Spelling
Orthography, spelling conventions, letter patterns, doubling, endings and common spelling terminology.
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68 wordsParts of speech
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103 wordsSentence structure
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111 wordsClauses and phrases
Main and subordinate clauses, phrases, relative structures and grammatical units.
46 wordsTense, aspect and mood
Grammar of time, completion, continuity, possibility, obligation and grammatical mood.
88 wordsAgreement and reference
Subject–verb agreement, number, person, pronoun reference and grammatical concord.
54 wordsPunctuation
Terminology for commas, semicolons, colons, apostrophes, quotation marks and other punctuation.
55 wordsSpelling
Orthography, spelling conventions, letter patterns, doubling, endings and common spelling terminology.
89 wordsWord formation
Roots, stems, prefixes, suffixes, inflection, derivation and compound formation.
78 wordsBritish and American usage
Regional spelling, grammar and usage differences in major varieties of English.
37 words90 featured terms
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the path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "the…
Capitalnounone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once k…
Capital letternounone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once k…
Capitalisationnounthe sale of capital stock
Capitalizationnounthe sale of capital stock
Characternouna written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
Consonantnouna letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
Digramnountwo successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: ‘sh’ in ‘shoe’)
Digraphnountwo successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: ‘sh’ in ‘shoe’)
Doubleverbdo double duty; serve two purposes or have two functions; "She doubles as his wife and secretary"
graphnouna written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
Graphemenouna written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
Graphic symbolnouna written symbol that is used to represent speech; "the Greek alphabet has 24 characters"
Kick assverbbe excellent or outstanding; "I'm enjoying this. I know. This rules!" - How I Met Your Mother! - The Duel (2005); "It rocks, but it can get a li…
Letternouna written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
Majusculenounone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once k…
Missivenouna written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"
Muteadjectiveexpressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" - Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsoun…
Orthographicadjectiveof or relating to or expressed in orthography
Orthographynouna method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
Patternnounthe path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "the…
Rockverbbe excellent or outstanding; "I'm enjoying this. I know. This rules!" - How I Met Your Mother! - The Duel (2005); "It rocks, but it can get a li…
Ruleverbbe excellent or outstanding; "I'm enjoying this. I know. This rules!" - How I Met Your Mother! - The Duel (2005); "It rocks, but it can get a li…
Silentadjectiveexpressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" - Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsoun…
Slayverbbe excellent or outstanding; "I'm enjoying this. I know. This rules!" - How I Met Your Mother! - The Duel (2005); "It rocks, but it can get a li…
Spellingnounforming words with letters according to the principles underlying accepted usage
Stressnoun(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
Syllablenouna unit of spoken language larger than a phoneme; "the word ‘pocket’ has two syllables"
Tensenessnoun(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
Tensionnoun(psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense; "he suffered from fatigue and emotional tension"; "stress is a vasoconstrictor"
Tonguelessadjectiveexpressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" - Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsoun…
Traffic patternnounthe path that is prescribed for an airplane that is preparing to land at an airport; "the traffic patterns around O'Hare are very crowded"; "the…
Unspokenadjectiveexpressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" - Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsoun…
Upper-case letternounone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once k…
Uppercasenounone of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once k…
Vowelnouna letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
Wordlessadjectiveexpressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless" - Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsoun…
Writing systemnouna method of representing the sounds of a language by written or printed symbols
ABCnouna character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
ABC'snouna character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
ABCsnouna character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
Alphabetnouna character set that includes letters and is used to write a language
Doublingnounincrease by a factor of two; "doubling with a computer took no time at all"
Homophonenountwo words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)
Allographnouna variant form of a grapheme, as ‘m’ or ‘M’ or a handwritten version of that grapheme
Antepenultnounthe 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Antepenultimanounthe 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Antepenultimatenounthe 3rd syllable of a word counting back from the end
Asterisknouna star-shaped character * used in printing
Blanknouna blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
Boustrophedonnounan ancient writing system: having alternate lines written in opposite directions; literally ‘as the ox ploughs’
Breaking pointnoun(psychology) stress at which a person breaks down or a situation becomes crucial
Daggernouna character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
Diesisnouna character used in printing to indicate a third cross reference or footnote after the asterisk and the dagger have been used
Encyclicalnouna letter from the pope sent to all Roman Catholic bishops throughout the world
Epistlenouna specially long, formal letter
Hieroglyphnouna writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
Hieroglyphicnouna writing system using picture symbols; used in ancient Egypt
Ideogramnouna graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms"
Ideographnouna graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it; "Chinese characters are ideograms"
Ideographynounthe use of ideograms in writing
Inferiornouna character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
Invitationnouna request (spoken or written) to participate or be present or take part in something; "an invitation to lunch"; "she threw the invitation away"
Letternounthe conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"
Ligaturenouncharacter consisting of two or more letters combined into one
Minusculenounthe characters that were once kept in bottom half of a compositor's type case
Misspellingnouna spelling that is incorrect
Obelisknouna character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used
Overcapitalisationnoun(business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)
Overcapitalizationnoun(business) too much capitalization (the sale of more stock than the business warrants)
Pastoralnouna letter from a pastor to the congregation
Penultnounthe next to last syllable in a word
Penultimanounthe next to last syllable in a word
Penultimatenounthe next to last syllable in a word
Pictographnouna graphic character used in picture writing
Radicalnouna character conveying the lexical meaning of a logogram
Reduplicationnounthe syllable added in a reduplicated word form
Runenounany character from an ancient Germanic alphabet used in Scandinavia from the 3rd century to the Middle Ages; "each rune had its own magical sign…
Scriptnouna particular orthography or writing system
Spacenouna blank character used to separate successive words in writing or printing; "he said the space is the most important character in the alphabet"
Starnouna star-shaped character * used in printing
Stenographnouna shorthand character
Subscriptnouna character or symbol set or printed or written beneath or slightly below and to the side of another character
Superiornouna character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
Superscriptnouna character or symbol set or printed or written above and immediately to one side of another character
Typenounprinted characters; "small type is hard to read"
Ultimanounthe last syllable in a word
Yipsnounnervous tension that causes an athlete to fail (especially causes golfers to miss short putts); "to avoid the yips, he changed his style of putt…
Armeniannouna writing system having an alphabet of 38 letters in which the Armenian language is written
Inarticulateadjectivewithout or deprived of the use of speech or words; "inarticulate beasts"; "remained stupidly inarticulate and saying something noncommittal"; "i…
