acatalectic | (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables | - |
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catalectic | (noun) (prosody) a line of verse that lacks a syllable in the last metrical foot | - |
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catalepsy | (noun) a trancelike state with loss of voluntary motion and failure to react to stimuli | - |
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cataleptic | (noun) a person suffering from catalepsy | - |
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catalexis | (noun) the absence of a syllable in the last foot of a line or verse | - |
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fairytale | (noun) a story about fairies; told to amuse children | Synonyms: fairy story, fairy tale |
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(noun) an interesting but highly implausible story; often told as an excuse | Synonyms: cock-and-bull story, fairy story, fairy tale, song and dance |
folktale | (noun) a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk | Synonyms: folk tale |
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hypercatalectic | (noun) (prosody) a line of poetry having an extra syllable or syllables at the end of the last metrical foot | - |
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hysterocatalepsy | (noun) hysteria with cataleptic symptoms | - |
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metalepsis | (noun) substituting metonymy of one figurative sense for another | - |
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orbitale | (noun) the craniometric point at the lowest point on the lower edge of the orbit | Synonyms: orbital point |
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stalemate | (noun) drawing position in chess: any of a player's possible moves would place his king in check | - |
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(noun) a situation in which no progress can be made or no advancement is possible | Synonyms: dead end, deadlock, impasse, standstill |
staleness | (noun) having lost purity and freshness as a consequence of aging | - |
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(noun) unoriginality as a result of being dull and hackneyed | Synonyms: triteness |
tale | (noun) a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program | Synonyms: narration, narrative, story |
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(noun) a trivial lie | Synonyms: fib, story, taradiddle, tarradiddle |
talebearer | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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talent | (noun) natural abilities or qualities | Synonyms: endowment, gift, natural endowment |
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(noun) a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity | - |
talentlessness | (noun) a lack of talent | - |
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taleteller | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale |
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tattletale | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, telltale |
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teetotaler | (noun) a total abstainer | Synonyms: teetotalist, teetotaller |
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telltale | (noun) someone who gossips indiscreetly | Synonyms: blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale |
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