| mora | the time span of an ordinary syllable. | |
| vocable | a word treated as a combination of sounds. | |
| reduct | an area partitioned off from a room for balance with a fireplace, etc. | |
| cheville | a word used merely to satisfy meter or to balance a phrase. | |
| plumper | something held in the mouth to fill out hollow cheeks. | |
| caprifig | an inedible species of fig, used to attract fig wasps to pollinate edible figs, usu. Smyrna. |