Homonyms
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One of two or
more words that have the same sound and often the same
spelling but differ in meaning. (American Heritage
Dictionary, Third Edition) |
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Homographs are words that are spelled the same but differ in meaning, derivation, or pronunciation. Homophones are words that are pronounced the same but differ in meaning, derivation, or spelling. There is overlap among these categories.
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a |
very short little
insignificant English word |
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eh |
an interrogative
utterance |
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acts |
things done |
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ax |
chopping tool |
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ad |
short for
advertisement |
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add |
short for addition |
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adds |
performs additions |
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ads |
more than one
advertisement |
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adze |
axe-like tool |
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ade |
fruit beverage |
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aid |
to assist |
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aide |
an assistant |
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aerie |
eagle's nest |
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airy |
breezy |
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aero |
of aircraft |
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arrow |
slender, pointed
shaft : |
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affect |
to change |
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effect |
result |
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ail |
sick |
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ale |
beer : |
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air |
stuff we breathe |
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are |
1/100th of a hectare |
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e'er |
contraction of
"ever" |
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ere |
eventually |
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err |
to make a mistake |
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heir |
one who will inherit
: |
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aisle |
walkway |
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I'll |
contraction of "I
will" |
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isle |
island |
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all |
everything |
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awl |
pointed scriber |
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allowed |
permitted |
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aloud |
spoken |
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altar |
raised center of
worship |
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alter |
to change |
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an |
a single instance |
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Ann |
a woman's name |
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ant |
insect |
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aunt |
parent's sister |
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ante |
preliminary bet |
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auntie |
sister of a parent |
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arc |
portion of a circle |
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ark |
vessel |
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ascent |
the climb |
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assent |
to agree : |
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ate |
past tense of eat |
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eight |
the number base of
octal |
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auger |
a drill |
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augur |
foretell : |
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aught |
anything |
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ought |
should : |
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aural |
of hearing |
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oral |
of the mouth : |
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auricle |
external part of the
ear |
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oracle |
seer |
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away |
distant |
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aweigh |
just clear of the
bottom : |
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awed |
in a state of wonder |
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odd |
not usual : |
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aweful |
filled with awe |
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awful |
really bad |
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offal |
butchered entrails |
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aye |
naval affirmative |
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eye |
ocular organ |
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I |
oneself |
¡¡
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bail |
bucket handle |
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bale |
bundle of hay |
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bailed |
pumping water out of
a boat |
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baled |
to gather into a
bale |
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bailee |
a person to whom
goods are committed for custody or repair |
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bailey |
the outer wall of a
castle |
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bailie |
a municipal officer
in Scotland |
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bailer |
one who bails
(water) |
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bailor |
a person that
entrusts goods to a bailee |
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baler |
one who bales (hay) |
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bailing |
pumping water out of
a boat |
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baling |
wire used to tie
bales |
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bait |
to torment |
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bate |
to lessen |
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baited |
past tense of bait |
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bated |
past tense of bate |
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baiting |
tormenting |
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bating |
lessening |
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baize |
green felt |
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bays |
one or more enclosed
arms of the ocean |
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beys |
one or more Turkish
officials |
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bald |
hairless |
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balled |
carnal knowledge |
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bawled |
cried aloud |
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ball |
playful orb |
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bawl |
to cry |
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band |
a group |
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banned |
forbidden |
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bard |
a poet |
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barred |
enclosed by poles |
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bare |
naked |
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bear |
wild ursine |
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bark |
outer sheath of a
tree |
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barque |
square-rigged
sailing ship |
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baron |
minor royalty |
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barren |
unable to bear
children |
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Barry |
a man's name |
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berry |
small fruit |
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bury |
to take under |
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basal |
forming the base |
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basil |
an herb |
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base |
the bottom support
for anything |
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bass |
the lowest musical
pitch or range |
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based |
supported |
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baste |
to swab with liquid
during cooking |
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bases |
what baseball
players like to steal |
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basis |
principal
constituent of anything |
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basses |
many four-stringed
guitars |
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bask |
to warm oneself
pleasantly |
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basque |
tightfitting bodice
or tunic (or, people of the Pyrenees) |
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bat |
a blind, flying
rodent |
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batt |
a flat pad |
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baud |
bits per second |
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bawd |
brothel manager |
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bay |
an enclosed arm of
the ocean |
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bey |
a Turkish official |
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be |
to exist |
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bee |
pollinating buzzer |
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beach |
where i want to be |
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beech |
a type of tree |
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bean |
a legume |
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been |
past tense of be |
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beat |
to hit |
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beet |
edible red root |
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beau |
male friend |
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bow |
a curve or bend;
double-slipped reef knot |
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beaut |
slang for beauty,
beautiful |
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butte |
steep sided hill |
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been |
past tense of be |
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bin |
a box or container |
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beer |
universally brewed
comfort food |
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bier |
a temporary frame
for a coffin |
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bel |
indian thorn tree |
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Bel |
Babylonian god |
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bell |
ding ding |
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belle |
beautiful woman |
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berth |
anchorage |
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birth |
your method of
arrival |
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besot |
to get drunk |
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besought |
past tense of
beseech |
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better |
superior |
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bettor |
one who bets |
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bight |
middle of a rope |
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bite |
a mouthful |
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byte |
eight bits |
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billed |
has a bill |
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build |
to construct |
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bit |
past tense of bite |
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bitt |
large cleat for
tying up ships |
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blew |
past tense of blow |
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blue |
color of California
sky |
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bloc |
an alliance |
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block |
square object |
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boar |
wild pig |
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Boer |
a South African of
Dutch descent |
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boor |
tasteless buffoon |
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bore |
not interesting |
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board |
a plank |
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bored |
not interested |
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boarder |
lodger who gets
meals, too |
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border |
perimeter |
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bode |
an omen |
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bowed |
curved |
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bold |
brave |
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bowled |
knocked over |
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bolder |
more courageous |
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boulder |
large rock |
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bole |
trunk |
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boll |
round seed pod |
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bowl |
dish |
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boos |
disparaging sounds
from fans |
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booze |
whiskey |
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born |
brought into life |
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borne |
past participle of
bear |
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bourn |
a small stream or
boundary |
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borough |
township |
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burrow |
dig into the ground |
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bough |
tree branch |
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bow |
front of a ship;
respectful bend |
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bouy |
navigational aid |
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boy |
male child |
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bra |
brassiere |
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braw |
well-groomed |
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braid |
a weave of three
strands |
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brayed |
a donkey cried |
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braise |
cook with oil and
water |
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brays |
loud, harsh cry |
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brake |
stopping device |
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break |
to split apart |
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breach |
to break through |
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breech |
the back part |
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bread |
a loaf |
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bred |
past tense of breed |
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brewed |
fermented |
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brood |
family |
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brews |
more than one beer |
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bruise |
a contusion |
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bridal |
pertaining to brides |
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bridle |
horse's headgear |
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broach |
to raise a subject |
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brooch |
an ornament fastened
to clothes |
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brows |
multiple foreheads |
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browse |
grazing |
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bundt |
type of cake |
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bunt |
hit a pitch without
swinging |
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burger |
meat sandwich |
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burgher |
merchant |
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bus |
large
multi-passenger vehicle |
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buss |
a kiss |
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bussed |
kissed |
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bust |
head and shoulders
sculpture |
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but |
excepting |
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butt |
the thick end |
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buy |
to purchase |
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by |
near |
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bye |
farewell |
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buyer |
one who purchases |
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byre |
a cow barn |
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cache |
hidden storage |
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cash |
legal tender |
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cached |
hidden away |
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cashed |
converted to legal
tender |
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calendar |
chart of days |
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calender |
paper press |
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call |
to summon |
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caul |
amnionic membrane |
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col |
a mountain pass |
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caller |
one who calls |
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collar |
my cat has collar ID |
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can't |
contraction of "can
not" |
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cant |
a bevel |
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cannon |
big gun |
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canon |
body of law |
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canter |
a moderate gallop |
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cantor |
singer |
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canvas |
rough cloth |
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canvass |
to examine
thoroughly |
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capital |
most important |
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capitol |
center of government
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carat |
unit of weight for
precious stones, equal to 200 milligrams |
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caret |
proofreader's
insertion mark |
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carrot |
edible orange root |
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karat |
one 24th part of
otherwise pure gold |
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carol |
Christmas song |
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carrel |
study enclosure |
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carpal |
a bone of the carpus |
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carpel |
a pistil |
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cast |
to throw |
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caste |
a social class |
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caster |
one who throws |
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castor |
beaver's smelly
gland |
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cause |
generative force |
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caws |
sounds of crows |
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cay |
a low island |
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key |
opens locks |
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quay |
a wharf : |
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cedar |
an evergreen tree |
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seeder |
one who broadcasts
seeds : |
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cede |
to give |
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seed |
part of a plant from
which a new one grows : |
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ceding |
giving |
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seeding |
planting : |
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ceiling |
top of the room |
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sealing |
to close a package
or envelope : |
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cell |
a small room |
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sell |
to exchange for
money : |
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cellar |
under a house |
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seller |
one who sells : |
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censer |
incense dish |
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censor |
bad people who fear
knowledge |
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sensor |
a device which
detects : |
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census |
numbering |
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senses |
faculties |
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cent |
one hundredth of a
dollar |
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scent |
an aroma |
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sent |
dispatched |
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cents |
hundredths of a
dollar |
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scents |
many things to smell |
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sense |
detection equipment
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cere |
waxy fleshy covering
at the base of the upper beak in some birds |
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sear |
to scorch |
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seer |
a prophet |
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sere |
natural succession
of plant or animal communities : |
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cereal |
grains |
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serial |
numbers in sequence
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Ceres |
Roman Goddess of
agriculture |
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series |
a sequence of things
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cession |
giving up |
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session |
a group sitting |
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chalk |
calcareous earthy
substance |
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chock |
wedge to keep wheels
from rolling |
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chance |
happenstance |
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chants |
more than one litany |
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chard |
spinach-like
vegetable |
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charred |
burnt |
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chased |
quickly followed |
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chaste |
virginal |
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check |
a tic mark |
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Czech |
from Czechoslovakia |
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chews |
masticating |
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choose |
to select |
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Chile |
a South American
country |
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chili |
dried pod of red
pepper |
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chilly |
uncomfortably cool : |
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choir |
church singers |
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quire |
the twentieth part
of a ream of paper |
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choler |
yellow bile |
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collar |
around your neck |
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choral |
by a chorus |
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coral |
marine polyp
skeleton |
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chorale |
a choir |
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corral |
a pen for horses |
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chord |
three tones in
harmony |
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cord |
very light rope |
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cored |
divested of its
central part : |
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chute |
inclined trough |
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shoot |
to project an object
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cite |
to refer to |
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sight |
vision |
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site |
a location : |
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cited |
referenced |
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sighted |
visually identified |
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sited |
located : |
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cites |
past tense of cite |
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sights |
tourist rationale |
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sites |
more than one
location |
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clack |
a chattering sound |
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claque |
a group hired to
applaud, sycophants |
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Claus |
fat, jolly guy with
presents |
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clause |
contractual unit |
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claws |
big fingernails |
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clew |
sheet cringle on a
sail |
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clue |
a hint |
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click |
ticking noise |
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clique |
exclusive group |
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climb |
ascending |
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clime |
climate |
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close |
to shut |
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clothes |
garments |
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coal |
black mineral |
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cole |
plants in the
crucifer family |
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coaled |
supplied with coal |
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cold |
not supplied with
coal |
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coarse |
rough |
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course |
path of travel |
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coat |
wear it for warmth |
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cote |
small animal shed |
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coax |
persuade |
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cokes |
more than one soft
drink |
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cocks |
more than one male
bird |
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cox |
a coxswain |
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Cox |
a variety of eating
apple |
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coddling |
tenderly treating |
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codling |
small, unripe apple |
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coffer |
a strongbox;
decorative, sunken ceiling panels |
| ¡¡ |
cougher |
one who coughs : |
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coin |
money |
| ¡¡ |
quoin |
corner stone : |
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colonel |
military officer |
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kernel |
seed |
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complacence |
self-satisfaction |
| ¡¡ |
complaisance |
willingness to
please |
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complacent |
self-satified |
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complaisant |
willing to please |
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complement |
allotment |
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compliment |
encomium |
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conch |
marine mollusk |
| ¡¡ |
conk |
blow to the head |
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coo |
a soft murmuring
sound |
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coup |
a successful stroke |
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copes |
gets along with
adversity |
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copse |
a stand of trees |
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copped |
swiped |
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copt |
a native Egyptian to
a Roman |
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cops |
police officers |
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copse |
a small wood |
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core |
inner part |
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corps |
body |
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cosign |
to sign in addition |
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cosine |
sine of the
complement |
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council |
group of leaders |
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counsel |
advisor : |
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craft |
a manual occupation |
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kraft |
a strong paper made
from wood pulp : |
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crater |
impact hole |
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krater |
ancient Greek jar |
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Crays |
more than one
supercomputer |
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craze |
sensation needed to
buy more than one supercomputer |
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creak |
to squeak |
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creek |
small stream |
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crewed |
served by a crew |
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crude |
coarse |
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crewel |
embroidery yarn |
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cruel |
merciless |
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crews |
more than one crew |
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cruise |
a sea journey : |
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cue |
a signal |
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Kew |
home of the famous
English gardens |
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queue |
a waiting line
(another famous English-ism) |
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currant |
small berry |
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current |
of the present |
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curser |
one who swears |
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cursor |
on-screen positional
indicator : |
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cygnet |
a young swan |
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signet |
an authenticating
seal : |
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cymbal |
percussive brass
dish |
| ¡¡ |
symbol |
a representation |
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dam |
holds back water |
| ¡¡ |
damn |
a curse |
|
: |
dammed |
prevented from flowing |
| ¡¡ |
damned |
cursed |
|
: |
darn |
to mend |
| ¡¡ |
darne |
a fish steak |
|
: |
days |
more than one day |
| ¡¡ |
daze |
to bewilder |
|
: |
dear |
beloved |
| ¡¡ |
deer |
Bambi |
|
: |
dew |
morning condensation |
| ¡¡ |
do |
to perform |
| ¡¡ |
due |
payable |
|
: |
die |
to become dead |
| ¡¡ |
dye |
coloring agent |
|
: |
died |
passed away |
| ¡¡ |
dyed |
colored |
|
: |
dies |
passing away |
| ¡¡ |
dyes |
colors |
|
: |
dine |
to eat |
| ¡¡ |
dyne |
unit of energy |
|
: |
dire |
desperate |
| ¡¡ |
dyer |
one who dyes |
|
: |
disc |
a phonograph record |
| ¡¡ |
disk |
a round, plate-shaped object |
|
: |
discreet |
confidential |
| ¡¡ |
discrete |
individual |
|
: |
discussed |
talked about |
| ¡¡ |
disgust |
sickening |
|
: |
do |
first note of diatonic scale |
| ¡¡ |
doe |
a female deer |
| ¡¡ |
dough |
uncooked bread |
|
: |
doc |
a physician |
| ¡¡ |
dock |
where a boat is kept |
|
: |
does |
several female deer |
| ¡¡ |
doughs |
several uncooked breads |
| ¡¡ |
doze |
to nap |
|
: |
done |
completed |
| ¡¡ |
dun |
demand money |
|
: |
dos |
opposite of don'ts |
| ¡¡ |
dues |
membership payments |
|
: |
draft |
a preliminary written version |
| ¡¡ |
draught |
a gust of wind; depth of water needed to
float a ship |
|
: |
dual |
two things |
| ¡¡ |
duel |
a fight between two over honor |
|
: e'er,
see: air |
| : |
e'er, |
see: air |
| ¡¡ |
earl |
British nobleman |
| ¡¡ |
URL |
Internet address |
| : |
earn |
to come to deserve |
| ¡¡ |
urn |
a jar |
|
: effect,
see: affect |
|
: eh,
see: a |
|
: eight,
see: ate |
| : |
elicit |
to draw out |
| ¡¡ |
illicit |
unlawful : |
| : |
elude |
to escape from |
| ¡¡ |
illude |
to deceive |
| : |
epic |
a narrative poem or
story |
| ¡¡ |
epoch |
a noteworthy period
in history |
|
: ere,
see: air |
|
: err,
see: air |
| : |
eunuchs |
men unable to serve
all of humanity |
| ¡¡ |
Unix |
operating system
unable to serve all of humanity : |
| : |
ewe |
female sheep |
| ¡¡ |
yew |
a type of tree |
| ¡¡ |
you |
the second person : |
| : |
ewes |
more than one female
sheep |
| ¡¡ |
use |
to apply |
| ¡¡ |
yews |
more than one yew
tree |
|
: eye,
see: aye |
| : |
eyelet |
small hole for laces |
| ¡¡ |
islet |
small island |
¡¡
|
: |
facts |
objective things |
| ¡¡ |
fax |
obsolete, but widespread, image
transmission technology |
|
: |
fain |
willing |
| ¡¡ |
feign |
pretend to be affected |
|
: |
faint |
pass out |
| ¡¡ |
feint |
a weak, misdirected attack to confuse the
enemy |
|
: |
fair |
even-handed |
| ¡¡ |
fare |
payment |
|
: |
fairing |
streamlining |
| ¡¡ |
faring |
the state of progress |
|
: |
fairy |
imaginary magic person |
| ¡¡ |
ferry |
river-crossing boat |
|
: |
faker |
a deceiver |
| ¡¡ |
fakir |
a Hindu ascetic |
|
: |
farrow |
a litter of pigs |
| ¡¡ |
pharoah |
Egyptian king |
|
: |
faux |
fake |
| ¡¡ |
foe |
enemy |
|
: |
fay |
a fairy |
| ¡¡ |
Faye |
a woman's name |
| ¡¡ |
fey |
strange and otherwordly |
|
: |
fays |
more than one fairy |
| ¡¡ |
faze |
to disconcert: |
|
: |
faze |
to stun |
| ¡¡ |
phase |
a part of the sequence: |
|
: |
fazed |
stunned |
| ¡¡ |
phased |
done in sequential parts |
|
: |
feat |
an accomplishment |
| ¡¡ |
feet |
look down |
|
: |
ferrate |
a salt containing iron and oxygen |
| ¡¡ |
ferret |
a domesticated polecat |
|
: |
feted |
celebrated |
| ¡¡ |
fetid |
stinking |
|
: |
few |
not many |
| ¡¡ |
phew |
expression of relief |
|
: |
file |
a folder for holding papers |
| ¡¡ |
phial |
a small glass bottle |
|
: |
fills |
plural of fill |
| ¡¡ |
fils |
one one-thousandth of an Iraqi dinar |
|
: |
filter |
keep the bad stuff from passing through |
| ¡¡ |
philter |
a love potion |
|
: |
find |
to locate |
| ¡¡ |
fined |
to have to pay a parking ticket |
|
: |
finish |
to complete |
| ¡¡ |
Finnish |
from Finland |
|
: |
fir |
evergreen tree |
| ¡¡ |
fur |
animal hair |
| ¡¡ |
furr |
to separate with strips of wood |
|
: |
fisher |
one who fishes |
| ¡¡ |
fissure |
a crack |
|
: |
flair |
verve |
| ¡¡ |
flare |
to spread |
|
: |
flea |
parasitic insect |
| ¡¡ |
flee |
to run away |
|
: |
flecks |
many tiny specks |
| ¡¡ |
flex |
to bend |
|
: |
flew |
past tense of fly |
| ¡¡ |
flu |
short for influenza |
| ¡¡ |
flue |
chimney pipe |
|
: |
Flo |
a girl's name |
| ¡¡ |
floe |
sheet of floating ice |
| ¡¡ |
flow |
to glide along |
|
: |
flocks |
more than one group of birds |
| ¡¡ |
phlox |
a scented plant |
|
: |
floes |
sheets of floating ice |
| ¡¡ |
flows |
glides along |
|
: |
floor |
what one walks on |
| ¡¡ |
fluor |
something that glows |
|
: |
flour |
powdered grain |
| ¡¡ |
flower |
a bloom |
|
: |
for |
in place of |
| ¡¡ |
fore |
in front |
| ¡¡ |
four |
number after three |
|
: |
forego |
to precede |
| ¡¡ |
forgo |
to abstain from |
|
: |
foreword |
introduction to a book |
| ¡¡ |
forward |
the facing direction |
|
: |
fort |
a fortification |
| ¡¡ |
forte |
a person's strong point |
|
: |
forth |
a direction |
| ¡¡ |
fourth |
following the third |
|
: |
foul |
grossly offensive to the senses |
| ¡¡ |
fowl |
domestic hen or rooster |
|
: |
frees |
releasing |
| ¡¡ |
freeze |
very cold |
| ¡¡ |
frieze |
a wall decoration |
|
: |
friar |
a monk |
| ¡¡ |
fryer |
small chicken |
¡¡
|
: |
gaff |
a barbed spear |
| ¡¡ |
gaffe |
a mistake |
|
: |
gage |
a pledge or security deposit |
| ¡¡ |
gauge |
instrument for measuring |
|
: |
gait |
a manner of walking or running |
| ¡¡ |
gate |
fence door |
|
: |
gaited |
describing a walking horse |
| ¡¡ |
gated |
having a gate |
|
: |
galley |
ship's kitchen |
| ¡¡ |
gally |
to frighten or terrify |
|
: |
gallop |
horse's fastest gait |
| ¡¡ |
galop |
a round dance |
|
: |
gays |
a frisky gathering |
| ¡¡ |
gaze |
a languid look |
|
: |
gene |
a chromosome |
| ¡¡ |
jean |
cotton twill |
|
: |
gild |
to coat with gold |
| ¡¡ |
gilled |
having gills |
| ¡¡ |
guild |
a craft society |
|
: |
gilt |
gold-plated |
| ¡¡ |
guilt |
culpable |
|
: |
gin |
alcoholic beverage |
| ¡¡ |
jinn |
plural of jinni, a Muslim spirit or demon |
|
: |
gnawed |
chewed |
| ¡¡ |
nod |
head tilting |
|
: |
gneiss |
coarse-grained metamorphic rock of
feldspar, quartz and mica |
| ¡¡ |
nice |
pleasant |
|
: |
gnu |
African antelope |
| ¡¡ |
knew |
past tense of know |
| ¡¡ |
new |
not old |
|
: |
gnus |
several antelope |
| ¡¡ |
news |
timely information |
|
: |
gored |
pierced by an animal's horns |
| ¡¡ |
gourd |
fleshy fruit with hard skin |
|
: |
gorilla |
large ape |
| ¡¡ |
guerrilla |
irregular soldier |
|
: |
grade |
a slope |
| ¡¡ |
grayed |
turned gray |
|
: |
graft |
to attach |
| ¡¡ |
graphed |
plotted |
|
: |
grate |
a lattice |
| ¡¡ |
great |
extremely good |
|
: |
grays |
more than one shade of black |
| ¡¡ |
graze |
to eat grass while wandering |
|
: |
grease |
lubricant |
| ¡¡ |
Greece |
Mediterranean country |
|
: |
greave |
leg armor |
| ¡¡ |
grieve |
to mourn |
|
: |
greaves |
more than one greave |
| ¡¡ |
grieves |
to mourn |
|
: |
grill |
to sear cook |
| ¡¡ |
grille |
an iron gate or door |
|
: |
groan |
reaction to hearing a pun |
| ¡¡ |
grown |
has gotten larger |
|
: |
guessed |
past tense of guess |
| ¡¡ |
guest |
a visitor |
|
: |
guide |
one who shows the way |
| ¡¡ |
guyed |
secured with a rope or wire |
|
: |
guise |
appearance |
| ¡¡ |
guys |
Garrison Keillor's obsession |
|
: |
gunnel |
small, eel-shaped marine fish; butterfish |
| ¡¡ |
gunwale |
upper part of sides of a boat |
|
: |
gym |
sports room |
| ¡¡ |
Jim |
nickname for James |
¡¡
|
: |
hail |
frozen rain |
| ¡¡ |
hale |
robust health |
|
: |
hair |
grows from your head |
| ¡¡ |
hare |
rabbit |
|
: |
hairy |
having much hair |
| ¡¡ |
Harry |
a man's name |
| ¡¡ |
harry |
to harass or hunt |
|
: |
hall |
a large room |
| ¡¡ |
haul |
to carry |
|
: |
halve |
break in two |
| ¡¡ |
have |
to hold in possession |
|
: |
halves |
more than one half |
| ¡¡ |
haves |
those who possess |
|
: |
hammock |
rope bed |
| ¡¡ |
hummock |
low, rounded hill |
|
: |
hangar |
garage for airplanes |
| ¡¡ |
hanger |
from which things hang |
|
: |
Harold |
a man's name |
| ¡¡ |
herald |
a horn blower |
|
: |
hart |
a stag |
| ¡¡ |
heart |
blood pump |
|
: |
haut |
high, as in "haut couture" |
| ¡¡ |
ho |
an expression of admiration or surprise |
| ¡¡ |
hoe |
garden tool |
|
: |
hay |
grass |
| ¡¡ |
hey |
a shout |
|
: |
hays |
more than one type of hay |
| ¡¡ |
haze |
atmospheric obscuration due to water or
dust |
|
: |
he'd |
contraction of "he would" |
| ¡¡ |
heed |
to pay attention |
|
: |
he'll |
contraction of "he will" |
| ¡¡ |
heal |
to make well |
|
: |
he'll |
contraction of "he will" |
| ¡¡ |
hill |
smaller than a mountain |
|
: |
heal |
to cure of disease |
| ¡¡ |
heel |
hind part of foot |
|
: |
hear |
to listen |
| ¡¡ |
here |
at this location |
|
: |
heard |
listened to |
| ¡¡ |
herd |
a group of ruminants |
|
: |
heigh |
an exclamation |
| ¡¡ |
hi |
a greeting |
| ¡¡ |
hie |
to go quickly |
| ¡¡ |
high |
way up |
|
: |
heir, see: air
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
heroin |
narcotic |
| ¡¡ |
heroine |
female hero |
|
: |
hew |
to chop |
| ¡¡ |
hue |
a color |
| ¡¡ |
Hugh |
a man's name |
|
: |
hide |
animal skin |
| ¡¡ |
hied |
hurried |
|
: |
higher |
farther up |
| ¡¡ |
hire |
to employ |
|
: |
him |
pronoun |
| ¡¡ |
hymn |
religious song |
|
: |
hoar |
a white frost |
| ¡¡ |
whore |
a prostitute |
|
: |
hoard |
a great stash |
| ¡¡ |
horde |
a great many people |
| ¡¡ |
whored |
prostituted |
|
: |
hoarse |
rough voice |
| ¡¡ |
horse |
equine |
|
: |
hoes |
more than one garden weeding tool |
| ¡¡ |
hose |
tube for watering garden weeds |
|
: |
hold |
to grip |
| ¡¡ |
holed |
full of holes |
|
: |
hole |
round opening |
| ¡¡ |
whole |
entirety |
|
: |
holey |
perforated |
| ¡¡ |
holy |
with religious significance |
| ¡¡ |
wholly |
completely |
|
: |
hostel |
inexpensive lodging for travelers |
| ¡¡ |
hostile |
unfriendly |
|
: |
hour |
sixty minutes |
| ¡¡ |
our |
possessed by us |
|
: |
hours |
time measurement |
| ¡¡ |
ours |
belonging to us |
|
: |
humerus |
funny bone |
| ¡¡ |
humorous |
funny |
¡¡
| ¡¡ |
:I, see: aye
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:I'll, see: aisle
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
I'll, |
see: aisle |
| ¡¡ |
idle |
not working |
| ¡¡ |
idol |
object of worship |
| ¡¡ |
idyl |
paradise |
| ¡¡ |
:illicit, see: elicit
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:illude, see: elude
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
in |
expressing inclusion |
| ¡¡ |
inn |
hotel |
|
: |
inc |
short for incorporated |
| ¡¡ |
ink |
writing fluid |
|
: |
incite |
to provoke |
| ¡¡ |
insight |
understanding |
|
: |
innocence |
a state without guilt |
| ¡¡ |
innocents |
more than one innocent |
|
: |
inns |
hotels |
| ¡¡ |
ins |
those on the inside |
| ¡¡ |
:isle, see: aisle
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:islet, see: eyelet
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
it's |
contraction of "it is" |
| ¡¡ |
its |
possessive pronoun |
¡¡
|
: |
jam |
to smash together |
| ¡¡ |
jamb |
side post of a doorway |
| ¡¡ |
:jean, see: gene
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
jewel |
precious stone |
| ¡¡ |
joule |
unit of energy measure |
| ¡¡ |
:Jim, see: gym
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:jinn, see: gin |
¡¡ |
|
: |
juggler |
one who juggles |
| ¡¡ |
jugular |
artery to head |
¡¡
| ¡¡ |
:karat, see: carat
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:kernel, see: colonel
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:Kew, see: cue
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:key, see: cay
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
knap |
crest of a hill; break with a hammer |
| ¡¡ |
nap |
a short sleep |
|
: |
knead |
working bread dough |
| ¡¡ |
need |
must have |
| ¡¡ |
:knew, see: gnu
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
knickers |
woman's underwear |
| ¡¡ |
nickers |
those who nick |
|
: |
knight |
chivalrous man |
| ¡¡ |
night |
darkness |
|
: |
knit |
interlocking loops of yarn |
| ¡¡ |
nit |
louse egg |
|
: |
knits |
verb form of knit |
| ¡¡ |
nits |
louse eggs |
|
: |
knob |
handle |
| ¡¡ |
nob |
rich person |
|
: |
knock |
to rap |
| ¡¡ |
nock |
a notch in an arrow |
|
: |
knot |
fastening in cord |
| ¡¡ |
naught |
nothing |
| ¡¡ |
not |
negation |
|
: |
know |
to possess knowledge |
| ¡¡ |
no |
negation |
|
: |
knows |
"Only the shadow knows..." |
| ¡¡ |
noes |
"The noes have it..." |
| ¡¡ |
nose |
"Plain as the nose on your face..." |
| ¡¡ |
:kraft, see: craft
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:krater, see: crater |
¡¡ |
¡¡
|
: |
lacks |
does not have |
| ¡¡ |
lax |
loose discipline |
|
: |
lain |
past tense of lay |
| ¡¡ |
lane |
narrow road |
|
: |
lam |
headlong flight |
| ¡¡ |
lamb |
baby sheep |
|
: |
lay |
to recline |
| ¡¡ |
lei |
a flower necklace |
|
: |
lays |
to recline |
| ¡¡ |
laze |
to recline with extreme prejudice |
| ¡¡ |
leis |
several flower necklaces |
|
: |
lea |
a meadow |
| ¡¡ |
lee |
downwind |
| ¡¡ |
li |
about one-third of a mile in China |
|
: |
leach |
washing action |
| ¡¡ |
leech |
sucking parasite |
|
: |
lead |
heavy metal |
| ¡¡ |
led |
guided |
|
: |
leak |
accidental escape of liquid |
| ¡¡ |
leek |
variety of onion |
|
: |
lean |
angle of repose |
| ¡¡ |
lien |
a claim on property |
|
: |
leas |
more than one meadow |
| ¡¡ |
lees |
the dregs |
|
: |
leased |
rented |
| ¡¡ |
least |
the minimum |
|
: |
lends |
allows to borrow |
| ¡¡ |
lens |
convex glass |
|
: |
lessen |
to reduce |
| ¡¡ |
lesson |
a segment of learning |
|
: |
liar |
tells falsehoods |
| ¡¡ |
lyre |
stringed instrument |
|
: |
lichen |
a fungus among us |
| ¡¡ |
liken |
to compare |
|
: |
lie |
an untruth |
| ¡¡ |
lye |
a caustic |
|
: |
lieu |
instead |
| ¡¡ |
loo |
British toilet |
| ¡¡ |
Lou |
short for Louis |
|
: |
lightening |
removing weight or darkness |
| ¡¡ |
lightning |
static electricity from the sky |
|
: |
limb |
tree branch |
| ¡¡ |
limn |
delineate |
|
: |
limbs |
arms or legs |
| ¡¡ |
limns |
to illuminate, as in a manuscript |
|
: |
links |
pieces of chain |
| ¡¡ |
lynx |
feral cat |
|
: |
literal |
taking words in their primary sense |
| ¡¡ |
littoral |
having to do with the shore |
|
: |
lo |
interjection |
| ¡¡ |
low |
not high |
|
: |
load |
cargo |
| ¡¡ |
lode |
mineral vein |
|
: |
load |
what is carried |
| ¡¡ |
lowed |
a cow mooed |
|
: |
loan |
allow to borrow |
| ¡¡ |
lone |
by itself |
|
: |
loch |
a lake |
| ¡¡ |
lock |
a security device |
|
: |
lochs |
more than one lake |
| ¡¡ |
locks |
more than one security device |
| ¡¡ |
lox |
salmon jerky |
|
: |
loon |
a water fowl |
| ¡¡ |
lune |
a crescent shape |
|
: |
loop |
a circular pattern |
| ¡¡ |
loupe |
a jeweler's monocular magnifier |
|
: |
loos |
several British toilets |
| ¡¡ |
lose |
fail to win |
|
: |
loot |
ill-gotten gains |
| ¡¡ |
lute |
stringed instrument |
|
: |
lumbar |
lower back |
| ¡¡ |
lumber |
dimensional wood |
¡¡
|
: |
mach |
speed of sound |
| ¡¡ |
mock |
parody |
|
: |
made |
accomplished |
| ¡¡ |
maid |
young woman |
|
: |
mail |
postal delivery |
| ¡¡ |
male |
masculine person |
|
: |
main |
primary |
| ¡¡ |
mane |
back hair |
|
: |
maize |
corn |
| ¡¡ |
maze |
puzzle |
|
: |
mall |
hallway |
| ¡¡ |
maul |
shred |
| ¡¡ |
moll |
gangster's girlfriend |
|
: |
manner |
method |
| ¡¡ |
manor |
lord's house |
|
: |
marc |
coarse brandy |
| ¡¡ |
mark |
a sign |
| ¡¡ |
marque |
a license to privateer; a brand |
|
: |
marquee |
a rooflike projection over a theatre
entrance |
| ¡¡ |
marquis |
a nobleman ranking between a duke and a
count |
|
: |
marry |
to join in matrimony |
| ¡¡ |
merry |
happy |
|
: |
marshal |
to gather |
| ¡¡ |
martial |
warlike |
|
: |
massed |
grouped together |
| ¡¡ |
mast |
sail pole |
|
: |
Mays |
several spring months |
| ¡¡ |
maze |
a labyrinth |
|
: |
me |
myself |
| ¡¡ |
mi |
musical note |
|
: |
mean |
average |
| ¡¡ |
mein |
manner |
|
: |
meat |
animal flesh |
| ¡¡ |
meet |
to connect |
| ¡¡ |
mete |
a boundary |
|
: |
medal |
an award |
| ¡¡ |
meddle |
to interfere |
|
: |
men's |
owned by males |
| ¡¡ |
mends |
to repair |
|
: |
metal |
ductile element |
| ¡¡ |
mettle |
moxie |
|
: |
mewl |
to whimper |
| ¡¡ |
mule |
offspring of female horse and male donkey |
|
: |
mews |
stables |
| ¡¡ |
muse |
creative inspiration |
|
: |
might |
possible |
| ¡¡ |
mite |
tiny creature |
|
: |
mince |
chop finely |
| ¡¡ |
mints |
aromatic candies |
|
: |
mind |
thinking unit |
| ¡¡ |
mined |
looked for ore |
|
: |
miner |
one who digs |
| ¡¡ |
minor |
small |
|
: |
missal |
hymn book |
| ¡¡ |
missile |
projectile |
|
: |
missed |
not hit |
| ¡¡ |
mist |
fog |
|
: |
misses |
young ladies |
| ¡¡ |
Mrs. |
married lady |
|
: |
moan |
to groan |
| ¡¡ |
mown |
the lawn is freshly cut |
|
: |
moat |
water around a castle |
| ¡¡ |
mote |
a speck |
|
: |
mode |
condition |
| ¡¡ |
mowed |
a lawn in a well-trimmed condition |
|
: |
moir? |
optical illusion |
| ¡¡ |
moray |
eel |
|
: |
mood |
emotional state |
| ¡¡ |
mooed |
what the loquacious cow did |
|
: |
moor |
swampy coastland; to anchor |
| ¡¡ |
more |
additional |
|
: |
moose |
a large elk |
| ¡¡ |
mousse |
dessert of whipped cream and eggs |
|
: |
moral |
a social imperative |
| ¡¡ |
morel |
a mushroom |
|
: |
morn |
AM |
| ¡¡ |
mourn |
remember the dead |
|
: |
morning |
AM |
| ¡¡ |
mourning |
remembering the dead |
|
: |
muscle |
fibrous, contracting tissue |
| ¡¡ |
mussel |
a bivalve mollusc |
|
: |
muscles |
more than one muscle |
| ¡¡ |
mussels |
more than one mussel |
|
: |
mussed |
made messy |
| ¡¡ |
must |
required |
|
: |
mustard |
spicy yellow sauce |
| ¡¡ |
mustered |
assembled for roll call |
¡¡
| :nap, see: knap
|
| :naught, see: knot
|
|
: |
naval |
pertaining to
ships and the sea |
| ¡¡ |
navel |
pertaining to
the belly button |
|
: |
nay |
no |
| ¡¡ |
neigh |
a horse's cry |
|
: |
nays |
votes against |
| ¡¡ |
neighs |
a horse
vocalizes |
|
: |
neap |
the lowest
tide |
| ¡¡ |
neep |
a turnip |
|
| :need, see: knead
|
| :new, see: gnu
|
| :news, see: gnus
|
| :nice, see: gneiss
|
| :nickers, see: knickers
|
| :night, see: knight
|
| :nit, see: knit
|
| :nits, see: knits
|
| :no, see: know
|
| :nob, see: knob
|
| :nock, see: knock
|
| :nod, see: gnawed
|
| :noes, see: knows
|
|
: |
none |
not one |
| ¡¡ |
nun |
woman of God |
|
| :nose, see: knows
|
| :not, see: knot
|
¡¡
|
: |
oar |
boat propulsion system |
| ¡¡ |
or |
boolean deathtrap |
| ¡¡ |
ore |
mineral-laden dirt |
| ¡¡ |
:odd, see: awed
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:offal, see: aweful
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
oh |
interjection |
| ¡¡ |
owe |
to be indebted |
|
: |
ohs |
more than one letter "O" |
| ¡¡ |
owes |
in debt |
|
: |
one |
singularity |
| ¡¡ |
won |
victorious |
|
: |
oohs |
as in "oohs and ahs" |
| ¡¡ |
ooze |
slime |
| ¡¡ |
:oracle, see: auricle
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:oral, see: aural
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
ordinance |
a decree |
| ¡¡ |
ordnance |
artillery |
| ¡¡ |
:ought, see: aught
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:our, see: hour
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:ours, see: hours
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
overdo |
carried to excess |
| ¡¡ |
overdue |
past time for payment |
¡¡
|
: |
paced |
measured by footsteps |
| ¡¡ |
paste |
thick glue |
|
: |
packed |
placed in a container |
| ¡¡ |
pact |
agreement |
|
: |
pail |
bucket |
| ¡¡ |
pale |
light colored |
|
: |
pain |
it hurts |
| ¡¡ |
pane |
a single panel of glass |
|
: |
pair |
a set of two |
| ¡¡ |
pare |
cutting down |
| ¡¡ |
pear |
bottom-heavy fruit |
|
: |
palate |
taste |
| ¡¡ |
pallet |
a platform for transporting goods; bed |
| ¡¡ |
pallette |
a selection of paint |
|
: |
pall |
to become wearisome |
| ¡¡ |
Paul |
barefoot Beatle |
| ¡¡ |
pawl |
locks a ratchet |
|
: |
passed |
approved; moved on |
| ¡¡ |
past |
before now |
|
: |
patience |
being willing to wait |
| ¡¡ |
patients |
being willing to wait |
|
: |
pause |
to hesitate |
| ¡¡ |
paws |
cat transportation |
|
: |
pea |
round, green legume |
| ¡¡ |
pee |
piss |
|
: |
peace |
what hippies want |
| ¡¡ |
piece |
what hippies want |
|
: |
peak |
mountain top |
| ¡¡ |
peek |
secret look |
| ¡¡ |
pique |
ruffled pride |
|
: |
peal |
ringing sound |
| ¡¡ |
peel |
fruit wrapping |
|
: |
pealed |
rang with sound |
| ¡¡ |
peeled |
ready to eat |
|
: |
pearl |
round, luminescent gem from an oyster |
| ¡¡ |
purl |
to edge with a chain of small loops |
|
: |
pearl |
something of value made from an irritant |
| ¡¡ |
Perl |
something of value made from an irritant |
|
: |
pedal |
foot control |
| ¡¡ |
peddle |
to sell |
|
: |
peer |
an equal (a captain at sea has no peer) |
| ¡¡ |
pier |
wharf (a captain at sea has no pier) |
|
: |
pencil |
writing implement |
| ¡¡ |
pensil |
thin, swallowtail flag |
|
: |
per |
for each |
| ¡¡ |
purr |
endearing cat hum |
| ¡¡ |
:pharoah, see: farrow
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:phase, see: faze
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:phased, see: fazed
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:phew, see: few
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:phew, see: few
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:phial, see: file
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:philter, see: filter
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:phlox, see: flocks
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
pi |
3.1416 |
| ¡¡ |
pie |
good eating |
|
: |
picnic |
outdoor meal |
| ¡¡ |
pyknic |
physiological type with thick neck, large
abdomen and short limbs |
|
: |
pieced |
assembled from pieces |
| ¡¡ |
piste |
a ski run of compacted snow |
|
: |
pincer |
claw-like gripping action |
| ¡¡ |
pincher |
one who pinches |
| ¡¡ |
pinscher |
terrier |
|
: |
pistil |
seed-bearing organ of a flower |
| ¡¡ |
pistol |
hand gun |
|
: |
place |
a location |
| ¡¡ |
plaice |
a flounder |
|
: |
plain |
not fancy |
| ¡¡ |
plane |
a surface |
|
: |
plait |
braid |
| ¡¡ |
plate |
a dish |
|
: |
planar |
flat |
| ¡¡ |
planer |
one who planes |
|
: |
pleas |
crys for help |
| ¡¡ |
please |
good manners |
|
: |
pleural |
related to lungs |
| ¡¡ |
plural |
more than one |
|
: |
plum |
purple fruit |
| ¡¡ |
plumb |
straight up and down |
|
: |
polar |
relating to the North or South poles |
| ¡¡ |
poler |
one who uses a pole |
|
: |
Pole |
a person from Poland |
| ¡¡ |
pole |
big stick |
| ¡¡ |
poll |
a voting |
|
: |
poled |
a pole was used |
| ¡¡ |
polled |
lacking horns |
|
: |
pone |
the dealer's opponent in two-handed card
games |
| ¡¡ |
pony |
a small horse |
|
: |
poor |
no money |
| ¡¡ |
pore |
careful study; microscopic hole |
| ¡¡ |
pour |
to flow freely |
|
: |
popery |
a disparaging term for Catholics |
| ¡¡ |
potpourri |
a miscellaneous collection |
|
: |
praise |
to commend |
| ¡¡ |
prays |
worships God |
| ¡¡ |
preys |
hunts |
|
: |
pray |
worship God |
| ¡¡ |
prey |
hunt |
|
: |
precedence |
priority |
| ¡¡ |
precedents |
established course of action |
| ¡¡ |
presidents |
commanders-in-chief |
|
: |
presence |
the state of being present |
| ¡¡ |
presents |
what Santa brings |
|
: |
pride |
ego |
| ¡¡ |
pryed |
opened |
|
: |
pries |
wedging open |
| ¡¡ |
prize |
the reward |
|
: |
prince |
son of the King |
| ¡¡ |
prints |
impressions |
|
: |
principal |
head of school |
| ¡¡ |
principle |
causative force |
|
: |
profit |
money earned |
| ¡¡ |
prophet |
seer |
|
: |
pros |
multiple experts |
| ¡¡ |
prose |
ordinary language |
|
: |
psi |
twenty-third letter of Greek alphabet |
| ¡¡ |
sigh |
sad and weary breath |
| ¡¡ |
xi |
fourteenth letter of Greek alphabet |
¡¡
¡¡
|
: |
quarts |
several fourths-of-gallons |
| ¡¡ |
quartz |
crystalline rock |
| ¡¡ |
:quay, see: cay
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:queue, see: cue
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
quince |
small, round fruit |
| ¡¡ |
quints |
multiple quintuplets |
| ¡¡ |
:quire, see: choir
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:quoin, see: coin
|
¡¡ |
¡¡
|
: |
rabbet |
a groove cut in a board |
| ¡¡ |
rabbit |
small mammal |
|
: |
rack |
shelf |
| ¡¡ |
wrack |
wreckage |
|
: |
racket |
illegal moneymaking scheme |
| ¡¡ |
racquet |
woven bat for tennis |
|
: |
rain |
precipitation |
| ¡¡ |
reign |
sovereign rule |
| ¡¡ |
rein |
horse's steering wheel |
|
: |
raise |
elevate |
| ¡¡ |
rays |
thin beams of light |
| ¡¡ |
raze |
to tear down completely |
| ¡¡ |
:"raise" is the antonym of
"raze" |
¡¡ |
|
: |
rap |
a sharp knock |
| ¡¡ |
wrap |
to encase in cloth |
|
: |
rapped |
knocked sharply |
| ¡¡ |
rapt |
spellbound |
| ¡¡ |
wrapped |
encased in cloth |
|
: |
ray |
arrow of light |
| ¡¡ |
re |
musical note |
|
: |
read |
having knowledge from reading |
| ¡¡ |
red |
a primary color |
|
: |
read |
to get the meaning by looking |
| ¡¡ |
rede |
advice |
| ¡¡ |
reed |
tall, thin water plant |
|
: |
reading |
what you are doing now |
| ¡¡ |
reeding |
a small semicylindrical moulding or
ornamentation |
|
: |
reads |
gets the meaning by looking |
| ¡¡ |
reeds |
more than one aquatic plant |
|
: |
real |
authentic |
| ¡¡ |
reel |
armature for winding |
|
: |
recede |
to move backward |
| ¡¡ |
reseed |
to plant again |
|
: |
reck |
to care |
| ¡¡ |
wreck |
a ruin |
|
: |
reek |
smells bad |
| ¡¡ |
wreak |
to inflict |
|
: |
resinate |
to impregnate with resin |
| ¡¡ |
resonate |
sympathetic vibration |
|
: |
resisters |
protesters |
| ¡¡ |
resistors |
electrical restrictors |
|
: |
rest |
stop working |
| ¡¡ |
wrest |
take away |
|
: |
retch |
call Ralph on the porcelain telephone |
| ¡¡ |
wretch |
a ragamuffin |
|
: |
review |
a general survey or assessment |
| ¡¡ |
revue |
a series of theatrical sketches or songs |
|
: |
rheum |
watery discharge of mucous |
| ¡¡ |
room |
partitioned space |
|
: |
rheumy |
having a watery discharge of mucous |
| ¡¡ |
roomie |
colloquialism for "roommate" |
| ¡¡ |
roomy |
lots of space |
|
: |
rho |
seventeenth letter of Greek alphabet |
| ¡¡ |
roe |
fish eggs |
| ¡¡ |
row |
aisle; pull an oar |
|
: |
rhumb |
a constant compass direction |
| ¡¡ |
rum |
liquor distilled from sugar cane |
|
: |
rhyme |
a verse with regular recurrence of sounds |
| ¡¡ |
rime |
frost |
|
: |
rigger |
one who rigs |
| ¡¡ |
rigor |
discipline |
|
: |
right |
correct |
| ¡¡ |
rite |
ritual |
| ¡¡ |
wright |
a maker |
| ¡¡ |
write |
to inscribe |
|
: |
ring |
circle around your finger |
| ¡¡ |
wring |
twisting |
|
: |
rise |
to stand up |
| ¡¡ |
ryes |
varieties of grain |
|
: |
road |
a broad trail |
| ¡¡ |
rode |
past tense of ride |
| ¡¡ |
rowed |
to propel a boat by oars |
|
: |
roam |
to wander |
| ¡¡ |
Rome |
Italian capital |
|
: |
roil |
to make turbid |
| ¡¡ |
royal |
worthy of a king or queen |
|
: |
role |
part to play |
| ¡¡ |
roll |
rotate |
|
: |
rood |
a cross |
| ¡¡ |
rude |
coarse |
|
: |
roomer |
a tenant |
| ¡¡ |
rumor |
gossip |
|
: |
root |
subterranean part of a plant |
| ¡¡ |
route |
path of travel |
|
: |
rose |
pretty flower |
| ¡¡ |
rows |
linear arrangement |
|
: |
rot |
decay |
| ¡¡ |
wrought |
made |
|
: |
rote |
by memory |
| ¡¡ |
wrote |
has written |
|
: |
rough |
coarse |
| ¡¡ |
ruff |
pleated collar |
|
: |
rout |
to force out |
| ¡¡ |
route |
path of travel |
|
: |
roux |
cooked butter and flour |
| ¡¡ |
rue |
regret |
|
: |
rude |
impolite |
| ¡¡ |
rued |
regretted |
|
: |
rye |
grain |
| ¡¡ |
wry |
twisted |
¡¡
|
: |
sachet |
a small bag containing perfumed powder |
| ¡¡ |
sashay |
to strut or flounce |
|
: |
sacks |
bags |
| ¡¡ |
sax |
short for saxophone |
|
: |
sail |
wind powered water travel |
| ¡¡ |
sale |
the act of selling |
|
: |
sane |
mentally normal |
| ¡¡ |
seine |
fishing net |
|
: |
saner |
more mentally normal than others |
| ¡¡ |
seiner |
one who fishes with a net |
|
: |
saver |
one who saves |
| ¡¡ |
savor |
to relish a taste |
|
: |
sawed |
cut timber |
| ¡¡ |
sod |
turf |
|
: |
scene |
visual location |
| ¡¡ |
seen |
past tense of saw |
| ¡¡ |
:scent, see: cent |
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:scents, see: cents
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
scull |
rowing motion |
| ¡¡ |
skull |
head bone |
|
: |
sea |
ocean |
| ¡¡ |
see |
to look |
|
: |
seal |
to close |
| ¡¡ |
seel |
to close someone's eyes |
| ¡¡ |
:sealing, see: ceiling
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
seam |
row of stitches |
| ¡¡ |
seem |
appears |
|
: |
seamen |
sailors |
| ¡¡ |
semen |
male discharge |
|
: |
seams |
more than one rows of stitching |
| ¡¡ |
seems |
it appears to be |
|
: |
sear |
scorched |
| ¡¡ |
seer |
a person who sees |
| ¡¡ |
:sear, see: cere
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
seas |
oceans |
| ¡¡ |
sees |
looks |
| ¡¡ |
seize |
to grab |
|
: |
sects |
religious factions |
| ¡¡ |
sex |
if you have to ask, you're too young |
| ¡¡ |
:seed, see:
cede |
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:seeder, see:
cedar |
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:seeding,
see: ceding |
¡¡ |
|
: |
seek |
to look for |
| ¡¡ |
Sikh |
Hindu religious sect |
| ¡¡ |
:seer, see: cere
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:sell, see: cell
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:seller, see: cellar
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:sense, see: cents
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:senses, see: census
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:sensor, see: censer
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:sent, see: cent
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:sere, see: cere
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
serf |
slave |
| ¡¡ |
surf |
breaking waves |
|
: |
serge |
strong twilled fabric |
| ¡¡ |
surge |
forceful push |
| ¡¡ |
:serial, see: cereal
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:series, see: Ceres
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:session, see: cession
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
sew |
needle and thread |
| ¡¡ |
so |
in the manner shown |
| ¡¡ |
sol |
musical note |
| ¡¡ |
sow |
broadcasting seeds |
|
: |
sewer |
one who sews |
| ¡¡ |
sower |
one who sows |
|
: |
sewer |
waste drain |
| ¡¡ |
suer |
one who sues |
|
: |
shake |
vibrate |
| ¡¡ |
sheik |
Arab prince |
|
: |
shall |
is allowed |
| ¡¡ |
shell |
aquatic exoskeleton |
|
: |
she'll |
contraction of "she will" |
| ¡¡ |
shill |
a decoy |
|
: |
shear |
to cut or wrench |
| ¡¡ |
sheer |
thin; abrupt turn |
|
: |
shears |
cuts or wrenches; scissors |
| ¡¡ |
sheers |
abruptly turns |
|
: |
sheave |
pulley |
| ¡¡ |
shiv |
knife |
|
: |
shoe |
footwear |
| ¡¡ |
shoo |
"go away" |
|
: |
shoes |
more than one shoe |
| ¡¡ |
shoos |
sends away |
| ¡¡ |
:shoot, see: chute
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
sic |
to set upon |
| ¡¡ |
sick |
ill |
|
: |
sics |
sets upon |
| ¡¡ |
six |
whole number |
|
: |
side |
lateral |
| ¡¡ |
sighed |
breathed sorrowfully |
| ¡¡ |
:sigh, see: psi
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
sighs |
multiple sad and weary breaths |
| ¡¡ |
size |
magnitude |
| ¡¡ |
:sight, see: cite
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:sighted, see: cited
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:sights, see: cites
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
sign |
displayed board bearing information |
| ¡¡ |
sine |
reciprocal of the cosecant |
| ¡¡ |
:signet, see: cygnet
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
sink |
to submerge |
| ¡¡ |
synch |
together in time |
|
: |
Sioux |
tribe of native Americans |
| ¡¡ |
sou |
French coin worth five centimes |
| ¡¡ |
sough |
soft sound |
| ¡¡ |
sue |
bring civil action |
| ¡¡ |
:site, see: cite
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:sited, see: cited
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:sites, see: cites
|
¡¡ |
|
: |
slay |
kill |
| ¡¡ |
sleigh |
snow carriage |
|
: |
sleight |
cunning skill |
| ¡¡ |
slight |
not much |
|
: |
slew |
past tense of slay |
| ¡¡ |
slough |
bog |
| ¡¡ |
slue |
to swing around |
|
: |
sloe |
blackthorn berries |
| ¡¡ |
slow |
not fast |
|
: |
soar |
fly |
| ¡¡ |
sore |
hurt |
|
: |
soared |
to have sailed through the air |
| ¡¡ |
sword |
long fighting blade |
|
: |
solace |
comfort |
| ¡¡ |
soulless |
lacking a soul |
|
: |
sole |
only |
| ¡¡ |
soul |
immortal part of a person |
|
: |
some |
a few |
| ¡¡ |
sum |
result of addition |
|
: |
son |
male child |
| ¡¡ |
sun |
star |
|
: |
sonny |
diminutive for male child |
| ¡¡ |
sunny |
lit by the sun |
|
: |
soot |
black residue of burning |
| ¡¡ |
suit |
clothes |
|
: |
sordid |
squalid |
| ¡¡ |
sorted |
arranged |
|
: |
spade |
shovel |
| ¡¡ |
spayed |
to sterilize a female animal |
|
: |
spoor |
trail of an animal |
| ¡¡ |
spore |
single cell reproductive body |
|
: |
staid |
reserved |
| ¡¡ |
stayed |
remained |
|
: |
stair |
a step |
| ¡¡ |
stare |
look intently |
|
: |
stake |
wooden pole |
| ¡¡ |
steak |
slice of meat |
|
: |
statice |
an astringent herb |
| ¡¡ |
status |
position with regard to law |
|
: |
stationary |
not moving |
| ¡¡ |
stationery |
writing paper |
|
: |
steal |
take unlawfully |
| ¡¡ |
steel |
iron alloy |
|
: |
step |
a measure taken |
| ¡¡ |
steppe |
a level, grassy, unforested plain |
|
: |
stile |
narrow passage |
| ¡¡ |
style |
mode |
|
: |
stoop |
a small porch |
| ¡¡ |
stoup |
a drinking cup |
|
: |
storey |
the horizontal divisions of a building |
| ¡¡ |
story |
a narrative tale |
|
: |
straight |
not crooked |
| ¡¡ |
strait |
narrow waterway |
|
: |
succor |
relief |
| ¡¡ |
sucker |
one who sucks |
|
: |
suede |
split leather |
| ¡¡ |
swayed |
curved; convinced |
|
: |
suite |
ensemble |
| ¡¡ |
sweet |
sugary |
|
: |
summary |
precis |
| ¡¡ |
summery |
like summer |
|
: |
sundae |
ice cream with syrup on it |
| ¡¡ |
Sunday |
first day of the week |
| ¡¡ |
:symbol, see: cymbal
|
¡¡ |
¡¡
|
: |
tach |
short for tachometer |
| ¡¡ |
tack |
small nail |
|
: |
tacks |
small nails |
| ¡¡ |
tax |
governmental tithe |
|
: |
tail |
spinal appendage |
| ¡¡ |
tale |
story |
|
: |
tailer |
one who hauls in on a ship's line |
| ¡¡ |
tailor |
one who makes clothes |
|
: |
taper |
wedge-shaped |
| ¡¡ |
tapir |
hoglike, Malaysian mammal |
|
: |
tare |
allowance for the weight of packing
materials |
| ¡¡ |
tear |
to rip |
|
: |
taught |
past tense of teach |
| ¡¡ |
taut |
stretched tight |
|
: |
tea |
herbal infusion |
| ¡¡ |
tee |
golfball prop |
| ¡¡ |
ti |
musical note |
|
: |
team |
a group working together |
| ¡¡ |
teem |
to swarm |
|
: |
teaming |
a fortuitous pairing |
| ¡¡ |
teeming |
a swarming |
|
: |
tear |
eyeball lubricant |
| ¡¡ |
tier |
a horizontal row |
|
: |
teas |
more than one herbal infusion |
| ¡¡ |
tease |
tantalize |
| ¡¡ |
tees |
more than one tee |
|
: |
tenner |
English slang for a ten pound note |
| ¡¡ |
tenor |
tendency |
|
: |
tense |
nervous |
| ¡¡ |
tents |
more than one temporary shelter |
|
: |
tern |
a shorebird |
| ¡¡ |
terne |
alloy of lead and tin |
| ¡¡ |
turn |
rotate |
|
: |
Thai |
from Thailand |
| ¡¡ |
tie |
a draw |
|
: |
the |
denoting persons already mentioned |
| ¡¡ |
thee |
objective case of thou |
|
: |
their |
belonging to them |
| ¡¡ |
there |
a place |
| ¡¡ |
they're |
contraction of "they are" |
|
: |
threw |
to propel by hand |
| ¡¡ |
through |
from end to end |
|
: |
throe |
a spasm of pain |
| ¡¡ |
throw |
to discharge through the air |
|
: |
throes |
spasms of pain |
| ¡¡ |
throws |
discharging through the air |
|
: |
throne |
the royal seat |
| ¡¡ |
thrown |
was hurled |
|
: |
thyme |
herb |
| ¡¡ |
time |
natures way of keeping everything from
happening at once |
|
: |
tic |
twitch |
| ¡¡ |
tick |
small noise; parasitic bug |
|
: |
ticks |
the sounds of a clock |
| ¡¡ |
tics |
more than one twitch |
|
: |
tide |
periodic ebb and flow of oceans |
| ¡¡ |
tied |
passed tense of tie |
|
: |
tighten |
to make tighter |
| ¡¡ |
titan |
a giant |
|
: |
timber |
wood for building |
| ¡¡ |
timbre |
musical quality |
|
: |
tire |
round, rubber things on your car |
| ¡¡ |
tyer |
one who ties |
|
: |
to |
toward |
| ¡¡ |
too |
also |
| ¡¡ |
two |
a couple |
|
: |
toad |
frog |
| ¡¡ |
toed |
having toes |
| ¡¡ |
towed |
pulled ahead |
|
: |
tocsin |
an alarm |
| ¡¡ |
toxin |
a poison |
|
: |
tocsins |
more than one alarm |
| ¡¡ |
toxins |
more than one poisons |
|
: |
toe |
forepart of the foot |
| ¡¡ |
tow |
to pull ahead |
|
: |
told |
what was spoken |
| ¡¡ |
tolled |
a bell was rung |
|
: |
tole |
lacquered metalware |
| ¡¡ |
toll |
a tax or charge |
|
: |
ton |
2000 lbs. |
| ¡¡ |
Tun |
a large cask |
|
: |
tongue |
mouth muscle |
| ¡¡ |
tung |
Chinese tree and its oil (similar to
linseed) |
|
: |
toon |
cartoon personality |
| ¡¡ |
tune |
song |
|
: |
tort |
a sweet cake for lawyers |
| ¡¡ |
torte |
a sweet cake for kids |
|
: |
tough |
difficult |
| ¡¡ |
tuff |
a stratified, porous rock |
|
: |
tracked |
having tracks |
| ¡¡ |
tract |
a plot of land |
|
: |
tray |
a platter |
| ¡¡ |
trey |
three; Bill Gates' nickname |
|
: |
troop |
a company of soldiers |
| ¡¡ |
troup |
a company of actors |
|
: |
trooper |
a private soldier |
| ¡¡ |
trouper |
a staunch colleague |
|
: |
troopers |
several soldiers |
| ¡¡ |
troupers |
multiple actors |
|
: |
trussed |
tied up |
| ¡¡ |
trust |
faith |
¡¡
| :Unix, see: eunuchs
|
| :URL, see: e'er,
|
| :urn, see: earn
|
| :use, see: ewes
|
¡¡
| : |
vain |
worthless |
| ¡¡ |
vane |
flat piece moving with the air |
| ¡¡ |
vein |
blood vessel |
| : |
vale |
valley |
| ¡¡ |
veil |
gauzy fabric |
| : |
vary |
to change |
| ¡¡ |
very |
extremely |
| : |
verses |
paragraphs |
| ¡¡ |
versus |
against |
| : |
vial |
narrow glass container |
| ¡¡ |
vile |
despicable |
| ¡¡ |
viol |
stringed instrument |
| : |
vice |
bad habit |
| ¡¡ |
vise |
bench-mounted clamp |
¡¡
| : |
WACs |
members of the Women's Army Corps |
| ¡¡ |
wax |
candle stuff |
| ¡¡ |
whacks |
several blows |
| : |
wade |
walk in shallow water |
| ¡¡ |
weighed |
weight was measured |
| : |
wail |
a cry |
| ¡¡ |
wale |
welt; corduroy ridge |
| ¡¡ |
whale |
large oceanic mammal |
| : |
wain |
a wagon |
| ¡¡ |
wane |
decrease |
| ¡¡ |
Wayne |
a man's name |
| : |
waist |
between ribs and hips |
| ¡¡ |
waste |
make ill use of |
| : |
wait |
remain in readiness |
| ¡¡ |
weight |
an amount of heaviness |
| : |
waive |
give up rights |
| ¡¡ |
wave |
undulating motion |
| : |
waiver |
contract for giving up rights |
| ¡¡ |
waver |
rocking motion |
| : |
Wales |
Western division of UK |
| ¡¡ |
wales |
corduroy ridges |
| ¡¡ |
whales |
a pod of ocean mammals |
| : |
walk |
perambulate |
| ¡¡ |
wok |
Chinese cooking pan |
| : |
walks |
moves by foot |
| ¡¡ |
woks |
salient feature of a Chinese kitchen |
| : |
want |
desire |
| ¡¡ |
wont |
accustomed |
| : |
war |
large scale armed conflict |
| ¡¡ |
wore |
past tense of wear |
| : |
ware |
merchandise |
| ¡¡ |
wear |
attire |
| ¡¡ |
where |
a place |
| : |
warn |
to advise of a hazard |
| ¡¡ |
worn |
displaying evidence of use |
| : |
warrantee |
one who is protected by a guarantee |
| ¡¡ |
warranty |
a guarantee |
| : |
warship |
naval implement of destruction |
| ¡¡ |
worship |
revere in a religious manner |
| : |
wary |
cautious |
| ¡¡ |
wherry |
light row boat |
| : |
way |
path or direction |
| ¡¡ |
weigh |
to measure weight |
| ¡¡ |
whey |
watery part of milk |
| : |
we |
us |
| ¡¡ |
wee |
very small |
| : |
we'd |
contraction of "we would" |
| ¡¡ |
weed |
like how our flowers won't grow |
| : |
we'll |
contraction of "we will" |
| ¡¡ |
wheel |
what we keep reinventing |
| : |
we're |
contraction of "we are" |
| ¡¡ |
weir |
a low dam, or a fence in a river for catching fish |
| : |
we're |
contraction of "we are" |
| ¡¡ |
were |
past tense plural of "to be" |
| ¡¡ |
whir |
prolonged swish or buzz |
| : |
we've |
contraction of "we have" |
| ¡¡ |
weave |
to make cloth |
| : |
weak |
not strong |
| ¡¡ |
week |
seven days |
| : |
weal |
a skin welt |
| ¡¡ |
wheel |
what we in Silicon Valley continually reinvent |
| : |
weald |
a rural area |
| ¡¡ |
wheeled |
having wheels |
| ¡¡ |
wield |
to apply or use |
| : |
weather |
meteorological conditions |
| ¡¡ |
wether |
a castrated ram |
| ¡¡ |
whether |
if it be the case |
| : |
weld |
to join metal by melting its edges |
| ¡¡ |
welled |
pouring forth |
| : |
wen |
a benign skin tumor |
| ¡¡ |
when |
at a specific time |
| : |
wet |
watery |
| ¡¡ |
whet |
prime |
| : |
which |
selection |
| ¡¡ |
witch |
broomstick ridin' crones |
| : |
whig |
supporter of American revolution |
| ¡¡ |
wig |
false hairpiece |
| : |
while |
during |
| ¡¡ |
wile |
craft |
| : |
whiled |
passing the time |
| ¡¡ |
wild |
untamed |
| : |
whine |
annoying cry |
| ¡¡ |
wine |
fermented grape juice |
| : |
whined |
past tense of whine |
| ¡¡ |
wind |
what you do to a clockwork |
| ¡¡ |
wined |
drank well of spirits |
| : |
whirled |
rapidly rotated |
| ¡¡ |
world |
Earth |
| : |
whirred |
made a whizzing or buzzing sound |
| ¡¡ |
word |
a speech sound |
| : |
whit |
insignificant amount |
| ¡¡ |
wit |
cleverness; sense of humor |
| : |
whither |
to which place, point, condition, etc.? |
| ¡¡ |
wither |
shrivel up |
| : |
who's |
contraction of "who is" |
| ¡¡ |
whose |
belonging to whom |
| : |
whoa |
equestrian directive to stop |
| ¡¡ |
woe |
despair |
| ¡¡ |
:whole, see: hole
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wholly, see: holey
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:whore, see: hoar
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:whored, see: hoard
|
¡¡ |
| : |
why |
how come? |
| ¡¡ |
wye |
the shape of the letter "Y" |
| ¡¡ |
:won, see: one
|
¡¡ |
| : |
won't |
contraction of "will not" |
| ¡¡ |
wont |
accustomed |
| : |
wood |
what trees are made of |
| ¡¡ |
would |
will do |
| : |
worst |
least best |
| ¡¡ |
wurst |
sausage |
| ¡¡ |
:wrack, see: rack
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wrap, see: rap
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wrapped, see: rapped
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wreak, see: reek |
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wreck, see: reck
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wrest, see: rest
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wretch, see: retch
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wright, see: right
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wring, see: ring
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:write, see: right
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wrote, see: rote
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wrought, see: rot
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:wry, see: rye
|
¡¡ |
| : |
y'all |
Southern contraction of "you all" |
| ¡¡ |
yawl |
two-masted sailboat with mizzenmast abaft the tiller |
| : |
yack |
informal talk |
| ¡¡ |
yak |
long-haired Tibetan ox |
| ¡¡ |
:yew, see: ewe
|
¡¡ |
| ¡¡ |
:yews, see: ewes |
¡¡ |
| : |
yoke |
oxen harness |
| ¡¡ |
yolk |
yellow egg center |
| : |
yokes |
more than one harness |
| ¡¡ |
yolks |
an omelet |
| : |
yore |
the past |
| ¡¡ |
you're |
contraction of "you are" |
| ¡¡ |
your |
belonging to you |
| ¡¡ |
:you, see: ewe
|
¡¡ |
| : |
you'll |
contraction of "you will" |
| ¡¡ |
yule |
Christmas |
¡¡ |
|
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