Syncope, the loss of sounds from within a word.
The acquisition of something, generally negative.
A period of economic decline or negative growth.
A process whereby one or more sounds of a free morpheme (a word) are lost or reduced, such that it becomes a bound morpheme (a clitic) that attaches phonologically to an adjacent word.
A strong and often painful shortening of the uterine muscles prior to or during childbirth.
A shorthand symbol indicating an omission for the purpose of brevity.
A reversible reduction in size.
A word with omitted letters replaced by an apostrophe, usually resulting from the above process.
The process of contracting a disease.
A distinct stage of wound healing, wherein the wound edges are gradually pulled together.
A shortening of a muscle during its use.
An audio effects unit that introduces a controlled delay.
A period of time before an event occurs; the act of delaying; procrastination; lingering inactivity.
Synonym of promise (“object representing delayed result”)
An amount of time provided on each move before one's clock starts to tick; a less common time control than increment.
To put off until a later time; to defer.
To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time.