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In the majority of alternades, every second letter is used to make two smaller words, but in some cases, every third letter is used to make three smaller words. Theoretically, a very long word could use every fourth letter to make four smaller words; e.g., «partitioned» is an alternade for «pin», «ate», «rid», and «to».
This list includes those recognised minerals beginning with the letter I.The International Mineralogical Association is the international group that recognises new minerals and new mineral names; however, minerals discovered before 1959 did not go through the official naming procedure, although some minerals published previously have been either confirmed or discredited since that date.
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD = compact disc, pronounced cee dee pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
Albert Joseph Moore (1841–1893), English painter; Frank Montague Moore (1877–1967), English/American painter and museum director; Mona Moore (1917–2000), English painter and illustrator; Otto Morach (1887–1973), Swiss painter and poster artist; Rodolfo Morales (1925–2001), Mexican painter; Thomas Moran (1837–1926), American painter ...
Modern English is written with a Latin-script alphabet consisting of 26 letters, with each having both uppercase and lowercase forms. The word alphabet is a compound of alpha and beta, the names of the first two letters in the Greek alphabet. Old English was first written down using the Latin alphabet during the 7th century. During the ...
The former supply closet has never been used as an office in 50 years, Speaker Tim Moore wrote. Read Speaker Moore’s letter to legislator about ‘historic’ office assignment in basement Skip ...
In general the Romans did not use the traditional (Semitic-derived) names as in Greek: the names of the plosives were formed by adding /eː/ to their sound (except for K and Q , which needed different vowels to be distinguished from C ) and the names of the continuants consisted as a rule either of the bare sound, or the sound preceded by /e ...
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