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aphesis
noun
(aph-e-sis)
aphaeresis consisting of the loss of a short unaccented vowel (as in lone for alone)
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synizesis
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apocopation
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obsoletism
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lambdacism
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content word
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dispondee
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brachyology
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metaphony
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anaptyxis
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vowelless
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antepenult
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language unit
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acute accent
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alpha privative
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syllabism
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grave accent
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parathesis
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genitive case
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subject case
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rhotacism
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major form class
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choriamb
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antibacchius
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eclipsis
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accusative case
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word form
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amphibrach
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toneme
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indefinite pronoun
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dysphemia
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sound law
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pluriliteral
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