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This is a list of placeholder names (words that can refer to things, persons, places, numbers and other concepts whose names are temporarily forgotten, irrelevant, unknown or being deliberately withheld in the context in which they are being discussed) in various languages.
Note also wholly (from whole), which may be pronounced either with a single l sound (like holy) or with a doubled l. [ 5 ] When the suffix is added to an adjective ending in a vowel letter followed by the letter l , it results in an adverb spelled with -lly, for example, the adverb centrally from the adjective central, but without a geminated l ...
For ease of use, the [i] in front of the last name, and the ending _ve, were dropped. If the last name ends in [a], then removing the [j] would give the name of the patriarch or the place, as in, Grudaj - j = Gruda (place in MM). Otherwise, removing the whole ending [aj] yields the name of founder or place of origin, as in Lekaj - aj = Lek(ë).
These include ending in -t (e.g. build, bend, send), stem changes (whether it is a vowel, such as in sit, win or hold, or a consonant, such as in teach and seek, that changes), or adding the [n] suffix to the past participle form (e.g. drive, show, rise). English irregular verbs are now a closed group, which means that newly formed verbs are ...
L. Lai (surname) Lan (surname 兰) Lan (surname 蓝) Le (surname) Lei (surname) Leng (surname) Li (surname 李) Li (surname 利) Li (surname 厲) Li (surname 栗) Li (surname 酈) Lí (surname 黎) Liang (surname) Liao (surname) Lin (surname) Ling (surname) Linghu; List of people with surname Li; List of surnames romanized Li; List of surnames ...
OTCWL2016, [d] a minor update in 2016, added over 1,000 nine-letter words. The 2018 update NWL2018 [ e ] added over 3,000 words, including additions to OSPD6 and MWCD, and ten-letter words from COD2. It was produced by NASPA in collaboration with Merriam-Webster, and under its own copyright for the first time.
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List of American words not widely used in the United Kingdom; List of British words not widely used in the United States; List of South African English regionalisms; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: A–L; List of words having different meanings in American and British English: M–Z