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Aphthong :: Aphthong (n.) A letter, or a combination of letters, employed in spelling a word, but in the pronunciation having no sound..

Spelling :: Spelling (n.) The act of one who spells; formation of words by letters; orthography.

Spelling :: Spelling (a.) Of or pertaining to spelling.

Misspelling :: Misspelling (n.) A wrong spelling.

, A , Or An . Pcp. It Is Presumably An Older Spelling Of Scanned. --2. Specifically :: , a , or an . PCP. It is presumably an older spelling of scanned. --2. Specifically (Pros.), to go through with, as a verse, marking and distinguishing the feet of which it is composed; to show, in reading, the metrical structure of; to recite metrically () To go over and examine point by point; to examine with care; to look closely at or into; to scrutinize..

Query :: Query (v. t.) To write query (qu., qy., or ?) against, as a doubtful spelling, or sense, in a proof. See Quaere..

Glossic :: Glossic (n.) A system of phonetic spelling based upon the present values of English letters, but invariably using one symbol to represent one sound only..

Orthographize :: Orthographize (v. t.) To spell correctly or according to usage; to correct in regard to spelling.

Endue :: Endue (v. t.) An older spelling of Endow.

Orthography :: Orthography (n.) 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..

Primer :: Primer (n.) A small elementary book for teaching children to read; a reading or spelling book for a beginner.

Misspelling :: Misspelling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Misspel.

Nomic :: Nomic (a.) Customary; ordinary; -- applied to the usual English spelling, in distinction from strictly phonetic methods..

Speller :: Speller (n.) A spelling book.

Resent :: Resent (v. t.) To recognize; to perceive, especially as if by smelling; -- associated in meaning with sent, the older spelling of scent to smell. See Resent, v. i..

Homography :: Homography (n.) That method of spelling in which every sound is represented by a single character, which indicates that sound and no other..

Dyke :: Dyke (n.) See Dike. The spelling dyke is restricted by some to the geological meaning.

Han''t :: Han't () A contraction of have not, or has not, used in illiterate speech. In the United States the commoner spelling is hain't..

Homographic :: Homographic (a.) Employing a single and separate character to represent each sound; -- said of certain methods of spelling words.

Heterographic :: Heterographic (a.) Employing the same letters to represent different sounds in different words or syllables; -- said of methods of spelling; as, the ordinary English orthography is heterographic..

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