Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
- written record
- a written document preserving knowledge of facts or events
- amnesty
- a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense
- attachment
- a writ authorizing the seizure of property that may be needed for the payment of a judgment in a judicial proceeding
- plot
- the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.
- red light
- the signal to stop
- Samoyedic
- the Uralic languages spoken by the Samoyed in northwestern Siberia
- scarlet letter
- the letter A in red; Puritans required adulterers to wear it
- Oak Leaf Cluster
- a United States military decoration consisting of bronze or silver oak leaves and acorns awarded to anyone who has won a given medal before
- affray
- noisy quarrel
- label
- a brief description given for purposes of identification
- amicus curiae brief
- a brief presented by someone interested in influencing the outcome of a lawsuit but who is not a party to it
- geordie
- the nonstandard dialect of natives of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
- euphuism
- an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology
- calque
- an expression introduced into one language by translating it from another language
- Murphy's Law
- humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong
- rendering
- a performance of a musical composition or a dramatic role etc.
- letter
- a written message addressed to a person or organization
- whip-round
- (British) solicitation of money usually for a benevolent purpose
- posting
- (bookkeeping) a listing on the company's records
- Warlpiri
- a language of Australian aborigines
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