(colloquial) Indicating an anagram or other approximate rearrangement of the letters in the original term.

A spelling contest or competition where contestants, usually children, are asked to spell out words (orally, letter by letter); the individual or team spelling the most words correctly wins.

plural of spelling word

(US, education, set phrase) A word, especially among several others, for which the spelling is supposed to be memorized and practiced before an upcoming quiz or test in which all of such words are covered.

(transitive with for) To be expected to cause the destruction of.

The use of non-standard or alternate spelling, for example in baby names or brand names.

A specific spelling of a word representing a phonetic feature never present in it, but was present in other words in the same phonetic environment (and was later lost), or the practice of making such spellings.

The spelling or writing of a word in reverse or from back to front.

plural of hot spell

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of spell off