| assonance | (noun) the repetition of similar vowels in the stressed syllables of successive words | Synonyms: vowel rhyme |
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| assonant | (adjective) having the same vowel sound occurring with different consonants in successive words or stressed syllables | - |
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| (adjective) having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables | - |
| assonate | (verb) correspond in vowel sounds; rhyme in assonance | - |
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| caisson | (noun) large watertight chamber used for construction under water | Synonyms: cofferdam, pneumatic caisson |
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| (noun) an ornamental sunken panel in a ceiling or dome | Synonyms: coffer, lacunar |
| (noun) a chest to hold ammunition | Synonyms: ammunition chest |
| (noun) a two-wheeled military vehicle carrying artillery ammunition | - |
| cresson | (adjective) of a moderate yellow-green color that is greener and deeper than moss green and yellower and darker than pea green | Synonyms: cress green, watercress |
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| dissonance | (noun) disagreeable sounds | - |
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| (noun) the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience | Synonyms: noise, racket |
| (noun) a conflict of people's opinions or actions or characters | Synonyms: disagreement, dissension |
| dissonant | (adjective) not in accord | Synonyms: at variance, discrepant |
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| (adjective) lacking in harmony | Synonyms: discordant, disharmonious, inharmonic |
| (adjective) characterized by musical dissonance; harmonically unresolved | Synonyms: unresolved |
| dissonate | (verb) cause to sound harsh and unpleasant | Synonyms: disharmonize |
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| (verb) be dissonant or harsh | - |
| essonite | (noun) a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown | Synonyms: cinnamon stone, hessonite |
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| frisson | (noun) an almost pleasurable sensation of fright | Synonyms: chill, quiver, shiver, shudder, thrill, tingle |
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| hessonite | (noun) a garnet ranging in color from yellow to brown | Synonyms: cinnamon stone, essonite |
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| lesson | (noun) a task assigned for individual study | - |
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| (noun) a unit of instruction | - |
| (noun) punishment intended as a warning to others | Synonyms: deterrent example, example, object lesson |
| (noun) the significance of a story or event | Synonyms: moral |