1 Changes in the wordlists used by "spell" -- March 1987 2 3(a) Words to be added to /usr/dict/words: 4 5(a1) First, the straightforward cases: useful words not previously 6accepted by "spell". Most were obtained by reading issues of Natural 7History Magazine (and also one book on India) at the terminal, and 8typing in words that I guessed might be missing but that seemed common 9enough to be worth including. Others came up in different ways, such 10as thinking about the algorithms "spell" must use to get derived forms, 11guessing at loopholes, and testing them out. Whenever I had a list of 12twenty or thirty words, I would run "spell" on it, and add the results 13to my collection. 14 15abhor abjure abnegation abscond absurdum acacia acetaminophen Achaean 16acidify acidulate acrimonious acrimony acrophobia acrophobic 17acupuncture Adlerian adrenalin adoration aerie aerofoil Aesop afreet 18Afrikaans Afrikaner afterbirth agar agog agribusiness agronomist 19agronomy airbrush Aladdin Alasdair Alastair albino alchemist Aleutian 20Algonquian alimentary allmsgs alpaca amoeboid Amharic ammonite amnesia 21amnesiac amnesty amniocentesis amniotic Anacreon Analects anatomist 22Andalusia androgen anaphora anaphoric animist annelid anoint 23anticonvulsant anthropocentric anthropoid anthropomorphism Antilles 24antipodal antivenin aphrodisiac apiary apical apoplectic apoplexy 25apostasy aquifer Arapaho arborescent Argentine Argentinian aria 26arthropod ashram astrologer astrology astrophysicist asymptomatic atoll 27atonic Attlee auspice austral autochthonous autopilot auxin Avernus 28avian Avignon avowal Azores bacchanalian backpedal backscatter 29backslash backslide backwash Baja bannock baobab bareback Barnum baryon 30basaltic basilica basketry Basque bassoon beagle bedevil beeswax 31bedfellow befriend begat begot Belize bellyaching bellyful beluga 32Benares bestiary Bhagavadgita bigamy bighorn bike Bilbao billfold 33bipedal birdcage birthrate Blackfoot blackguard blacktop blitzkrieg 34bloodletting blunderbuss blurb bogeyman bookmark bookworm boreal 35Bosporus bossy bottlecap bouillabaisse bouillon bountiful bowerbird 36brainchild brakemen breakneck Brie brigand bristlecone bristly 37broadminded brushstroke bubonic buccaneer bucketful bulbous bullrush 38bumpkin bumpy bushland businesswoman businesswomen busload busywork 39butterscotch buzzard caching cacophonous Caesarian Cajun calabash 40callosity calyx Camembert Cameroon canoeist Canopus capuchin carapace 41Carboniferous cardigan cardioid Carlsbad carousel carpal carpetbag 42carpetbagger carpetbagging cassava castrate cataleptic Catalonia caudal 43catwalk ceasefire celebratory Celt centripetal cetacean Chandigarh 44chapati charcuterie chauvinism chauvinist Cheddar cheesemaking Chelsea 45chewy chickpea childbearing childrearing chintz chintzy chitin 46chitinous Chloe choline chondrite chopstick choryza chromosomal 47chromosome chrysalis circadian clavicle clef Clemens cloaca cloacal 48clownish cob cockfight codex coevolution cognoscenti coldhearted colic 49collocate cologne comestible commensal compunction condominium 50conspecific constipate construal contraindicate contrapositive 51coprocessor copulate corolla corpuscle corset Corsica Cortez cottontail 52coterie countermand countermeasure counterrevolution 53counterrevolutionary counterthreat counterweight couplet crampon 54crinoid cropland crore crossword crowbar crunchy crustacean crusty 55cubicle cubby cubit cultivar cuneiform curmudgeon Cuzco Cuvier cygnet 56cymbal daemon daguerreotype dal Damocles damselfly datura dawdle 57decapitate decapod decoy defoliate Deimos Deirdre deliveryman 58deliverymen Demeter demographer dentition deplane depredation 59dermatology determinacy detritus deuteron diagrammed diagramming 60diatribe dieresis digamma diminuendo dimorphic dimorphism Diocletian 61Diogenes doddering dogmatist domesticate dormouse dorsal downy drably 62Draconian Dravidian drawstring drayman driftwood drupe duckbilled 63duckweed dumpling dugong dumbly dumpster duodenal duodenum dyestuff 64earshot Earthman Earthmen echolocation effusion Egyptology eightyfold 65elevenfold eliminable elver emacs embitter emblazon emetic emigre 66emigree emissive empathic emptyhanded endemic endometrial endometriosis 67epiphyte epiphytic epilepsy epiphany eponymous equivocate ermine 68escarpment estrogen estrous estrus ethernet ethnomusicology Etruria 69euglena eukaryotic euphony euphonious eutrophication Everglade 70eviscerate exactitude excrement exfoliate exoskeleta expatriate expiry 71extramural extracurricular extraterritorial eyesore faience Falkland 72Fallopian falsetto faunal fecal feces feckless feisty femoral fennec 73fervid festoon fiddlehead fiftyfold Fiji Fijian filamentous fingerling 74finitude flan floodwater floruit flunk flunky folic folksinger 75folksinging folktale foment foolscap foothold foraminifera forgather 76forgo forgone forswore forsworn fortyfold forwent foxtrot fractal 77freedman freeload fridge Friesland Frisian frizzy frolicked frolicking 78frond Fulbright fumarole fundraiser fundraising funerary funky Galilean 79Galileo gamesmanship gamete Gandhi Gandhian garnish gases gastronomic 80gatekeeper Gautama gauzy gazebo gazpacho Geminid gemsbok gentlewoman 81gentlewomen genuflect geode geothermal gestation gestural Ghanian 82gibberellin gimlet girt gizmo gizzard gjetost glibly gluten gluttonous 83gluttony Gobi gonad gonadotropic gramophone grasshopper gravitometer 84graviton gridlock grimy grotto grottoes grouch grouchy groundhog grouse 85grump grumpy Gruyere Guinevere Gujarat Gujarati gulch gunpoint haggis 86hagiography hairspring harebrained halftone hallucinatory hallucinogen 87hallucinogenic hamstrung handpicked handprint hangdog hangnail 88hardbound hardcover hardhearted hardwire harken hatchery Hausa 89haversack headcount headlong headman headmen heartland heartthrob 90heartrending heavyset Hebrides Heidegger heifer Hellespont herbarium 91herbicide herbivore herbivorous herdsmen hermaphrodite hermaphroditic 92hermit hermitage hernia hidebound hindquarters Hindi Hindustan hippie 93hoax hollandaise homeobox homeopathic homespun hominid honky hoofprint 94Hopi hormonal hornpipe Hottentot hotfoot housemate hubcap hullaballoo 95hullabaloo humdrum hunchback hydrocyanic hydrophone hyperthermia 96hypothalmus hypothermia hypotonic icecap iceman incisor iconography 97ideogram idetic idly ignominy immunology inchoate inauthentic inchworm 98incognito Indochinese Indus inebriate inedible inessential infanticide 99inflorescent info infusoria ingrained innard insectivore insolate 100instar insectivorous interdigitate interferon intestinal intuit 101invocable Iranian Iraqi ironbound irreconciliable islet isthmus itchy 102jackal java Johanna Judaica juggernaut jukebox Jung Jungian Jutland 103Kampuchea Kannada Kashmir katydid Kerouac keto Kilimanjaro kinkajou 104kinsman kinsmen Knossos krill krummholz Kumar labium lachrymose 105ladybird ladybug lakh lama Lancelot lancet landlady landlocked 106landlubber landmass landowning langur layperson lectern Leibniz lemur 107lepidopterist leviathan lexicographer liana Libra Lieberman lightfooted 108likeable limerick limnology linchpin Linnaeus linoleic Linton 109littermate llama loanword loch Lobelia longwinded loris lorry lox 110lugubrious lumbago lumberjack lycee lyre lyrebird Macadamia macaw 111macerate machete MacMahon Madhya maelstrom Mafia Mafioso Magellanic 112maharaja Maharashtra mainframe Majorca Malthus Malthusian maltster 113mammary Manchuria mandible mango mangy mangrove manicure manifesto 114manioc mannitol mantelpiece marmoset marshy marzipan matriarchy 115matrilineal mayfly meadowlark megalopolis Meiji melanism meltdown 116Mendelian menopausal menopause Menorca menstrual meow messiah messianic 117mestizo metazoa metazoan metonymy mezzanine miaow midyear militiaman 118millionfold mimicry mimosa Minotaur mocha Moghul Mohammed moldy mooch 119moonbeam mortuary mosquitoes motorcade motorcar mountaintop mountebank 120mousse mouthpart mozzarella mudhole Muenster mukluk Multics mummify 121musky mycoplasma mycorrhiza Mysore narwhal narrowminded nawab 122Nebuchadnezzar nefarious neigh nematocyst nematode neoteny nepotism 123nepotistic neutronium nifty nightshade ninetyfold noisome Nordic Norse 124nosy novae nucleon nudibranch numbly nurturant oatcake obstetrician 125obtuse oceanographer oddball odyssey oedipal oenology offprint Ojibwa 126okapi okra Olduvai Oligocene Olivier omnivore omnivorous oracular Orca 127origami ornithology ostentation oviduct oviparous ovipositor 128ovoviviparous ovulate ovum owlet oxbow paleoanthropology palaeontology 129palp palpate Panamanian Pangaea panicking pantaloon pantothenic papacy 130paralytic Paraguayan parallelogram parka Parmesan paroxysm Parsi 131Parthia passarine passim passbook pathbreaking patois patrilineage 132patrilineal Pavlovian pawnbroker pawpaw payload peahen pelagic pellucid 133Peloponnese pencilled pendulous peninsular penumbral Pentateuch 134pentatonic peon peppercorn peregrine perigee permafrost Perseid 135Persephone perspicacity peter petiole pH phalanges phantasm pheromone 136Phobos phosphite phosphorous phylogenetic phylum pianoforte Pict 137piloerection pincer pinniped pipetting pirouetting Pizarro placemat 138plait plasmid plaudit playpen plaything plebiscite plectrum pleurisy 139plowmen ploy policewoman pollywog polyandrous polyandry polygamous 140polygamy polygyny Polynesia polysemous polysemy pomelo pomology 141ponderosa pontification postmodern potsherd Pradesh praline predacious 142prehensile preparator priestess primordial probationary probosces 143proboscis profiteer programmatic prokaryotic pronghorn pronominal 144prosciutto proselyte prostaglandin Protista protractor Provence prude 145prudish prussic pseudonym pseudonymous punctilious Punjab Punjabi 146punctilio pupa pupae puree pushover pushy putdown putrefaction putrefy 147putrid pyridoxine quadrupedal quadruplet quarto Queensland quern 148queueing Quichua quintessence quintessential quintuplet quipped quitter 149quizzed quizzing rabbinate rabbinical racemose Ragusan rainwater 150rambunctious ramshackle rapacity raptor raptorial raunchy reclusive 151recrudescent redolent reductio rennet returnee rhizome ricotta rife 152roadrunner roguish Romanesque rootstock ropy rote Rubaiyat ruminate 153runny sacristan salaam Salton salutory samurai Sanskrit Sappho 154saprophyte saprophytic Sardinia sarong sashimi sauna saunter savanna 155scad scaly scarp scathing Scheherazade schoolyard scrappy screenful 156screwy scriptwriter scrubby scruffy seabed Seaborg seashell seawater 157seaworthy sebaceous seething senescent sericulture servitude 158seventyfold sextic Seychelle shaman sharecropper shebang sheepherder 159shellfish shepherdess shipload Shiva shorebird shorefront shortcake 160Shoshone sickbed sidestepped Sikh Sikkim silicosis simian Simla Sinbad 161singleminded Sinology sixtyfold skateboard skein skeleta skinflint 162skintight slapdash sleazy slink slipshod slunk slush slushy smelly 163smite smote snakebite snowbank snowshoe sociolinguistic softcover 164Somalia songbird sonorant soupy sowbug spartan spasmodic speciate 165spermatozoon spermatozoa sphygmomanometer spillover spindly spinel 166spirochaete Spirogyra spunky squatted squatter stalagmite starry 167statuesque stingray stinkbug stoat storefront storytelling stratus 168stupa suckle sudorific suet sugary sukiyaki supplicant supernovae 169supremum surah surefire surly Svetlana swampland sweatpants sweatshop 170sweatsocks sweetbread sweetie swidden swill switchback switchmen 171symbiont symbiote synecdoche syphilis syphilitic tabletop tachyon 172taciturn taiga taillight Talmudic tamarisk Tamil Tanganyika tankard 173Tantric tapioca taproot taro tarsier taxa taxidermist taxidermy taxon 174taxonomic taxonomist telltale tenderhearted testosterone thermophilic 175thirdhand thirtyfold thyself teak telephoto TEX theocratic Thessalonian 176Thessaly thimbleful thoracic thorax thousandfold Thrace Thracian 177thumbprint thundercloud tightwad tinny tithing titmice Tito tizzy toddy 178toehold tollbooth tomahawk toothache toothpick toothy topheavy toponym 179toponymy torrential torpedoes toto tracheae trafficker trailblazer 180trailblazing trainload transonic transudate Transvaal tremolo trillium 181trilingual triphammer triploid triploidy Trobriand truckload truffle 182Truk trunkful trusty tuberous tugboat turmeric tussock Tutankhamen 183Tutenkhamon twelvefold twentyfold tyke tympanum Tzeltal ulna unctuous 184underivable underived ungulate unisex upstage upstart upwell Urdu 185urinate urology urushiol Urquhart uterus varsity vasoconstriction 186venetian ventral ventriloquism ventriloquist Vesuvius Vikram 187vinaigrette Vinci viper viral viscid viviparous vivisection vodka 188volcanoes vole vs wagonload walla Warburton warehousemen watchworks 189watercress waterfowl waterhole watertight waxwing wellwisher whalebone 190wheelbarrow whey whimsy whitish whodunit whomever whoopee whorl 191wildebeest wildflower windblown windswept wingbeat wingspread 192wintergreen Wittgenstein wolverine woodchuck Woodstock Worcestershire 193workforce wraparound wrasse wren writhing wysiwyg Xhosa yeomen yew 194Yorkshire zillion zinnia zither zooplankton Zulu 195 196(a2) Words previously in /usr/src/usr.bin/spell/local, being added to 197/usr/dict/words. The former file is being removed (see point (f3) 198below); the following words which it contained are being added to 199/usr/dict/words because they are common English words not already in 200that file: 201 202 aardvark backgammon cribbage ex exec id 203 204and the following because they seem to be of interest to the general 205unix user as computer-related terms 206 207 ascii grep login nroff termcap troff tset tty 208 209(a3) The next set of words are presently accepted by "spell" for 210reasons which might change, and are therefore being added to 211/usr/dict/words as a precaution. For example, "microbe" is accepted as 212the combination of the prefix "micro-" and the entry "be", but it might 213be decided at some time in the future to revise spell so that 2-letter 214words are not combined with prefixes. Similarly, if the bug that 215presently causes "happyly", "dayly" etc. to be accepted by spell were 216fixed, "shyly" and "coyly" would also be rejected. 217 218 coyly forthcoming has microbe shyly wasting 219 220(a4) The next set of items are not words themselves, but prefixes 221which occur fairly commonly in hyphenated combinations, e.g. 222"pre-Columbian". When "spell" encounters a hyphenated word, it looks 223for the separate elements, and will flag any of these that it does not 224find. Hence the following common items will be added to /usr/dict/words 225even though they are not full words, because many hyphenated 226combinations in which they occur are correct 227 228 co crypto de demi hyper Indo intra neo pre proto Sino trans un 229 230(There are many other commonly hyphenating elements that one can think 231of, but most are already in the dictionary as words, e.g. post, 232Anglo, Franco, self.) 233 234(b) Words being deleted from /usr/dict/words: 235 236(b1) The following words previously in /usr/dict/words are being 237removed because they are misspelled. The correctly spelled version is 238shown in parenthesis; it is included in the list of words to be 239added (a1) if it is not already present: 240 241 bellyfull (bellyful) bucketfull (bucketful) earthmen (Earthmen) 242 gingko (ginkgo) belvidere (belvedere) sepuchral (sepulchral) 243 snyaptic (synaptic) alterman (alderman) lukemia (leukemia) 244 cardiod (cardioid) mantlepiece (mantelpiece) 245 246(b2) The following words are being deleted because they are not 247English (nor commonly used in English contexts). They seem to come 248from titles of journals; but there are so many important journals with 249Latin, German etc. titles that it would be excessive to include a 250complete list of words from such titles in /usr/dict/words. Names of 251journals in particular fields might be included in local lists on 252machines with users in the such fields: 253 254 Mathematik Physik Biometrika Numerische Atlantica Econometrica 255 Informatica 256 257(b3) The following are being deleted because "spell" can derive them 258from words in /usr/dict/words (in some cases, words now being added): 259 260Buzzard Cologne De Freedman Graves Grimes Hollandaise ID Limerick 261Maelstrom Odyssey Oedipal Salaam Albanian Everglades innards intuitable 262palpable collocation vis aging ambling angling belying clinging 263edging presuming suckling emissivity gentility polity rebelled 264rebelling rebut rebutted rebutting recent recession recur recurred 265recurring reeve Reeves regale rehearse relate reman remark remedial 266remember remiss remission remitted remitting Remus renegotiable repeal 267repeat repent repetition replaceable report republic request requited 268reredos resent reserve reside resign resin resolute resolution resolve 269resonant resort respire respite restrain restrict retail retire retort 270retract return reveal reverse reversion revery revet revile revise 271revision revisionary revolt reward 272 273(c) Changes in the stoplist. 274 The program "spell" will accept a word if it can be derived from a 275word in its "dictionary" using certain prefixes and suffixes; e.g. it 276accepts "happiness" because "happy" is in the dictionary, "doing" 277because "do" is there, "preoccupied" because "occupied" is there. This 278also leads it to accept enormous numbers of non-words, such as 279"magnetohandkerchiefism", "waterly", 280"overundermetasillierererererity". Most of these are harmless, but 281some are possible misspellings of correct words, and so are put into a 282list called the "stoplist"; words on that list and words which can be 283derived from them by the same prefixes or suffixes are rejected by 284spell even if they would otherwise be accepted. 285 286(c1) Here are some new words to be added to the stoplist. The end of 287the list consists of forms that could be typos for commonly occurring 288sequences of words, starting with "forevery", a possible typo for "for 289every". 290 I have not included cases that result from essential errors in the 291"spell" algorithm for dealing with suffixes, e.g. the fact that it will 292accept the addition of -ly to words such as "happy", "sticky", etc. 293without changing the -y to -i-; these should be handled by someone who 294can revise the source code. 295 296engin crystalize crystalise reguard pennance publical renoun pepperment 297spearment Dudly enroach accompanyist propagandaist revisor entier 298presense acquaince plummer plumer shily defication determinancy 299prerequite grammer reden redish metafor metafore presure convokable 300evokable invokable revokable frolicing froliced panicing paniced wifes 301wharfs shelfs Argentinan Athenan Ghanan Viennan Indochinan 302foreswore foresworn foreage foreborn foreborne foreensic foreest 303foreever forefit foregotten forematted forematting foremica foretress 304foretune compelable denyable dutyable envyable flamable inflamable 305pityable plyable remedyable varyable admirality certainity crotchity 306curiousity cruelity entirity enterity fifity fraility gayity 307generousity guility humbility impugnity loyality luminousity 308monstrousity nicity novelity pairity piity pompousity porousity 309religiousity properity rackity rickity royality scrupulousity sixity 310sovereignity subtlity surity suzerainity virtuousity viscousity 311assesser compresser connecter conquerer consigner contributer counseler 312depresser errer exhibiter governer intercepter jurer licenser locomoter 313multiplexer oppresser possesser postprocesser processer professer 314purveyer senser successer suiter surveyer suspenser transgresser 315forevery outin outof outthat outthe outto overthe overto underthe 316underthis underthat underwhich andless areless beless forless getless 317gotless hadless hasless haveless ifless inless isless muchless noless 318ofless orless slightlyless somewhatless strictlyless theless wasless 319wereless withless 320 321 Incidentally, a dictionary check surprised me as to how many of 322the forms in -er that I originally had scheduled to add to the 323stoplist as misspellings of forms in -or are in fact acceptable. E.g., 324Websters 2nd Int'l prefers "conveyer" to "conveyor"; a "confesser" is 325one who confesses, as distinct from the "confessor" to whom he or she 326gives confession; though "mayer" is a possible misspelling of "mayor", 327it cannot be put on the stoplist because a "Mayer" is one who goes 328Maying. 329 (And our chairman John Addison Jr., looking over my list, has 330suggested tongue in cheek that if you are not nice to the exterminator 331people, they might "enroach" your house.) 332 333(c2) Next, forms that are to be *deleted* from the stoplist, because 334they are in fact correct! 335 336 inferable referable transferable tranquility idly gayly forebear 337 338(c3) The next two forms are presently in the stoplist but are being 339deleted because, although they themselves are not correct words, the 340presence of "bely" on the stoplist causes the correct derivative 341"belying" (form of the verb "to belie") to be rejected, and the presence 342of "ams" causes "reams" (plural of "ream") to be rejected. 343 bely ams 344 345(c4) Finally, the next set of words, although not correct, are being 346removed from the stoplist because they cannot be derived by "spell"'s 347algorithms from words in the dictionary! Deleting them will in general 348have no visible effect, although it will decrease the likelihood of 349certain kinds of errors by "spell", and in a few cases it will allow 350correct words to be accepted. (E.g., until now "spell" has rejected 351"dishes" because it can be analyzed as "dis- + hes", where "dis-" is one 352of "spell"'s prefixes, and "hes" was on the stoplist. After this 353cleaning out, "hes" will be off the stoplist, and "dishes" will be 354accepted.) 355 356ator audable bes besoting cheator collapsable colourate colourful 357combustable comprehensable condensable controvertable credable 358defensable diffusable dispersable distributory doged doger doging eator 359edable enbolden entrapable entraped entraper entraping erosable 360expansable extensable feasable foable forety fusable glomed glumer 361glumest greator heator hes hily horrable iily imperceptable implausable 362inaccessable inaudable incombustable incompatable incomprehensable 363incontrovertable incorruptable incredable indefensable indelable 364indestructable indigestable indiscernable inexhaustable inexpressable 365infallable infeasable inflexable infusable insensable irresistable 366irresponsable irreversable lader moter nes notory ostensable outgaser 367padable pily plausable plugable preseter preseting refited refiter 368refiting reknited rekniter rekniting reprehensable responsable 369reversable risable ruber rubing secretory sensable setable shipable 370slank spotable stagging stopable subletable subleted subleter subleting 371susceptable swimable terrable tily vily visable wetable xily revved 372 373(d) Changes involving the British and American lists. 374 "Spell" has two wordlists not yet mentioned, one for spellings 375occurring only in British usage (e.g. "gaol"), which are accepted only 376when the -b option is used, the other for spellings occurring only in 377American usage, which are accepted only when the -b option is not used. 378 379(d1) The following forms are being added to the "American" list. (The 380forms corresponding to those in the first line with the ending -logue 381or the vowel "-ae-" are already in /usr/dict/words, since they are 382acceptable in both British and American usage. The forms corresponding 383to those in the second line with the ending -metre are already in the 384British list.) 385 dialog epilog homolog prolog travelog esthetic paleontology 386 centimeter nanometer 387 388(d2) The following words are being added to the "British" list. Those 389in the first line are variants of words already in the "American" list; 390those in the next, of words in /usr/dict/words or derivable therefrom; 391the last word is the British name for the variety of turnip we here 392call a "rutabaga". (Although the British and American lists in general 393are supposed to reflect differences in spelling, not in word usage, I 394am putting this in the British list because in an American text it 395would almost always be a typo for "Swede".) 396 397 theatregoer theatregoing aluminise hiccough 398 clew shew reflexion inflexion deflexion 399 swede 400 401(d3) The words in the first group below are being moved from 402/usr/dict/words to the "American" list, and corresponding British 403forms shown in the second group are being put in the British list 404(except that "gaol" and "behavioural" are already there, and "grey", 405presently in /usr/dict/words because it is acceptable in America, 406will remain there): 407 408 hemoglobin hemolytic hemorrhage hemorrhoid hemosiderin 409 leukemia kinesthesis cognizant decolonize topologize 410 carburetor jail gray graybeard graywacke behavioral 411 412 haemoglobin haemolytic haemorrhage haemorrhoid haemosiderin 413 leukaemia kinaesthesis cognisant decolonise topologise 414 carburettor [gaol] [grey] greybeard greywacke [behavioural] 415 416 417(d4) The following words are being removed from the American list, the 418first three because they can be derived from other words on the list, 419the last one because it is a typographical error (missing h) for a word 420elsewhere on the list: 421 preprogram colorist watercolorist 422 psycoanalyze 423 424(d5) The words on the first line below are being removed from the 425British list because they are derivable from other words on the list; 426the word on the next line appears twice, and one of the occurrences 427(the one out of alphabetical order) are being removed: 428 kilometre preprogramme chequer colourist watercolourist 429 millimetre 430 431(d6) The word in the first line below is in both /usr/dict/words 432and the American list. It is being removed from /usr/dict/words, 433and the British spelling, shown in the second line, is being put 434in the British list. 435 louver 436 louvre 437 438(d7) The following word is being moved from the stoplist to the 439British list: 440 colourful 441 442(d8) The following word is being removed from the stoplist; it was put 443there as an incorrect plural of "emphasis", but it is also the correct 444British version of the verb-form "emphasizes", and its presence on the 445stoplist keeps that from being accepted with the -b option: 446 emphasises 447 448(d9) The next two words are being moved from the British list to 449/usr/dict/words, since I believe that in some contexts they are 450acceptable in American use 451 draught nought 452 453(d10) The word below is being removed from /usr/dict/words, since it 454can be derived with the -b option in effect (and the corresponding 455American form when -b is not in effect) from the word "real". 456 realisable 457 458(d11) The words in the first line below are being added to the 459American list and the versions in the next line to the British list 460 hemophilia hemophiliac cognize pasteurize dichotomize 461 haemophilia haemophiliac cognise pasteurise dichotomise 462In conjunction with this, the word 463 cognizable 464is being deleted from /usr/dict/words, since it and the British form 465in -s- can be derived by "spell" from the corresponding forms 466without "-able". 467 468(e) Some misorderings of /usr/dict/words, involving words introduced 469last year, are being removed; the file now shows as correctly ordered 470using sort -cdf. 471 472(f) Some changes are also being made in the arrangement of wordlist 473files themselves. 474 475(f1) /usr/src/usr.bin/spell/{american,british,stop} are being made 476visible to the general user as /usr/dict/{american,british,stop}. 477 478(f2) A new directory, /usr/dict/special is being created, which will 479contain lists of words in various specialized areas, which might be 480added to spell's hashlists on machines having users in those fields. 481(However, the most important terms of various specialties will still be 482kept in /usr/dict/words.) Two files are being put in this directory 483initially: /usr/dict/special/math, consisting of mathematical terms 484to technical for /usr/dict/words, and /usr/dict/special/4bsd, consisting 485of unix commands and system calls, created by a sed script from 486a listing of /usr/man/man[123n], and the items marked for boldfacing 487in /usr/man/man1/csh.1. 488 489(f3) /usr/src/usr.bin/spell/local is being eliminated. This was 490an out-of-date version of the material now being put in 491/usr/dict/special/4bsd. It was hashed with the other wordlists, 492while the latter file will only be included with these on machines 493where this is desired. 494 495(f4) A directory /usr/local/dict is being created, on which each 496machine can maintain lists of interest to the users thereof (e.g., for 497a departmental machine, the surnames of members of the department's 498faculty which are not in /usr/dict/words; and perhaps lists being 499developed, which could eventually be submitted for inclusion in 500/usr/dict/special). 501