1. Using first 2 or 3 consonants only

Related words

advertise/advertised/advertisement

advertising

advert advertent adverted advertiser

capable

capably capableness capability

certificate

certify certified certification certificated

character

characterful

characterise characterising

characterisation Choice of 2 contractions

characteristic

characteristically

commercial/commercially

commercialism

commerce commercialise

substantial/substantially

insubstantial/insubstantially

unsubstantial/unsubstantially

Advisable to insert the first vowel in the last two outlines. A non-dictionary alternative would be to write "insubstantial/ly" through the line.

substance substantiate substantiality substantive

cross-examine/cross-examined/
cross-examination

cross-examining

exam examine examining

examination examiner

description

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descriptions* describe

*It is possible that the plural is not a contraction because it would be similar to "discourse".

See descriptive on Contractions Optional page

subscribe/subscribed

subscribing

subscription

These cannot reverse the circle S to indicate an R, unlike description, as the angle is too sharp for a circle to be written clearly.

unsubscribe/unsubscribed

Suggested outline, not in dictionary

subscript subscriber

These also omit the R.

See also superscribe/d/superscription on Contractions Optional page

difficulty

difficult (Short form)

discharge/discharged

discharging

dischargeable

undischarged

discharger

electric Note plural "electrics" has full outline

electrical

electrically

electricity

electrics electrician electrify electrified

electrification electrocute* electrocution*

*Note U diphthong is turned on its side when attached, but not when unattached

See electron electronic on Contractions Optional page

enthusiasm/enthusiastic

enthusiastically

enthuse enthused enthusiast enthusiastical

especial/especially

special/specially

esquire

squire

establish/established/establishment

establishing

establishmentarian

disestablish/disestablished/
disestablishment

re-establish/re-established/
re-establishment*

*This one is exceptional, as the stroke for "re-" generally goes through the line.

establisher

exchange/exchanged

exchanging

exchangeable

exchangeability

See exchanger on Contractions Optional page

expediency

inexpediency

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expedience expedite expedition

expedient expediently

See expeditiously on Contractions Optional page

expenditure

expend expendable expended

expensive

expensively

inexpensive

expense* expenses expensiveness

*consider inserting the 2nd vowel, to give greater distinction from "expenditure"

familiar/familiarity

familiarly

unfamiliar/unfamiliarity

familiarise

familiarising

familiarisation

family familial

January

Jan

February

Feb

financial/financially

finance finance* financing

financed financier

*Pronunciation of the first vowel of all these varies

govern/governed

governing

government

governmental

governable

governability

misgovern/misgoverned

ungovernable

governance governorate governess

See governor, and covenant which is similar,  on Contractions Optional page

immediate

immediately

immediacy mediate medium

imperturbable

imperturbably imperturbability

imperturbation perturb

incorporated

reincorporated

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incorporate* incorporate** incorporating

*verb   **adjective, last vowel is short

incorporation reincorporate

Inc./ink

independent/independently/independence

independable (= not to be depended upon)

NOTE: The 1974 large dictionary shows the second vowel sign against the underside of the halved ND stroke; this is an error as that would signify that the vowel comes between the N and D.

indispensable/indispensably

dispense dispensation dispensable

individual/individually

individualise individualistic

individuality individualism indivisible

inform/informed

informing

informer

misinform/misinformed

informant informative informal

information misinformation (short forms)

inspect/inspected/inspection

inspecting

reinspect/reinspected/reinspection

inspector inspectorate

See inspector-general on Contractions Optional page

respect/respected

respecting

respective

respectively

respectable

respectability

respectful

respectfully

respectfulness

disrespect/disrespected

irrespective

irrespectively

respecter

expect/expected

expecting

unexpected

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expectant expectance expectancy

expectorant*

*Medical term, different meaning from all the others

See expectation on Contractions Optional page

imperfect/imperfectly/imperfection

imperfectness

perfect perfectly perfection

architect/architecture/architectural

architected architectonic

See architective on Contractions Optional page

object/objected

objecting

objection

objectionable

objective

objectively*

objectivity

objectivism

*As stroke Ell joins well, there is no need to use the hooked VL stroke.

objector objectless

prospect

prospective

prospectively

prospectus

prospected prospection prospector

retrospect

retrospection

retrospective

retrospectively

retro

suspect*/suspected

suspecting

unsuspected

unsuspecting

*verb only, accent on 2nd syllable susPECT

suspect* suspecter suspectable suspicion

See suspicious on Contractions Optional page

*Noun only, accent on first syllable SUSpect

project/projected

projecting

unprojected

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projector projecture projectile* projectile*

*Pronunciations vary

projective projectively projet*  *French

See projection on Contractions Optional page

neglect/neglected

neglecting

neglectful

neglectfully

neglecter

prejudice/prejudiced/prejudicial/prejudicially

prejudicing

unprejudiced

prejudication prejudge prejudged

insurance

reinsurance

insure insured insurer

reinsure insurant insurants*

*Pronunciation is identical to "insurance", but here the short T sound is a meaningful part of the word

investment

disinvestment

reinvestment

invest investing investor invested

reinvest investiture

irresponsible/irresponsibility

Note plural "irresponsibilities" has full outline

irresponsibly irresponsibilities

magnetic/magnetism

magnetically

See Theory Prefixes 18 page for all the magnet words

manufacture/manufactured

manufacturing

manufacturer

manufactory

mathematical/mathematically

mathematician

mathematics

math maths mathematic

The above are easy to differentiate from the contractions when unvocalised, as these are all in first position

maximum

max/macs/Mac's maximal

maximise maximisation

mechanical/mechanically

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mechanic mechanism

mechanisation mechanician

metropolitan

metropolis

mortgage/mortgaged

mortgaging

remortgage/remortgaged*

*Suggested outline, not in dictionary

mortgager mortgagor mortgagee

never  Same outline as "November"

nevermore (Using short form)

evermore (Using short form)

November

Same outline as "never"

Nov

organise/organised
organises
organising

organisation

organisational

organiser

reorganise/reorganised

inorganisation*

unorganised*

disorganise/disorganised

*These two should not clash as they are different parts of speech. But if someone should say "unorganisation" then you would definitely need to insert the first vowel sign.

organism organisable

organic organist

peculiar/peculiarity

peculiarly

peculiarise

perform/performed

performing

performance

performer

performable

unperformed

non-performance

preform

reform/reformed
reforming

reformer

reformism

reformist re-form

See reformation on Contractions Optional page

perpendicular

perpendicularly

perpendicularity

practice/practise/practised

practising

unpractised

practicable

practicably

practicability

impracticable

practice = noun; practise/d/ing = verb

practical practically practicality

impractical practiser* practician

*Spelled with S, as it is derived from the verb.

See practitioner on Contractions Optional page

preliminary

preliminaries

preliminarily

prelim prelims

Ensure clearly written through the line, and vocalisation would help as well.

probable/probably/probability

improbable/improbably/improbability

prob probs

Colloquial for "probably" "probabilities" "problems"

proportion/proportioned

proportioning

misproportion/misproportioned

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proportional proportionally

proportionable proportionment

proportionate/proportionately

disproportionate/disproportionately

public/publish/published

publishing

publicly

publishable

publication

publisher

republish/republished Same outline as "republic"

unpublished

unpublishable

pub publicity publicise

publicist public-house public-relations

See publican on Contractions Optional page

republic  Same outline as "republish/ed"

republican

republicanise 

republicanism Choice of 2 contractions

recoverable
irrecoverable/irrecoverably

unrecoverable/unrecoverably
non-recoverable/non-recoverably*

*Suggested outline, not in dictionary

recover recoverer recovery

re-cover

regular

regularly

regularity regularise

regulation regulate regulator

irregular

irregularly

irregularity

represent/represented

representing

representative

representation

representational

misrepresent/misrepresented

unrepresented

unrepresentative

rep re-present re-presentation

responsible/responsibility

Note plural "responsibilities" has full outline. Where "responsibility" might be misread as "response", it is safer to use a full outline instead of the contraction.

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responsibly responsibilities

response* respond responded
*Consider vocalising, to distinguish from the contraction "responsibility".

responsive responsively

sensible/sensibly/sensibility

insensible/insensibly/insensibility

sense sensation sensitive senseless

unanimous/unanimously/unanimity

uniform/uniformly/uniformity

uniformed

Suggested outline, not in dictionary

howsoever

how* so ever     *Short form

whereinsoever

wherein* so ever     *Using short form for "in"

wheresoever

where so ever

whithersoever

whither so ever

yesterday

yester yesternight yesteryear

deficient/deficiently/deficiency

deficit

efficient/efficiently/efficiency

inefficient/inefficiently/inefficiency

non-efficient/non-efficiently/non-efficiency*

*Outline is above the line, see non-efficiency on Prefixes page.

efficaceous efficacy

sufficient/sufficiently/sufficiency

insufficient/insufficiently/insufficiency

suffice sufficed sufficit*

*Suggested outline, not in dictionary. Latin for "it is enough, it suffices", but sometimes the English is used instead, which is pronounced the same e.g. "suffice it to say ... ".

proficient/proficiently/proficiency

distinguish/distinguished

distinguishing

distinguishable

indistinguishable

undistinguished

distinguisher distinct indistinct distinction

The hard G and K sounds are omitted from these outlines

extinguish/extinguished
extinguishing

extinguishable

inextinguishable

unextinguishable

Necessary to insert the first vowel in the above two outlines.

extinguisher extinguishment extinct extinction

The hard G and K sounds are omitted from these outlines

relinquish/relinquished (i.e. "reling")
relinquishing (i.e. "relinging")

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relinquishment

2. Omitting a medial consonant or syllable

destruction

destructive

destructively

destructiveness

destructor destructible destroy destroying

introduction

reintroduction

introduce introductory introductive

jurisdiction

jurisdictional

jurisdictive

See jurisprudence on Contractions Optional page

obstruction

obstructive

obstructively

obstruct obstructed obstructer

production

productive

productively

productivity

productiveness

unproductive

non-productive

produce produced producer

produce product

Above two words both have accent on first syllable

reproduction

reproductive

reproductively

reproduce repro

rather writer

write/right/rite writing written

rather than Note righting

perspective

perspex perspicuous perspicaceous

abandonment

abandon abandoned abandoning abandoner

appointment

disappointment

reappointment

appoint appointing appointed

appointee appointer disappoint

assignment

reassignment

assign assigned assigning reassign

assigner assignor assignee assignation

attainment/atonement

See Theory 20 Suffixes for further explanation on attainment/atonement

Atonement is also on Contractions Optional page

contentment

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content/contend contented contents/contends

See discontentment on Contractions Optional page

contingency

contingent contingence

stringency

stringent astringent

See astringency on Contractions Optional page

emergency

emerge emerging emergence

emergent emerged compare agency which would be less legible if it were contracted.

See also urgency on Contractions Optional page

exigency

exigent exigently

danger

dangers

dangerous*

dangerously

*Stroke Ess is used to differentiate this outline from "dangers"

dangerousness

endanger

endangered

enlightenment

enlighten enlightened enlightening enlightener

entertainment

entertain entertaining entertainer

identical

identically

identity ID idea

ironmonger

ironmongery

iron

See ironmaster ironmould on Contractions Optional page

messenger

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message Messager* Messenger*

*Suggested outlines, not in dictionary – full outlines, as short forms/contractions are not used for names.

oneself

one self

passenger

passage

stranger

strange strangely strangest estrange

henceforward

hence forward*

*the R is omitted for "-ward" under normal rules

See henceforth on Contractions Optional page

thenceforward

thence forward*

*the R is omitted for "-ward" under normal rules

See thenceforth on Contractions Optional page

manuscript

script scripted

ministry

ministration

minister ministering ministerial

ministered* ministrant*

*These two also omit the R

monstrous

monstrously

monstrosity

monster monsters

demonstrate

demonstrating

demonstrated

demonstration demonstrator demonstrative demonstratively

These also omit the R

remonstrate

remonstrating

remonstrated

remonstration

remonstrative

remonstrator

remonstrance

remonstrant   This also omits the R

administrator

administratorship

administratrix

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administer administering administerial

administered administrate* administration admin

*Insert the last vowel, to distinguish from "administered"

administrable administrative administratively

The 6 outlines above also omit the R

knowledge

knowledgeable

knowledgeably

knowledgeability*

*Suggested outline, not in dictionary

acknowledge

acknowledged

acknowledging

acknowledger

acknowledgement

amalgamate

amalgamating

amalgamated

amalgamation

amalgamator

amalgam

arbitrary

arbitrarily

arbitrate

arbitrating

arbitrated

arbitration

arbitrator

arbitratrix

arbiter arbitrable arbitral

See arbitrament on Contractions Optional page

bankruptcy

bankrupt bankrupting bankrupted

defective

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defect defectively defectiveness defection

Pronunciation of "defect" could also be "dee-"

Here the hard G is omitted "ing-G-land":

England

Englander

English

un-English

Englishism

Englishman

Englishwoman*
Englishwomen*

*A non-dictionary suggestion might be to include the W semicircle within the outline, like washerwoman, this would be faster, seeing as the vowel sign is necessary for differentiation.

Inglis

executive

executrix

executor

executorship

execs* execute execution**

*Best vocalised, to differentiate from "executrix"

**The shun hook is facing away from the circle, for balance, rather than away from the preceding vowel.

Note U diphthong is turned on its side when attached, but not when unattached

executory executorial

investigation

investigate investigator investigative

These also omit the T

identification

identify identified identifying

inconsiderate

inconsiderately

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inconsideration inconsiderable unconsidered

considerate consideration considering reconsider

falsification

falsify false falsely falsehood

influential/influentially

influence* Compare with initial initially

*Short form

intelligence

intelligent/intelligently

unintelligent/unintelligently

intelligentsia

intelligible/intelligibly

unintelligible/unintelligibly

See intelligencer intelligential intelligibility on Contractions Optional page

legislature

legislative

legislate legislation legislator

minimum

min minima minimise

minimal minimalist

negligence

negligent negligible negligibility

parliamentary

unparliamentary

parliament

See parliamentarian on Contractions Optional page

questionable/questionably

questionableness

unquestionable/unquestionably

quest questing request requested

See question and requesting on Contractions Optional page

removable

unremovable

See irremovable/irremovably below

removably remove removal remover

satisfactory

satisfactorily

unsatisfactory

dissatisfactory

satisfy satisfied satisfying dissatisfied satisfaction*    *Short form

sympathetic

unsympathetic

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sympathy sympathise sympathiser

sympathetical sympathetically pathetic pathetically

telegram

telegraphic

telegraph telegraphy telegraphically telex (=Teleprinter Exchange)

universe

university

universal/universally

universality

uni varsity

3. Using short forms

List is not exhaustive

anything

nothing

nothingness

everything

something

any* no thing* every some    *Short forms

remarkable/remarkably

unremarkable/unremarkably

remark/remarked* re-mark     *Short form

thankful/thankfully

unthankful/unthankfully

thank/thanked*     *Short form

together togetherness altogether

to* all* gather

Compare with phrases to give* to go*

*Short forms

whenever

whensoever

whatever

whatsoever when* what* so ever

*Short forms

4. Intersected

denomination/denominational

undenominational

non-denominational*

*Suggested outline, not in dictionary; ensure to write the stroke Dee before the final N-Shun stroke.

denominate denominator*

denominationalism

*If you were using this word frequently, a non-dictionary suggestion might be to intersect a doubled stroke En i.e. de+nator

enlarge

enlarged

enlarging

enlargement

enlarger

large larger largely (short forms)

incandescence

incandescent

incandesce incandescing

inconvenient/inconveniently/inconvenience

inconveniencing inconvenienced

irremovable/irremovably

See removable above

misfortune

fortune

nevertheless

never* less     *Short form

notwithstanding

Only thus when one word

withstand withstanding withstood

ratepayers

ratepayer

Possibly it was considered that the singular form, if intersected, would look too much like the shorthand full-stop which is written as a small cross.

unprincipled

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principled principle/principal/principally*

*Short form

5. Omitting first syllable(s)

circumstantial

circumstantially

circumstantiate circumstantiality circumstance*

*Short form

Compare with substantial

Here nothing is omitted, but Tee is written in full to make derivatives easier:

interest

interested

interesting

interestingly

uninterested

disinterest* disinterested disinterestedness

*Suggested contraction. This outline, according to the dictionary, is given as an alternative for "disinterestedness" but as "disinterest" is now current, I suggest using the contraction for that word, and using the fuller outline for "disinterestedness". The outlines were obviously allocated before "disinterest" as a noun came into common usage.