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Script

A writing; a written document.

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Narrower term 23

ABC 76% connected

a character set that includes letters and is used to write a language

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Alphabet 76% connected

The letters of a language arranged in the customary order; the series of letters or signs which form the elements of written language.

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Aramaic 76% connected

Pertaining to Aram, or to the territory, inhabitants, language, or literature of Syria and Mesopotamia; Aramaean; -- specifically applied to the nort…

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Cacography 76% connected

Incorrect or bad writing or spelling.

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Calligraphy 76% connected

Fair or elegant penmanship.

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Chirography 76% connected

The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.

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Continuity 76% connected

the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers.

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Cuneiform 76% connected

Alt. of Cuniform

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Cursive 76% connected

Running; flowing.

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Dialog 76% connected

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Dialogue 76% connected

A conversation between two or more persons; particularly, a formal conservation in theatrical performances or in scholastic exercises.

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Libretto 76% connected

A book containing the words of an opera or extended piece of music.

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Longhand 76% connected

The written characters used in the common method of writing; -- opposed to shorthand.

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Penmanship 76% connected

The use of the pen in writing; the art of writing; style or manner of writing; chirography; as, good or bad penmanship.

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Scenario 76% connected

A preliminary sketch of the plot, or main incidents, of an opera.

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Scratch 76% connected

To rub and tear or mark the surface of with something sharp or ragged; to scrape, roughen, or wound slightly by drawing something pointed or rough ac…

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Scrawl 76% connected

See Crawl.

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Scribble 76% connected

To card coarsely; to run through the scribbling machine.

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Shorthand 76% connected

A compendious and rapid method or writing by substituting characters, abbreviations, or symbols, for letters, words, etc.; short writing; stenography…

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Stenography 76% connected

The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.

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Syllabary 76% connected

A table of syllables; more especially, a table of the indivisible syllabic symbols used in certain languages, as the Japanese and Cherokee, instead o…

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Tachygraphy 76% connected

The art or practice of rapid writing; shorthand writing; stenography.

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Uncial 76% connected

Of, pertaining to, or designating, a certain style of letters used in ancient manuscripts, esp. in Greek and Latin manuscripts. The letters are somew…

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Compose 76% connected

To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

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Indite 76% connected

To compose; to write; to be author of; to dictate; to prompt.

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Orthography 76% connected

The art or practice of writing words with the proper letters, according to standard usage; conventionally correct spelling; also, mode of spelling; a…

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Pen 76% connected

A feather.

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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…

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Writing 76% connected

of Write

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Booklet 74% connected

A little book.

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Booklet 74% connected

A little book.

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Scriptural 74% connected

Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.

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Scriptural 74% connected

Contained in the Scriptures; according to the Scriptures, or sacred oracles; biblical; as, a scriptural doctrine.

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Synonym 3

Book 92% connected

A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing c…

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Hand 92% connected

That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.

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Handwriting 92% connected

The cast or form of writing peculiar to each hand or person; chirography.

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