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  2. Acrostic - Wikipedia

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    An 1850 acrostic by Nathaniel Dearborn, the first letter of each line spelling the name "JENNY LIND". An acrostic is a poem or other word composition in which the first letter (or syllable, or word) of each new line (or paragraph, or other recurring feature in the text) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. [1]

  3. Acrostic (puzzle) - Wikipedia

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    An acrostic is a type of word puzzle, related somewhat to crossword puzzles, that uses an acrostic form. It typically consists of two parts. It typically consists of two parts. The first part is a set of lettered clues, each of which has numbered blanks representing the letters of the answer.

  4. Indus script - Wikipedia

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    The Indus script, also known as the Harappan script and the Indus Valley script, is a corpus of symbols produced by the Indus Valley Civilisation.Most inscriptions containing these symbols are extremely short, making it difficult to judge whether or not they constituted a writing system used to record a Harappan language, any of which are yet to be identified. [3]

  5. List of constructed scripts - Wikipedia

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    Khitan large script: Kitl: 920: by order of Abaoji: Largely undeciphered logographic script for the Khitan language. Khitan small script: Kits: ca. 924: Yelü Diela: Partially deciphered logographic script with phonetic elements for Khitan: Khom: 1924: Ong Kommandam: Semi-syllabary used for secret communication among dissidents in French Laos ...

  6. Word square - Wikipedia

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    A word square is a type of acrostic. It consists of a set of words written out in a square grid, such that the same words can be read both horizontally and vertically. The number of words, which is equal to the number of letters in each word, is known as the "order" of the square. For example, this is an order 5 square:

  7. Yotzer ohr - Wikipedia

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    This single paragraph contains an acrostic in which each of 22 consecutive words begin with a letter of the Hebrew alphabet, covering all 22 letters in order. On Shabbat (and holidays as well in the Sephardic tradition), a longer version of the blessing is recited, with the same beginning followed by the paragraph Hakol yodukha .

  8. Subsidy Scorecards: Mississippi State University

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    SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System, Mississippi State University (2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010).Read our methodology here.. HuffPost and The Chronicle examined 201 public D-I schools from 2010-2014.

  9. Constructed writing system - Wikipedia

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    A constructed writing system or a neography is a writing system specifically created by an individual or group, rather than having evolved as part of a language or culture like a natural script. Some are designed for use with constructed languages , although several of them are used in linguistic experimentation or for other more practical ends ...