Two words of a maxim
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COLDHANDSTwo words of a maxim.
SWINGLOWFirst two words of a spiritual.
NOELNOELTwo words of a Christmas carol.
OHSAYFirst two words of a famous song.
PETERPETERFirst two words of a nursery rhyme.
AWAYINFirst two words of a Christmas carol.
ITWASFirst words of "A Tale of Two Cities"
ITWASOpening words of "A Tale of Two Cities"
ITOOFirst two words of a Langston Hughes title
ITWASFirst two words of "A Tale of Two Cities"
RHOGreek letter that's a homophone of two English words
polyonymicof a name, consisting of more than two words
paronymya relationship of two words having the same sound
paronymiesPARONYMY, a relationship of two words having the same sound
phrasalpertaining to a group of two or more associated words
phrasallyPHRASAL, pertaining to a group of two or more associated words
compoundsA word made up of two or more existing words, such as steamship
compoundA word made up of two or more existing words, such as steamship
doubletone of two or more words in a language that are derived from the same source
zeugmathe use of a word to modify two or more words when it is appropriate to only one.
anaphorarepetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more successive verses, clauses, or sentences
YOULOSECalvin Coolidge's reputed reply to a woman who bet she could get more than two words out of him
homonymsEach of two words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling (e.g., to, too, and two); a homophone
homonymsEach of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins (e.g., pole1 and pole2); a homograph
homonymEach of two words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling (e.g., to, too, and two); a homophone
homonymEach of two or more words having the same spelling but different meanings and origins (e.g., pole1 and pole2); a homograph
chiasmusa reversal in the order of words in two otherwise parallel phrases, as in “He went to the country, to the town went she.”
homographone of two or more words that have the same spelling but differ in origin, meaning, and sometimes pronunciation eg bow (in hair) and bow (of a ship)
scrabblebrand name for a game combining anagrams and crosswords in which two to four players use counters of various point values to form words on a playing board
homographsHOMOGRAPH, one of two or more words that have the same spelling but differ in origin, meaning, and sometimes pronunciation eg bow (in hair) and bow (of a ship)
heteronymEach of two or more words that are used to refer to the identical thing in different geographical areas of a speech community, such as submarine sandwich, hoagie, and grinder
heteronymsEach of two or more words that are used to refer to the identical thing in different geographical areas of a speech community, such as submarine sandwich, hoagie, and grinder
virgulea short oblique stroke (/) between two words indicating that whichever is appropriate may be chosen to complete the sense of the text in which they occur: The defendant and his/her attorney must appear in court
orused as a function word to indicate an alternative coffee or tea sink or swim, the equivalent or substitutive character of two words or phrases lessen or abate, or approximation or uncertainty in five or six days
rondeaua fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas
rondeauxa fixed form of verse based on two rhyme sounds and consisting usually of 13 lines in three stanzas with the opening words of the first line of the first stanza used as an independent refrain after the second and third stanzas
syllepsis(Greek) a construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in 'He lost his coat and his temper'
syllepsesSYLLEPSIS, (Greek) a construction in which a word governs two or more other words but agrees in number, gender, or case with only one, or has a different meaning when applied to each of the words, as in 'He lost his coat and his temper'
spoonerismsA verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect, as in the sentence you have hissed the mystery lectures, accidentally spoken instead of the intended sentence you have missed the history lectures
spoonerismA verbal error in which a speaker accidentally transposes the initial sounds or letters of two or more words, often to humorous effect, as in the sentence you have hissed the mystery lectures, accidentally spoken instead of the intended sentence you have missed the history lectures