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Acceptance
noun · 78% connection
The act of accepting; a receiving what is offered, with approbation, satisfaction, or acquiescence; esp., favorable reception; approva…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Affix
verb · 78% connection
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…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
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: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
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: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Article
noun · 78% connection
A distinct portion of an instrument, discourse, literary work, or any other writing, consisting of two or more particulars, or treatin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Articulate
adjective · 78% connection
Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Assiento
noun · 78% connection
A contract or convention between Spain and other powers for furnishing negro slaves for the Spanish dominions in America, esp. the con…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Cacophony
noun · 78% connection
An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables.
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Caesura
noun · 78% connection
A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Cancellation
noun · 78% connection
The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Charter
noun · 78% connection
A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Constringe
verb · 78% connection
To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Contract
noun · 78% connection
To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lessen; as, to contract one's sphere of action.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Contraction
noun · 78% connection
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: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Euphony
noun · 78% connection
A pleasing or sweet sound; an easy, smooth enunciation of sounds; a pronunciation of letters and syllables which is pleasing to the ea…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Foot
noun · 78% connection
The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Heterographic
adjective · 78% connection
Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordi…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
Imparisyllabic
adjective · 78% connection
Not consisting of an equal number of syllables; as, an imparisyllabic noun, one which has not the same number of syllables in all the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: contract, taking, letters, syllables, middle.
