Excerpt from 135000 Words Spelled and Pronounced: Together With Valuable Hints and Illustrations for the Use of Capitals, Italics, Numerals, and Compound Words In order to make it possible to include practically all the words of the most extensive unabridged dictionary within the compass of a convenient single volume, a system of grouping has been adopted which in nowise detracts from the fullest representation of the spelling and pronunciation of the words, and which, by bringing derivative and related words all under the eye at once, greatly speeds the finding of the word desired. In one of the unabridged dictionaries, the word air, with its related words, covers over ten columns, or nearly four pages. By grouping, these words are brought under the eye at one glance. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.