| ALLITERATING | • alliterating v. Present participle of alliterate. • ALLITERATE v. to form an alliteration. |
| ALLITERATION | • alliteration n. The repetition of consonant sounds at the beginning of two or more words immediately succeeding each… • alliteration n. The recurrence of the same letter in accented parts of words, as in Anglo-Saxon alliterative meter. • ALLITERATION n. the repetition of the same sound beginning several words in sequence. |
| ALLITERATIVE | • alliterative adj. In the form or style of alliteration. • ALLITERATIVE adj. of, relating to, or marked by alliteration. |
| ANTILITERATE | • antiliterate adj. Opposed to literacy or literature. • ANTILITERATE adj. opposed to literacy. |
| ILLITERATELY | • illiterately adv. In an illiterate manner. • ILLITERATE adv. having little or no education. |
| LITERATENESS | • literateness n. The quality of being literate. • LITERATENESS n. the state of being literate. |
| NONLITERATES | • nonliterates n. Plural of nonliterate. • NONLITERATE n. one who is not literate. |
| OBLITERATING | • obliterating v. Present participle of obliterate. • OBLITERATE v. to erase or blot out. |
| OBLITERATION | • obliteration n. The total destruction of something. • obliteration n. The cancellation, erasure or deletion of something. • obliteration n. (Medicine) The cancellation of the function, structure, or both of a vessel or organ; for example, the… |
| OBLITERATIVE | • obliterative adj. Tending or serving to obliterate. • OBLITERATIVE adj. inducing or characterized by obliteration. |
| OBLITERATORS | • obliterators n. Plural of obliterator. • OBLITERATOR n. one who obliterates. |
| POSTLITERATE | • postliterate adj. After the decline of literacy. • POSTLITERATE adj. relating to or occurring after the introduction of the electronic media. |
| PRELITERATES | • preliterates n. Plural of preliterate. • PRELITERATE n. one not yet employing writing as a cultural medium. |
| SEMILITERATE | • semiliterate adj. Not entirely literate; having a limited grasp of the written language. • semiliterate n. A person who is semiliterate. • SEMILITERATE adj. able to read and write on an elementary level. |
| SUBLITERATES | • subliterates n. Plural of subliterate. • SUBLITERATE n. one who is not fully literate. |