Transdeletion pyramid

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A transdeletion pyramid (also called a transaddition pyramid or word pyramid when inverted) is a logological term for the triangular representation of a list of words in which each one is a scrambled form of the above word without one letter.

This seventeen-letter transdeletion pyramid, made of inferred words in an Unabridged Merriam-Webster dictionary, can be found in Ross Eckler's book Making the Alphabet Dance:

A N T I C E R E M O N I A L I S T

N O N M A T E R I A L I T I E S

O R N A M E N T A L I T I E S

I N T E R L A M I N A T E S

M A T E R N A L I T I E S

M A T R I L I N E A T E

T R I L A M I N A T E

T E R M I N A L I A

L A T I M E R I A

M A T E R I A L

T A L I E R A

R E T A I L

A L T E R

R A T E

T E A

A T

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