Octosyllabic in Detail

Useful Words

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Rebus : حرف معما : a puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words.

Pictographic : تصویر نویسی سے متعلق : consisting of or characterized by the use of pictographs. "A pictographic script".

Narrative : قصے پر مبنی : consisting of or characterized by the telling of a story. "Narrative poetry".

Accented, Tonic : اہم سیلیبل : used of syllables. "A tonic syllables carries the main stress in a word".

Syllabicate, Syllabify, Syllabise, Syllabize : ہجا میں تقسیم کرنا : divide into syllables. "Syllabify the words".

Aged, Elderly, Older, Senior : بوڑھا : advanced in years; (`aged` is pronounced as two syllables). "Aged members of the society".

Acatalectic : سلییبل سے بھرا جملہ : (prosody) a line of verse that has the full number of syllables.

Scanner : جائزہ لینے والا : someone who scans verse to determine the number and prosodic value of the syllables.

Chant : گیت : a repetitive song in which as many syllables as necessary are assigned to a single tone.

Accentual : طرز کے ساتھ : (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity. "Accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line".

Accentuation : زور ڈال کر اظہار کرنا : the use or application of an accent; the relative prominence of syllables in a phrase or utterance.

Acatalectic : مکمل مصرعہ : (verse) metrically complete; especially having the full number of syllables in the final metrical foot.

Assonant : ہم صوت : having the same sound (especially the same vowel sound) occurring in successive stressed syllables. "Note the assonant words and syllables in `tilting at windmills'".

Spondee : ایک وزن شعر جس میں دو لمبے ارکان ہوتے ہیں : a metrical unit with stressed-stressed syllables.

Dash, Hyphen : نشان ربط : a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text.

Argumentative : دلیل پر مبنی : given to or characterized by argument. "An argumentative discourse".

Choleric, Irascible : غضب ناک : characterized by anger. "A choleric outburst".

Hostile : معاندانہ : characterized by enmity or ill will. "A hostile nation".

Adulterous, Extracurricular, Extramarital : زناکار : characterized by adultery. "An adulterous relationship".

Homosporous : یک جنس : characterized by homospory. "Homosporous plants".

Brilliant, Glorious, Magnificent, Splendid : عظیم الشان : characterized by grandeur. "The brilliant court life at Versailles".

On The Fence, Undecided : غیر جانب دار : characterized by indecision. "Some who had been on the fence came out in favor of the plan".

Affectional, Affective, Emotive : جذبات انگیز : characterized by emotion. "Affectional speech".

Jocosity, Jocularity : مزاح : fun characterized by humor.

Resonant, Resonating, Resounding, Reverberating, Reverberative : گونج دار : characterized by resonance. "A resonant voice".

Acronymic, Acronymous : مخفف میں : characterized by the use of acronyms.

Cruddy, Filthy, Foul, Nasty, Smutty : بے ہودہ : characterized by obscenity. "It`s a nasty job".

Squinty : بھینگا پن : characterized by squinting. "He looked with squinty eyes".

Phlegmy : بلغم کا نکلنا : characterized by phlegm. "A phlegmy discharge".

Expressive : ترجمانی کرنے والا : characterized by expression. "A very expressive face".

Autogamic, Autogamous : خودزواجی کے ذریعے پیدا ہوا : characterized by or fit for autogamy.