plural of spelling

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spell

plural of spell

Abounding in spells or charms.

plural of Spell

(transitive) To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word. / (transitive, when writing or editing) To replace an acronym with its expansion.

A (usually) short period of hot weather. Sometimes a heat wave.

A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought.

Alternative spelling of spell-off

In a spelling bee, of two or more participants, to spell words one after the other until a champion is determined. Usually refers to a series of rounds of spelling in which no spellers are eliminated.