Diacritical mark
Crossword Clue and Answers
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Publications
- The Guardian Speedy - Sunday, 10 Jul 2016
Crossword Answers
4 letters
STOP
A brief stay in the course of a journey; "they made a stopover to visit their friends"
5 letters
BREVE
A diacritical mark (U-shaped) placed over a vowel to indicate a short sound
ACUTE
A mark (') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation
POINT
A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
TILDE
A diacritical mark (~) placed over the letter n in Spanish to indicate a palatal nasal sound or over a vowel in Portuguese to indicate nasalization
HACEK
A diacritical mark (an inverted circumflex) placed above certain letters (such as the letter c) to indicate pronunciation
TITLE
An established or recognized right; "a strong legal claim to the property"; "he had no documents confirming his title to his father's estate"; "he staked his claim"
6 letters
ACCENT
A diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation
UMLAUT
A diacritical mark (two dots) placed over a vowel in German to indicate a change in sound
MACRON
A diacritical mark (-) placed above a vowel to indicate a long sound
7 letters
CEDILLA
A diacritical mark (,) placed below the letter c to indicate that it is pronounced as an s
9 letters
DIACRITIC
Capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel
REFERENCE
The most direct or specific meaning of a word or expression; the class of objects that an expression refers to; "the extension of `satellite of Mars' is the set containing only Demos and Phobos"
11 letters
PUNCTUATION
The use of certain marks to clarify meaning of written material by grouping words grammatically into sentences and clauses and phrases