Par`o*no*mas"tic, Par`o*no*mas"tic*al, a. Of or pertaining to paronomasia; consisting in a play upon words. (Rhet.) A play upon words; a figure by which the same word is used in different senses, or words similar in sound are set in opposition to each other, so as to give antithetical force to the sentence; punning. Dryden. Source: 1913 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Allege: A high rock shelf
Arson: Our daughter's brother
Author: A person who is usually write
Autobiography: A history of cars
Avowal: a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y
Backward: Patient rooms at the rear of a hospital
Bassinet: What every fisherman wants
Belong: To take your time
Carpet: A dog who enjoys riding in an automobile
Coffee: Break Fluid
Complaint: A grief resume
Condescend: A prisoner escaping down the wall using a rope
Deduce: De lowest card in de deck
Denounce: Words that name things, not de verbs, de adjectives, etc.
Document: Repeating what your doctor told you in your own words
Dogma: A mother dog
Eclipse: What a gardener does to your hedge
Earthquake: A topographical error
Falsehood: Someone who pretends to be a gangster
Flattery: Phony express
Fission: What Huck Finn did when he played hookey
Geometry: What the acorn said when it grew up
Grateful: What it takes to build a good fire
Handicap: A ready-to-use hat
Hari-Kari: Transporting a wig quickly
Hunger: What the posse did to the lady cow rustler
Hypochondriac: A guy who won't let well enough alone
Hypothesis: What a boy says to his father on the telephone
Indecision: Under the whether
Intense: Where campers sleep
Ketchup: What the runners behind in a race want to do
Kinship: Your brother's boat
Laundress: A gown worn while sitting on the grass
Legend: The edge of a cliff
Midget: Center engine of a three-engine fast plane
Minimum: A very small mother
Nitrate: Cheapest price for calling long distance
Observatory: What General Washington asked his spies to do
Pandemonium: A housing development for pandas
Paradise: Ivory cubes used in craps and backgammon
Paradox: Two physicians
Paraffins: Found on the sides of fish
Paralyze: Two untruths
Praise: Letting off esteem
Rampage: Section of a book about male sheep
Sarcasm: Quip lash
Sherbet: A tip on a horse race or sporting event
Skier: A person who jumps to contusions
Sleet: A slipcover
Stirrup: What you do with cake batter
Subsidy: A town underneath another town
Tenure: A year after nineure
Thursday: How you feel crossing the desert on a hot day
Unabated: A fishhook without a worm
Valorous: A big animal vit tusks vot lives in vater
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