Term: epiplexis: a rhetorical device in which the speaker reproaches the audience in order to incite or convince them
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: pike: a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: lidocaine: a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: ground bait: bait scattered on the water to attract fish
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: distemper: any of various infectious viral diseases of animals
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: perforation: the act of punching a hole (especially a row of holes as for ease of separation)
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: local department: a permanent department created to perform the work of a local government
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: megasporangium: a plant structure that produces megaspores
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: smog: air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: moon: any natural satellite of a planet
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: diflunisal: nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory (trade name Dolobid) used to treat arthritis and other inflammatory conditions