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spell
  1. A shift (of work); (rare) a set of workers responsible for a specific turn of labour. [from 16th c.]
  2. (informal) A definite period (of work or other activity). [from 18th c.]
  3. (colloquial) An indefinite period of time (usually with a qualifier); by extension, a relatively short distance. [from 18th c.]
  4. A period of rest; time off. [from 19th c.]
  5. (colloquial, US) A period of illness, or sudden interval of bad spirits, disease etc. [from 19th c.]
  6. (cricket) An uninterrupted series of alternate overs bowled by a single bowler. [from 20th c.]
  7. Synonyms:
  8. Examples:
    1. “Kyri was mumbling the words to a spell which she finished by laying her hand on Aikel's arm.”
      “John Tait and Jack Glendeman rode in the cab with Bill, intending to give him a spell from driving over the rough country.”
      “He had spent a spell working for the United Nations.”
spelling
  1. (uncountable) The act, practice, ability, or subject of forming words with letters, or of reading the letters of words; orthography.
  2. (uncountable) The manner of spelling of words; correct spelling.
  3. (countable) A specific spelling of a word.
  4. (US, rare, dated, countable or uncountable) A spelling test or spelling bee.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “My teacher commended my spelling as I received a perfect score on the test.”
speller
  1. A person who spells.
  2. A participant in a spelling bee.
  3. (US) A book for learning spellings.
  4. (computing) A spell checker.
  5. Examples:
    1. “I've always been an excellent speller, but now half the words I wrote on the board were misspelled.”
      “I'm a fair speller but I've gotten a whole lot better since making Spellbound.”
      “If you're not the world's best speller, have trusted friends and colleagues check your site copy for errors.”
spell
  1. (obsolete) Speech, discourse. [8th-15th c.]
  2. Words or a formula supposed to have magical powers. [from 16th c.]
  3. A magical effect or influence induced by an incantation or formula. [from 16th c.]
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “Kyri was mumbling the words to a spell which she finished by laying her hand on Aikel's arm.”
      “John Tait and Jack Glendeman rode in the cab with Bill, intending to give him a spell from driving over the rough country.”
      “He had spent a spell working for the United Nations.”
spellwork
  1. Any magical practice involving creating or casting spells, especially new enchantments or spells which are intricate or complex.
  2. The formula or formulation of one or more spells or enchantments; the individual parts constituting such a formulation; the inner workings or structure of a spell.
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  4. Examples:
    1. “Harry's spellwork was impeccable as he effortlessly conjured a Patronus to defend against the Dementors.”
      “Victoria gets asked about custom spellwork, but can't always cater to the requests.”
      “And, of course, spellwork rests on this very idea that thoughts lead to physical effects.”
spell
  1. (dialectal) A splinter, usually of wood; a spelk.
  2. The wooden bat in the game of trap ball, or knurr and spell.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Kyri was mumbling the words to a spell which she finished by laying her hand on Aikel's arm.”
      “John Tait and Jack Glendeman rode in the cab with Bill, intending to give him a spell from driving over the rough country.”
      “He had spent a spell working for the United Nations.”
spelt
  1. (dialect, Northern England, Scotland) A thin piece of wood or metal; a splinter.
  2. (metalworking) spelter
spellfire
  1. (fantasy) The exchange of shots or explosive blasts of spells (from a wand, staff, etc.) as in magical combat.
spelt
  1. A grain, considered either a subspecies of wheat, Triticum aestivum subsp. spelta, or a separate species Triticum spelta or Triticum dicoccon.
spello
  1. (Internet) A homophonic spelling mistake, as illustrated profusely in the various spelling checker poems that started in 1991.
spellbinder
  1. Something that is spellbinding, that causes rapt attention.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “After Head made his speech, she delivered hers, termed a spellbinder by some.”
      “On the stump he does not address the imagination as does the Hibernian spellbinder.”
      “This spellbinder never quite gets you to rush down the aisle and accept the faith, but you also never think of leaving the tent.”
spellcraft
spellmaking
  1. (video game) The creation of magic spells.
spellcasting
spellmaker
  1. (video game) One who creates magic spells.
spellbook
  1. A book of magic spells.
spellbinders
  1. plural of spellbinder
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “I'll agree that not all of them are especially riveting today, but some are still spellbinders.”
      “Seductive, alluring Pisceans are the zodiac's enchanting spellbinders.”
      “Mock the Borneo elders all you like but never forget, when it comes to religious mumbojumbo folks, we're up there with the best of the spellbinders.”
spellmakers
  1. plural of spellmaker
spellbooks
  1. plural of spellbook
spellings
  1. plural of spelling
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The voice is Kelly's throughout, down to the lack of punctuation, eccentric spellings and curious syntax.”
      “With painstaking penmanship and a few erasures to correct spellings and numbers, the little girl explained herself.”
      “An avid reader, she used to carry around a list of tricky words to help her to remember their spellings.”
spellers
  1. plural of speller
spellos
  1. plural of spello
spells
spelts
  1. plural of spelt
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