linguistic unit

extended verbal expression in speech or writing

a unit of language that native speakers can identify

a unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme

a minimal unit (as a word or stem) in the lexicon of a language; `go' and `went' and `gone' and `going' are all members of the English lexeme `go'

minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units

minimal language unit that has a syntactic (or morphological) function

a language unit by which a person or thing is known

a grouping of words in a sentence

(phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language

a fundamental linguistic unit linking a signifier to that which is signified

discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation

a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

a word (such as a pronoun) used to avoid repetition; the referent of an anaphor is determined by its antecedent

a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other

a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it

a word acted out in an episode of the game of charades

a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language

a word to which an independent meaning can be assigned

a word formed from two or more words by omitting or combining some sounds

a word specifying identity or spatial or temporal location from the perspective of a speaker or hearer in the context in which the communication occurs

(linguistics) a word that is derived from another word

a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness

a word that is considered to be unmentionable

a word having two syllables

the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something

any of several short English words (often having 4 letters) generally regarded as obscene or offensive

a word that is uninflected and serves a grammatical function but has little identifiable meaning

a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page

(grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent

a word placed at the beginning of a line or paragraph (as in a dictionary entry)

two words are heteronyms if they are spelled the same way but differ in pronunciation

a word that names the whole of which a given word is a part

two words are homonyms if they are pronounced or spelled the same way but have different meanings

a word that is more generic than a given word

a word that is more specific than a given word

a significant word used in indexing or cataloging

a word that is composed of parts from different languages (e.g., `monolingual' has a Greek prefix and a Latin root)

a word borrowed from another language; e.g. `blitz' is a German word borrowed into modern English

a word that names a part of a larger whole

a word that denotes one thing but refers to a related thing

a word or utterance of one syllable

a newly invented word or phrase

a word with a special meaning used for a special occasion

word having stress or an acute accent on the last syllable

a word or phrase that reads the same backward as forward

a word serving as the basis for inflected or derived forms

word having stress or acute accent on the next to last syllable

word (such a `some' or `less') that is used to indicate a part as distinct from a whole

a word having more than one meaning

a word of more than three syllables

word having stress or acute accent on the antepenult

(grammar) a word that expresses a quantity (as `fifteen' or `many')

(logic) a word (such as `some' or `all' or `no') that binds the variables in a logical proposition

a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)

a word introduced because an existing term has become inadequate

any word or group of words functioning as a noun

two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context

a word or expression used for some particular thing

a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline

a word having three syllables

a word that denotes a manner of doing something

a word that is spoken aloud

the last syllable in a word

the next to last syllable in a word

the 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end

the syllable added in a reduplicated word form

a variant phonological representation of a morpheme

a morpheme that can occur alone

a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns

a word or morpheme used in some languages in certain contexts (such as counting) to indicate the semantic class to which the counted item belongs

the end of a word (a suffix or inflectional ending or final morpheme)

an additional name or an epithet appended to a name (as in `Ferdinand the Great')

(law) a name under which a corporation conducts business that is not the legal name of the corporation as shown in its articles of incorporation

the name derived from a person (real or imaginary)

the person for whom something is named

(computer science) the name given to a computer file in order to distinguish it from other files; may contain an extension that indicates the type of file

a family name derived from name of your father or a paternal ancestor (especially with an affix (such as -son in English or O'- in Irish) added to the name of your father or a paternal ancestor)

a name derived from the name of your mother or a maternal ancestor

the name of a street

the name of a brokerage firm in which stock is held on behalf of a customer

slang for something (especially for an illegal drug)

the name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)

a name between your first name and your surname

the name that precedes the surname

a descriptive name for a place or thing

a name that has been assumed temporarily

a fictitious name used when the person performs a particular social role

an incorrect or unsuitable name

the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work

identifying word or words by which someone or something is called and classified or distinguished from others

a name of endearment (especially one using a diminutive suffix)

the name of a work of art or literary composition etc.

the name by which a geographical place is known

the written form of a word

your name written in your own handwriting

a syncategorematic expression; a word that cannot be used alone as a term in a logical proposition

the name by which a corporation is identified

strings of letters and numbers (separated by periods) that are used to name organizations and computers and addresses on the internet

a name given to a product or service

one of the names for notes of a musical scale in solmization

(linguistics) one of a small set of speech sounds that are distinguished by the speakers of a particular language

a speech sound made with the vocal tract open

a vowellike sound that serves as a consonant

a speech sound that is not a vowel

a speech sound produced with both the oral and nasal passages open (as French nasal vowels)

a speech sound accompanied by sound from the vocal cords