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Short :: Short (adv.) Not prolonged, or relatively less prolonged, in utterance; -- opposed to long, and applied to vowels or to syllables. In English, the long and short of the same letter are not, in most cases, the long and short of the same sound; thus, the i in ill is the short sound, not of i in isle, but of ee in eel, and the e in pet is the short sound of a in pate, etc. See Quantity, and Guide to Pronunciation, //22, 30..

Enunciated :: Enunciated (imp. & p. p.) of Enunciat.

Lallation :: Lallation (n.) An imperfect enunciation of the letter r, in which it sounds like l..

Renouncement :: Renouncement (n.) The act of disclaiming or rejecting; renunciation.

Nonuniformist :: Nonuniformist (n.) One who believes that past changes in the structure of the earth have proceeded from cataclysms or causes more violent than are now operating; -- called also nonuniformitarian.

Orthoepy :: Orthoepy (n.) The art of uttering words correctly; a correct pronunciation of words; also, mode of pronunciation..

Pilewort :: Pilewort (n.) A plant (Ranunculus Ficaria of Linnaeus) whose tuberous roots have been used in poultices as a specific for the piles.

Revolt :: Revolt (n.) The act of revolting; an uprising against legitimate authority; especially, a renunciation of allegiance and subjection to a government; rebellion; as, the revolt of a province of the Roman empire..

Explosive :: Explosive (n.) A sound produced by an explosive impulse of the breath; (Phonetics) one of consonants p, b, t, d, k, g, which are sounded with a sort of explosive power of voice. [See Guide to Pronunciation, Ã 155-7, 184.].

Nundination :: Nundination (n.) Traffic at fairs; marketing; buying and selling.

Nun :: Nun (n.) The European blue titmouse.

Pronunciamento :: Pronunciamento (n.) A proclamation or manifesto; a formal announcement or declaration.

Jesuitess :: "Jesuitess (n.) One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633..

Denouncement :: Denouncement (n.) Solemn, official, or menacing announcement; denunciation..

Apocrisiarius :: Apocrisiarius (n.) A delegate or deputy; especially, the pope's nuncio or legate at Constantinople..

Novice :: Novice (n.) One who enters a religious house, whether of monks or nuns, as a probationist..

Nuncupative :: Nuncupative (a.) Oral; not written.

Enunciative :: Enunciative (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, enunciation; declarative..

Conundrum :: Conundrum (n.) A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.

Pronunciative :: Pronunciative (a.) Uttering confidently; dogmatical.

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