10 points to the first person who can explain what onomatopoeia is and gimme an example?
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It's when a word sounds like the sound it makes... kinda. :)\nLike, a bee "buzzes". \nYay!\n:)
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sound (countable and uncountable; plural: sounds)\n\nA sensation perceived by the ear caused by the vibration of air or some other medium. (He turned when he heard the sound of footsteps behind him.) \n\nThat is the definition of sound so if there is no ear with which to vibrate than that tree does not cause any sound. The falling does create the potential for sound, but until the vibrating air hits an eardrum there is no sound
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http://www.brainpop.com/\n\nhttp://www.klte.hu/~lenteg/animate.html\n\nhttp://www.shsu.edu/~chm_tgc/sounds/sound.html
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Sound: \nMain Entry: sound\nFunction: noun\nEtymology: Middle English soun, from Old French son, from Latin sonus, from sonare to sound; akin to Old English swinn melody, Sanskrit svanati it sounds\n1 a : a particular auditory impression : TONE b : the sensation perceived by the sense of hearing c : mechanical radiant energy that is transmitted by longitudinal pressure waves in a material medium (as air) and is the objective cause of hearing\n2 a : a speech sound <a peculiar r-sound> b : value in terms of speech sounds <-cher of teacher and -ture of creature have the same sound>\n3 archaic : RUMOR, FAME\n4 a : meaningless noise b obsolete : MEANING c : the impression conveyed : IMPORT\n5 : hearing distance : EARSHOT\n6 : recorded auditory material\n7 : a particular musical style characteristic of an individual, a group, or an area <the Nashville sound> \n\n\nNoise: \nMain Entry: 1noise \nPronunciation: 'noiz\nFunction: noun\nEtymology: Middle English, from Old French, strife, quarrel, noise, from Latin nausea nausea\n1 : loud, confused, or senseless shouting or outcry\n2 a : SOUND; especially : one that lacks agreeable musical quality or is noticeably unpleasant b : any sound that is undesired or interferes with one's hearing of something c : an unwanted signal or a disturbance (as static or a variation of voltage) in an electronic device or instrument (as radio or television); broadly : a disturbance interfering with the operation of a usually mechanical device or system d : electromagnetic radiation (as light or radio waves) that is composed of several frequencies and that involves random changes in frequency or amplitude e : irrelevant or meaningless data or output occurring along with desired information\n3 : common talk : RUMOR; especially : SLANDER\n4 : something that attracts attention <the play... will make little noise in the world -- Brendan Gill>\n5 : something spoken or uttered\n- noise·less  /-l&s/ adjective\n- noise·less·ly adverb
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Close proximity (kind of a hyperbolic phrase, but makes me laugh when I see it )\n\nhttp://www.fun-with-words.com/redundant_phrases.html\n\nPleonasms is the specific definition.
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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
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http://education.yahoo.com/reference/dictionary/pronounce;_ylt=AvgI3UakgM2lKkCQttnj296ugMMF?id=P0143400&path=prons/P0143400.wav
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here are some good ones:\n\nhttp://www.glenbrook.k12.il.us/GBSSCI/PHYS/CLASS/sound/soundtoc.html\n\nhttp://www.physicsclassroom.com/Class/sound/soundtoc.html\n\nhttp://www.cord.edu/dept/physics/p128/lecture99_35.html
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heck, encarta encylopedia has this feature. it goes with sounds so u can practice pronunciation.
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Funny - I was able to find web sites that discussed each of those. Here's one for cat's meow\n\nhttp://www.xmission.com/~emailbox/phrases.htm:
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1 entry found for floccinaucinihilipilification.\nMain Entry:   floccinaucinihilipilification \nPart of Speech:   noun \nDefinition:   an act or instance of judging something to be worthless or trivial \nEtymology:   the parts of the word each mean `at nothing' or `with a small price'
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supercalifragalistic- expialadocious  \n\nThere you go. :)
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Jingle bells,\nPythagorean theorum smells\nEinstein laid an egg.\n\n\nAs far as I got. Sorry. I tried.
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hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia --fear of long words (gotta love the irony...)\n\nEtymology\nFanciful extension of sesqui(p)pedalophobia with monstrum "monster" and a truncated form of hippopotamus, intended to exaggerate the length of the word itself and the idea of the size of the words being feared. The word consists of 36 letters.\n\nNoun\nhippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia (uncountable)\n\nUsage notes\nIt is unlikely that this 15-syllable contrivance is ever used purely for its meaning. The term sesquipedalophobia is recognized in formal writing, while the four-syllable phrase "fear of long words" is certainly worth considering. \nIn the book Useless Knowledge, this enormous word was misinterpreted by the authors as two words, causing them to list the fear of long words as the following: \n   hippopotomonstroses\n   quippedaliophobia\n\nTranslations\nGerman: Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobie\nSpanish: hipopotomonstrosesquipedaliofobia
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What you are looking for is called the "Phonetic Alphabet".\n\nSee below for a few examples.
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Use the link below to see the definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, and click on the little speaker icon to be able to hear it pronounced.  It sounds a little like "HAY-puh-nee."\n\nNeed the answer? Ask your friendly neighborhood librarian!
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Those are called homonyms.  Try this site \n\nhttp://www.cooper.com/alan/homonym.html