anastrophe | (noun) the reversal of the normal order of words | Synonyms: inversion |
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antistrophe | (noun) the section of a choral ode answering a previous strophe in classical Greek drama; the second of two metrically corresponding sections in a poem | - |
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apostrophe | (noun) address to an absent or imaginary person | - |
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(noun) the mark (') used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word | - |
bathyscaphe | (noun) navigable deep diving vessel for underwater exploration | Synonyms: bathyscape, bathyscaph |
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catastrophe | (noun) an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | Synonyms: calamity, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy |
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(noun) a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | Synonyms: cataclysm |
(noun) a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune | Synonyms: disaster |
epistrophe | (noun) repetition of the ends of two or more successive sentences, verses, etc. | Synonyms: epiphora |
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raphe | (noun) a ridge that forms a seam between two parts | Synonyms: rhaphe |
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rhaphe | (noun) a ridge that forms a seam between two parts | Synonyms: raphe |
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strophe | (noun) one section of a lyric poem or choral ode in classical Greek drama | - |
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