explicit
Webster Dictionary
a word formerly used (as finis is now) at the conclusion of a book to indicate the end
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sic passim*
(ˈpɑs sɪm;)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
so throughout: used esp. as a footnote to indicate that a word, phrase, or idea recurs throughout the book being cited.
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running head
(ˈrʌn ɪŋ)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a descriptive word, phrase, title, or the like, usu. repeated at the top of each page of a book, periodical, etc.
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hyphen
(hyphen, dash)
Princeton's WordNet
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
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dash
(hyphen, dash)
Princeton's WordNet
a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided at the end of a line of text
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catchword
(guide word, guideword, catchword)
Princeton's WordNet
a word printed at the top of the page of a dictionary or other reference book to indicate the first or last item on that page
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spine
(spine, backbone)
Princeton's WordNet
the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
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backbone
(spine, backbone)
Princeton's WordNet
the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved
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trade book
(ɪd)
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
a book of general interest available through an ordinary book dealer, as distinguished from a limited-edition book or textbook.
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concordance
Webster Dictionary
an alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place
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verbal
Webster Dictionary
having word answering to word; word for word; literal; as, a verbal translation
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vocabulary
Webster Dictionary
a list or collection of words arranged in alphabetical order and explained; a dictionary or lexicon, either of a whole language, a single work or author, a branch of science, or the like; a word-book
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catchword
Webster Dictionary
the first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing
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derivative
Webster Dictionary
a word formed from another word, by a prefix or suffix, an internal modification, or some other change; a word which takes its origin from a root
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preposition
Webster Dictionary
a word employed to connect a noun or a pronoun, in an adjectival or adverbial sense, with some other word; a particle used with a noun or pronoun (in English always in the objective case) to make a phrase limiting some other word; -- so called because usually placed before the word with which it is phrased; as, a bridge of iron; he comes from town; it is good for food; he escaped by running
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bookmaker
Webster Dictionary
a betting man who "makes a book." See To make a book, under Book, n
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reader
Webster Dictionary
a book containing a selection of extracts for exercises in reading; an elementary book for practice in a language; a reading book
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chapbook
Webster Dictionary
any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book
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spell
(spell, write)
Princeton's WordNet
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
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write
(spell, write)
Princeton's WordNet
write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
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back-formation
(back-formation)
Princeton's WordNet
a word invented (usually unwittingly by subtracting an affix) on the assumption that a familiar word derives from it
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balagan
(balagan)
Princeton's WordNet
a word for chaos or fiasco borrowed from modern Hebrew (where it is a loan word from Russian)
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extensional
(extensional)
Princeton's WordNet
defining a word by listing the class of entities to which the word correctly applies
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reduplication
(reduplication)
Princeton's WordNet
a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
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lexicalize
(lexicalize, lexicalise)
Princeton's WordNet
make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language
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lexicalise
(lexicalize, lexicalise)
Princeton's WordNet
make or coin into a word or accept a new word into the lexicon of a language
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separative
(separative)
Princeton's WordNet
(used of an accent in Hebrew orthography) indicating that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it
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repetition
(repetition)
Princeton's WordNet
the repeated use of the same word or word pattern as a rhetorical device
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cognate
(cognate, cognate word)
Princeton's WordNet
a word is cognate with another if both derive from the same word in an ancestral language
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anaphora
(anaphora)
Princeton's WordNet
using a pronoun or similar word instead of repeating a word used earlier
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