Found 2 items, similar to Acrostic.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: acrostic acrostic n 1: a puzzle where you fill a square grid with words reading the same down as across [syn: word square] 2: verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message
English → English (gcide) Definition: Acrostic Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, Acrostical \A*cros"tic*al\, n. Pertaining to, or characterized by, acrostics. [1913 Webster] Acrostic \A*cros"tic\, n. [Gr. ?; ? extreme + ? order, line, verse.] 1. A composition, usually in verse, in which the first or the last letters of the lines, or certain other letters, taken in order, form a name, word, phrase, or motto. [1913 Webster] 2. A Hebrew poem in which the lines or stanzas begin with the letters of the alphabet in regular order (as Psalm cxix.). See Abecedarian. [1913 Webster] Double acrostic, a species of enigma (crossword puzzle), in which words are to be guessed whose initial and final letters form other words. [1913 Webster]