The major feature of Webster's Instant Word Guide is an alphabetical word list which is indented for the use of writers, secretaries, and typists as a handy guide to spelling and to the division in this book have been revised to agree with those shown in Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary, Copyright 1979. Variant Spelling are shown for many words, as are irregular inflections of verbs, adjectives, and nouns. Short identifying glosses and cross-references are provided to help distinguish words of similar sound or spelling that might otherwise be confused, such as allusive, elusive and illusive or straight and strait.