A figure of speech by which the orator or writer suddenly breaks off from the previous method of his discourse, and addresses, in the…
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A shaft or missile intended to be shot from a crossbow or catapult, esp. a short, stout, blunt-headed arrow; a quarrel; an arrow, or t…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.That part of the large intestines which extends from the caecum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Joining two not adjacent angles of a quadrilateral or multilateral figure; running across from corner to corner; crossing at an angle…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.An animated or passionate exclamation.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Omission; a figure of syntax, by which one or more words, which are obviously understood, are omitted; as, the virtues I admire, for,…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a quad with a square body; "since ‘em quad’ is hard to distinguish from ‘en quad’, printers sometimes called it a ‘mutton quad’"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a quad with a square body; "since ‘em quad’ is hard to distinguish from ‘en quad’, printers sometimes called it a ‘mutton quad’"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Half an em, that is, half of the unit of space in measuring printed matter. See Em.
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.; "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values — a range with c…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.A loud calling or crying out; outcry; loud or emphatic utterance; vehement vociferation; clamor; that which is cried out, as an expres…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.Filled up, having within its limits all that it can contain; supplied; not empty or vacant; -- said primarily of hollow vessels, and h…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Punctuation.a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they…
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To make briefer; to shorten; to abridge; to reduce by contraction or omission, especially of words written or spoken.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.Conjoined; attending; consequent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.absence or suppression of normal menstrual flow
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.The figure of a star, thus, /, used in printing and writing as a reference to a passage or note in the margin, to supply the omission…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.The act of distributing or dispensing; the act of dividing or apportioning among several or many; apportionment; as, the distribution…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.Division; separation.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.the primary form of thrombocytopenia (rather than a shortage of platelets caused by other conditions such as tuberculosis or chemical…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: omission, suppression, parts, words, sentences.To blot out, as with pen; to rub out; to efface designedly; to obliterate; to strike out wholly; as, to expunge words, lines, or sente…
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