tapping
the sound of light blow or knock
cane
a strong slender often flexible stem as of bamboos, reeds, rattans, or sugar cane
due
that which is deserved or owed
mortgage
a conditional conveyance of property as security for the repayment of a loan
utterance
the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication
utter
without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers
threshold
the starting point for a new state or experience
reverberation
a remote or indirect consequence of some action
convolution
the action of coiling or twisting or winding together
prosodic
of or relating to the rhythmic aspect of language or to the suprasegmental phonemes of pitch and stress and juncture and nasalization and voicing
juncture
the shape or manner in which things come together and a connection is made
watermark
a distinguishing mark impressed on paper during manufacture; visible when paper is held up to the light
prosody
the study of poetic meter and the art of versification
liveness
the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
aliveness
the property of being animated; having animal life as distinguished from plant life
glottal
of or relating to or produced by the glottis
glottis
the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated
decay
the organic phenomenon of rotting
envelop
enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering
outline
the line that appears to bound an object
ford
cross a river where it's shallow
stumble
miss a step and fall or nearly fall
claw
sharp curved horny process on the toe of a bird or some mammals or reptiles
hairy
having or covered with hair
leak
enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure
decoy
something used to lure fish or other animals into danger so they can be trapped or killed
mallard
wild dabbling duck from which domestic ducks are descended; widely distributed
bonce
informal terms for a human head
nut
usually large hard-shelled seed
attend
be present at (meetings, church services, university), etc.
doorman
someone who guards an entrance
follow up
increase the effectiveness or success of by further action
spoof
a composition that imitates or misrepresents somebody's style, usually in a humorous way
counterpart
a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another
deterministic
an inevitable consequence of antecedent sufficient causes
