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SYNALEPHA

Definition: SYNALEPHA

SYNALEPHA

Noun

1. A contraction of syllables by suppressing some vowel or diphthong at the end of a word, before another vowel or diphthong; as, th' army, for the army.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Synalepha \Syn`a*le"pha\, noun. [New Latin expression, from the Latin expression synaloepha, Greek, from to melt together; sy`n with to besmear.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: SYNALEPHA

English words defined with "SYNALEPHA": Synaloepha. (references)

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Modern Translation: SYNALEPHA

Language Translations for "SYNALEPHA"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Turkish

  

iki kelimeyi birleşik okuma (synaloepha). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: SYNALEPHA

Derivations

Words beginning with "SYNALEPHA": synalephas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "SYNALEPHA"

Words rhyming with "SYNALEPHA" (pronounced 'Syn`a*le"pha'): Amorpha, Anthropomorpha, Bdellomorpha, Myomorpha, nympha, Ophiomorpha, Pentalpha, Pythonomorpha, Sciuromorpha, Scolecomorpha. (additional references)

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Anagrams: SYNALEPHA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-e-h-l-n-p-s-y"

-2 letters: analyse, hyaenas, phaseal, phenyls, saphena, shapely.

-3 letters: alephs, alphas, apneal, apneas, hansel, hyaena, hyenas, nyalas, paeans, paesan, panels, phenyl, phylae, planes, plashy, playas, salpae, sanely, shaley, shapen.

-4 letters: alane, alans, aleph, alpha, anlas, ansae, apnea, ashen, aspen, asyla, ayahs, elans, ephas, hales, hansa, hanse, haply, heals, heaps, helps, hyena, hylas, hypes, lanes, lapse.

-5 letters: aahs.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-e-h-l-n-p-s-y"
 

+1 letter: synalephas, synaloepha.

 

+2 letters: anaphylaxes, phalanstery, synaloephas.

 

+4 letters: psychoanalyze.

 

+5 letters: apocryphalness, naphthylamines, nasopharyngeal, phenylalanines, psychoanalyses, psychoanalyzed, psychoanalyzes.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Bibliography


  

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