gar goIl noun 1. a macabre or grotesque sculpture of an animal or person, often carved as an architectural ornament. 2. on a building, a rainspout in the shape of such an…
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centaur
sen tawr noun in Greek mythology, any of a race of creatures that have the head, arms, and torso of a man and the trunk and legs of a horse.
synecdoche
sih nek də ki noun a figure of speech in which one term is used representatively for another by substituting a part for the whole or the specific for the general, or…
onomatopoeia
a nə ma tə pi ə the formation or use of words whose sounds suggest the meanings of the words, such as “bang,” “moo,” or “jingle”.
portmanteau word
port maen to wuhrd noun a word formed by combining the sounds and meanings of two other words, such as “smog” from “smoke” and “fog”.