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Orthography

The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; as, his orthography is vicious.

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Boustrophedon 76% connected

An ancient mode of writing, in alternate directions, one line from left to right, and the next from right to left (as fields are plowed), as in early…

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Hieroglyph 76% connected

Alt. of Hieroglyphic

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Hieroglyphic 76% connected

A sacred character; a character in picture writing, as of the ancient Egyptians, Mexicans, etc. Specifically, in the plural, the picture writing of t…

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Ideography 76% connected

The representation of ideas independently of sounds, or in an ideographic manner, as sometimes is done in shorthand writing, etc.

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Script 76% connected

A writing; a written document.

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Spelling 76% connected

of Spell

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Punctuation 70% 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…

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Punctuation 70% 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…

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