Term: speech act: the use of language to perform some act
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: obligation: a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: saddle sore: sore on a horseback rider chafed by a saddle
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: nose flute: a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries)
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: hasid: a member of a Jewish sect that observes a form of strict Orthodox Judaism
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: lectureship: the post of lecturer
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: rubefacient: a medicine for external application that produces redness of the skin
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: quintet: a musical composition for five performers
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: linguistic performance: (linguistics) a speaker's actual use of language in real situations; what the speaker actually says, including grammatical errors and other non-linguistic features such as hesitations and other disfluencies (contrasted with linguistic competence)
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: quintet: a set of five similar things considered as a unit
Broader: act: something that people do or cause to happen | Unrelated: mumbling: indistinct enunciation