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. 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 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 Vanguard: A person who protects trucks Warehouse: What you ask when you're lost Wholesale: Where a gopher goes to buy a home