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| abuse |
offensive or unfair comments or language. [1/7 definitions] |
| abusive |
characterized by offensive or unfair language. [1/4 definitions] |
| acrid |
sharp or biting in language or tone. [1/2 definitions] |
| acronym |
a type of abbreviation used as a word, formed by combining the initial letters (or initial parts) of words that make up a particular string. The pronunciation of an acronym is based on the typical rules of pronouncing words in a language and is not made up of the sounds of the names of individual letters. |
| Afghan |
the language of that country; Pashto. [2/5 definitions] |
| Afrikaans |
a South African language developed from seventeenth-century Dutch. |
| ahtomp |
in Wampanoag language and culture, a weapon used for shooting arrows; bow. |
| Ainu |
the language of this people, of undetermined relationship to other language groups. [2/3 definitions] |
| Albanian |
of or pertaining to Albania or its people, culture, language, or the like. [2/3 definitions] |
| Algonquin |
the language spoken by these tribes, or the family of languages of which it is a part; Algonquian. [2/3 definitions] |
| alphabet |
the letters of a written language, esp. if in the standard or customary order. [1/2 definitions] |
| American |
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the United States or its peoples, culture, language, government, or the like. [2/5 definitions] |
| American English |
the English language as spoken and written in the United States. |
| American Sign Language |
a language used by many deaf people in North America, made up of hand movements and signs. |
| Amharic |
the official language of Ethiopia, which is part of the Semitic language family. |
| analytic philosophy |
a type of philosophy that uses common language and everyday experiences to analyze concepts. |
| Anglicism |
(often l.c.) a word, idiom, or feature of the English language, esp. British English, borrowed by another language; Briticism. [1/2 definitions] |
| Anglo-Saxon |
a person whose nationality, ancestry, or native language is English. [2/5 definitions] |
| aphasia |
partial or total loss of the ability to use or to understand spoken or written language, usu. as a result of damage to the brain. |
| Arabic |
designating, pertaining to, or in the script used to write the Semitic language of the Arabs, or Persian, Urdu, and other languages. [1/3 definitions] |
| Arab League |
a confederation of nations sharing a common Arabic language and culture, formed in 1945 to promote economic, military, and political cooperation among its members, and now grown to a total of twenty-one. |
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