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National Dictionary Day
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- First name of the American lexicographer honored on October 16th (4)
- Where you might find helpful guide words at the top (4)
- The way a phrase is actually spoken, which guides dictionary updates (5)
- Alphabetical list of terms specific to a certain domain (8)
- Grammatical time frame like past or present (5)
- Etymological base of a derived term (4)
- Figure of speech like 'raining cats and dogs' (5)
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- Massive British reference work that recently added modern slang, for short (3)
- A person, place, or thing defined in the pages (4)
- A to Z system used for organizing entries seamlessly (8)
- Surname of the man who Americanized spellings like 'color' instead of 'colour' (7)
- State the exact meaning of a newly minted expression (6)
- Term meaning the same as another, found in a thesaurus (7)
- Specialized vocabulary of a particular group or era (5)
- A single item listed and defined in a glossary (5)
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