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There are 12 words containing LEPSI
| PROLEPSIS | • prolepsis n. (Rhetoric) The assignment of something to a period of time that precedes it. • prolepsis n. (Logic) The anticipation of an objection to an argument. • prolepsis n. (Grammar, rhetoric) A construction that consists of placing an element in a syntactic unit before that… |
| SYLLEPSIS | • syllepsis n. (Rhetoric) A figure of speech in which one word simultaneously modifies two or more other words such… • syllepsis n. (Botany) Growth in which lateral branches develop from a lateral meristem, without the formation of… • SYLLEPSIS n. (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'. |
| EPILEPSIES | • epilepsies n. Plural of epilepsy. • EPILEPSY n. a disorder of the nervous system. |
| METALEPSIS | • metalepsis n. (Rhetoric) A rhetorical device whereby one word is metonymically substituted for another word which… • METALEPSIS n. metonymy, esp. of a double, complicated, or indirect kind. |
| CATALEPSIES | • catalepsies n. Plural of catalepsy. • CATALEPSY n. a rigid or trancelike fit. |
| EPANALEPSIS | • epanalepsis n. (Rhetoric) The repetition of the same word or clause after intervening matter. • EPANALEPSIS n. repetition or resumption with the same words e.g. 'The king is dead, long live the king'. |
| MONOBLEPSIS | • monoblepsis n. (Pathology) A defect of vision that is evident only if both eyes are open. • MONOBLEPSIS n. a condition in which vision is more distinct when one eye only is used. |
| PARABLEPSIS | • parablepsis n. (Palaeography) A circumstance in which a scribe miscopies text due to inadvertently looking to the side… • PARABLEPSIS n. false vision; oversight, also PARABLEPSY. |
| ACATALEPSIES | • ACATALEPSY n. the sceptic doctrine that knowledge cannot be certain. |
| NARCOLEPSIES | • narcolepsies n. Plural of narcolepsy. • NARCOLEPSY n. pathological drowsiness. |
| PARABLEPSIES | • PARABLEPSY n. false vision; oversight, also PARABLEPSIS. |
| NYMPHOLEPSIES | • nympholepsies n. Plural of nympholepsy. • NYMPHOLEPSY n. a trance incurred by erotic daydreams. |
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- English Wiktionary: 30 words
- Scrabble in French: 10 words
- Scrabble in Spanish: 12 words
- Scrabble in Italian: 3 words
- Scrabble in German: 3 words
- Scrabble in Romanian: 82 words
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