All rune synonyms
rune
R r noun rune
- blank verse β Blank verse is poetry that does not rhyme. In English literature it usually consists of lines with five stressed syllables.
- mystery β anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
- incantation β the chanting or uttering of words purporting to have magical power.
- inscrutability β incapable of being investigated, analyzed, or scrutinized; impenetrable.
- lay β to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively): to lie oneself out of a difficulty; accustomed to lying his way out of difficulties.
- limerick β a county in N Munster, in the SW Republic of Ireland. 037 sq. mi. (2686 sq. km).
- conjury β magic
- haiku β a major form of Japanese verse, written in 17 syllables divided into 3 lines of 5, 7, and 5 syllables, and employing highly evocative allusions and comparisons, often on the subject of nature or one of the seasons.
- invocation β the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
- minuscule β very small.
- characters β the aggregate of features and traits that form the individual nature of some person or thing.
- enchanting β Delightfully charming or attractive.
- hieroglyph β Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- balladry β ballad poetry or songs
- half-rhyme β rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- majuscule β (of letters) capital.
- character β The character of a person or place consists of all the qualities they have that make them distinct from other people or places.
- quatrain β a stanza or poem of four lines, usually with alternate rhymes.
- hoodoo β voodoo.
- alphabet β An alphabet is a set of letters usually presented in a fixed order which is used for writing the words of a particular language or group of languages.
- witchery β witchcraft; magic.
- inscrutableness β Inscrutability.
- brainteaser β an intellectually challenging puzzle, problem, game, etc.
- whodunit β a narrative dealing with a murder or a series of murders and the detection of the criminal; detective story.
- half rhyme β rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- witching β a person, now especially a woman, who professes or is supposed to practice magic or sorcery; a sorceress. Compare warlock.
- expressive β Effectively conveying thought or feeling.
- hieroglyphic β Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hieroglyphs β Plural form of hieroglyph.
- magic β the art of producing illusions as entertainment by the use of sleight of hand, deceptive devices, etc.; legerdemain; conjuring: to pull a rabbit out of a hat by magic.
- ideograph β an ideogram.
- hocuspocus β Alternative spelling of hocus-pocus.
- fortunetelling β the act or practice of predicting the future.
- ideographs β an ideogram.
- alliteration β Alliteration is the use in speech or writing of several words close together which all begin with the same letter or sound.
- occult β of or relating to magic, astrology, or any system claiming use or knowledge of secret or supernatural powers or agencies.
- abstruseness β hard to understand; recondite; esoteric: abstruse theories.
- conjuration β a magic spell; incantation
- lines β a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
- letter β a person who lets, especially one who rents out property.
- grabber β a person or thing that grabs.
- occultism β belief in the existence of secret, mysterious, or supernatural agencies.
- wizardry β the art, skill, or accomplishments of a wizard.
- horoscopy β Archaic. the casting or taking of horoscopes.
- closed book β something deemed unknown or incapable of being understood
- lyric β (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- doggerel β comic or burlesque, and usually loose or irregular in measure. rude; crude; poor.
- diabolism β activities designed to enlist the aid of devils, esp in witchcraft or sorcery
- morpheme β any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).
- morphemes β any of the minimal grammatical units of a language, each constituting a word or meaningful part of a word, that cannot be divided into smaller independent grammatical parts, as the, write, or the -ed of waited. Compare allomorph (def 2), morph (def 1).