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 The following nouns are exceptional, and form the plural by simply adding s:—


 * albino
 * canto
 * cento
 * domino (when not the game)


 * duodecimo
 * halo
 * lasso
 * memento
 * octavo


 * piano
 * proviso
 * quarto
 * salvo
 * sirocco


 * solo
 * stiletto
 * torso
 * tyro

When the prefixes “co-,” “re-,” “pre-,” are followed by the same vowel, use the diæresisdiæresis [sic] marked vowel for the second one, without the hyphen; as, “coördinate,” “reëlection,” “preëminent.” If the prefix comes at the end of a line, with the hyphen, the diæresis is not to be used. The diæresis is not to be used in words beginning with “aer”; as, aeroplane, aery, aerial, etc.

Before sounded h, long u, and the word “one,” use a as the form of the indefinite article; as, a hotel, a history, a union, such a one.

Use the dipthong æ and œ in Latin quotations and in quotations from Old English or French.

In vocative forms of address, use “O” (capitalized), without a comma following; for an exclamation, use “oh,” followed by a comma, but capitalized only at beginning of sentences.

Worcester Spellings

In this list will be found the preferred Worcester spellings, not adopted by the Riverside Press, where they differ from the International Dictionary.


 * accoutre
 * amphitheatre
 * apparelled
 * ay (yes)
 * blassed, -&zwj;sing
 * calibre
 * carolled
 * centre
 * chiccory
 * cimeter
 * cosey, cosily
 * councillor
 * counsellor
 * crenellated
 * defence
 * despatch
 * dishevelled
 * distil
 * dominos (a game)
 * dulness


 * enamour
 * enclose
 * enrolment
 * equalled, -&zwj;ling
 * fetich
 * fibre
 * focussed, -&zwj;sing
 * frescos
 * fulfil
 * fulness
 * gaol
 * gramme
 * grottos
 * guerilla
 * imperilled, -&zwj;ling
 * instalment
 * instil
 * jewellery
 * kidnapped
 * libelled, -&zwj;lous


 * lodgement
 * lustre
 * manœuvre
 * marvellous
 * meagre
 * millionnaire
 * modelled, -&zwj;ling
 * nitre
 * ochre
 * offence
 * pacha
 * pedler
 * porticos
 * practise (v.)
 * pretence
 * quarrelled, -&zwj;ling
 * reconnoitre
 * revery
 * rivalled, -&zwj;ling


 * sabre
 * saltpetre
 * sceptre
 * sceptic
 * sepulchre
 * Shakespearian
 * shriveled, -&zwj;ling
 * skilful
 * sombre
 * spectre
 * sulphuretted
 * theatre
 * travelled, -&zwj;ler
 * vice (a tool)
 * villanous, -&zwj;y
 * wilful
 * woful
 * woollen
 * worshipped, -&zwj;per