| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| shortened form of a word or phrase |
abbreviation
|
| magic word(s) |
abracadabra
,
incantation
,
open sesame
,
presto
|
| accepted meaning of a word |
acceptation
,
word meaning
,
word sense
|
| abbreviation pronounced as a word |
acronym
|
| word formed by first letters of major words in a phrase |
acronym
|
| initial letters of words used to make word |
acronym
|
| word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name |
acronym
|
| naming a letter of the alphabet by using a word whose initial sound is the sound represented by that letter |
acrophony
|
| verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message |
acrostic
|
| initial letters of lines forming word |
acrostic
|
| game, word |
acrostic
,
anagram
,
crossword
,
ghost
,
ludi
,
Scrabble
|
| word that expresses an attribute of something |
adjective
|
| word class that qualifies nouns |
adjective
|
| construction that can be used to extend the meaning of a word or phrase but is not one of the main constituents of a sentence |
adjunct
|
| word that modifies something other than a noun |
adverb
|
| word class that qualifies verbs or clauses |
adverb
|
| word or group of words function as an adverb |
adverbial
|
| but as a word expressing opposition |
adversative
,
disjunctive
|
| linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form |
affix
|
| formation of a word by means of an affix |
affixation
|
