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Endings -ize/-ise, -ism, -ist, -ish usually do not double the l in British English; for example, devilish, dualism, normalise, and novelist. Exceptions: duellist, medallist, panellist, tranquillise, and sometimes triallist in British English. For -ous, British English has a single l in scandalous and perilous, but the "ll" in libellous and ...
British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings daddy longlegs, daddy-long-legs crane fly: daddy long-legs spider: Opiliones: dead (of a cup, glass, bottle or cigarette) empty, finished with very, extremely ("dead good", "dead heavy", "dead rich") deceased
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
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This template is written in British English, which has its own spelling conventions (colour, travelled, centre, defence, artefact, analyse) and some terms that are used in it may be different or absent from other varieties of English.
British English meanings Meanings common to British and American English American English meanings pacifier something or somebody that brings peace rubber teat for babies (UK: dummy) paddle a walk through shallow water, especially at the seaside (US approx. wade, also UK usage) [48] an oar used to propel a canoe, kayak or a small boat
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Oxford spelling is based on the Oxford English Dictionary, [17] and followed by Collins [18] and Cassell's [19] dictionaries, whereas Chambers lists both ‑ize and ‑ise for British English. [20] The Concise Oxford English Dictionary notes that "the form ize has been in use in English since the 16th century.