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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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B
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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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C
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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 |
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cougher |
one who coughs |
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coin |
money |
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quoin |
corner stone |
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colonel |
military officer |
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kernel |
seed |
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complacence |
self-satisfaction |
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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 |
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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 |
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symbol |
a representation |
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dam |
holds back water |
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damn |
a curse |
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dammed |
prevented from flowing |
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damned |
cursed |
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darn |
to mend |
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darne |
a fish steak |
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days |
more than one day
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daze |
to bewilder
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dear |
beloved
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deer |
Bambi
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dew |
morning condensation |
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do |
to perform |
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due |
payable |
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die |
to become dead |
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dye |
coloring agent |
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died |
passed away
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dyed |
colored
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dies |
passing away
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dyes |
colors
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dine |
to eat
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dyne |
unit of energy
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dire |
desperate |
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dyer |
one who dyes |
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disc |
a phonograph record |
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disk |
a round, plate-shaped object |
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discreet |
confidential
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discrete |
individual
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discussed |
talked about |
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disgust |
sickening |
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do |
first note of diatonic scale
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doe |
a female deer |
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dough |
uncooked bread |
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doc |
a physician
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dock |
where a boat is kept
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does |
several female deer |
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doughs |
several uncooked breads |
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doze |
to nap |
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done |
completed |
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dun |
demand money |
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dos |
opposite of don'ts
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dues |
membership payments
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draft |
a preliminary written version
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draught |
a gust of wind; depth of water needed to float a ship
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dual |
two things |
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duel |
a fight between two over honor |
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E
e'er, see:
air
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e'er, |
see: air |
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earl |
British nobleman
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URL |
Internet address
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earn |
to come to deserve |
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urn |
a jar |
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effect, see:
affect
eh, see:
a
eight, see:
ate
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elicit |
to draw out
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illicit |
unlawful
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elude |
to escape from
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illude |
to deceive
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epic |
a narrative poem or story |
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epoch |
a noteworthy period in history |
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ere, see:
air
err, see:
air
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eunuchs |
men unable to serve all of humanity |
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Unix |
operating system unable to serve all of humanity |
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ewe |
female sheep |
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yew |
a type of tree |
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you |
the second person |
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ewes |
more than one female sheep |
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use |
to apply |
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yews |
more than one yew tree
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eye, see:
aye
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eyelet |
small hole for laces
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islet |
small island
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facts |
objective things |
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fax |
obsolete, but widespread, image transmission technology |
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fain |
willing
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feign |
pretend to be affected
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faint |
pass out |
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feint |
a weak, misdirected attack to confuse the enemy |
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fair |
even-handed |
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fare |
payment |
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fairing |
streamlining
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faring |
the state of progress
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fairy |
imaginary magic person |
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ferry |
river-crossing boat |
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faker |
a deceiver |
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fakir |
a Hindu ascetic |
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farrow |
a litter of pigs
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pharoah |
Egyptian king
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faux |
fake
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foe |
enemy
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fay |
a fairy
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Faye |
a woman's name
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fey |
strange and otherwordly
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fays |
more than one fairy
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faze |
to disconcert
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faze |
to stun |
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phase |
a part of the sequence |
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fazed |
stunned |
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phased |
done in sequential parts |
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feat |
an accomplishment |
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feet |
look down |
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ferrate |
a salt containing iron and oxygen
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ferret |
a domesticated polecat
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feted |
celebrated
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fetid |
stinking
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few |
not many
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phew |
expression of relief
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file |
a folder for holding papers
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phial |
a small glass bottle
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fills |
plural of fill |
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fils |
one one-thousandth of an Iraqi dinar |
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filter |
keep the bad stuff from passing through
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philter |
a love potion
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find |
to locate
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fined |
to have to pay a parking ticket
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finish |
to complete |
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Finnish |
from Finland |
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fir |
evergreen tree |
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fur |
animal hair |
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furr |
to separate with strips of wood |
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fisher |
one who fishes |
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fissure |
a crack |
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flair |
verve |
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flare |
to spread |
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flea |
parasitic insect |
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flee |
to run away |
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flecks |
many tiny specks
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flex |
to bend
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flew |
past tense of fly |
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flu |
short for influenza |
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flue |
chimney pipe |
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Flo |
a girl's name
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floe |
sheet of floating ice
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flow |
to glide along
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flocks |
more than one group of birds
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phlox |
a scented plant
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floes |
sheets of floating ice
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flows |
glides along
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floor |
what one walks on
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fluor |
something that glows
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flour |
powdered grain |
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flower |
a bloom |
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for |
in place of |
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fore |
in front |
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four |
number after three |
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forego |
to precede |
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forgo |
to abstain from |
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foreword |
introduction to a book |
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forward |
the facing direction |
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fort |
a fortification
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forte |
a person's strong point
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forth |
a direction |
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fourth |
following the third |
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foul |
grossly offensive to the senses
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fowl |
domestic hen or rooster
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frees |
releasing |
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freeze |
very cold |
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frieze |
a wall decoration |
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friar |
a monk |
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fryer |
small chicken |
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gaff |
a barbed spear |
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gaffe |
a mistake |
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gage |
a pledge or security deposit
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gauge |
instrument for measuring
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gait |
a manner of walking or running |
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gate |
fence door |
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gaited |
describing a walking horse
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gated |
having a gate
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galley |
ship's kitchen
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gally |
to frighten or terrify
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gallop |
horse's fastest gait |
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galop |
a round dance |
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gays |
a frisky gathering |
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gaze |
a languid look |
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gene |
a chromosome |
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jean |
cotton twill |
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gild |
to coat with gold |
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gilled |
having gills
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guild |
a craft society |
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gilt |
gold-plated |
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guilt |
culpable |
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gin |
alcoholic beverage
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jinn |
plural of jinni, a Muslim spirit or demon
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gnawed |
chewed |
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nod |
head tilting |
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gneiss |
coarse-grained metamorphic rock of feldspar, quartz and mica
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nice |
pleasant
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gnu |
African antelope |
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knew |
past tense of know |
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new |
not old |
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gnus |
several antelope
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news |
timely information
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gored |
pierced by an animal's horns
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gourd |
fleshy fruit with hard skin
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gorilla |
large ape |
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guerrilla |
irregular soldier |
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grade |
a slope |
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grayed |
turned gray |
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graft |
to attach |
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graphed |
plotted |
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grate |
a lattice |
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great |
extremely good |
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grays |
more than one shade of black
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graze |
to eat grass while wandering
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grease |
lubricant |
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Greece |
Mediterranean country |
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greave |
leg armor |
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grieve |
to mourn |
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greaves |
more than one greave |
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grieves |
to mourn |
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grill |
to sear cook
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grille |
an iron gate or door
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groan |
reaction to hearing a pun |
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grown |
has gotten larger |
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guessed |
past tense of guess |
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guest |
a visitor |
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guide |
one who shows the way
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guyed |
secured with a rope or wire
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guise |
appearance |
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guys |
Garrison Keillor's obsession |
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gunnel |
small, eel-shaped marine fish; butterfish
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gunwale |
upper part of sides of a boat
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gym |
sports room |
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Jim |
nickname for James |
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hail |
frozen rain |
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hale |
robust health |
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hair |
grows from your head |
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hare |
rabbit |
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hairy |
having much hair |
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Harry |
a man's name |
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harry |
to harass or hunt
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hall |
a large room |
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haul |
to carry |
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halve |
break in two
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have |
to hold in possession
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halves |
more than one half |
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haves |
those who possess |
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hammock |
rope bed |
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hummock |
low, rounded hill |
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hangar |
garage for airplanes |
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hanger |
from which things hang |
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Harold |
a man's name |
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herald |
a horn blower |
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hart |
a stag |
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heart |
blood pump |
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haut |
high, as in "haut couture"
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ho |
an expression of admiration or surprise
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hoe |
garden tool
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hay |
grass |
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hey |
a shout |
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hays |
more than one type of hay
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haze |
atmospheric obscuration due to water or dust
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he'd |
contraction of "he would"
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heed |
to pay attention
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he'll |
contraction of "he will"
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heal |
to make well
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he'll |
contraction of "he will"
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hill |
smaller than a mountain
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heal |
to cure of disease
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heel |
hind part of foot
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hear |
to listen |
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here |
at this location |
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heard |
listened to |
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herd |
a group of ruminants |
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heigh |
an exclamation |
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hi |
a greeting |
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hie |
to go quickly
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high |
way up |
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heir, see:
air
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heroin |
narcotic
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heroine |
female hero
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hew |
to chop |
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hue |
a color |
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Hugh |
a man's name |
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hide |
animal skin
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hied |
hurried
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higher |
farther up |
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hire |
to employ |
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him |
pronoun |
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hymn |
religious song |
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hoar |
a white frost
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whore |
a prostitute
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hoard |
a great stash
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horde |
a great many people
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whored |
prostituted
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hoarse |
rough voice |
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horse |
equine |
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hoes |
more than one garden weeding tool |
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hose |
tube for watering garden weeds |
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hold |
to grip
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holed |
full of holes
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hole |
round opening |
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whole |
entirety |
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holey |
perforated |
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holy |
with religious significance |
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wholly |
completely |
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hostel |
inexpensive lodging for travelers
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hostile |
unfriendly
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hour |
sixty minutes
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our |
possessed by us
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hours |
time measurement |
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ours |
belonging to us |
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humerus |
funny bone |
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humorous |
funny |
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I, see:
aye
I'll, see:
aisle
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I'll, |
see: aisle |
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idle |
not working |
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idol |
object of worship |
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idyl |
paradise |
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illicit, see:
elicit
illude, see:
elude
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in |
expressing inclusion
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inn |
hotel
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inc |
short for incorporated |
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ink |
writing fluid |
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incite |
to provoke |
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insight |
understanding |
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innocence |
a state without guilt |
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innocents |
more than one innocent |
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inns |
hotels
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ins |
those on the inside
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isle, see:
aisle
islet, see:
eyelet
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it's |
contraction of "it is" |
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its |
possessive pronoun |
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jam |
to smash together
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jamb |
side post of a doorway
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jean, see:
gene
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jewel |
precious stone |
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joule |
unit of energy measure |
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Jim, see:
gym
jinn, see:
gin
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juggler |
one who juggles |
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jugular |
artery to head |
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karat, see:
carat
kernel, see:
colonel
Kew, see:
cue
key, see:
cay
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knap |
crest of a hill; break with a hammer
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nap |
a short sleep
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knead |
working bread dough
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need |
must have
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knew, see:
gnu
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knickers |
woman's underwear
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nickers |
those who nick
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knight |
chivalrous man |
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night |
darkness |
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knit |
interlocking loops of yarn
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nit |
louse egg
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knits |
verb form of knit
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nits |
louse eggs
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knob |
handle |
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nob |
rich person |
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knock |
to rap |
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nock |
a notch in an arrow |
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knot |
fastening in cord |
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naught |
nothing |
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not |
negation |
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know |
to possess knowledge |
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no |
negation |
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knows |
"Only the shadow knows..." |
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noes |
"The noes have it..." |
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nose |
"Plain as the nose on your face..." |
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kraft, see:
craft
krater, see:
crater
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lacks |
does not have
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lax |
loose discipline
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lain |
past tense of lay |
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lane |
narrow road |
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lam |
headlong flight |
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lamb |
baby sheep |
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lay |
to recline
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lei |
a flower necklace
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lays |
to recline
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laze |
to recline with extreme prejudice
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leis |
several flower necklaces
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lea |
a meadow |
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lee |
downwind |
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li |
about one-third of a mile in China |
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leach |
washing action |
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leech |
sucking parasite |
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lead |
heavy metal |
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led |
guided |
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leak |
accidental escape of liquid |
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leek |
variety of onion |
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lean |
angle of repose |
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lien |
a claim on property |
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leas |
more than one meadow
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lees |
the dregs
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leased |
rented |
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least |
the minimum |
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lends |
allows to borrow |
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lens |
convex glass |
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lessen |
to reduce |
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lesson |
a segment of learning |
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liar |
tells falsehoods |
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lyre |
stringed instrument |
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lichen |
a fungus among us |
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liken |
to compare |
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lie |
an untruth |
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lye |
a caustic |
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lieu |
instead
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loo |
British toilet
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Lou |
short for Louis
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lightening |
removing weight or darkness |
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lightning |
static electricity from the sky |
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limb |
tree branch |
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limn |
delineate |
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limbs |
arms or legs
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limns |
to illuminate, as in a manuscript
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links |
pieces of chain |
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lynx |
feral cat |
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literal |
taking words in their primary sense
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littoral |
having to do with the shore
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lo |
interjection
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low |
not high
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load |
cargo |
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lode |
mineral vein |
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load |
what is carried
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lowed |
a cow mooed
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loan |
allow to borrow |
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lone |
by itself |
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loch |
a lake
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lock |
a security device
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lochs |
more than one lake
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locks |
more than one security device
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lox |
salmon jerky |
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loon |
a water fowl |
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lune |
a crescent shape |
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loop |
a circular pattern
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loupe |
a jeweler's monocular magnifier
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loos |
several British toilets
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lose |
fail to win
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loot |
ill-gotten gains |
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lute |
stringed instrument |
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lumbar |
lower back |
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lumber |
dimensional wood |
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mach |
speed of sound |
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mock |
parody |
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made |
accomplished |
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maid |
young woman |
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mail |
postal delivery |
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male |
masculine person |
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main |
primary |
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mane |
back hair |
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maize |
corn |
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maze |
puzzle |
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mall |
hallway |
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maul |
shred |
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moll |
gangster's girlfriend |
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manner |
method |
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manor |
lord's house |
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marc |
coarse brandy |
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mark |
a sign |
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marque |
a license to privateer; a brand
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marquee |
a rooflike projection over a theatre entrance
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marquis |
a nobleman ranking between a duke and a count
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marry |
to join in matrimony
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merry |
happy
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marshal |
to gather |
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martial |
warlike |
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massed |
grouped together |
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mast |
sail pole |
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Mays |
several spring months
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maze |
a labyrinth
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me |
myself
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mi |
musical note
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mean |
average |
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mein |
manner |
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meat |
animal flesh |
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meet |
to connect |
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mete |
a boundary |
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medal |
an award |
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meddle |
to interfere |
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men's |
owned by males |
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mends |
to repair |
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metal |
ductile element |
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mettle |
moxie |
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mewl |
to whimper
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mule |
offspring of female horse and male donkey
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mews |
stables |
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muse |
creative inspiration |
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might |
possible |
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mite |
tiny creature |
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mince |
chop finely
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mints |
aromatic candies
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mind |
thinking unit
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mined |
looked for ore
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miner |
one who digs |
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minor |
small |
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missal |
hymn book |
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missile |
projectile |
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missed |
not hit |
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mist |
fog |
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misses |
young ladies |
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Mrs. |
married lady |
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moan |
to groan
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mown |
the lawn is freshly cut
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moat |
water around a castle
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mote |
a speck
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mode |
condition
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mowed |
a lawn in a well-trimmed condition
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moiré |
optical illusion |
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moray |
eel |
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mood |
emotional state |
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mooed |
what the loquacious cow did |
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moor |
swampy coastland; to anchor |
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more |
additional |
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moose |
a large elk
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mousse |
dessert of whipped cream and eggs
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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 |
|
N
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
O
|
|
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
|
|
P
|
|
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
|
|
Q
|
|
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
R
|
|
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 |
|
S
|
|
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
T
|
|
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 |
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tern |
a shorebird |
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terne |
alloy of lead and tin |
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turn |
rotate |
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Thai |
from Thailand |
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tie |
a draw |
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the |
denoting persons already mentioned
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thee |
objective case of thou
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their |
belonging to them |
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there |
a place |
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they're |
contraction of "they are" |
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threw |
to propel by hand
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through |
from end to end
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throe |
a spasm of pain |
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throw |
to discharge through the air |
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throes |
spasms of pain |
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throws |
discharging through the air |
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throne |
the royal seat
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thrown |
was hurled
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thyme |
herb |
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time |
natures way of keeping everything from happening at once |
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tic |
twitch |
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tick |
small noise; parasitic bug |
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ticks |
the sounds of a clock
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tics |
more than one twitch
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tide |
periodic ebb and flow of oceans
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tied |
passed tense of tie
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tighten |
to make tighter
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titan |
a giant
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timber |
wood for building
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timbre |
musical quality
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tire |
round, rubber things on your car |
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tyer |
one who ties |
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to |
toward |
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too |
also |
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two |
a couple |
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toad |
frog |
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toed |
having toes |
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towed |
pulled ahead |
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tocsin |
an alarm
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toxin |
a poison
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tocsins |
more than one alarm
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toxins |
more than one poisons
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toe |
forepart of the foot |
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tow |
to pull ahead |
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told |
what was spoken
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tolled |
a bell was rung
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tole |
lacquered metalware |
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toll |
a tax or charge |
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ton |
2000 lbs. |
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Tun |
a large cask |
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tongue |
mouth muscle |
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tung |
Chinese tree and its oil (similar to linseed) |
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toon |
cartoon personality |
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tune |
song |
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tort |
a sweet cake for lawyers
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torte |
a sweet cake for kids
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tough |
difficult |
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tuff |
a stratified, porous rock |
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tracked |
having tracks |
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tract |
a plot of land |
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tray |
a platter |
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trey |
three; Bill Gates' nickname |
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troop |
a company of soldiers
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troup |
a company of actors
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trooper |
a private soldier
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trouper |
a staunch colleague
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troopers |
several soldiers
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troupers |
multiple actors
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trussed |
tied up |
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trust |
faith |
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U
Unix, see:
eunuchs
URL, see:
e'er,
urn, see:
earn
use, see:
ewes
V
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vain |
worthless |
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vane |
flat piece moving with the air |
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vein |
blood vessel |
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vale |
valley |
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veil |
gauzy fabric |
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vary |
to change |
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very |
extremely |
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verses |
paragraphs |
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versus |
against |
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vial |
narrow glass container |
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vile |
despicable |
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viol |
stringed instrument |
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vice |
bad habit |
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vise |
bench-mounted clamp |
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W
The "W" section is specially dedicated to Lem Bingley.
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WACs |
members of the Women's Army Corps
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wax |
candle stuff
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whacks |
several blows
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wade |
walk in shallow water |
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weighed |
weight was measured |
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wail |
a cry |
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wale |
welt; corduroy ridge |
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whale |
large oceanic mammal |
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wain |
a wagon |
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wane |
decrease |
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Wayne |
a man's name |
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waist |
between ribs and hips |
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waste |
make ill use of |
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wait |
remain in readiness |
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weight |
an amount of heaviness |
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waive |
give up rights |
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wave |
undulating motion |
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waiver |
contract for giving up rights |
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waver |
rocking motion |
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Wales |
Western division of UK
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wales |
corduroy ridges
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whales |
a pod of ocean mammals
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walk |
perambulate |
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wok |
Chinese cooking pan |
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walks |
moves by foot
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woks |
salient feature of a Chinese kitchen
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want |
desire |
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wont |
accustomed |
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war |
large scale armed conflict |
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wore |
past tense of wear |
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ware |
merchandise |
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wear |
attire |
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where |
a place |
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warn |
to advise of a hazard |
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worn |
displaying evidence of use |
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warrantee |
one who is protected by a guarantee
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warranty |
a guarantee
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warship |
naval implement of destruction
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worship |
revere in a religious manner
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wary |
cautious
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wherry |
light row boat
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way |
path or direction |
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weigh |
to measure weight |
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whey |
watery part of milk |
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we |
us |
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wee |
very small |
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we'd |
contraction of "we would"
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weed |
like how our flowers won't grow
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we'll |
contraction of "we will"
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wheel |
what we keep reinventing
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we're |
contraction of "we are" |
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weir |
a low dam, or a fence in a river for catching fish |
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we're |
contraction of "we are" |
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were |
past tense plural of "to be" |
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whir |
prolonged swish or buzz |
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we've |
contraction of "we have" |
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weave |
to make cloth |
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weak |
not strong |
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week |
seven days |
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weal |
a skin welt |
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wheel |
what we in Silicon Valley continually reinvent |
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weald |
a rural area |
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wheeled |
having wheels |
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wield |
to apply or use |
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weather |
meteorological conditions |
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wether |
a castrated ram
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whether |
if it be the case |
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weld |
to join metal by melting its edges |
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welled |
pouring forth |
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wen |
a benign skin tumor
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when |
at a specific time
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wet |
watery |
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whet |
prime |
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which |
selection |
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witch |
broomstick ridin' crones |
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whig |
supporter of American revolution |
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wig |
false hairpiece |
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while |
during |
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wile |
craft |
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whiled |
passing the time
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wild |
untamed
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whine |
annoying cry |
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wine |
fermented grape juice |
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whined |
past tense of whine
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wind |
what you do to a clockwork
|
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wined |
drank well of spirits
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whirled |
rapidly rotated |
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world |
Earth |
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whirred |
made a whizzing or buzzing sound |
|
word |
a speech sound |
|
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whit |
insignificant amount |
|
wit |
cleverness; sense of humor |
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whither |
to which place, point, condition, etc.? |
|
wither |
shrivel up |
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who's |
contraction of "who is" |
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whose |
belonging to whom |
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whoa |
equestrian directive to stop |
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woe |
despair |
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whole, see:
hole
wholly, see:
holey
whore, see:
hoar
whored, see:
hoard
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why |
how come?
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wye |
the shape of the letter "Y"
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won, see:
one
|
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won't |
contraction of "will not" |
|
wont |
accustomed |
|
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wood |
what trees are made of |
|
would |
will do |
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worst |
least best |
|
wurst |
sausage |
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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
X
xi, see:
psi
Y
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y'all |
Southern contraction of "you all"
|
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yawl |
two-masted sailboat with mizzenmast abaft the tiller
|
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yack |
informal talk
|
|
yak |
long-haired Tibetan ox
|
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yew, see:
ewe
yews, see:
ewes
|
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yoke |
oxen harness |
|
yolk |
yellow egg center |
|
|
|
yokes |
more than one harness
|
|
yolks |
an omelet
|
|
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yore |
the past |
|
you're |
contraction of "you are" |
|
your |
belonging to you |
|
you, see:
ewe
|
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you'll |
contraction of "you will" |
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yule |
Christmas |
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Z
Sets
of homonyms: 706
Homonyms: 1529
New words: 487
References: 114
Last updated: 2/15/1997
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