To verify the spelling used in a document for correctness, especially by using a program.

The act of spell-checking.

Alternative form of spellcheck

(computing) A software application that attempts to verify spelling in a document.

(transitive) To form (a word) from letters; say the letters in a word. / (transitive, when writing or editing) To replace an acronym with its expansion.

A (usually) short period of hot weather. Sometimes a heat wave.

A drawn-out period where the weather has been dry, for an abnormally long time; shorter and not as severe as a drought.

plural of dry spell

plural of spell checker

In a spelling bee, of two or more participants, to spell words one after the other until a champion is determined. Usually refers to a series of rounds of spelling in which no spellers are eliminated.