Term: onomatopoeia: using words that imitate the sound they denote
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: leiomyoma: benign tumor of smooth muscle (usually in the uterus or digestive tract)
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: azote: an obsolete name for nitrogen
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: surveying: the practice of measuring angles and distances on the ground so that they can be accurately plotted on a map
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: consortium: an association of companies for some definite purpose
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: mitral stenosis: obstruction or narrowing of the mitral valve (as by scarring from rheumatic fever)
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: dideoxycytosine: an antiviral drug used to combat HIV infection
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: pullback: a device (as a decorative loop of cord or fabric) for holding or drawing something back
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: cayenne: a long and often twisted hot red pepper
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: stole: a wide scarf worn about their shoulders by women
Broader: rhetorical device: a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) | Unrelated: eggs benedict: toasted English muffin topped with ham and a poached egg (or an oyster) and hollandaise sauce