speech; tongue; talk; dialect; brogue; accent
explanation (e.g. for one's actions); excuse; justification; defense; defence
speech; eloquence; manner of speaking; manner of expression
talkativeness; loquacity; polypetalous; multivalve
discussion; debate; argument
speaking by proxy; speaking for (someone else); acting as spokesman (for); representing (the views, feelings, etc. of)
explanation; excuse; clarification; vindication; apology
spokesperson; speaker (for someone); mouthpiece; voice (e.g. for the ordinary citizen)
lecturer; rhetorician; orator; narrator in Japanese silent cinema; film interpreter
Benzaiten; Saraswati; goddess of music, eloquence, also wealth and water
refutation; contradiction; rebuttal; disproof; disputation
clear expression; distinguished speech
female narrator in a silent movie theatre