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Morpheme
[mawr-feem] 
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alphabet
[al-fuh-bet, -bit]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | letters of a writing system |
| Synonyms: | ABCs, characters, elements, fundamentals, graphic representation, hieroglyphs, ideograph, morphemes, phonemes, pictograph, rune, signs, syllabary, symbols |
| Concept: | Word. |
| Category: | 2. Conventional Means; Language Generally |
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-nouns
word, term, vocable; name; phrase; root, etymon; derivative; part of speech (grammar); ideophone., dictionary, vocabulary, lexicon, index, glossary, thesaurus, gradus, delectus, concordance., etymology, derivation; glossology, terminology, orismology; paleology (philogy)., lexicography; glossography (scholar); lexicologist, verbarian.
-adjectives
verbal, literal; titular, nominal., [Similarly derived] conjugat, paronymous; derivative.
-adverbs
verbally; verbatim (exactly).
-phrases
"the artillery of words" [Swift].
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