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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

tern a shorebird

terne alloy of lead and tin

turn rotate

Thai from Thailand

tie a draw

the denoting persons already mentioned

thee objective case of thou

their belonging to them

there a place

they're contraction of "they are"

threw to propel by hand

through from end to end

throe a spasm of pain

throw to discharge through the air

throes spasms of pain

throws discharging through the air

throne the royal seat

thrown was hurled

thyme herb

time natures way of keeping everything from happening at once

tic twitch

tick small noise; parasitic bug

ticks the sounds of a clock

tics more than one twitch

tide periodic ebb and flow of oceans

tied passed tense of tie

tighten to make tighter

titan a giant

timber wood for building

timbre musical quality

tire round, rubber things on your car

tyer one who ties

to toward

too also

two a couple

toad frog

toed having toes

towed pulled ahead

tocsin an alarm

toxin a poison

tocsins more than one alarm

toxins more than one poisons

toe forepart of the foot

tow to pull ahead

told what was spoken

tolled a bell was rung

tole lacquered metalware

toll a tax or charge

ton 2000 lbs.

Tun a large cask

tongue mouth muscle

tung Chinese tree and its oil (similar to linseed)

toon cartoon personality

tune song

tort a sweet cake for lawyers

torte a sweet cake for kids

tough difficult

tuff a stratified, porous rock

tracked having tracks

tract a plot of land

tray a platter

trey three; Bill Gates' nickname

troop a company of soldiers

troup a company of actors

trooper a private soldier

trouper a staunch colleague

troopers several soldiers

troupers multiple actors

trussed tied up

trust faith

U

Unix, see: eunuchs

URL, see: e'er,

urn, see: earn

use, see: ewes

V

vain worthless

vane flat piece moving with the air

vein blood vessel

vale valley

veil gauzy fabric

vary to change

very extremely

verses paragraphs

versus against

vial narrow glass container

vile despicable

viol stringed instrument

vice bad habit

vise bench-mounted clamp

W

The "W" section is specially dedicated to Lem Bingley.
WACs members of the Women's Army Corps

wax candle stuff

whacks several blows

wade walk in shallow water

weighed weight was measured

wail a cry

wale welt; corduroy ridge

whale large oceanic mammal

wain a wagon

wane decrease

Wayne a man's name

waist between ribs and hips

waste make ill use of

wait remain in readiness

weight an amount of heaviness

waive give up rights

wave undulating motion

waiver contract for giving up rights

waver rocking motion

Wales Western division of UK

wales corduroy ridges

whales a pod of ocean mammals

walk perambulate

wok Chinese cooking pan

walks moves by foot

woks salient feature of a Chinese kitchen

want desire

wont accustomed

war large scale armed conflict

wore past tense of wear

ware merchandise

wear attire

where a place

warn to advise of a hazard

worn displaying evidence of use

warrantee one who is protected by a guarantee

warranty a guarantee

warship naval implement of destruction

worship revere in a religious manner

wary cautious

wherry light row boat

way path or direction

weigh to measure weight

whey watery part of milk

we us

wee very small

we'd contraction of "we would"

weed like how our flowers won't grow

we'll contraction of "we will"

wheel what we keep reinventing

we're contraction of "we are"

weir a low dam, or a fence in a river for catching fish

we're contraction of "we are"

were past tense plural of "to be"

whir prolonged swish or buzz

we've contraction of "we have"

weave to make cloth

weak not strong

week seven days

weal a skin welt

wheel what we in Silicon Valley continually reinvent

weald a rural area

wheeled having wheels

wield to apply or use

weather meteorological conditions

wether a castrated ram

whether if it be the case

weld to join metal by melting its edges

welled pouring forth

wen a benign skin tumor

when at a specific time

wet watery

whet prime

which selection

witch broomstick ridin' crones

whig supporter of American revolution

wig false hairpiece

while during

wile craft

whiled passing the time

wild untamed

whine annoying cry

wine fermented grape juice

whined past tense of whine

wind what you do to a clockwork

wined drank well of spirits

whirled rapidly rotated

world Earth

whirred made a whizzing or buzzing sound

word a speech sound

whit insignificant amount

wit cleverness; sense of humor

whither to which place, point, condition, etc.?

wither shrivel up

who's contraction of "who is"

whose belonging to whom

whoa equestrian directive to stop

woe despair

whole, see: hole

wholly, see: holey

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whore, see: hoar

whored, see: hoard

why how come?

wye the shape of the letter "Y"

won, see: one

won't contraction of "will not"

wont accustomed

wood what trees are made of

would will do

worst least best

wurst sausage

wrack, see: rack

wrap, see: rap

wrapped, see: rapped

wreak, see: reek

wreck, see: reck

wrest, see: rest

wretch, see: retch

wright, see: right

wring, see: ring

write, see: right

wrote, see: rote

wrought, see: rot

wry, see: rye

X

xi, see: psi

Y

y'all Southern contraction of "you all"

yawl two-masted sailboat with mizzenmast abaft the tiller

yack informal talk

yak long-haired Tibetan ox

yew, see: ewe

yews, see: ewes

yoke oxen harness

yolk yellow egg center

yokes more than one harness

yolks an omelet

yore the past

you're contraction of "you are"

your belonging to you

you, see: ewe

you'll contraction of "you will"

yule Christmas

Z

Sets of homonyms: 706
Homonyms: 1529
New words: 487
References: 114
Last updated: 2/15/1997


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