SPELLING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for SPELLING?

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Associations of "Spelling" (30 Words)

acronym	An abbreviation formed from the initial letters of other words and pronounced as a word (e.g. ASCII, NASA). The word scuba is an acronym for s elf c ontained u nderwater b reathing a pparatus.
alliterate	Use alliteration as a form of poetry. His first and last names alliterated.
alphabet	The elementary stages of any subject (usually plural. The first letter of the alphabet.
antonym	A word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word in which case the two words are antonyms of each other. To him the antonym of gay was depressed.
apostrophe	A punctuation mark (‘) used to indicate either possession (e.g. Harry’s book; boys’ coats) or the omission of letters or numbers (e.g. can’t; he’s; 1 Jan. ’99).
bewitchment	A magical spell.
collocation	The habitual juxtaposition of a particular word with another word or words with a frequency greater than chance. The collocation of the two pieces.
correction	A change that rectifies an error or inaccuracy. The correction of his vision with eye glasses.
dictionary	A reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them. The worm attempts to crack account passwords using a built in dictionary.
diphthong	A digraph representing the sound of a diphthong or single vowel as in feat.
etymology	The origin of a word and the historical development of its meaning. The decline of etymology as a linguistic discipline.
grammar	A grammar school. Chomskyan grammar.
homonym	Two words are homonyms if they are pronounced and spelled the same way but have different meanings.
indent	An indenture. Every indent in the coastline.
indentation	The act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions. Coastal indentations.
orthography	A method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols. A spoken language which has as yet no sanctioned orthography.
paragraph	Divide into paragraphs as of text. All her friends were paragraphed in last Monday s paper.
parse	Analyze syntactically by assigning a constituent structure to (a sentence. I asked a couple of students to parse these sentences for me.
punctuation	Something that makes repeated and regular interruptions or divisions. Satisfactory standards of handwriting spelling grammar and punctuation.
quotation	A passage or expression that is quoted or cited. Ensure you receive a written quotation covering all aspects of the job.
rhetoric	Language designed to have a persuasive or impressive effect, but which is often regarded as lacking in sincerity or meaningful content. All we have from the Opposition is empty rhetoric.
runic	Relating to or consisting of runes.
sentence	Pronounce a sentence on somebody in a court of law. His sentence was 5 to 10 years.
syntax	A set of rules for or an analysis of the syntax of a language. Generative syntax.
typo	A typographical error.
typographic	Relating to or occurring or used in typography. The typographic art.
ungrammatical	Not conforming to grammatical rules. Ungrammatical sentences.
vocabulary	A list of difficult or unfamiliar words with an explanation of their meanings, accompanying a piece of specialist or foreign-language text. He introduced a wide vocabulary of techniques.
vowel	A letter representing a vowel sound such as a e i o u.
word	The divine word of God the second person in the Trinity incarnate in Jesus. In court it would have been his word against mine.