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ARSISIn English usage, the long syllable in a metrical foot in poetry
SPONDEETwo heavy beats in a metrical foot in a pool of water in sea sound (7)
STRESSAccent on syllables in a metrical pattern
KNAPIn British usage, the object of this verb is nearly always a flint
IAMBA metrical foot in poetry (4)
IAMBUSIn poetry, a metrical foot consisting of one short syllable followed by one long syllable (6)
TROCHEEMetrical foot in prosody of a long syllable followed by a short one; the reverse of an iamb (7)
ANAPESTCertain metrical foot in poetry
IAMBSMetrical feet in poetry (one of three possible spellings)
DACTYLMetrical foot in prosody consisting of one long syllable followed by two short ones (6)
IAMBIMetrical feet, in poetry
PAEONA metrical foot of one long syllable and three short ones (5)
SCAMPIIn Italian, it means "European lobster." The English word is used to label a dish with shrimp prepared with a garlic-flavored sauce. First known English usage is 1925.
ANAPAESTIn prosody, a metrical foot of two short syllables followed by a long one; the reverse of a dactyl (8)
TONICA keynote; a stressed syllable in a word; quinine water to mix with gin; or, any restorative or pick-me-up (5)
PENULTThe next to last syllable in a word
ELISIONOmission, as of a syllable in a word
METATHESISTransposition of sounds or syllables in a word, or of words in a sentence (10)
SIMPATICOItalian word, borrowed for English usage to describe a feeling of fellow-feeling and hence likabilit
FOWLERHenry Watson --, author of 'A Dictionary of Modern English Usage' (6)