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Hyphen

A mark or short dash, thus [-], placed at the end of a line which terminates with a syllable of a word, the remainder of which is carried to the next line; or between the parts of many a compound word; as in fine-leaved, clear-headed. It is also sometimes used to separate the syllables of words.

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Punctuation 76% connected

The act or art of punctuating or pointing a writing or discourse; the art or mode of dividing literary composition into sentences, and members of a s…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Spell 76% connected

A spelk, or splinter.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Write 76% connected

To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the charact…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Dash 74% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dash 74% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Dash 92% connected

To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Apostrophe noun · 78% connection

the mark (‘'’) used to indicate the omission of one or more letters from a printed word

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Bolt noun · 78% connection

the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the door"

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Colon noun · 78% connection

the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted

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Comma noun · 78% connection

a punctuation mark (‘,’) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

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Diagonal noun · 78% connection

a punctuation mark (‘/’) used to separate related items of information

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Eclipsis noun · 78% connection

omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

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Ecphonesis noun · 78% connection

an exclamatory rhetorical device; "exclamation such as ‘O tempore! O mores’"

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Ellipsis noun · 78% connection

omission or suppression of parts of words or sentences

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Em noun · 78% connection

a quad with a square body; "since ‘em quad’ is hard to distinguish from ‘en quad’, printers sometimes called it a ‘mutton quad’"

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Em quad noun · 78% connection

a quad with a square body; "since ‘em quad’ is hard to distinguish from ‘en quad’, printers sometimes called it a ‘mutton quad’"

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En noun · 78% connection

half the width of an em

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En dash noun · 78% connection

a dash that is one-half the length of an em dash.; "The en dash is commonly used to indicate a closed range of values — a range with c…

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Exclamation noun · 78% connection

an exclamatory rhetorical device; "exclamation such as ‘O tempore! O mores’"

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Exclamation mark noun · 78% connection

a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation

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Exclamation point noun · 78% connection

a punctuation mark (‘!’) used after an exclamation

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Full verb · 78% connection

beat for the purpose of cleaning and thickening; "full the cloth"

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Full point noun · 78% connection

a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they…

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Full stop noun · 78% connection

a punctuation mark (‘.’) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they…

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Accent noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Alignment noun · 78% connection

The act of adjusting to a line; arrangement in a line or lines; the state of being so adjusted; a formation in a straight line; also,…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Amphibrach noun · 78% connection

A foot of three syllables, the middle one long, the first and last short (~ -- ~); as, h/b/r/. In modern prosody the accented syllable…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Bacchius noun · 78% connection

A metrical foot composed of a short syllable and two long ones; according to some, two long and a short.

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Bond noun · 78% connection

A unit of chemical attraction; as, oxygen has two bonds of affinity. It is often represented in graphic formulae by a short line or da…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Circumflex noun · 78% connection

A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and so…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Closed syllable noun · 78% connection

a syllable that ends with a consonant.; "The vowel in a closed syllable is short."

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Compare verb · 78% connection

To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of on…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Countermark noun · 78% connection

A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a pa…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Direct noun · 78% connection

A character, thus [/], placed at the end of a staff on the line or space of the first note of the next staff, to apprise the performer…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Emphasis noun · 78% connection

the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch); "he put the stress on the wrong syl…

Its definition shares important concepts with this word: mark, short, dash, thus, placed.
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Heavy syllable noun · 78% connection

a syllable with a branching nucleus or a branching rime.; "A heavy syllable consists of a long vowel or a diphthong, or a short vowel…

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