allomorph
any of several different crystalline forms of the same chemical compound
anomaly
deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule
articulation
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
bandwidth
a data transmission rate; the maximum amount of information (bits/second) that can be transmitted along a channel
comparative
relating to or based on or involving comparison
concatenation
the act of linking together as in a series or chain
conjugation
the state of being joined together
contraction
the act of decreasing (something) in size or volume or quantity or scope
declination
a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state
diacritic
a mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation
diminutive
a word that is formed with a suffix (such as -let or -kin) to indicate smallness
diphthong
a vowel sound that starts near the articulatory position for one vowel and moves toward the position for another
dispersion
spreading widely or driving off
gerund
a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)
lexicon
a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them
morpheme
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
perturbation
the act of causing disorder
semitone
the musical interval between adjacent keys on a keyboard instrument
