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 SPELLING

Unless other instructions are given, follow Webster’s International Dictionary. When that dictionary recognizes two forms, use the form given in the list below. If copy is prepared consistently, however, do not change the author’s spelling.


 * abatis
 * accoutre, -&zwj;ed, -&zwj;ing
 * ædile
 * æon
 * æesthete
 * æsthetic
 * æstival
 * ætiology
 * aluminum
 * ambassador
 * amphitheater
 * anæmia
 * anæmic
 * anæsthesia
 * anæsthetic
 * aposteme
 * archæology
 * asfœtida
 * ascendant, -&zwj;ance
 * astrakhan
 * axe
 * aye (yes)
 * bandannas
 * baritone
 * Bastille
 * bazaar
 * behoove
 * biased
 * biasing
 * blond (masc.)
 * blonde (fem.)
 * bogey
 * boulder
 * burgeon 
 * caliber
 * calk
 * canceled, -&zwj;ing
 * cancellation
 * cantilever
 * caravansary
 * cartouche
 * caviled, -&zwj;ing
 * center
 * chicory
 * clerestory
 * clue
 * cœliac
 * coolie
 * cotillion


 * councilor
 * counseled, -&zwj;ing
 * counselor
 * cozy
 * crenelated
 * curtsy
 * cyclopædia
 * debonair
 * defense
 * delf
 * demarcation
 * diæresis
 * diarrhœa
 * dike
 * dinghy
 * disk
 * dispatch
 * distill
 * dominoes
 * draft
 * droshky
 * drought
 * dueling, -&zwj;ist
 * dullness
 * eerie
 * embroil
 * ensnare
 * enthrall, -&zwj;ment
 * epaulet, -&zwj;ed
 * escallop
 * fæcal
 * fæces
 * fetish
 * fiber
 * flunky
 * focused, -&zwj;ing
 * fætcide
 * fœtus
 * fogy
 * foregather
 * frizz
 * frowzy
 * fulfill, -&zwj;ment
 * fullness
 * gauge
 * gayety
 * gayly
 * glycerine


 * good-bye
 * graveled, -&zwj;ing
 * gray
 * guerrilla
 * guild
 * gypsy
 * hæmal
 * hæmatic
 * hæmatite
 * hæmoglobin
 * hallelujah
 * hemorrhage
 * Hindu
 * Hindustani
 * homœopathy
 * inclose
 * inclosure
 * indorse
 * indorsement
 * indorser
 * install, -&zwj;ment
 * insure
 * kidnaped, -&zwj;er -&zwj;ing
 * knicknacks
 * libel, -&zwj;ing -&zwj;ous
 * litre
 * luster
 * maneuver
 * maneuvered
 * maneuvering
 * marvel, -&zwj;ed -&zwj;ing -&zwj;ous
 * maugre
 * meager
 * mediæval
 * metre
 * millionaire
 * miter
 * moult
 * mould
 * mustache
 * naught
 * niter
 * ocher
 * offense
 * orthopædic
 * partisan
 * peddler


 * pendant (adj.)
 * pendent (n.)
 * pickaxe
 * plough (n. and v.)
 * postilion
 * practice (n. and v.)
 * pretense
 * programme
 * pygmy
 * quartette
 * quintette
 * reconnoiter, -&zwj;ed -&zwj;ing
 * reinforce
 * remould
 * reverie
 * rhyme
 * saber, -&zwj;ed -&zwj;ing
 * saltpeter
 * savior
 * Saviour
 * scepter
 * scimitar
 * sepulcher
 * sextette
 * shyly
 * skeptic
 * skillful
 * slyly
 * smoulder
 * somber
 * specter
 * spoony
 * squirearchy
 * stadholder
 * stanch
 * syrup
 * theatre
 * tranquilize
 * transship
 * traveler, -&zwj;ed -&zwj;ing
 * wainscotted, -&zwj;ing
 * whiskey
 * whizz
 * whopper
 * willful
 * woeful
 * woolen
 * worshiper, -&zwj;ed -&zwj;ing