oar………….boat propulsion system
or……………comparitive article
ore………….mineral-laden dirt
odd………….see: awed
offal…………see: aweful
oh……………interjection
owe………….to be indebted
ohs………….more than one letter “O”
owes…………in debt
one………….singularity
won………….victorious
oohs………..as in “oohs and ahs”
ooze………..slime
oracle, see: auricle
oral, see: aural
ordinance……a decree
ordnance…….artillery
ought, see: aught
our, see: hour
ours, see: hours
overdo………carried to excess
overdue……..past time for payment
paced……….measured by footsteps
paste……….thick glue
packed………placed in a container
pact………..agreement
pail………..bucket
pale………..light colored
pain………..it hurts
pane………..a single panel of glass
pair………..a set of two
pare………..cutting down
pear………..bottom-heavy fruit
palate………taste
pallet………a platform for transporting goods; bed
pallette…….a selection of paint
pall………..to become wearisome
Paul………..a man’s name
pawl………..locks a ratchet
passed………approved; moved on
past………..before now
patience…….being willing to wait
patients…….doctor’s customer
pause……….to hesitate
paws………..cat transportation
pea…………round, green legume
pee…………urinate, slang
peace……….free of war or calamity
piece……….a part of
peak………..mountain top
peek………..secret look
pique………..ruffled pride
peal………..ringing sound
peel………..fruit outer covering, the act of removing a covering
pealed………rang with sound as with a bell
peeled………having removed the covering
pearl……….round, luminescent gem from an oyster
purl………..to edge with a chain of small loops as in knitting
pedal……….foot control
peddle………to sell
peer………..an equal
pier………..wharf
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
phial, see: file
philter, see: filter
phlox, see: flocks
pi………….3.1416…
pie…………filled crust pastry
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……….petition to 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…….gifts
pride……….ego
pryed……….opened with force
pries……….wedging open
prize……….the reward
prince………son of the King
prints………impressions
principal……head of school
principle……causative force
profit………money earned
prophet……..seer
pros………..multiple experts
prose……….ordinary language
psi…………twenty-third letter of Greek alphabet
sigh………..sad and weary breath
xi………….fourteenth letter of Greek alphabet
quarts………several fourths-of-gallons
quartz………crystalline rock
quay, see: cay
queue, see: cue
quince………small, round fruit
quints………multiple quintuplets
quire, see: choir
quoin, see: coin
rabbet………a groove cut in a board
rabbit………small mammal
rack………..shelf
wrack……….wreckage
racket………illegal moneymaking scheme
racquet……..woven bat for tennis
rain………..precipitation
reign……….sovereign rule
rein………..horse’s steering wheel
raise……….elevate
rays………..thin beams of light
raze………..to tear down completely
(”raise” is the antonym of “raze”)
rap…………a sharp knock
wrap………..to encase in cloth
rapped………knocked sharply
rapt………..spellbound
wrapped……..encased in cloth
ray…………arrow of light
re………….musical note
read………..having knowledge from reading
red…………a primary color
read………..to get the meaning by looking
rede………..advice
reed………..tall, thin water plant
reading……..what you are doing now
reeding……..a small semicylindrical moulding or ornamentation
reads……….gets the meaning by looking
reeds……….more than one aquatic plant
real………..authentic
reel………..armature for winding, a type of group dance
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
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………..capital of Italy
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………..a brush or shrublike flower, a pink color
rows………..linear arrangement
rot…………decay
wrought……..made
rote………..by memory
wrote……….past tense of write
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
AE Wise is an author on http://www.Writing.Com/
which is a site for Writers. AE Wise has been in education for over 20 years.
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