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In grammar, an intensive word form is one which denotes stronger, more forceful, or more concentrated action relative to the root on which the intensive...

language. This written form of a word constitutes a lexeme.: 670-671  The most appropriate means of measuring the length of a word is by counting its syllables...

Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft. It was first released on October 25, 1983, under the name Multi-Tool Word for Xenix systems...

Word square: a series of letters arranged in the form of a square that can be read both vertically and horizontally Backronym: a phrase back-formed by...

In linguistics, a blend—also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau—is a word formed, usually intentionally, by combining the sounds and...

The visual word form area (VWFA) is a functional region of the left fusiform gyrus and surrounding cortex (right-hand side being part of the fusiform...

In punctuation, a word divider is a form of glyph which separates written words. In languages which use the Latin, Cyrillic, and Arabic alphabets, as well...

A root (or root word or radical) is the core of a word that is irreducible into more meaningful elements. In morphology, a root is a morphologically simple...

catch may appear as its own word, or it may be combined with -ing to form the new word catching. Morphology also analyzes how words behave as parts of speech...

The longest word in any given language depends on the word formation rules of each specific language, and on the types of words allowed for consideration...

Word games are spoken, board, card or video games often designed to test ability with language or to explore its properties. Word games are generally...

rooms and courtrooms Form, the relation a word has to a lexeme Formwork, a mold used for concrete construction FORM (disambiguation) Conformity (disambiguation)...

most commonly in the form of nigga, whose spelling reflects the phonology of African-American English. The origin of the word lies with the Latin adjective...

a neologism (/niˈɒləˌdʒɪzəm/; also known as a coinage) is any newly formed word, term, or phrase that nevertheless has achieved popular or institutional...

Word play or wordplay (also: play-on-words) is a literary technique and a form of wit in which words used become the main subject of the work, primarily...

In linguistics, a nonce word—also called an occasionalism—is any word (lexeme), or any sequence of sounds or letters, created for a single occasion or...

canonical form, dictionary form, or citation form of a set of word forms. In English, for example, break, breaks, broke, broken and breaking are forms of the...

may represent a word, a morpheme in compound word, or just a meaningless syllable combined with some other syllables or characters to form a morpheme. The...

words, such as pronouns. The term form class is also used, although this has various conflicting definitions. Word classes may be classified as open or...

simple as telling someone the time of day. Storytelling is a common form of word-of-mouth communication where one person tells others a story about a...