Lowercase

This page gathers the 35 dictionary entries of which at least one sense is labelled “Lowercase” by Wiktionary. The definition shown is that sense; each word leads to its full entry.

1. a character The first letter of the English alphabet, written in the Latin script.
2. æ character The letter ash, a ligature of vowels a and e.
3. AstroTurf verb To fabricate an impression of political support for an agenda.
4. b character The second letter of the English alphabet, called bee and written in the Latin script.
5. byzantine adj Overly complex or intricate, especially of bureaucracy.
6. c character The third letter of the English alphabet, called cee and written in the Latin script.
7. d character The fourth letter of the English alphabet, called dee and written in the Latin script.
8. e character The fifth letter of the English alphabet, called e and written in the Latin script.
9. è character Found in words borrowed from other languages.
10. f character The sixth letter of the English alphabet, called ef and written in the Latin script.
11. g character The seventh letter of the English alphabet, called gee and written in the Latin script.
12. h character The eighth letter of the English alphabet, called aitch and written in the Latin script.
13. i character The ninth letter of the English alphabet, called i and written in the Latin script.
14. j character The tenth letter of the English alphabet, called jay and written in the Latin script.
15. k character The eleventh letter of the English alphabet, called kay and written in the Latin script.
16. l character The twelfth letter of the English alphabet, called el and written in the Latin script.
17. m character The thirteenth letter of the English alphabet, called em and written in the Latin script.
18. n character The fourteenth letter of the English alphabet, called en and written in the Latin script.
19. o character The fifteenth letter of the English alphabet, called o and written in the Latin script.
20. œ character A ligature of vowels o and e.
21. p character The sixteenth letter of the English alphabet, called pee and written in the Latin script.
22. Promised Land noun Any place to which one eagerly seeks to go and which one expects to greatly improve one's situation.
23. q character The seventeenth letter of the English alphabet, called cue and written in the Latin script.
24. r character The eighteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ar and written in the Latin script.
25. s character The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called ess and written in the Latin script.
26. t character The twentieth letter of the English alphabet, called tee and written in the Latin script.
27. u character The twenty-first letter of the English alphabet, called u and written in the Latin script.
28. v character The twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, called vee and written in the Latin script.
29. w character The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.
30. x character The twenty-fourth letter of the English alphabet, called ex and written in the Latin script.
31. y character The twenty-fifth letter of the English alphabet, called wy or wye and written in the Latin script.
32. z character The twenty-sixth letter of the English alphabet, called zed, zee or izzard and written in the Latin script.
33. ð character Replaces th for an archaic style.
34. þ character Replaces th for an archaic style.
35. ſ character The nineteenth letter of the English alphabet, called long s, medial s or descending s and written in the Latin script.

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