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Illiteracy :: Illiteracy (n.) The state of being illiterate, or uneducated; want of learning, or knowledge; ignorance; specifically, inability to read and write; as, the illiteracy shown by the last census..

Literacy :: Literacy (n.) State of being literate.

Mesophl/um :: Mesophl/um (n.) The middle bark of a tree; the green layer of bark, usually soon covered by the outer or corky layer, and obliterated..

Lettered :: Lettered (a.) Literate; educated; versed in literature.

Obliteration :: Obliteration (n.) The act of obliterating, or the state of being obliterated; extinction..

Blot :: Blot (v. t.) To obliterate, as writing with ink; to cancel; to efface; -- generally with out; as, to blot out a word or a sentence. Often figuratively; as, to blot out offenses..

Syzygy :: Syzygy (n.) Any one of the segments of an arm of a crinoid composed of two joints so closely united that the line of union is obliterated on the outer, though visible on the inner, side..

Unlearned :: Unlearned (a.) Not learned; untaught; uneducated; ignorant; illiterate.

Obliterate :: Obliterate (a.) Scarcely distinct; -- applied to the markings of insects.

Erased :: Erased (p. pr. & a.) Rubbed or scraped out; effaced; obliterated.

Peasantlike :: Peasantlike (a.) Rude; clownish; illiterate.

Undefine :: Undefine (v. t.) To make indefinite; to obliterate or confuse the definition or limitations of.

Letterless :: Letterless (a.) Illiterate.

Alliterate :: Alliterate (v. t.) To employ or place so as to make alliteration.

Charbon :: Charbon (n.) A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.

Obliterated :: Obliterated (imp. & p. p.) of Obliterat.

Missis :: Missis (n.) A mistress; a wife; -- so used by the illiterate.

Decipher :: Decipher (v. t.) To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold..

Illiterate :: Illiterate (a.) Ignorant of letters or books; unlettered; uninstructed; uneducated; as, an illiterate man, or people..

-ation :: -ation () A suffix forming nouns of action, and often equivalent to the verbal substantive in -ing. It sometimes has the further meanings of state, and that which results from the action. Many of these nouns have verbs in -ate; as, alliterate -ation, narrate -ation; many are derived through the French; as, alteration, visitation; and many are formed on verbs ending in the Greek formative -ize (Fr. -ise); as, civilization, demoralization..

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