1. the letters of a language in their customary order. 2. any system of letters or symbols with which a language is written: the Greek alphabet. 3. any such system for representing the sounds of a language or languages: a phonetic alphabet. 4. basic facts; rudiments; ABC's: the alph...
The Worst Sounds To Hear Vote 69 1,007 votes Gooey 70 1,098 votes Mushy 71 1,592 votes Puberty the period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction 72 1,576 votes Yolk the yellow internal part of a bird's egg, which is surrounded by the white, ...
The Worst Sounds To Hear Vote 57 2,090 votes Chunk A large portion or piece of something. 58 1,777 votes Lugubrious looking or sounding sad and dismal 59 2,038 votes Damp Slightly wet. 60 1,760 votes Jowls The lower jaw or cheek. ...
Onomatopoeiais also used by poets to convey their subject to the reader. For example, in the last lines of Sir Alfred Tennyson's poem 'Come Down, O Maid',mandnsounds produce an atmosphere ofmurmuringinsects: ... the moan of doves in immemorial elms, And murmuring of innumerable bees. Ono...
a.A word formed by merging the sounds and meanings of two different words, aschortle,fromchuckleandsnort.Also calledportmanteau word. b.A word or part of a word that is analyzable as consisting of more than one morpheme without a clear boundary between them, as Frenchdu"of the" fromde"of...
If you see a word ending in one of these, and you know it isn’t a noun, chances are high it is an adjective. The English language also usesadverbsto describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. These descriptive words show intensity, number, and extent. They often end in -ly. ...
Depending upon the intensity of sounds, we describe them. They can be a whisper or blaring and anything in between. Hissing Moaning Noisy Loud Whispering Mute Silent Blaring Muffled Thundering Voiceless Quiet Melodic Resonant Raspy Adjectives to Describe Colour Yes! There are some adjectives in Engl...
Can be used as a guided reading tool for specific decoding skills, such as long vowels or ending sounds. Strengthens orthographic memory &reading fluency. Decodable readers are particularly effective for students who struggle with reading or who are learning English as a second language. By providin...
CLM - Common Lisp Music is a music synthesis and signal processing package in the Music V family. It provides much the same functionality as Stk, Csound, SuperCollider, PD, CMix, cmusic, and Arctic — a collection of functions that create and manipulate sounds, aimed primarily at composers ...
It is not meant to be a list of all the idioms in the English language. Sampritha Nayak (Posted on 4-1-2013 at 07:41) Thank you, sir. Being a english teacher it has really helped me. I can make my students to understand and speak fluently in english. thanks a lot. expecting ...