Term: speech act: the use of language to perform some act
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: tammany hall: a political organization within the Democratic Party in New York City (late 1800's and early 1900's) seeking political control by corruption and bossism
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: stocks: a frame that supports a boat while it is under construction
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: velvet grass: tall European perennial grass having a velvety stem; naturalized in United States and used for forage
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: coleus: any of various Old World tropical plants of the genus Coleus having multicolored decorative leaves and spikes of blue flowers
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: animal trainer: one who trains or exhibits animals
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: sierra plum: shrub of the Pacific coast of the United States bearing small red insipid fruit
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: deer hunter: hunter of deer
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: european chestnut: wild or cultivated throughout southern Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: part music: vocal music for several voices in independent parts (usually performed without accompaniment)
Broader: event: something that happens at a given place and time | Unrelated: concatenation: the linking together of a consecutive series of symbols or events or ideas etc