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| Acrostic | A poem or word composition in which the first letter (syllable or word) of each new line (paragraph, or other recurring feature) spells out a word, message or the alphabet. | |
| Addicted | ||
| Advertise | Advertise | |
| Advertisement | ||
| All right | Alright | |
| Aluminium | Aluminum | |
| Ambiguous | ||
| Analyse | Analyze | |
| Anecdote | ||
| Annotation | ||
| Annualise (Annualize) | ||
| Anonymous | Anonymous | |
| Anxious | ||
| Apologies | Apologies | Apologises |
| Apologize (Apologise) | ||
| Apostrophe | ||
| Bankruptcy | Bankruptcy | Backrupcy |
| Beginning | Beginning | Begining |
| Behaviour | Behavior | |
| Biography | ||
| Built | ||
| Bureaucracy | Bureaucracy | |
| Burnt | Burned | |
| Calibre | Caliber | |
| Cancelled | Canceled | |
| Catalogue | Catalog | |
| Categorize (Categorise) | ||
| Celebrity | ||
| Centimetre | Centimeter | |
| Centre | Center | |
| Centred | Centered | |
| Centring | Centering | |
| Channelled | Channeled | |
| Cheque | Check | |
| Chocolate | ||
| Clause | ||
| Coconut | ||
| Colonize (Colonise) | ||
| Colour | Color | |
| Colourful | ||
| Committed | Committed | Commited |
| Comparison | ||
| Comprise | Comprize | |
| Concentrate | ||
| Conjunction | ||
| Connotation | ||
| Consonant | ||
| Constant | ||
| Criticize (Criticise) | ||
| Crystallize (Crystallise) | ||
| Curious | ||
| Customize (Customise) | Customize | |
| Dangerous | ||
| Daughter | ||
| Deafening | ||
| Defence | Defense | |
| Definitely | ||
| Dejected | ||
| Dependently | ||
| Despondent | Dispondent | |
| Destablize (Destablise) | ||
| Devastated | ||
| Disappointed | ||
| Disposition | ||
| Divorce | ||
| Doughnut | Donut | |
| Dramatize (Dramatise) | ||
| Echos | ||
| Electricity | ||
| Embellish | Embelish | |
| Emphasize | Emphasize | |
| Encyclopaedia | Encyclopedia | |
| Enrolment | Enrollment | |
| Environment | ||
| Envisage | Envisage | Invisage |
| Equalize (Equalise) | ||
| Essay | ||
| Evaluate | ||
| Eventually | ||
| Example | ||
| Excitement | ||
| Exorbitant | ||
| Exstatic | ||
| Exquisite | ||
| Favour | Favor | |
| Favourite | Favorite | |
| Festival | ||
| Fibre | Fiber | |
| Finalize (Finalise) | Finalize | |
| Fulfil | Fulfill | |
| Fulfilment | Fulfillment | |
| Government | ||
| Grey | Gray | |
| Grinding | ||
| Happened | ||
| Harbour | Harbor | |
| Honour | Honor | |
| Humour | Humor | |
| Hypnotize (Hypnotise) | ||
| Hypothermia | ||
| Impeccible | ||
| Improvisation | ||
| Independent | Independent | Independant |
| Innocent | ||
| Interference | Interference | |
| Itinerary | ||
| Jewellery | Jewelry | |
| Journalists | ||
| Judgement | Judgment | |
| Juiciest | ||
| Kilometre | Kilometer | |
| Labour | Labor | |
| Liaise | Liase | |
| Liaison | Liaison | Laison |
| Licence (noun) | Licence (noun) | |
| License | License | |
| License (verb) | License (verb) | |
| Limerick | A funny poem with 5 lines. | |
| Litre | Liter | |
| Manoeuvre | Maneuver | |
| Maximise | Maximize | |
| Memories | ||
| Metaphor | ||
| Metre | Meter | |
| Misdemeanour | Misdemeanor | |
| Motivated | ||
| Mould | Mold | |
| Muscles | ||
| Neighbour | Neighbor | |
| Nervousness | ||
| Niece | Neice | |
| Obedient | ||
| Obviously | ||
| Occurs | ||
| Occurrence | Occurrence | Ocurrence |
| Odour | Odor | |
| Offence | Offense | |
| Organise | Organize | |
| Outrageous | ||
| Paralyse | Paralyze | |
| Passionate | ||
| Passport | ||
| Penguin | ||
| Perpendicular | ||
| Personalise | Personalize | |
| Personification | ||
| Persuade | ||
| Petrified | ||
| Plough | Plow | |
| Positive | ||
| Precious | ||
| Programme | Program | |
| Psycho | Psycho | Physco |
| Pyjamas | Pajamas | |
| Realize (Realise) | ||
| Receive | Receive | Recieve |
| Recognize (Recognise) | ||
| Reconciliation | Reconcilliation | |
| Rehearsal | ||
| Reject | ||
| Reminisce | Reminisce | Reminise |
| Repetition | ||
| Resilience | ||
| Rigour | Rigor | |
| Rode | ||
| Savour | Savor | |
| Scrumptious | ||
| Separate | Separate | Seperate |
| Significant | ||
| Sincerely | ||
| Skilful | Skillful | |
| Socialise | Socialize | |
| Special | ||
| Speciality | Specialty | |
| Specialize (Specialise) | ||
| Splendour | Splendor | |
| Squeaks | ||
| Successful | Successful | Successfull |
| Surveillance | ||
| Theatre | Theater | |
| Tongue | ||
| Tranquillity | Tranquility | |
| Travelling | Traveling | |
| Tremendous | ||
| Tyre | Tire | |
| Valour | Valor | |
| Vapour | Vapor | |
| Vegetables | ||
| Vigour | Vigor | |
| Vulnerable | ||
| Whether | ||
| Younger |
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