speech disorder
— Noun
– English
~ a disorder of oral speech
speech production
— Noun
– English
~ the utterance of intelligible speech
speech
— Noun
– English
~ a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to"
speech rhythm
— Noun
– English
~ the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements; "the rhythm of Frost's poetry"
speech
— Noun
– English
~ the exchange of spoken words; "they were perfectly comfortable together without speech"
speech sound
— Noun
– English
~ (phonetics) an individual sound unit of speech without concern as to whether or not it is a phoneme of some language
speech day
— Noun
– English
~ an annual day in the schools when speeches are made and prizes are distributed
speech community
— Noun
– English
~ people sharing a given language or dialect
speech perception
— Noun
– English
~ the auditory perception (and comprehension) of speech
speech
— Noun
– English
~ something spoken; "he could hear them uttering merry speeches"
speech act
— Noun
– English
~ the use of language to perform some act
speech organ
— Noun
– English
~ any of the organs involved in speech production
speech
— Noun
– English
~ your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
speech
— Noun
– English
~ words making up the dialogue of a play; "the actor forgot his speech"
speech-read
— Verb
– English
~ interpret by lipreading; of deaf people
speech-endowed
— Adjective
– English
~ capable of speech; "the speaking animal"
speechifier
— Noun
– English
~ a person who delivers a speech or oration
speechify
— Verb
– English
~ make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality; "These ministers speechify on every occasion"
speechless
— Adjective
– English
~ temporarily incapable of speaking; "struck dumb"; "speechless with shock"
speechlessly
— Adverb
– English
~ without speaking; "he stood up soundlessly and speechlessly and glided across the hallway and through a door"