allocution | (noun) (rhetoric) a formal or authoritative address that advises or exhorts | - |
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bilocular | (adjective) divided into or containing two cells or chambers | Synonyms: biloculate |
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biloculate | (adjective) divided into or containing two cells or chambers | Synonyms: bilocular |
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circumlocution | (noun) a style that involves indirect ways of expressing things | Synonyms: ambage, periphrasis |
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(noun) an indirect way of expressing something | Synonyms: indirect expression |
circumlocutious | (adjective) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy | Synonyms: ambagious, circumlocutory, periphrastic |
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circumlocutory | (adjective) roundabout and unnecessarily wordy | Synonyms: ambagious, circumlocutious, periphrastic |
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elocute | (verb) declaim in an elocutionary manner | - |
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elocution | (noun) an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture | - |
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elocutionary | (adjective) of or relating to elocution | - |
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(adjective) (used of style of speaking) overly embellished | - |
elocutionist | (noun) a public speaker trained in voice production and gesture and delivery | - |
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interlocutor | (noun) a person who takes part in a conversation | Synonyms: conversational partner |
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(noun) the performer in the middle of a minstrel line who engages the others in talk | Synonyms: middleman |
interlocutory | (adjective) consisting of dialogue | - |
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locule | (noun) a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal | Synonyms: loculus |
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loculus | (noun) a small cavity or space within an organ or in a plant or animal | Synonyms: locule |
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locum | (noun) someone (physician or clergyman) who substitutes temporarily for another member of the same profession | Synonyms: locum tenens |
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locus | (noun) the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions | - |
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(noun) the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting) | Synonyms: locale, venue |
(noun) the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome | - |
locust | (noun) migratory grasshoppers of warm regions having short antennae | - |
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(noun) any of various hardwood trees of the family Leguminosae | Synonyms: locust tree |
(noun) hardwood from any of various locust trees | - |
locution | (noun) a word or phrase that particular people use in particular situations | Synonyms: expression, saying |
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