From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vocable \Vo"ca*ble\, noun [L. vocabulum an appellation, designation, name, fr. vocare to call, fr. vox, vocis, a voice, a word: cf. F. vocable. See {Voice}.] A word; a term; a name; specifically, a word considered as composed of certain sounds or letters, without regard to its meaning.
Swamped near to drowning in a tide of ingenious vocables. --Carlyle.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: a word that is spoken aloud [syn: {spoken word}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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