a doubled or long consonant; "the `n' in `thinness' is a geminate" krzyżówka

voluble conversation a favorite saying of a sect or political group a witty saying an examination consisting of a few short questions a reply that repeats what has just been said formally making a person known to another or to the public a reference point to shoot at; "his arrow hit the mark" a distinguishing symbol; "the owner's mark was on all the sheep" a company emblem or device a sign of something about to happen; "he looked for an omen before going into battle" popular music originating in the West Indies; repetitive bass riffs and regular chords played on the off beat by a guitar an early form of modern jazz (originating around 1940) syncopated music in duple time for dancing the rumba a sad Portuguese folksong a type of folksong that originated among Black Americans at the beginning of the 20th century; has a melancholy sound from repeated use of blue notes a brief introductory passage to a piece of popular music a Kwa language spoken in Ghana and the Ivory Coast a Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad the Dravidian language spoken since prehistoric times by the Tamil in southern India and Sri Lanka the Turkic language spoken by the Uzbek