As the title says, I was wondering if there was a term for two or more words within a word, for example:  'Beyond' is 'yo' enclosed in 'bend'.
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Is there a term for a word that occurs unbroken within another word? For example, the word "fun" in "funeral", or "drag" in "hydragog".  The closest thing I could find from my search was the term "", which refers to a word that contains the letters of its synonym, in the correct order (though not necessarily consecutively).  I am currently using "substring" as a substitute in my essay. Unfortunately, "substring" applies to any selection of consecutive characters from the containing word, and doesn't convey the fact that the subset is a complete English word.  I have tagged this , but I would appreciate single words as well. I will have to use the term quite often, so the less awkward it is, the better.
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Exceed is commonly used, but when I found myself wanting to use the opposite I couldn't really find a single word that would do it.   fall short of and inadequate are a little off. How about deceed?
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This has been rattling around in the back of my mind for many years (way before Stack Exchange came into existence), so it's a relief to finally ask the question.  There are words that can be "contracted" by removing one or more letter(s) (without changing the order of the letters) to form a shorter word with the same meaning, or one very close to it.  The two strongest examples I can think of right now are:  rapscallion -> rascal  and  satiate -> sate  This is a slightly weaker example:  rapine -> rape  Even though "rape" has come, in modern usage, to refer almost exclusively to a sexual crime, it can still be used in a more literary (and purposefully anachronistic) sense to mean "the plunder and pillage of a country or region". In that sense, "rape" can be used in a similar fashion to "rapine"; in any case, the two words are etymologically related to the Latin rapere which is tied to the archaic usage.  Another weaker example:  transliterate -> translate  These words are near-synonyms, but there is a definite difference in their meaning. Still, I guess this pair would qualify, albeit in a looser sense.  I wanted to exclude some relatively trivial examples, such as:  (inflammable -> flammable)  (perambulate -> ambulate)  and so forth. So I've imposed the additional rule (arbitrary though it may seem) that the "stripped" letters must not come from the start or the end of the word, but only from its middle.  Acronyms and portmanteaus are also excluded, as are "slangier" contractions e.g.:  (modulator-demodulator -> modem)  (motor-hotel -> motel)  (certitude or certainty or certificate -> cert)  I guess the long-short forms of the same word would form a linguistic doublet. I've coined the term "telescoping word" to describe the long form that "collapses" into the short form with letter deletion sans anagramming.  My question is: has this phenomenon already been studied? If so, what name have authorities given it? Is there already an existing reference or resource on it? Thanks in advance.  (This is not a duplicate of , as that is asking about the more general phenomenon of words (not necessarily synonyms) occurring within larger words. In fact, the question specifically mentions "kangaroo word" and states that a broader scope is being sought.)
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For example:   &quot;transparent&quot; can mean both &quot;obvious&quot; and &quot;hidden&quot;  &quot;aught&quot; can mean both &quot;all&quot; and &quot;nothing&quot;    Is there a term for a word which has multiple definitions that are antonyms?
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I have seen this used with other words besides "large" and "small".  What other words can be used? Can this structure be used more generally with other adjectives?
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Is there a grammatical rule to compound a set of words such as a single one? e.g.  word1 word2 --> word1word2  or word1-word2? Bye.
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When writing (a blog post, script, etc..) what is the proper way to indicate two or more instances of a single letter? For instance, in Monty Python's Bookshop Sketch:     C: I wonder if you might have a copy of "Rarnaby Budge"?      P: No, as I say, we're right out of Edmund Wells!      C: No, not Edmund Wells - Charles Dikkens.      P: (pause - eagerly) Charles Dickens??      C: Yes.      P: (excitedly) You mean "Barnaby Rudge"!      C: No, "Rarnaby Budge" by Charles Dikkens.  That's Dikkens with two Ks, the      well-known Dutch author.      P: (slight pause) No, well we don't have "Rarnaby Budge" by Charles Dikkens      with two Ks, the well-known Dutch author, and perhaps to save time I      should add that we don't have "Karnaby Fudge" by Darles Chickens, or      "Farmer of Sludge" by Marles Pickens, or even "Stickwick Stapers" by Farles      Wickens with four M's and a silent Q!!!!!  Why don't you try W. H. Smith's?      C: Ah did, They sent me here.   I had always believed that plural never uses an apostrophe before the 's' (it's only used for possession), but I have rarely seen in written material the format "four Ms". (On a side note, whoever wrote  also used "two Ks".)  On a side note, and perhaps this should be a separate question, if a Compact Disc is a CD, then two Compact Discs would be two CDs right? (I see "CD's" written everywhere)
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I really didn't know how to name this thread so I apologize about it. My question is: what is the linguistic term that refers globally to the words "vocabulary", "words", "phrases", "collocations", "expressions", "jargon", "idioms", "lexicon" etc?   I am doing an article on this and in the process of writing my paper when I put the word "vocabulary" I feel like I am referring only to single-words (e.g.: coincidence) opposite to when I write "phrase" which refers to more than one word without a verb/subject (e.g.: many thanks) or when I write "expression/idiom" it refers, generally speaking, to more words with a verb/subject (e.g: She is pulling my leg). The problem is I need to refer to these in one word, what is that word? I was thinking of "lexicon" but I am not sure. Is there something like "linguistic inventory"? I really need this word.  Thank you a lot. I hope that wasn´t so confusing.
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Sometimes, more in some languages than in others, a word is spelled using one or more numbers instead of letters. Is there a term for this?  The only example I can think of in English is se7en (seven).   Therefore,     The number se7en was not spelled entirely with letters; it was written in   ______.
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I'm aware of what a palindrome is. What do you call words that, when reversed, form other words, such as ton (not) and part (trap)?
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Sometimes when writing I find myself looking for a word to describe something in the “³⁄₂th” place — exactly between first and second.  I would like to ask, does there exist an easy expression for this?  If so, does it generalise to other “in-between” places as well?  (I mostly encounter this problem when writing mathematics, where I wish to write the “³⁄₂” order derivative, and normally have to endure clumsy or imprecise expressions (“Taking the fractional derivative. . . .”).)
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What is the term for words that sound alike but have different spellings and meanings? For example, there and their.
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For example, "file system" and "related". Is it "file system-related"? It will appear as if it is a compound of "file" and "system-related", won't it?
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I don't want to get into the proper use of the phrase 'and/or', but rather to investigate the use of the forward slash between other words. Examples:   I have an interview with him/her this afternoon. He has a large binder/notebook.   And even separating just letters:   I connected the i/o ports. (input/ouput) Mark the field as n/a. (not applicable) I did it w/o her help. (without)   It seems as thought the forward slash can be used to indicate an option, display ambiguity, shorten 2 words and shorten 1 word (and others).  Is it OK to use a slash to separate these words/letters (yes, that was intended), or is it better to explicitly say 'his or her'? One more thing, is it correct to 'chain' these phrases together? I'm horrible with examples but here's one:   I don't open letters/mail that aren't/isn't addressed to me.
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Is there a word or phrase for this? When you take a word and extend the sound of a letter - usually a vowel - to intensify it. Sometimes you might say Helloooo and stretch out the ‘o’ sound. What is this called?
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If multiple hyphenated terms share the same latter half, and I wish to list them without repeating that latter half, how should the hyphens be placed?  For example:     I will be investigating control issues in ground-based, water-based, and air-based robots.   If I do not want to repeat based, could I write:     I will be investigating control issues in ground-, water-, and air-based robots.   Is it correct to just leave a hyphen dangling after ground and water?  If not, how should it be written? I know the original sentence doesn't sound too bad, but I really just want to know the punctuation rule (or the convention in American English if there is no rule).
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Some compound words are written without hyphens (nonaggression, nonbeliever), some with hyphens (well-intentioned), and others with spaces (post office).  Is there a rule or good guide as to which option should be used?