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Epi- :: Epi- () A prefix, meaning upon, beside, among, on the outside, above, over. It becomes ep-before a vowel, as in epoch, and eph-before a Greek aspirate, as in ephemeral..

Vocality :: Vocality (n.) The quality of being a vowel; vocalic character.

Contraction :: Contraction (n.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is..

Denial :: Denial (n.) A refusal to acknowledge; disclaimer of connection with; disavowal; -- the contrary of confession; as, the denial of a fault charged on one; a denial of God..

Vow-fellow :: Vow-fellow (n.) One bound by the same vow as another.

Vowel :: Vowel (a.) Of or pertaining to a vowel; vocal.

Nasal :: Nasal (a.) Having a quality imparted by means of the nose; and specifically, made by lowering the soft palate, in some cases with closure of the oral passage, the voice thus issuing (wholly or partially) through the nose, as in the consonants m, n, ng (see Guide to Pronunciation, // 20, 208); characterized by resonance in the nasal passage; as, a nasal vowel; a nasal utterance..

Avowance :: Avowance (n.) Upholding; defense; vindication.

Novitiate :: Novitiate (n.) Hence: Time of probation in a religious house before taking the vows.

Benempt :: Benempt (p. p.) Promised; vowed.

Patronage :: Patronage (n.) The right of presentation to church or ecclesiastical benefice; advowson.

Ecthlipsis :: Ecthlipsis (n.) The dropping out or suppression from a word of a consonant, with or without a vowel..

Secret :: Secret (a.) Hidden; concealed; as, secret treasure; secret plans; a secret vow..

Disavowed :: Disavowed (imp. & p. p.) of Disavo.

Vocal :: Vocal (n.) A vocal sound; specifically, a purely vocal element of speech, unmodified except by resonance; a vowel or a diphthong; a tonic element; a tonic; -- distinguished from a subvocal, and a nonvocal..

W :: W () the twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, is usually a consonant, but sometimes it is a vowel, forming the second element of certain diphthongs, as in few, how. It takes its written form and its name from the repetition of a V, this being the original form of the Roman capital letter which we call U. Etymologically it is most related to v and u. See V, and U. Some of the uneducated classes in England, especially in London, confuse w and v, substituting the one for the other, as weal

Phthongal :: Phthongal (a.) Formed into, or characterized by, voice; vocalized; -- said of all the vowels and the semivowels, also of the vocal or sonant consonants g, d, b, l, r, v, z, etc..

Synallagmatic :: Synalepha (n.) A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army..

Vow :: Vow (v. i.) To make a vow, or solemn promise..

Tilde :: Tilde (n.) The accentual mark placed over n, and sometimes over l, in Spanish words [thus, ?, /], indicating that, in pronunciation, the sound of the following vowel is to be preceded by that of the initial, or consonantal, y..

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