a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word; "‘NATO’ is an initialism for North…
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an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; "HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language"
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the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the act of attaching or affixing something
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.(linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed; "thematic vowels are part of the stem"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the act of blending components together thoroughly
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the act of blending components together thoroughly
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the act of mixing together; "paste made by a mix of flour and water"; "the mixing of sound channels in the recording studio"
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Word formation.a word (as anthropology, kilocycle, builder) consisting of any of various combinations of words, combining forms, or affixes.; "Also c…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Word formation.the act of combining things to form a new whole
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended; "the confusion of tongues at the To…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were pass…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something; "the inflected form…
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins.the act of fusing (or melting) together
Used in the same subject area: Spelling and grammar, Word origins, Roots and affixes, Historical word formation, Greek and Latin origins, Word formation.the act of combining into an integral whole; "a consolidation of two corporations"; "after their consolidation the two bills were pass…
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A diphthong in the Latin language; used also by the Saxon writers. It answers to the Gr. ai. The Anglo-Saxon short ae was generally re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.The rough breathing; a mark (/) placed over an initial vowel sound or over / to show that it is aspirated, that is, pronounced with h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial /h/ sounds.; "The ‘p’…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.a program used to view HTML documents
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.Formed by the aid of the teeth; -- said of certain articulations and the letters representing them; as, d t are dental letters.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.A mark consisting of two dots [/], placed over the second of two adjacent vowels, to denote that they are to be pronounced as distinct…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.Abrupt or explosive in utterance; not aspirated, sibilated, or pronounced with a gradual change of the organs from one position to ano…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.a protocol (utilizing TCP) to transfer hypertext requests and information between servers and browsers
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.a set of tags and rules (conforming to SGML) for using them in developing hypertext documents
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: abbreviation, formed, initial, letters, several.
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