List of Single Words for Phrases or Sentences Part II

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When we speak, it should hold volume and commands. People are easily amused by simple and short sentences. Do you want to speak so that your listeners hunger for more? Speak less and direct.

This is continuation of the older post on “Single word for phrase or sentences”. Here are some single words you can use to save yourself the time to compose a sentence.

Pertaining to Marriage

The table below include single words for phrases and sentences pertaining to marriage

1. Monogamist One who has only one wife or husband at a time
2. Bigamist One who marries a second wife or husband while the legal spouse is still alive
3. Polygamist One who has more than one wife or husband at a time
4. Divorce Legal dissolution of the marriage of husband and wife
5. Widower A man whose wife is dead
6. Widow A woman whose husband is dead
7. Orphan A child whose parents are dead
8 Bride price The sum of money or property which a husband brings to his wife on marriage
9. Dowry The sum of money or property which a wife brings to her husband on marriage
10. Fiancé A man engaged to be married, A person engaged to be married
11. Fiancée A woman who is engaged to be married
12. Betrothed Engaged to be married
13. Elope Proclamation of intended marriage
14. Banns To run away with a lover in order to get married secretly
15. Bachelor A man who is regarded as able to marry, but has not yet
16. Spinster A woman who is regarded as able to marry, but has not yet

Pertaining to Death

The table below include single words for phrases and sentences pertaining to death.

1. Corpse The dead body of  human being
2. Carcass The dead body of a beast
3. Mortuary A place where dead body are temporarily placed before burial
4. Embalm To preserve a dead body from decaying
5. Exhume To dig up a corpse
6. Bier A frame on which a dead body is conveyed
7. Cemetery A place where dead bodies are interred
8. Post-mortem, Autopsy An examination of a dead body
9. Morgue A place where the bodies of persons found dead are placed for identification
10. Obituary An account in a poster or newspaper of the funeral of one deceased
11. Suicide The act of killing oneself
12. Murder Unlawful killing of another human being on purpose
13. Infanticide Murder of a new-born child
14. Resurrections Rising from the dead
15. Electrocuted To be killed by electricity

Scientific Instruments

The table below shows single words for phrases and sentences pertaining to scientific instruments

1. Thermometre An instrument used for measuring heat or cold
2. Barometre An instrument for measuring the pressure of the air
3. Microscope An instrument for making very small objects appear large
4. Telescope An instrument for seeing distant objects
5. Telephone An instrument for transmitting voice to a distance
6. Microphone An instrument for increasing the volume of the voice
7. Camera An instrument for taking photographs
8. Speedometre An instrument for measuring the speed of a vehicle
9. Ammeter An instrument for measuring electric current
10. Binoculars An instrument that enables a person to see distant objects

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