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ascender
a lowercase letter that has a part extending above other lowercase letters
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descender
a lowercase letter that has a part extending below other lowercase letters
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digram, digraph
two successive letters (especially two letters used to represent a single sound: `sh' in `shoe')
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initial
the first letter of a word (especially a person's name)
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A, a
the 1st letter of the Roman alphabet
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B, b
the 2nd letter of the Roman alphabet
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C, c
the 3rd letter of the Roman alphabet
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D, d
the 4th letter of the Roman alphabet
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E, e
the 5th letter of the Roman alphabet
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F, f
the 6th letter of the Roman alphabet
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G, g
the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet
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H, h
the 8th letter of the Roman alphabet
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I, i
the 9th letter of the Roman alphabet
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J, j
the 10th letter of the Roman alphabet
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K, k
the 11th letter of the Roman alphabet
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L, l
the 12th letter of the Roman alphabet
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M, m
the 13th letter of the Roman alphabet
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N, n
the 14th letter of the Roman alphabet
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O, o
the 15th letter of the Roman alphabet
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P, p
the 16th letter of the Roman alphabet
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Q, q
the 17th letter of the Roman alphabet
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R, r
the 18th letter of the Roman alphabet
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S, s
the 19th letter of the Roman alphabet
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T, t
the 20th letter of the Roman alphabet
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U, u
the 21st letter of the Roman alphabet
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V, v
the 22nd letter of the Roman alphabet
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W, double-u, w
the 23rd letter of the Roman alphabet
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X, ex, x
the 24th letter of the Roman alphabet
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Y, wye, y
the 25th letter of the Roman alphabet
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Z, ezed, izzard, z, zed, zee
the 26th letter of the Roman alphabet
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alpha
the 1st letter of the Greek alphabet
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beta
the 2nd letter of the Greek alphabet
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gamma
the 3rd letter of the Greek alphabet
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delta
the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet
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epsilon
the 5th letter of the Greek alphabet
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zeta
the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet
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eta
the 7th letter of the Greek alphabet
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theta
the 8th letter of the Greek alphabet
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iota
the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet
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kappa
the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet
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lambda
the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet
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mu
the 12th letter of the Greek alphabet
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nu
the 13th letter of the Greek alphabet
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xi
the 14th letter of the Greek alphabet
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omicron
the 15th letter of the Greek alphabet
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pi
the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet
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rho
the 17th letter of the Greek alphabet
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sigma
the 18th letter of the Greek alphabet
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tau
the 19th letter of the Greek alphabet
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upsilon
the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet
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phi
the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet
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chi, khi
the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet
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psi
the 23rd letter of the Greek alphabet
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omega
the last (24th) letter of the Greek alphabet
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aleph
the 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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beth
the 2nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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gimel
the 3rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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daleth
the 4th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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he
the 5th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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waw
the 6th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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zayin
the 7th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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heth
the 8th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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teth
the 9th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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yodh
the 10th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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kaph
the 11th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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lamedh
the 12th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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mem
the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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nun
the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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samekh
the 15th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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ayin
the 16th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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pe
the 17th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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sadhe
the 18th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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qoph
the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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resh
the 20th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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sin
the 21st letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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shin
the 22nd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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taw
the 23rd letter of the Hebrew alphabet
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polyphone, polyphonic letter
a letter that has two or more pronunciations
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block capital, block letter
a plain hand-drawn letter
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vowel
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken vowel
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consonant
a letter of the alphabet standing for a spoken consonant
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vowel point
a mark placed below or near a consonant (as in Hebrew or Arabic) to indicate the spoken vowel