apostrophe¹ /ə-posˈtrə-fi/

1. A mark (’) showing (among other uses) the omission of a letter or letters in a word
2. A sign of the modern English genitive or possessive case (orig marking the dropping of e)

apostrophe² /ə-posˈtrə-fi/

1. A sudden turning away from the ordinary course of a speech to address some person or object present or absent (explained by Quintilian as addressed to a person present, but extended by modern use to the absent or inanimate)
2. The ranging of chloroplasts along the side walls of the cell in intense light (botany)

apostrophic /ap-ə-strofˈik/ adjective

aposˈtrophize or aposˈtrophise transitive verb

To address in or by apostrophe

• unscales
• unscaling
• unscanned
• unscarred
• unscary
• unscathed
• unscavengered
• unscented
• unsceptred
• unscheduled
• unscholarlike
• unscholarly
• unschooled
• unscientific
• unscientifically
• unscissored
• UNSCOM
• unscorched
• unscottified
• unscoured
• unscramble
• unscrambled
• unscrambles
• unscrambling
• unscratched