Words that are Commonly Misspelled in Technical Writing

A

• abrasive
• absorption
• aggregate
• Aleutian
• algae
• algorithm
• alkali
• alkyl
• analogous
• angular
• anomalous
• anomaly
• aperture
• aquatic
• aqueous
• aquifer
• asbestos
• asymmetry

B

• bandwidth
• base line
• blackbody
• brackish
• buoyancy
• buoyant

C

• capacitance
• Celsius
• cetacean
• chromatography
• clear-cut
• climatology
• coaxial
• combustible
• condensation
• conductivity
• configuration
• corollary
• corrosion
• crustacean
• crustal
• crystalline
• crystallography

D

• data base
• deposition
• desiccant
• diffraction
• diffusion
• discrete
• dissymmetry
• divisible
• Doppler effect
• Doppler radar
• drainage

E

• ebullient
• ebullition
• eigenfunction
• eigenvalue
• emission
• emissivity
• end point
• equilibrium
• equinox
• evaporation
• eyepiece

F

• facies change
• Fahrenheit
• feedback
• ferromagnetism
• ferrous
• filterable
• flow chart
• fluorescence
• fluorescent
• Fourier series
• Fresnel equations

G

• geyser
• glacial
• gradient

H

• half-life
• halogen
• hatchable
• heat-treat
• histogram
• histology
• horsepower
• hybridization
• hydraulic
• hysteresis

I

• in situ
• incandescent
• infinitesimal
• inflection
• infrared
• interference
• isotropic
• isotropism

L

• least squares
• logarithm
• luminance
• luminescence
• luminescent
• luminosity
• luminous

M

• manganese
• mean life
• measurable
• metallurgical
• metallurgy
• midpoint
• monetar

N

• Newton's law
• nucleation
• nucle

O

• opaque
• operable
• optical
• orogeny
• oscillation

P

• parameter
• peninsula
• permeability
• Petri dish
• phosphorus
• photo-ionization
• photocell
• piezoelectric
• Planck's constant
• plateau
• polarization
• polygon
• polymerization
• porosity
• precipitation
• predominant

R

• radiant
• radio frequency
• radioactive
• radiocarbon
• refractive
• resistant
• resistivity
• retardance
• reversible
• rock salt

S

• salinity
• seismic
• side band
• sinusoidal
• solenoid
• solid state
• soluble
• space-time
• spectrometer
• spectroscopy
• steam-distilled
• stochastic
• strata
• stratigraphic
• stratigraphy
• subsidence

T

• terranes
• test tube
• tidal
• tonnage
• tornadoes
• transit time
• transmissible
• transmissivity
• transmittance
• troposphere
• trough
• typhoon

U

• unionized

V

• valence
• viscometer
• viscosimeter
• viscosity
• viscous
• visible

W

• wave front
• wave packet
• wave system
• wave theory
• wavelength
• wettability

X

• xenolith