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a
à deux
a hold
a lot
a while
a-effect
A.D.:
abbreviating
A.D., B.C. comes before
a.k.a., aka, AKA:
formatting tip
See entry in “What’s in a Proper Name?
aaah
abbaser
abbess
abbreviation
abduct
abyss
aberrant
abhorrent
ability
abjure
ablution
about
absolute:
phrase
word
absolutely
absolution
absorb
abstract
abstruse
abusio
abysmal
abyssal
Acadia
acatalectic
accede
accept
access:
vs accession
vs assess
vs excess
accident
accidentally
accidently
accismus
acclimate
acclivity
accolade
accommodate
accord
accordance
account name
accumlation
accuse:
vs allege, suspect
vs charge
acetic
acoloutha
acolyte
acronym
grammar
capitalizing
style exceptions to the full-name rule
acrobatics
across
act
action
active voice
See also passive voice
acts
actual
actually
ad
adage
adagium
adapt
adaptive
add
addad
addicted
addition
address, street
addubitatio
addubitation
adduce
adfectus
adhere
adieu
adjective
adjunction
adjure
admission:
as rhetorical device
vs confession
adnominatio
ado
adopt
adopted
adoptive
adsorb
adumbratio
adverb
adversary
adverse
advice
advise
adynaton:

figure of speech
rhetorical device
aerie
aerobatics
aerobic
aerobics
aeroplane
aesthetics
aether
aetopeia
affect
affection name
affective
affectus expressio
afflict
afterward
afterwards
afterword
ageing
aging
aggravate:
vs annoy
vs irritate
aggregate
aggressive
agnominatio
agnomination
ah
aha
ahhh
ahold
aid
aide
ail
aioli
air
airplane
airy
aisle
ale
algoism
alias
alibi
alienation effect
all:
vs awl
CAPS
ready
right
together
ways
all of a sudden
all of the sudden
allée
allege:
vs accuse, suspect
vs assert
allegory
alley
alliosis
alliteration
figure of speech
word play
allomorph
allonym
allot
allowed
allusion:
delusion, illusion
figure of speech
allusive
ally
alone
alot
aloud:
vs allowed
vs out loud
already
alright
altar
alter
alternate
alternative:
vs alternate
vs choice
altitude
altogether
alumna
alumnus
always
amateur
ambage
ambidexterity
ambiguous
vs ambivalent
equivocal
ambivalent
amiable
amicable
amid
amidst
amok
among:
vs between
vs amid / amidst vs amongst
amongst
amoral
amount vs number, quantity
ampersand
amplification
amuck
amulet
amuse
amused
amusing
an
anacoenosis
anacoloutha
anacoluthon
anacronym
anadiplosis
anaerobic
anagram
analogical juxtaposition
analogy
ananym:
proper name
word play
anaphora:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
anapodoton
anarchism
anarchy
anastrophe
anchorage
ancient
anecdote
angel
angle
anglish
anhydrous
anile
animal
annals
annomination
annoy
annual
annul
annunciate
anomaly
anonym
anonymity pseudonym
anonymous multiple character POV
ant
antagonist:
antagonist (as writing tip)
vs protagonist
antagonym
antanaclasis:
rhetorical device
word play
ante
antecedent
anthimeria:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
anthology
anthorism
anthropologic autonym
anthropologic endonym
anthropology
anthropomorphism
anthroponomastics
anthroponymy
anthypophora
anti
anti-
anti-climax
antibacterial
anticipate
anticlimax:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
antidote
antilogy
antimeria
antimetabole
antiphrasis:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
antipophora
antiprosopopoeia
antiquate:
vs ancient vs antique vs antiquity
antique:
vs ancient vs antiquate vs antiquity
vs retro vs vintage
antiquity
antisagoge
antiseptic
antistasis
antistrophe
antistrophon
antithesis
antonomasia
antonym
Antonyms of Unpaired Words
antonomasia
anxious
any more
any one
any time
any way
anymore
anyone
anytime
anyway
anyways
aparithmesis
apartment
aphorism
apiary
apophasis
apophthegm
aposiopesis
aposiopesis, surprising
apostrophe:
figure of speech
punctuating
transliteration
apostrophism
apparently
appeals
appeal
appear
appease
apperception
appositive
appraise
apprise
approximate
apronym
aptonym:
proper name
word play
aptronym:
proper name
word play
arbiter
arbitrator
arc:
vs arch
vs ark
arcadia
arch
archetype
are
areola
argumentative
ark
srose
arouse
arrant
arroyo
art work, italicizing
article
artifact
artist
artiste
as:
as grammar: as
vs because
vs for
vs like
vs since
vs that
vs whether
ascent
ascetic
Asiaticism
ask
assent
assert
assertive
assess
assistance
assistants
assonance:
figure of speech
word play
assume
assure
asteism
asterisk
asterismos
asyndeton:

figure of speech
rhetorical device
ate
attach
attaché
attachée
attachment
attain:
vs attaint
vs obtain
attaint
atticism
attributive
attributive eponym
audience, target
audience surrogate
auger
aught
augur
aunt
aural
author surrogacy
author surrogate
authorial intrusion POV
auto-antonym
autoantonym
autonym:
name
anthropologic
auxesis
avenge
average
averse
aviary
aw
awaken
award
awe
awhile
awl
ax
axe
axel
axiom
axle
aye

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B.C.:
B.C. comes before A.D.
abbreviating
B.C.E.
baby talk
backronym
backslash
backward
backwards
bad:
vs badly
vs worse, worst
badly
bail
bait
bald
vs bald-faced
bale
balled
ballocks
band
banned
banns
bans
bar
barbaric
barbarous
bard
bare
baron:
vs baronet
vs barren
barre
barré
barred
barren
base
based on
bases
basis
bass
bat
bate
bath
bathe
bathos:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
baton
batt
batten
battology
bawled
bay
bayou
bazaar
be
beach:
vs beech
vs coast
vs shore
beadle
bear
beast
beat
Beatle
because
because of
bee
beech
beer
beet
beetle
began
begin
begun
bell
belle
bellow:
vs below
vs billow
below
bemuse
berth
beside
besides
best
betel
better:
vs best, good
vs bettor
bettor
between
bi-
biannual
bib
bibb
Bible:
abbreviations for Bible books
citations for Bible books
italicizing
formatting Bible numerals
bibliomancy
biennial
bier
bight:
vsbite vs byte
bay vs cove
bigotry
billed
billow
bimonthly
Binding Choices (for Print)
bing
binge
binomial:
species
birth:
vs berth
name
bite
bizarre
blackmail
blanagram
blanket
blend:
eponym
word
blew
bliss
bloc
block
block quote
blog:
vs post, website
italicizing
Blogging for the Writer
blond
blonde
blue
boar
board
boarder
Boer
bog
boil
bold-faced
bolder
bollocks
bombastic
bomphiologia
bon mot
book:
fonts
pages
volume
See also formatting Bible numerals; formatting numerals in parts of a play; italicizing
book binding, for terminology
boor
border
bore
bored
born
borne
borough
borrow
bot
botanical name
bought
bouillon
boulder
bourn
boy
brachycatalectic
brackets
brake
brasserie
brassiere
brazier
breach
bread
breadth
break up
break-up,
break through
break
breaking the fourth wall, as metafiction
breakthrough
breakup
breath
breathe
bred
breech
brews
bridal
bridle
bring
broach
broken heart
brooch
brook
bruise
bruit
brunet
brunette
brut
brute:
beast
vs bruit, brut

build
bullion
bullocks
buoy
burglary
burlesque
burn
burro
burrow
bus
bushism
buss
but
butt
buy
by
by-name
by pass
bye
byname
bypass
byte

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’cause
C.E.
c’mon
ca.
cache
cachet:
vs cache, cash
vs panache
caconym
cacophony
caddie
caddy
cadge
cadre name
cæsura
cage
calendar:
vs calender, colander
abbreviating
calender
call name
calling name
callous
callus
Calvary
camaraderie
comradery
can:
vs ken
vs may
canal
caning
canning
cannon
canon
canoness
canter
cantor
canvas
canvass
capability
capacity
capital
capitalization:
acronyms
formatting
initialisms
lowercase
sentence case
title case
See also ALL CAPS
capitol
capitonym
Capri
capris
carat
carbuncle
cardinal number
cardio
careen
career
caret
caricature
carousal
carousel
carpet
carrel
carrot
cartoon title
case:
sentence case
title case
cash
casual
casualty
catachresis
catacosmesis
catalectic
catastasis
catchphrase
catena
catholic
causal

causality

cause
cavalry
cay
cede
celibacy
vs cell
cement
cemetery
censer
censor
vs censer, sensor
vs censure
censure
cent
century:
vs sentry
abbreviating
use arabic figure OR spell it out
cereal
cesura
chain argument
change in concord
channel
chanty
characternym
Characters, Creating Memorable
charactonym:
proper name
word play
charge:
vs accuse
vs fare vs fee vs tax
chargé d’affaires
chargée d’affaires
charm
chastity
cher
chère
chéri
chérie
Chestertonian fantasy
chiasmus
Chile
chili
chilly
china
China
chinglish
chock
choice
chook
choose
choral:
choral vs chorale
choral vs coral
chorale:
vs carrel, corral
vs choral
chord
chose
Christian name
chronogram
chuck:
vs chock vs chook
salt chuck
churchyard
chute
cinematic POV
circa
circumcision
circumduction
circumference
circumlocution
circumspect
circumstance
circumvolution
citation:
citation
folio, ƒƒ
volume
cite
city
civil
clamber
clamor
clan name
classic
classical
clause:
vs phrase
conditional
dependent
elliptical
essential
finite
independent
introductory
non-essential
non-finite
non-restrictive
relative
restrictive
subordinate
clench
cliché:
as a figure of speech
as a writing tip
click
climactic
climatic
climax
climbing argument
clinch
clipping eponym
clique
clitic
close:
vs clothes
vs cloths
POV
third person POV
third POV

clothes
cloths
co-hyponym
condo
co-op
vs co-opt
vs coop
vs coup
vs coupe
vs coupé
vs coop, coup, coupe, coupé
coast
confession
co-opt
coarse
Cod Latin
cognomen:
vs surname
proper name
using apostrophes
Cognitive Linguistics
cohere
cohyponym
colander
collage
collectable
collectible
collection
collective:
pseudonym
names for short stories
college:
vs collage
vs university
collide
collision
colloquialism, creating
collusion
colon
colonel
combined form
combining form
comforter
come
comma:
punctuation
vocative case
commentator POV
common sense
commonsense
compar
compare to
compare with
compel
complement:
vs compliment
grammar
compliment
compose
compound:
eponym
word
compressed paradox
comprise
concede
conceit
concentrated
concepcio
conceptio
concessio:
rhetorical device, as epitrope
rhetorical device, as paromologia
rhetorical device, as synchoresis
concerted
concession
concrete
conditional clause
confessio
confession
confidant
confidante
confident
conglutinata conceptio
conjecture
conjunction
conjuncture
connive
connotation:
vs denotation
as literary device
conscience
conscious
conservation
consolation
consonance:
figure of speech
word play
conspire
constellation
constitutio
consul
contest
context
contiguous
continual
continuous:
vs contiguous
vs continual
contraction:
apostrophe
clitic
colloquialism
compile
Ccomply
contradictio
contranym
contrapositum
contrived acronym
contronym
conversation
convert
convince
coo
coolie
coop
cops
copse
copy right
copyright
copywriter
coral
cord:
vs chord
vs cored
core
cored
corollary
coroner
corps
corpse
corral
correlation
could’a (could have)
could’ve (could have)
coulee:
vs coolie vs coulis
vs arroyo vs wadi vs wash
coulis
council
counsel
country
county
coup:
vs co-op, coop, coupe, coupé
vs coo
coupe
coupé
course
courtesy
cousin
cove
covert
coy
cozen
craft
crape
crash
crawl
creak
Creative Commons
creek
crepe
crescendo
crewel
criteria
criterion
croc
crochet
crock
crosse copling
crotchet
cruel
crumble
crumbly
crumby
crummy
crumple
crunches
crutches
crypt
cryptonym
cue
cum
currant
current
curser
cursor
curtsey
cut-and-parry
cut-and-thrust
cute
cypress
Cyprus
cyst

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dabble
daemon
dairy
dapple
dash:
em dash
2-em dash
3-em dash
en dash
hyphen
minus sign
dam
damn
date, arabic figure OR spell it out
day:
abbreviation
arabic figure OR spell it out
days
daze
dear
deboss
decade, arabic figure OR spell it out
decent
declivity
deduce:
vs adduce, educe, induce
vs deduct
deduct
deep-immersion POV
deer
defamation
defamiliarization, as perspective
defiant
definite:
vs defiant
vs definitive
definitions used in a sentence
definitive
defuse
deipnosophism
delegate
delta
delusion
delusive
demon
demonstratio
demonym
demur
demure
denotation:
vs connotation
as literary device
dense
dental
dentil
dents
deny
dependent
dependent clause
deprecate
depreciate
depreciation
derived word
descent
description:
of feelings
of manners
descriptive title
descriptivism
desert
designated protagonist syndrome
desperate
dessert
destain
detached:
autobiography POV
narrator POV
observer POV
determiner
device:
literary device
devise
dew
diacope
diacritic:
creating
formatting
dialect
diallage
diallelus
dialog [U.S.], See dialogue
dialogism:
literary device
rhetorical device
dialogismus
dialogue:
dramatic monologue
echoing
inner dialogue
internal thoughts
literary device
outer dialogue
punctuation
stream of consciousness
thought
diameter
diaporesis
diary
diasrym
diatyposis
diazeugma
dicaeology
diction
dictum
didactic
die
diezeugmenon
different:
from
than
to
diffuse
digressio
dike
dilemma
dilogy
dinumeration
dionym
dionysian imitatio
direct:
address, as perspective
dialogue
discourse POV
object
POV
speech POV, first person
disable
disassemble
disburse
discomfit
discomfort
discours indirect libre POV
discreet
discrete
disdain
disgruntled
disillusion
disinfectant
disinterested
disjunction
disparate
disperse
dissemble
dissent
dissertation
dissolution
distain
distancing effect
distrain
do:
vs dew, due
vs make
do’s
doc
dock:
vs doc
vs pier, wharf
does
dog Latin
do
dogmatic
done
dose
dosed
doubht
double:
entendre
supply
doublespeak
doublet, universalizing
doubtfull
doughs
doused
down stairs
dowsed
downstairs
doze :
does, doughs
vs dose
dragged
dragon
dragoon
dramatic:
monologue
visualization
draught
draw
dredge
Drop Caps, Adding a Flourish with
drought
drudge
drug
dual
first person … POV
third person … POV
third person omniscient … POV
dubitatio
duck
duct
dud
dude
due:
due to
dues
duel
dun
dye
dyeing
dying
dyke
dysphemism:
figure of speech
rhetorical device

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-ed endings
’em
’er
e.g.,
e’er
eager
eagle-centric
earn
earth
east
eave
ecbole
echo utterance
echoing
echolalia
echopraxia
ecological
economic
economical
ecphasis
ecphonesis
ecphrasis
edition
editorial commentator POV
educe
eek
eerie
effect
effective
effigy
egocentric
egoism
egotism
egressio
egressus
eight
eke
ekphrasis
ekphrastic
elder:
vs eldest
elder
eldest
element, literary
elevation
elicit
ellipsis
elliptical clause
eloquence
elusion
elusive
em dash:
2-em dash
3-em dash
See also en dash; hyphen; minus sign
emaciation
emancipation
emboss
emigrate
eminent
empathetic
empathic
empathy
emphasis:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
word play
emphatic
empire
empirical
en dash
endurance
en masse
enallage
enantiodrome
enantiosemy
enantiosis
enclosure
endemic
endiadis
endiaduz
endonym
enemy
English:

Middle English, history of
Modern English, history of
Old English, history of
engrish
enquiry
ensue
ensure
ensure
enthymeme
entitle
entomology
enunciate
envelop
envelope
envious
environmental
epanadiplosis
epanadis
epanados
epanalepsis:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
word play
epanaphora
epanastrophe
epanodis
epanodos
epanorthosis
epenthesis
eperotesis
epexegesis
epexergasia
epibole
epichoresis
epidemic
epigram:
vs epigraph, epitaph, epithet
as proverb
epigraph
epiphany, as perspective
epiphonema
epiphora
epiploce
epistrophe
epitaph
epithet:
vs epigram, epigraph, epitaph
argumentative epithet
fixed epithet
kenning epithet
smear word epithet
transferred epithet
literary device:
epitrope
epitropis
epizeuxis:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
word play
eponym:
attributive
blend
clipping
compound
possessive
simple
suffix-based derivative
equivocal
equivocation
ere
erlebte Rede POV
erotema
erotesis
err:
vs air, heir
vs e’er, ere
errant
erupt
eschatology
especially
essential:
clause
rules
esthetics
estilo indirecto libre POV
estrangement:
as perspective
effect
estuary
et al.,
etc.,
ether
ethic
ethnonym
ethopoeia:
a-effect
aetopeia
compar
cut-and-parry
cut-and-thrust
description of manners
descriptive title
epexergasia
exargasia
expolicio
German Verfremdungseffekt
impersonation
membrum
moralis confictio
parisosis
progymnasmata
refining
V-effekt
working out
ethos
etymology
eunuchs
euonym:
proper name
word play
euphemism:
as a rhetorical device
vs synonym
euphemismus
euphonious acronym
euphony
euphonym
euphuism
eutrepismus
evacuation
eve
every:
body
day
man
one
place
thing
way
where
everybody
everyday
everyman
everyone
everyplace
everything
everyway
everywhere
evidentia
ewe
ewes
ex parte
ex-patriot
exacerbate
exact
exalt
exargasia
exasperate
exceed
except
excerpt
excess
exclamation:
mark
excuse
exercise
exergasia
exonym
exorcise
exordium
expanse
expatriate
expect:
vs accept, except, excerpt
vs anticipate
expedient
expeditio
expeditious
expense
experienced speech POV
expiration
expolicio
expolitio
exsanguinate
extant
extend
extent:
vs extant
vs extend

exterminate
extortion
extract
extraction
extrovert
exult
eye

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facetious
fact
fact, in actual
factional
factious:
vs facetious vs fractious
factional
factitious
factoid
facts
fain
faint
fair
fairy
fake
false
family name
famous
fanaticize
fantasize
FAQs
fare:
vs charge vs fee vs tax
vs fair
farther
fascinated:
by
for
with
fashion
fate
fathom
faulty parallelism
faun
faux
fawn
fax
faze
feasible
feat
feature name
fee
feet
feign
feint
fends
fens
ferment
ferry
fete
few
fewer
ƒƒ (folio)
fiancé
fiancée
fictional
fictional device
fictional word count
fictitious
fictive
figurative language
figuratively
figure of…:
admittance
figure of speech
literary device
reference
responce
retire
submission
twinnes
filly
film
filter, as perspective
find
fined
finite clause
fir
first:
vs firstly
name
first person:
central POV
diary POV
direct speech POV
dramatic monologue POV
dual POV
immersive POV
interior monologue POV
letter POV
limited POV
memoir POV
multiple POV
naive narrator POV
narration
objective POV
observer POV, as memoir
observer POV, as witness
omniscient POV
peripheral POV
plural POV
POV
protagonist POV
re-teller POV
secondary character POV
subjective POV
unreliable narrator POV
witness POV
firstly
firth
fixed:
epithet
fjord
flack
flair
flak
flammable
flare
flat
flaunt
flax
flea
flecks
flee
flense
flesh
flex
flier
flitting figure
flounder
flour
flout
flower
flyer
ƒƒ (folio)
foaled
focalization, as perspective
foe
fold
foment
font:
book fonts
font terminology
vs fount
for:
vs as
vs fore vs four
vs fro
for-
forbid
fore
fore-
forego
foreign language (non-English words)
foreign personal honorific
forename
forensic pathologist
foreword
forgo
formally
formative
former
formerly
fort
forte:
vs fort
vs forty
forth
fortuitous
fortunate
forty
forward:
vs foreward
vs forwards

forwards
foul
founder
fount
four
fourth
fowl
fractious
Frances
Francis
free indirect:
discourse POV
style POV

French honorific
fro
full name
fur:
vs fir
vs hair
furry
further
fury
fustian

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habitation name
hail
hair:
vs fur
vs hare
hale
half
hall
hallow
halve
hamlet
hand out
handicap
handout
hangar
hanged
hanger
harbor
hardy
hare
harm
hashtag
haul
have
haven
hawk
head:
hopping
jumping
headhopping
heal
healthful
healthy
hear
heard
heart beat
heart broken
heartbeat
heartbroken
hearty
heel
height
heir
hemp
hendiadys
herd
herds
here
hermit
heroin
heroine
hertz
heterograph
heteronym
heterosis
hew
hieroglyph
hijack
his-and-hers first person points-of-view POV
historic
historical
History of English (When is Old, Middle, and Modern English?)
hmmm
hoard
hoarse
hock
hoes
hold
hole
holed:
vs hold
vs hulled
holey
hollow
holly
holoalphabetic sentence
holonym
holorime:
figure of speech
word play
holy
home
home in on
homey
homie
homiletics
homily
homoeoptoton
homoeoteleuton
homograph
homoioteleuton
homonym
homophone
homophonic translation
homovocalic
hone in
Honorable, the
honorific:
foreign personal
French
Honorable, the
honorific
Italian
personal
professional title
Reverend, the
Spanish
See alsoHonorifics, To Cap or Not to Cap
hoped
hopped
horatian
horde
horse
hos
hose
hostel
hotel
hour
house
house pseudonym
how ever
however
hue
huh
hulled
human
humane
humiliatio
hummus
humus
hung
hurdle
HURDS
hurt
See also hurts
hurtle
hurts
See also hurt
hybrid acronym
hygroscopic
hypallage
hyperbaton
hyperbole:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
hypercatalectic
hypernym
hyperonym
hyperzeuxis:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
word play
hyphen
See also em dash; 2-em dash; 3-em dash; en dash; minus sign
hypobole
hypocatastasis
hypocorism
hypocoristicon
hyponym
hypophora
hypostrophe
hypotenuse
hypothesis
hypotiposis
hypotyposis
hypozeugma
hypozeuxis:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
word play
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-ing endings
’im
I
I before E except after C . . . Unless
i.e.,
I’ll (I will)
ID:
login
user
identifier
idiom:
figure of speech
grammar
idle
idol
idyll
if
illicit
illusion
illusive
imagery
imitate
immanent
immigrant acronym
immigrate
imminent
immoral
impassable
impassible
impel
imperative
imperial
impersonation
imply
impoundment
in:
vs in to, into
vs inn
in actual fact
in lieu of
in light of
in to
inaptronym
incidence
incidents
incite
incredible
incredulous
indelible
independence
independent clause
independents
indeterminable
indeterminate
indict
indirect:
discourse POV
object
indirect speech:
third person … POV
third person free … POV
indite
indubitably
induce
indelible
ineligible”
infamous
infect
infer
infest
infinitive
infix
infixation
inflammable:
vs inflammatory
vs flammable
inflammatory
inflection
inflict
ingenious
ingenuous
ingest
initialism:
capitalizing
grammar
initialism
style exceptions to the full-name rule
initials:
abbreviating
acronyms
initialisms
inject
inn
inner dialogue
innocence
innocents
innuendo
inquiry
insidious
insight
inspiration
installation
instance
instant
instillation
insure
interest-focus, as perspective
interested
interesting
interior monologue
interjection
internal monologue:
literary device
POV
Internet:
vs intranet vs web
slang
interrogation
interrupter
intimate:
vs imitate, intimidate
POV
intense
intensive
intent
intimidate
into
intranet
introvert
introductory:
clause
phrase
inversion
invested
invidious
irony:
as a figure of speech
vs sarcasm vs satire
irregardless
irritate
irupt
ischiorrhogic
isle
isocolon
isolated dwelling
isonym
issues as stasis
it’s (it is)
Italian honorific
italics:
definitions used in a sentence
dialogue – internal thoughts
linguistic example
magazine
newspaper
plants
play
podcast
poem
reverse
short story
taxonomy
technical words
television
terms
when to use
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laager
lackadaisical
lacks
laconicism
ladder
lade
lager
lagoon
laid
lain
lam
lama
lamb
lampoon
lane
last
last name
later
lath
lathe
Latin:
Cod
dog
macaronic
mock
pig
See also abbreviation
Latinicus, Canis
latter:
vs former
vs ladder, later
laudable
laudatory
lave
lax
laxadaisical
lay
lays
lay out
layout
laze
lea
leach
lead:
vs led
vs lede
leak
lean
leaper
leased
least
lectern
led
lede
lee
leech
leek
llees
legal name
leitwortstil
lend
leper
less:
vs fewer
vs lest
lessen
lesser
lesson
lessor
lest
let’s (let us)
lets
levy
lexeme
lexiphanicism
liable:
vs libel
vs likely
libel:
vs defamation, slander
vs liable
liar
lichen
lick
lie:
vs lay
vs lye
lien:
vslean
vs levy
lier
lightening
lightning
like
likely
liken
limited POV:
first person
third person
linen
linguistic:
cognitive
example
generative linguistics
phonetics, theoretical
pragmatics, theoretical
semantics, theoretical
syntax, theoretical
technique
linguistics anthropology
links
lipogram
listen
literal
literally:
vs figuratively
vs literal
literary:
device
elements
onomastics
literary device:
fictional device
linguistic technique
literary fictional narrative
literary technique
narrative technique
stylistic device
stylistic element
litotes:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
little-by-little argument
llama
lo
load
loan:

vs borrow, lend
vs lone
loath
loathe
loch:
vs kettle vs mere vs oxbow
vs lock
lock
locution
lode
log in
log-in
logger
login:
vs log-in, login
vs login ID
logogram
logos
lone:
alone vs lonely vs lonesome
loan
lonely
lonesome
loose
lop
lope
lord
lose
loses
losses
low
lowercase
lfumbar
lumber
lux
luxe
luxuriant
luxurious
lye
lynx
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macaronic language
macaronic Latin
mach
macrologia
macrology:
literary device
rhetorical device
macronym
madam
madame
made
magazine
magical realism, as perspective
maid
mail
main
maize
malapropism
male
mall
manager
manatee
mane
manger
manner
manor
mantel
mantle
Margins & Padding — How They Affect List Items
marina
marinade
marinate
marital
mark
Marketing, Introduction to Book
marque
marquee
marquis
marry
marsh
marshal
marshall
martial”
vs marital
vs marshal, marshall
mass
massé
masterful
masterly
mataeology
material
materiel
matinee
matronym
maul
mausoleum
maw
maxim
may:
can
vs might
may be
maybe
maypoling
maze
me
mean
measurement
meat
medal
meddle
media
median
medical examiner
medium
meet
meiosis
meld
melt
membrum
meme
mere
meretricious
merism
merismu
meritorious
meronym
merry
mesozeugma
metabasis
metafiction
metal
metalepsis
metaphor
metaphrase
metaplasmus
metastasis
mete
metonymy:
as figure of speech
as linguistics
as rhetorical device
as word confusion
metronym
metropolis
mettle
mic
Middle English, history of
midst
might:
vs may
vs mite
might’a (might have)
might’ve (might have)
mike
mimesis
mince
mind
mined
miner

minister

minor

minster

mints
misconception
mishap
misnomer
missed
mist
mistake
vs mite
mixaphor
mmmm
mnemonic backronym
mock:
Latin
moat
Modern English, history of
modifier
moll
mondegreen
moniker
monk
monologue:
dramatic monologue
first person dramatic … POV
first person interior … POV
interior monologue
internal monologue
mononym
monosemy
monovocalic
month
moorage
moore effoc
mooreeffoc
moose
moot point
moral:
vs ethic
vs morale, morel
morale
moralis confictio
morbid
more important
more than
moribund
most importantly
morel
morning
morpheme
most important
most importantly
motel
motif
motto
mourning
mousse
muck
multiple:
first person … POV
third person … POV
third person omniscient … POV
multiple
multiple-use pseudonym
multiply
multitasking
muscle
mussel
mute point
mutually recursive acronym
mycterism
myself
myth

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packed
pact
padding:
vs patting
See the entry in “Margins & Padding – How They Affect List Items
paddy
paedonymic
paean
paeon
pages
pail
pain
pair
pairing
palatable
palate
pale
palette
palillogy
palindrome
pallet
palpable
panache
pandemic
pane
pangram
paper choices
parable
parabola
paradiastole
paradigm
paradox:
compressed
figure of speech
literary device
vs oxymoron
rhetorical device
paraenesis
paragram
paraleipsis
paralepsis
paralipsis
parallel construction
parallel structure:
alliosis
exergasia
faulty parallelism
isocolon
literary device
parison
syncrisis
tricolon
parallelism:
faulty parallelism
grammar
literary device
parameter
paramologia
paranormal
paranym:
grammar
rhetorical device
parish
paraphrase
paraphrasis
paraprosdokian
parasiopesis
parathesis
pare
parecbasis
parecnasis
paregmenon
parembole
paremia
paremptosis
parentheses
parenthesis
parenthetical elements
pareonasis
parimia
paring
parison
parisosis
parity
parkour
parlay
parley
parody:
figure of speech
literary device
parity
vs satire
paroemia
paromoion
paromologia
paronomasia
paronym
parquet
parrhesia
parté
partake:
partake in
partake of
parti
participle
particle
party
pass
pass by
pass time
passed
passive voice
See also active voice
past
past time
pastiche
pastime
pastor
pasture
pataphor
pathopoeia
pathos
patience
patients
patronym
patting
patty
pause
paws
peace
peak
peal
pear
pearl
pec
peck
pedal
pedantic
peddle
peek
peel
peer
peke
pellet
pelt
pen name
pendant
pendent
penultimate
peon
people
percent
percentage
percentile
perception
percussion
perfect
periergia
perimeter
period
peripheral
periphery
periphrasis
perish
perissology
perle
permissio
Permission, Get
perpetrate
perpetuate
persecute
perseverate
persevere
person
persona
personal:
vs personnel
honorific
honorific, foreign
name
personification:
figure of speech
vs anthropomorphism
rhetorical device
personnel
persons
perspective:
audience surrogate
author surrogacy
author surrogate
breaking the fourth wall, as metafiction
Chestertonian fantasy
defamiliarization
designated protagonist syndrome
direct address
epiphany
estrangement
filter
fixed
focalization
head hopping
headhopping
head jumping
interest-focus
magical realism
metafiction
moore effoc
mooreeffoc
ostranenie
vs prospective
reflector
self-insertion
slant
window
persuade
peruse
pessimistic
pet name
petal
petit
petite
petroglyph
phanopoeia
phantom
phase
phew
Philippic
Philly
phonetics
phonology
phrase:
vs clause
absolute
introductory
transitional
piece
pier:
vs peer
vs dock, wharf
pig Latin
pincer
pincher
pinscher
pique:
vs peak, peek, peke
vs piqué, piquet
pictograph
piqué
piquet
pistil
pistol
piteous
pitiable
pitiful
pitiless
plain
plait
plane
plants:
abbreviating
italicizing
See alsoTaxonomy
play:
formatting numerals in parts of a play
italicizing
platonic
play-on-words
pleas
please
pleat
pleonasm
ploce
plot:
literary device
plum
plumb
plurals:
apostrophes
making plural:
abbreviations
letters
numbers using apostrophes
numbers
proper name
proper noun
words
You and Its Plural
plural POV, first person
plural yous
plutonic
podcast
podium
poem
point-of-view (POV):
first person POV
narrative mode POV
narrative voice POV
narrator POV
narrator’s tone of voice POV
second person POV
third person POV
viewpoint POV
viewpoint character POV
voice POV
poisonous
poled
political satire
polled
polynym
polyptoton
polysemy:
figure of speech
grammar
polysyllogism
polysyndeton:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
pommel
pond
poo
pooh
pool
poor
porch
pore
Porsche
port
portentous
portmanteau
position
positively
possession
possessive:
apostrophe
eponym
grammar
symbol
possible
post
pound sign
pour
practicable
practical
praeteritio
pragmatic
pragmatics
praise
prays
prebuttal
precede
precedent
precept
precipitant
precipitate
precipitous
predicate:
sentence
grammar
predicative
predominant
predominate
prefect
prefix
prejudice
premier
premiere
preposition:
grammar
vs proposition (word confusion)
prize
prepositional object
prescribe
prescriptivism
presence
presents
preserves
president
presume
pretentious
preterition
preternatural
preys
pride
pries
principal
principle
prise
prison
prize:
vs pride
vs prise, pries
procatalepsis
proceed
profanity
professional title
profit
progymnasmata
prohibit
prolegomenon
prolepsis
prone
pronomination
pronoun
proper name
prophecy
prophesy
prophet
proposition
proscribe
prosecute
prosody
prosopopeia:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
vs prospective
prostate
prosthesis
prostrate
protagonist:
vs antagonist
first person POV
protagonist (as writing tip)
protégé
protégée
prothysteron
protozeugma
proverb
province
prozeugma
pseudonym:
collective
house
multiple-use
proper name
word play
psychopath
publically
publicly
pulpit
pummel
pun:
figure of speech
metaphor
rhetorical device
word play
pure backronym
purl
purposefully
purposely
pursue
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root
rose
rot
rote
roué
rouge
rough
rouse
rout
route
roux
rowed
rows
rude
rue
rued
ruff
rug
run down
run-down
rundown
rung
runnel
running heads and feet
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sac
sachet
sack
sacque
sail
sale:
vs sail
vs sell
salon
saloon
salt chuck
sarcasm:
figure of speech
punctuating
vs irony vs satire
word play
sashay
satire:
parity
vs parody
figure of speech
horatian
innuendo
vs irony vs sarcasm
literary device
news
political
saver
savior
savor
saw
saying
scatology
scene
scent
scheme
schesis
scientific name
sconce
scone
scoop
scope
scot
scotch
Scots
Scottish
scraping
scrapping
scrimp:
vs shrimp
vs skimp
sculpture
sea:
vs see
vs ocean
seam
seat:
vs seed
vs sit
second:
direct address POV
direct discourse
name
person narration POV
person POV
second-person narration
secret
secrete
see
seed:
vs cede
vs seat
seem:
vs seam
vs appear
seemingly
seen
seep
self-antonym
self-documenting sentence
self-doubt POV
self-enumerating sentence
self-insertion, as perspective
sell:
vs cell
vs sale
semantics:
theoretical
semantic syllepsis
semicolon
semimonthly
semordnilap
send-up
senile
sense:
vs cent, scent, sent
vs since
sensor
sensory detail
sensual
sensuous
sent
sentence:
case
complex
compound
simple
sentry
serf
serge
serial
sermocinatio
set
setting
settlement hierarchy:
sisolated dwelling vs hamlet vs village
town vs city vs metropolis
sew
sexual
shadowing
shake:
vs nod
vs sheik
shall
shanty
shears
sheath
sheathe
sheers
sheik
shimmer
shimmy
shined
shone
shoot
shore
should’a (should have)
should’ve (should have)
shown
shrimp
shudder
shutter
sibilance:
figure of speech
word play
sic
sick
sight
sign
sike
silepsis
silicon
silicone
sillepsis
silver
simile:
figure of speech
metaphor
simple
simple eponym
simplistic
simultaneous understanding
since:
vs as
vs sense
sine
single-focused POV
sit:
vs seat
vs set
site
Size for Your Book Type, Choose the
skimp
slack
slake
slander
slang:
Internet
slant, as perspective
slash
slay
sleigh:
vs slay, sley
vs sleight, slight
sleight
slew
sley
slight
slough
smear word epithet
snuggly
snugly
so
soar
soared
sobriquet:
proper name
word play
social commentator POV
sociopath
sole
some
some time
sometime
sometimes
son
sooth
soothe
sophistry
sore
sorites
sotbriquet:
proper name
word play
soubriquet:
proper name
word play
soul
source
south
sow
Spanish honorific
speak
spec
specially
species binomial
speck
spiel
spill
spoof
spoonerism
spring
staid
stair
stake
stamina
stamp
stanch
stanza
stare
staseis
stasis:
rhetorical device
system
theory
states (US)
stationary
stationery
statue:
vs effigy
vs sculpture
vs statute
status
statute
staunch
stay
stayed
steak
steal:
vs burglary vs robbery vs theft
vs steel
steel
stent
step
steppe
stichomythia
stichomythy
stint
stock
stoke
stomp
stone
storey
story:
vs storey
short
collective names for short stories
stow away
stowaway
stragler or figure of digression
straight
strait
stratagem
strategy
streak
stream
streamlet
streams:
Brook vs Burn vs Draw vs Lick
stream of consciousness, as POV
street address
strike
stroke
stuff
style:
vs fashion
figure of speech
stylistic:
device:
figure of speech
literary device
element
subiectio
subject
subject-verb agreement
subjectio
subjective:
first person … POV
third person … POV
submerge
submerse
subordinate:
hyponym
subordinate clause
subscript, proper positioning
substantial
substantive
suffix
suffix-based derivative eponym
suit
suite
suiter
suitor
sum
summary:
vs abstract
vs summery
summery
sun
sundae
Sunday
supernatural
superordinate
superscript, proper positioning
supertype
supine
supposably
supposedly
surely
surf
surge
surly
surname:
vs cognomen
proper name
using apostrophes
surprise ending
surprising aposiopesis
suspect
swamp
swat
swath
swathe
sweet
sword
swot
syke
syllable acronym
syllempsis
syllepsis:
grammatical
semantic
word play
syllogism:
fallacy
rhetoric as enthymeme
rhetorical device
truncated
symbol:
ƒƒ (folio)
making possessive
symbolism
sympathy
synalepha
synaloepha
synchoresis
synchysis
syncrisis:
literary device
rhetorical device
syndrome, RAS
synecdoche:
figure of speech
metaphor
rhetorical device
syneciosis
synezeugmenon
synoeciosis
synonym:
vs antonym
vs euphemism
Synonyms Can Be Cute
syntax:
literary device
theoretical syntax

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’til
t
T
T-shirt
tack
tact
tail
taint
take
take-off
taken aback
taken back
tale
talisman
talk
taper
tapinosis
tapir
target audience
tarn
tartar
tartare
tarter
taught
taut
tautogram
tautology:
figure of speech
rhetorical device
vs tax
taxonomic
taxonomy
team
technical words
technology acronym
tee
teem
teknonym
telegraphic speech
television
tenant
tenet
tenner
tenor
tense
tents
terminology for book binding
terminology for fonts
terms
tern
terne
textonym
than
thank-you
thank you
that:
vs as
vs this, these, those
vs which
vs who
theatrical POV
theft
their
theme:
literary device
literary element
trope
then
there
there’re (there are)
there’s (there is)
there in
therein
these
thesis
they’re (they are)
things
third person:
anonymous multiple character POV
anonymous dual POV
anonymous POV
cinematic POV
close POV
close third POV
close third person POV
commentator POV
deep-immersion POV
detached observer POV
discours indirect libre POV
dramatic POV
dual POV
editorial commentator POV
erlebte Rede POV
estilo indirecto libre POV
experienced speech POV
free indirect discourse POV
free indirect style POV
indirect discourse POV
intimate POV
multiple POV
narration POV
objective POV
omniscient POV:
authorial intrusion POV
limited … POV
… observer POV
dual POV
editorial POV
free indirect speech POV
indirect speech POV
limited POV
multiple POV
over-the-shoulder perspective POV
POV
removed POV
reported indirect speech POV
self-doubt POV
single POV
single-focused POV
social commentator POV
subjective POV
single … POV
deep … POV
sympathetic POV
theatrical POV
tight POV
tight third POV
tight-third POV
this
those
though
thought:
vs though
internal dialogue
literary device
three-letter acronym
threw
throe
throne
through:
vs across vs over
vsthrew
throw
thrown
thyme
tic
tick
tide
tide pool
tied
tight POV
tight third POV
tight-third POV
till
tilt
timber
timbre
time:
vs thyme
abbreviating:
century
day
month
time
week
year
See alsoB.C. comes before A.D.“, B.C.E., C.E.
numbers, using:
century
date
day
decade
year
tinaja
tint
tip
tip toe
tiptoe
title:
vs entitle

vs tilt, tittle
cartoon
Honorable, the
professional
Reverend, the
title case
webcomic
tittle
tmesis
to
toe
tole
toll
Tom Swifty
tomb
tone:
literary device
literary element
narrative
too
tool
toponomastics
toponym
tort
torte
tortuous
torturous
tot
total
tousle
tow
toward
towards
town
townhouse
track
tracking
tract
trail
train of thought POV
transferred:
epithet
word
transgress
transicio transition
transitio
transitional words and phrases
transliteration
transmotionem
transpire
trial
triannual
tricolon
triennial
trinomial
trinomial nomencla­ture
trionym
triple
triplet
triplicate
triticism
troop
trope:
figure of speech
literary device
theme
troupe
truncated syllogism
trussed
trust
trustee
trusty
tucks
tule
tulle
turbid
turgid
turn
tussle
tux
twat
twined
twinned
twit
two:
vs to, too
two for one
typographical river
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wabi-sabi
wade
wadi
wae
wail
waist
wait
waive
waiver
wake up
wake-up
wale
wander
want
wanton
ware
warn
warrantee
warranty:
vs guarantee, guaranty
vs warrantee
warrior
wary
wasabi
wash
waste
watt
wave:
vs waive
vs waiver, waver
water, bodies of:
anchorage
bay
bayou
bight
bog
brook
burn
canal
cay
channel
cove
creek
dike / dyke
draw
firth
fjord
gulf
harbor
haven
impoundment
kettle
lagoon
lick
loch:
key
vs kettle vs mere vs oxbow
lake:
as kettle, loch, mere, oxbow
marina
marsh
mere
moat
moorage
ocean
oxbow
pond
pool
port
quay:
vs cay vs key
vs harbor vs marina vs port
rill
reservoir
river
rivulet
roadstead
runnel
vs ocean
salt chuck
sea:
vs see
vs seep
sike
slough
vs spring
strait
stream
streamlet
streams
swamp
syke
tarn
tide pool
vs tinaja
tributary
waver
way
we
we’re (we are)
we’ve (we have)
weak
weald
vs wear
weary
weather
weave
web:
Internet, intranet
webcomic title
website vs blog, post
website vs blog, post
wee
week:
vs weak
abbreviating
weigh
weighed
weight
well
well being
well-being
wellbeing
wellerism
wench
were:
vs ware, wear, where
vs we’re, where
west
wet
wether
wh-
whale
whao
wharf
what
whee
where:
vs we’re, were
vs ware, wear, were
whet
whether:
vs as
vs if
vs weather
which:
vs that
vs witch
whicker
while:
vs a while, awhile
vs whilst
whilst:
vs a while, awhile, while
vs while
whinny
whiny
whirl
whither
who:
vs that
vs whom
who’s (who is)
whoa
whoever
whole
wholly
whom
whomever
whoop
whorl
whose
whosever
whosoever
whup
wicker
widow:
vs widower (word confusion)
widows (formatting)
widower
wield
wile
will
winch
wind
windbreaker
window, as perspective
wined
witch
wither
woah
woe
won
won’t (will not)
wonder
wont
wonton
wood
word
word count, fictional
word play:
grammar
literary device
word-picture
wordplay
work out
working out
workout
worn
worrier
worse
worst
would
would’a (would have)
would’ve (would have)
wrack
wraith
wrath
wrapped
wreak
wrench
wrest
wretch
wright
wringer
write:
vs right, rite, wright
vs writing, written
writhe
writing
written
wrote
wrought
wrung
wry

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Revised as of 31 Oct 2024
By: Kathy Davie