| antiphrasis | (noun) the use of a word in a sense opposite to its normal sense (especially in irony) | - |
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| cataphract | (noun) armor that protects the wearer's whole body | Synonyms: body armor, body armour, coat of mail, suit of armor, suit of armour |
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| catchphrase | (noun) a phrase that has become a catchword | Synonyms: catch phrase |
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| diaphragm | (noun) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | Synonyms: stop |
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| (noun) electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves | - |
| (noun) a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | Synonyms: contraceptive diaphragm, pessary |
| (noun) (anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | Synonyms: midriff |
| nephralgia | (noun) pain in the kidney (usually felt in the loins) | - |
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| paraphrase | (noun) rewording for the purpose of clarification | Synonyms: paraphrasis |
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| paraphrasis | (noun) rewording for the purpose of clarification | Synonyms: paraphrase |
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| periphrasis | (noun) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things | Synonyms: ambage, circumlocution |
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| phragmacone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmocone |
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| phragmocone | (noun) the thin conical chambered internal shell (either straight or curved) of a belemnite | Synonyms: phragmacone |
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| phrase | (noun) dance movements that are linked in a single choreographic sequence | - |
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| (noun) an expression consisting of one or more words forming a grammatical constituent of a sentence | - |
| (noun) a short musical passage | Synonyms: musical phrase |
| (noun) an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up | Synonyms: idiom, idiomatic expression, phrasal idiom, set phrase |
| phraseology | (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phrasing, verbiage, wording |
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| phrasing | (noun) the grouping of musical phrases in a melodic line | - |
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| (noun) the manner in which something is expressed in words | Synonyms: choice of words, diction, phraseology, verbiage, wording |
| phratry | (noun) people descended from a common ancestor | Synonyms: family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept |
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| rephrasing | (noun) changing a particular word or phrase | Synonyms: recasting, rewording |
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