The term 'WORD OMITTED IN ALPHABETIZATION' refers to a word that is intentionally left out when alphabetizing a list of words. This is often done to avoid confusion between words that are spelled similarly but have different meanings. For example, if a list contains both the words 'DESERT' and 'dessert, ' one of them may be omitted in order to prevent them from being placed next to each other in the alphabetized list.