(politics, chiefly US) A standard speech by a politician running for office.

An address to the people of the United Kingdom and British Commonwealth broadcast on radio and television by the Queen on Christmas Day

(historical) A system of characters invented by Professor Alexander Melville Bell to represent all possible sounds, and intended to suggest the positions of the speech organs when uttering them.

The study and correction of a person's speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders.

plural of speech disorder

plural of speech therapist

A clinician specializing in speech therapy, or logopedics.

(linguistics) a special restricted speech style in certain languages used to refer to taboo subjects, or as a sign of respect in the presence of certain people, while doing certain activities, following a death, etc., distinguished by a specialized lexicon.

plural of speech impediment

plural of speech pathologist