11) bastille, bastile, Bastille. The Columbia Guide to Standard American
English. 1993
...as a prison. Today the word is sometimes still used as a jocular name for a prison. The proper noun was the famous fortress and prison in Paris that fell at the beginning...
12) Renaissance, renascence, renascent. The Columbia Guide to Standard American
English. 1993
...of the word meaning rebirth ; Americans generally use the spelling renaissance. The proper noun Renaissance is the term used to describe that important period in...
13) proper adjective. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English
Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.
...An adjective formed from a proper noun....
14) d. Word Compounding. 8. Word Formation. The American Heritage Book of
English Usage. 1996
...when the element following a prefix is capitalized or when the element preceding a suffix is a proper noun: anti-American, America-like. 3 The hyphen is usually retained...
15) respectful. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...Showing or marked by proper respect. re·spectful·ly -ADVERBre·spectful·ness -NOUN...
16) disarrange. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...forms: dis·ar·ranged, dis·ar·rang·ing, dis·ar·rang·es To upset the proper arrangement or order of. disar·rangement -NOUN...
17) 134. Occasion. Mawson, C.O. Sylvester. 1922. Roget s International
Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
... NOUN: OCCASION, opportunity, opening, room, scope, space, place, liberty, show [colloq., U. S.]; suitable time, suitable season, proper time, proper season; high...
18) undernourish. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language:
Fourth Edition. 2000.
...provide with insufficient quantity or quality of nourishment to sustain proper health and growth. under·nourish·ment -NOUN...
19) east, East, easterly, Eastern, eastern. The Columbia Guide to Standard
American English. 1993
...Capitalize the compass directions when they are truly proper nouns, as in She took the next plane back to the East this morning, meaning to the East Coast or to the...
20) becoming. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth
Edition. 2000.
...1. Appropriate, suitable, or proper. 2. Pleasing or attractive to the eye. be·coming·ly -ADVERBbe·coming·ness -NOUN...
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