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Miss Spelling's Spelling Center
NEW! A real-time Spelling Bee with sound! Still the complete toolbox to fix all your problems with words. Now with 250 most often confused English word pairs (false cognates).
NEW! Click here to see the latest slang words added to our Historical Dictionary of American Slang, including fuzz, galoot, snazzy, scoop, and barnstorm (March 2008).
NEW! Click here for the newest eponyms added to the alphaDictionary eponym database, including bogart, bourbon, milquetoast, and rambo (February 2008).
NEW! Click here for the newest eponyms added to the alphaDictionary eponym database, including bogart, bourbon, milquetoast, and rambo (February 2008).
FREE GAME! Dr. Goodword's Exciting New Game for Movie Buffs!Make up sentences from movie titles—it's fun and funny:
The Mummy Returns - To Kill a Mockingbird - In the Heat of the Night.
REDESIGNED & EXPANDED! The Funny Things Kids Say
Children are learning machines. So, if we learn from our mistakes, kids should make a lot of funny ones. See our new expanded and redesigned kid-talk area.
Children are learning machines. So, if we learn from our mistakes, kids should make a lot of funny ones. See our new expanded and redesigned kid-talk area.
NEW! Split Infinitives
Do you suffer from the embarrassment of split infinitives? Dr. Goodword has just the right medicine for you.
Do you suffer from the embarrassment of split infinitives? Dr. Goodword has just the right medicine for you.
WORDS: Where do they Come From?
Dr. Goodword discusses all the sources of words with enjoyable quizlets to help you understand how new words enter language; a comprehensive article written exclusively for alphaDictionary.
Dr. Goodword discusses all the sources of words with enjoyable quizlets to help you understand how new words enter language; a comprehensive article written exclusively for alphaDictionary.
