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-esque
unknown · 78% connection
A suffix of certain words from the French, Italian, and Spanish. It denotes manner or style; like; as, arabesque, after the manner of…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Aspirate
noun · 78% connection
A sound consisting of, or characterized by, a breath like the sound of h; the breathing h or a character representing such a sound; an…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Assonance
noun · 78% connection
A peculiar species of rhyme, in which the last acce`ted vow`l and tnose whioh follow it in one word correspond in sound with the vowel…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Auxiliary
sing. · 78% connection
A verb which helps to form the voices, modes, and tenses of other verbs; -- called, also, an auxiliary verb; as, have, be, may, can, d…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Billion
noun · 78% connection
According to the French and American method of numeration, a thousand millions, or 1,000,000,000; according to the English method, a m…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Bond
noun · 78% connection
A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Cacuminal
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Cid
noun · 78% connection
Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish roya…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Close
verb · 78% connection
Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Consonant
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Dago
noun · 78% connection
A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Decillion
noun · 78% connection
According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the Frenc…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Flota
noun · 78% connection
A fleet; especially, a /eet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spai…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Gailliarde
noun · 78% connection
A lively French and Italian dance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Gallicism
noun · 78% connection
A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Gyve
verb · 78% connection
To fetter; to shackle; to chain. H () the eighth letter of the English alphabet, is classed among the consonants, and is formed with t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Hiss
verb · 78% connection
To make with the mouth a prolonged sound like that of the letter s, by driving the breath between the tongue and the teeth; to make wi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
Italianate
verb · 78% connection
To render Italian, or conformable to Italian customs; to Italianize.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: applied, certain, consonants, liquid, softened.
