented, the last long, or accented (/ / -); the reverse of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Antecedent
noun · 78% connection
The first of the two terms of a ratio; the first or third of the four terms of a proportion. In the ratio a:b, a is the antecedent, an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Antibacchius
noun · 78% connection
A foot of three syllables, the first two long, and the last short (#).
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Artiodactyla
n. pl. · 78% connection
One of the divisions of the ungulate animals. The functional toes of the hind foot are even in number, and the third digit of each foo…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Bacchius
noun · 78% connection
A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Choriambus
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- ~ ~ -); that is, a choreus, or troch…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Dispondee
noun · 78% connection
A double spondee; a foot consisting of four long syllables.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Epitrite
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of three long syllables and one short syllable.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Foot
noun · 78% connection
The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extrem…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Handsel
noun · 78% connection
A sale, gift, or delivery into the hand of another; especially, a sale, gift, delivery, or using which is the first of a series, and r…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Hemi-demi-semiquaver
noun · 78% connection
A short note, equal to one fourth of a semiquaver, or the sixty-fourth part of a whole note.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Heteropelmous
adjective · 78% connection
Having each of the two flexor tendons of the toes bifid, the branches of one going to the first and second toes; those of the other, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Hieroglyphic
adjective · 78% connection
A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the pictu…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Inversion
noun · 78% connection
A change in the order of the terms of a proportion, so that the second takes the place of the first, and the fourth of the third.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Ionic
noun · 78% connection
A foot consisting of four syllables: either two long and two short, -- that is, a spondee and a pyrrhic, in which case it is called th…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
Junior
noun · 78% connection
Hence: One of a lower or later standing; specifically, in American colleges, one in the third year of his course, one in the fourth or…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: foot, four, syllables, first, fourth.
