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more info writ of election, n.
a writ ordering the holding of an election
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more info writ of error, n.
a judicial writ from an appellate court ordering the court of record to produce the records of trial
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more info writ of execution, n.
a routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out
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more info writ of habeas corpus, n.
a writ ordering a prisoner to be brought before a judge
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more info writ of mandamus, n.
an extraordinary writ commanding an official to perform a ministerial act that the law recognizes as an absolute duty and not a matter for the official's discretion; used only when all other judicial remedies fail
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more info writ of prohibition, n.
a judicial writ from a higher court ordering a lower court not to exercise jurisdiction in a particular case
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more info writ of right, n.
a writ ordering that land be restored to its rightful owner
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more info write, v.
(writes, writing, written, wrote)
freq. cnt. 301
produce a literary work
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 119 freq. cnt.: 112 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

sample sentences

"She composed a poem"
"He wrote four novels"

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Somebody ----s something
Sam and Sue %s the movie

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Somebody ----s something
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?
They will %s the duet

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Somebody ----s something
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?

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Somebody ----s something
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also see
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communicate or express by writing
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 94 freq. cnt.: 94

sample sentences

"He wrote about his great love for his wife"

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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
They %s them the information
They %s the information to them
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communicate (with) in writing
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 15 freq. cnt.: 15

sample sentences

"Write her soon, please!"

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Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s to somebody
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write music
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 9 freq. cnt.: 5

sample sentences

"Beethoven composed nine symphonies"

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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?

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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?
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mark or trace on a surface
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 8 freq. cnt.: 8

sample sentences

"The artist wrote Chinese characters on a big piece of white paper"
"Russian is written with the Cyrillic alphabet"

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Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
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record data on a computer
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4

sample sentences

"boot-up instructions are written on the hard disk"

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
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write or name the letters that comprise the conventionally accepted form of (a word or part of a word)
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sample sentences

"He spelled the word wrong in this letter"

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
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create code, write a computer program
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sample sentences

"She writes code faster than anybody else"

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Somebody ----s something
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more info write about, v.
freq. cnt. 4
write about a particular topic
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

sample sentences

"Snow wrote about China"

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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more info write copy, v.
write for commercial publications
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sample sentences

"She writes copy for Harper's Bazaar"

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Somebody ----s
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more info write down, v.
freq. cnt. 4
put down in writing; of texts, musical compositions, etc.
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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reduce the estimated value of something
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sample sentences

"For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
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more info write in, v.
write to an organization
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sample sentences

"Many listeners wrote in after the controversial radio program"

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Somebody ----s
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cast a vote by inserting a name that does not appear on the ballot
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sample sentences

"Many voters wrote in the names of strangers"

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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more info write in code, v.
convert ordinary language into code
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sample sentences

"We should encode the message for security reasons"

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
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more info write of, v.
freq. cnt. 4
write about a particular topic
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

sample sentences

"Snow wrote about China"

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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more info write off, v.
freq. cnt. 3
concede the loss or worthlessness of something or somebody
<verb.cognition>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"write it off as a loss"

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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write something fluently, and without hesitation
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

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Somebody ----s something
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reduce the estimated value of something
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sample sentences

"For tax purposes you can write off the laser printer"

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something

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Somebody ----s something
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cancel (a debt)
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Somebody ----s something
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more info write on, v.
freq. cnt. 3
write about a particular topic
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3

sample sentences

"Snow wrote about China"

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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more info write out, v.
freq. cnt. 2
put into writing; write in complete form
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"write out a contract"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?

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Somebody ----s something
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?
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make out and issue
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sample sentences

"write out a check"
"cut a ticket"
"Please make the check out to me"

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Somebody ----s something
The banks %s the check

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Somebody ----s something
The banks %s the check

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Somebody ----s something
The banks %s the check

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Somebody ----s something
The banks %s the check
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more info write up, n.
a short account of the news
<noun.communication>   freq. cnt.: 19 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 7 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"the report of his speech"
"the story was on the 11 o'clock news"
"the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
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more info write up, v.
freq. cnt. 1
bring to public notice by writing, with praise or condemnation
<verb.communication>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sample sentences

"The New York Times wrote him up last week"
"Did your boss write you up?"

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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
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put into writing; write in complete form
<verb.creation>   freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"write out a contract"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?

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Somebody ----s something
Did he %s his major works over a short period of time?
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more info write-down, n.
(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
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more info write-in, n.
a vote cast by writing in the name of a candidate who is not listed on the ballot
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a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
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more info write-in candidate, n.
a candidate for public office whose name does not appear on the ballot and so must be written on the ballot by the voters
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more info write-off, n.
the act of cancelling from an account a bad debt or a worthless asset
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(accounting) reduction in the book value of an asset
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more info writer, n.
(writers)
freq. cnt. 41
writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 74 freq. cnt.: 38 freq. cnt.: 36

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Aiken, Conrad Aiken, Conrad Potter Aiken Alger, Horatio Alger Algren, Nelson Algren Andersen, Hans Christian Andersen Anderson, Sherwood Anderson Aragon, Louis Aragon Asch, Sholem Asch, Shalom Asch, Sholom Asch Asimov, Isaac Asimov Auchincloss, Louis Auchincloss, Louis Stanton Auchincloss Austen, Jane Austen Baldwin, James Baldwin, James Arthur Baldwin Baraka, Imamu Amiri Baraka, LeRoi Jones Barth, John Barth, John Simmons Barth Barthelme, Donald Barthelme Baum, Frank Baum, Lyman Frank Brown Beauvoir, Simone de Beauvoir Beckett, Samuel Beckett Beerbohm, Max Beerbohm, Sir Henry Maxmilian Beerbohm Belloc, Hilaire Belloc, Joseph Hilaire Peter Belloc Bellow, Saul Bellow, Solomon Bellow Benchley, Robert Benchley, Robert Charles Benchley Benet, William Rose Benet Bierce, Ambrose Bierce, Ambrose Gwinett Bierce Boell, Heinrich Boell, Heinrich Theodor Boell Bontemps, Arna Wendell Bontemps Borges, Jorge Borges, Jorge Luis Borges Boswell, James Boswell Boyle, Kay Boyle Bradbury, Ray Bradbury, Ray Douglas Bradbury Bronte, Charlotte Bronte Bronte, Emily Bronte, Emily Jane Bronte, Currer Bell Bronte, Anne Bronte Browne, Charles Farrar Browne, Artemus Ward Buck, Pearl Buck, Pearl Sydenstricker Buck Bunyan, John Bunyan Burgess, Anthony Burgess Burnett, Frances Hodgson Burnett, Frances Eliza Hodgson Burnett Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs Burroughs, William Burroughs, William S. Burroughs, William Seward Burroughs Butler, Samuel Butler Cabell, James Branch Cabell Caldwell, Erskine Caldwell, Erskine Preston Caldwell Calvino, Italo Calvino Camus, Albert Camus Canetti, Elias Canetti Capek, Karel Capek Carroll, Lewis Carroll, Dodgson, Reverend Dodgson, Charles Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson Cather, Willa Cather, Willa Sibert Cather Cervantes, Miguel de Cervantes, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra Chandler, Raymond Chandler, Raymond Thornton Chandler Chateaubriand, Francois Rene Chateaubriand, Vicomte de Chateaubriand Cheever, John Cheever Chesterton, G. K. Chesterton, Gilbert Keith Chesterton Chopin, Kate Chopin, Kate O'Flaherty Chopin Christie, Agatha Christie, Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie Churchill, Winston Churchill, Winston S. Churchill, Sir Winston Leonard Spenser Churchill Clemens, Samuel Langhorne Clemens, Mark Twain Cocteau, Jean Cocteau Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Sidonie-Gabrielle Claudine Colette Collins, Wilkie Collins, William Wilkie Collins Conan Doyle, A. Conan Doyle, Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Conrad, Joseph Conrad, Teodor Josef Konrad Korzeniowski Cooper, James Fenimore Cooper Crane, Stephen Crane cummings, e. e. cummings, Edward Estlin Cummings Day, Clarence Day, Clarence Shepard Day Jr. Defoe, Daniel Defoe De Quincey, Thomas De Quincey Dickens, Charles Dickens, Charles John Huffam Dickens Didion, Joan Didion Dinesen, Isak Dinesen, Blixen, Karen Blixen, Baroness Karen Blixen Doctorow, E. L. Doctorow, Edgard Lawrence Doctorow Dos Passos, John Dos Passos, John Roderigo Dos Passos Dostoyevsky, Dostoevski, Dostoevsky, Feodor Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Feodor Dostoevski, Fyodor Dostoevski, Feodor Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski, Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky, Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky Dreiser, Theodore Dreiser, Theodore Herman Albert Dreiser Dumas, Alexandre Dumas du Maurier, George du Maurier, George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier du Maurier, Daphne du Maurier, Dame Daphne du Maurier Durrell, Lawrence Durrell, Lawrence George Durrell Ehrenberg, Ilya Ehrenberg, Ilya Grigorievich Ehrenberg Eliot, George Eliot, Mary Ann Evans Ellison, Ralph Ellison, Ralph Waldo Ellison Emerson, Ralph Waldo Emerson Farrell, James Thomas Farrell Ferber, Edna Ferber Fielding, Henry Fielding Fitzgerald, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald Flaubert, Gustave Flaubert Fleming, Ian Fleming, Ian Lancaster Fleming Ford, Ford Madox Ford, Ford Hermann Hueffer Forester, C. S. Forester, Cecil Scott Forester France, Anatole France, Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault Franklin, Benjamin Franklin Fuentes, Carlos Fuentes Gaboriau, Emile Gaboriau Galsworthy, John Galsworthy Gardner, Erle Stanley Gardner Gaskell, Elizabeth Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn Stevenson Gaskell Geisel, Theodor Seuss Geisel, Dr. Seuss Gibran, Kahlil Gibran Gide, Andre Gide, Andre Paul Guillaume Gide Gjellerup, Karl Gjellerup Gogol, Nikolai Vasilievich Gogol Golding, William Golding, Sir William Gerald Golding Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith Gombrowicz, Witold Gombrowicz Goncourt, Edmond de Goncourt, Edmond Louis Antoine Huot de Goncourt Goncourt, Jules de Goncourt, Jules Alfred Huot de Goncourt Gordimer, Nadine Gordimer Gorky, Maksim Gorky, Gorki, Maxim Gorki, Aleksey Maksimovich Peshkov, Aleksey Maximovich Peshkov Grahame, Kenneth Grahame Grass, Gunter Grass, Gunter Wilhelm Grass Graves, Robert Graves, Robert Ranke Graves Greene, Graham Greene, Henry Graham Greene Grey, Zane Grey Grimm, Jakob Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl Grimm Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Wilhelm Karl Grimm Haggard, Rider Haggard, Sir Henry Rider Haggard Haldane, Elizabeth Haldane, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane Hale, Edward Everett Hale Haley, Alex Haley Hall, Radclyffe Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe Hall Hammett, Dashiell Hammett, Samuel Dashiell Hammett Hamsun, Knut Hamsun, Knut Pedersen Hardy, Thomas Hardy Harris, Frank Harris, James Thomas Harris Harris, Joel Harris, Joel Chandler Harris Harte, Bret Harte Hasek, Jaroslav Hasek Hawthorne, Nathaniel Hawthorne Hecht, Ben Hecht Heinlein, Robert A. Heinlein, Robert Anson Heinlein Heller, Joseph Heller Hemingway, Ernest Hemingway Hesse, Hermann Hesse Heyse, Paul Heyse, Paul Johann Ludwig von Heyse Heyward, DuBois Heyward, Edwin DuBois Hayward Higginson, Thomas Higginson, Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson Hoffmann, E. T. A. Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann, Ernst Theodor Wilhelm Hoffmann Holmes, Oliver Wendell Holmes Howells, William Dean Howells Hoyle, Edmond Hoyle Hubbard, L. Ron Hubbard Hughes, Langston Hughes, James Langston Hughes Hunt, Leigh Hunt, James Henry Leigh Hunt Huxley, Aldous Huxley, Aldous Leonard Huxley Irving, John Irving Irving, Washington Irving Isherwood, Christopher Isherwood, Christopher William Bradshaw Isherwood Jackson, Helen Hunt Jackson, Helen Maria Fiske Hunt Jackson Jacobs, Jane Jacobs Jacobs, W. W. Jacobs, William Wymark Jacobs James, Henry James Jensen, Johannes Vilhelm Jensen Johnson, Samuel Johnson, Dr. Johnson Jong, Erica Jong Joyce, James Joyce, James Augustine Aloysius Joyce Kafka, Franz Kafka Keller, Helen Keller, Helen Adams Keller Kerouac, Jack Kerouac, Jean-Louis Lebris de Kerouac Kesey, Ken Kesey, Ken Elton Kesey Kipling, Rudyard Kipling, Joseph Rudyard Kipling Koestler, Arthur Koestler La Fontaine, Jean de La Fontaine Lardner, Ring Lardner, Ringgold Wilmer Lardner La Rochefoucauld, Francois de La Rochefoucauld Lawrence, D. H. Lawrence, David Herbert Lawrence Lawrence, T. E. Lawrence, Thomas Edward Lawrence, Lawrence of Arabia le Carre, John le Carre, David John Moore Cornwell Leonard, Elmore Leonard, Elmore John Leonard, Dutch Leonard Lermontov, Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov Lessing, Doris Lessing, Doris May Lessing Lewis, C. S. Lewis, Clive Staples Lewis Lewis, Sinclair Lewis, Harry Sinclair Lewis London, Jack London, John Griffith Chaney Lowry, Malcolm Lowry, Clarence Malcolm Lowry Lyly, John Lyly Lytton, First Baron Lytton, Bulwer-Lytton, Edward George Earle Bulwer-Lytton Mailer, Norman Mailer Malamud, Bernard Malamud Malory, Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory Malraux, Andre Malraux Mann, Thomas Mann Mansfield, Katherine Mansfield, Kathleen Mansfield Beauchamp Manzoni, Alessandro Manzoni Marquand, John Marquand, John Philip Marquand Marsh, Ngaio Marsh Mason, A. E. W. Mason, Alfred Edward Woodley Mason Maugham, Somerset Maugham, W. Somerset Maugham, William Somerset Maugham Maupassant, Guy de Maupassant, Henri Rene Albert Guy de Maupassant Mauriac, Francois Mauriac, Francois Charles Mauriac Maurois, Andre Maurois, Emile Herzog McCarthy, Mary McCarthy, Mary Therese McCarthy McCullers, Carson McCullers, Carson Smith McCullers McLuhan, Marshall McLuhan, Herbert Marshall McLuhan Melville, Herman Melville Merton, Thomas Merton Michener, James Michener, James Albert Michener Miller, Henry Miller, Henry Valentine Miller Milne, A. A. Milne, Alan Alexander Milne Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell, Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell Mitford, Nancy Mitford, Nancy Freeman Mitford Mitford, Jessica Mitford, Jessica Lucy Mitford Montaigne, Michel Montaigne, Michel Eyquem Montaigne Montgomery, L. M. Montgomery, Lucy Maud Montgomery More, Thomas More, Sir Thomas More Morrison, Toni Morrison, Chloe Anthony Wofford Munro, H. H. Munro, Hector Hugh Munro, Saki Murdoch, Iris Murdoch, Dame Jean Iris Murdoch Musset, Alfred de Musset, Louis Charles Alfred de Musset Nabokov, Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir vladimirovich Nabokov Nash, Ogden Nash Nicolson, Harold Nicolson, Sir Harold George Nicolson Norris, Frank Norris, Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr. Oates, Joyce Carol Oates O'Brien, Edna O'Brien O'Connor, Flannery O'Connor, Mary Flannery O'Connor O'Flaherty, Liam O'Flaherty O'Hara, John Henry O'Hara Ondaatje, Michael Ondaatje, Philip Michael Ondaatje Orczy, Baroness Emmusca Orczy Orwell, George Orwell, Eric Blair, Eric Arthur Blair Page, Thomas Nelson Page Parker, Dorothy Parker, Dorothy Rothschild Parker Pasternak, Boris Pasternak, Boris Leonidovich Pasternak Paton, Alan Paton, Alan Stewart Paton Percy, Walker Percy Petronius, Gaius Petronius, Petronius Arbiter Plath, Sylvia Plath Pliny, Pliny the Elder, Gaius Plinius Secundus Pliny, Pliny the Younger, Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus Poe, Edgar Allan Poe Porter, William Sydney Porter, O. Henry Porter, Katherine Anne Porter Post, Emily Post, Emily Price Post Pound, Ezra Pound, Ezra Loomis Pound Powys, John Cowper Powys Powys, Theodore Francis Powys Powys, Llewelyn Powys Pyle, Howard Pyle Pynchon, Thomas Pynchon Rand, Ayn Rand Richler, Mordecai Richler Roberts, Kenneth Roberts Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Roth, Philip Roth, Philip Milton Roth Rousseau, Jean-Jacques Rousseau Runyon, Damon Runyon, Alfred Damon Runyon Rushdie, Salman Rushdie, Ahmed Salman Rushdie Russell, George William Russell, A.E. Sade, de Sade, Comte Donatien Alphonse Francois de Sade, Marquis de Sade Salinger, J. D. Salinger, Jerome David Salinger Sand, George Sand, Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin, Baroness Dudevant Sandburg, Carl Sandburg Saroyan, William Saroyan Sayers, Dorothy Sayers, Dorothy L. Sayers, Dorothy Leigh Sayers Schiller, Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller Scott, Walter Scott, Sir Walter Scott Service, Robert William Service Shaw, G. B. Shaw, George Bernard Shaw Shelley, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mary Godwin Wollstonecraft Shelley Shute, Nevil Shute, Nevil Shute Norway Simenon, Georges Simenon, Georges Joseph Christian Simenon Sinclair, Upton Sinclair, Upton Beall Sinclair Singer, Isaac Bashevis Singer Smollett, Tobias Smollett, Tobias George Smollett Snow, C. P. Snow, Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow of Leicester Solzhenitsyn, Alexander Isayevich Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn Sontag, Susan Sontag Spark, Muriel Spark, Dame Muriel Spark, Muriel Sarah Spark Spillane, Mickey Spillane, Frank Morrison Spillane Stael, Madame de Stael, Baronne Anne Louise Germaine Necker de Steal-Holstein Steele, Sir Richrd Steele Stein, Gertrude Stein Steinbeck, John Steinbeck, John Ernst Steinbeck Stendhal, Marie Henri Beyle Stephen, Sir Leslie Stephen Sterne, Laurence Sterne Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Balfour Stevenson Stockton, Frank Stockton, Francis Richard Stockton Stoker, Bram Stoker, Abraham Stoker Stowe, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe Styron, William Styron Sue, Eugene Sue Symonds, John Addington Symonds Tagore, Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Rabindranath Tagore Tarbell, Ida Tarbell, Ida M. Tarbell, Ida Minerva Tarbell Thackeray, William Makepeace Thackeray Thoreau, Henry David Thoreau Tocqueville, Alexis de Tocqueville, Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville Toklas, Alice B. Toklas Tolkien, J.R.R. Tolkien, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien Tolstoy, Leo Tolstoy, Count Lev Nikolayevitch Tolstoy Trollope, Anthony Trollope Turgenev, Ivan Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev Undset, Sigrid Undset Untermeyer, Louis Untermeyer Updike, John Updike, John Hoyer Updike Van Doren, Carl Van Doren, Carl Clinton Van Doren Vargas Llosa, Mario Vargas Llosa, Jorge Mario Pedro Vargas Llosa Verne, Jules Verne Vidal, Gore Vidal, Eugene Luther Vidal Voltaire, Arouet, Francois-Marie Arouet Vonnegut, Kurt Vonnegut Wain, John Wain, John Barrington Wain Walker, Alice Walker, Alice Malsenior Walker Wallace, Edgar Wallace, Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace Walpole, Horace Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Fourth Earl of Orford Walton, Izaak Walton Ward, Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Mary Augusta Arnold Ward Warren, Robert Penn Warren Waugh, Evelyn Waugh, Evelyn Arthur Saint John Waugh Webb, Beatrice Webb, Martha Beatrice Potter Webb Wells, H. G. Wells, Herbert George Wells Welty, Eudora Welty Werfel, Franz Werfel West, Rebecca West, Dame Rebecca West, Cicily Isabel Fairfield Wharton, Edith Wharton, Edith Newbold Jones Wharton White, E. B. White, Elwyn Brooks White White, Patrick White, Patrick Victor Martindale White Wiesel, Elie Wiesel, Eliezer Wiesel Wilde, Oscar Wilde, Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde Wilder, Thornton Wilder, Thornton Niven Wilder Wilson, Sir Angus Wilson, Angus Frank Johnstone Wilson Wilson, Harriet Wilson Wister, Owen Wister Wodehouse, P. G. Wodehouse, Pelham Grenville Wodehouse Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, Thomas Clayton Wolfe Wolfe, Tom Wolfe, Thomas Wolfe, Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr. Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Wood, Mrs. Henry Wood, Ellen Price Wood Woolf, Virginia Woolf, Adeline Virginia Stephen Woolf Wouk, Herman Wouk Wright, Richard Wright Wright, Willard Huntington Wright, S. S. Van Dine Zangwill, Israel Zangwill Zweig, Stefan Zweig
a person who is able to write and has written something
<noun.person>   freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5

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more info writer's block, n.
an inability to write
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sample sentences

"he had writer's block
the words wouldn't come"
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more info writer's cramp, n.
muscular spasms of thumb and forefinger while writing with a pen or pencil
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more info writer's name, n.
the name that appears on the by-line to identify the author of a work
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more info writhe, v.
(writhed, writhes, writhing)
freq. cnt. 7
to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling)
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sample sentences

"The prisoner writhed in discomfort"
"The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

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The crowds %s in the streets
The streets %s with crowds

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more info writhed, adj.
freq. cnt. 1
twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sample sentences

"his mad contorted smile"
"writhed lips"
"my writhen features"- Walter scott
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more info writhen, adj.
twisted (especially as in pain or struggle)
<adj.all>   freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

sample sentences

"his mad contorted smile"
"writhed lips"
"my writhen features"- Walter scott
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