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determiner

Language; General language

A word that identifies or distinguishes another word without describing or modifying it.

deverbal noun

Language; General language

A noun that can act as an autonomous common noun and that has been derived from a verb or a verb phrase. e.g. invader is a deverbal noun derived from invade.

diacope

Language; General language

The separation of a compound word into its parts.

dialect

Language; General language

A form of speech that is peculiar to a region or to a specific group of speakers.

dactyl

Language; General language

That is a long syllable followed by two short ones.

daffynition

Language; General language

A pun definition created by reinterpreting the parts of an existing word.

dagger (†)

Language; General language

A printer's mark used to indicate footnotes and marginal references.

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