gh

ogical 244

parasitologic, sedimentologic, bacteriological, characterological,
symptomatologic dialectological, ecclesiological,
endocrinological, epistemological,
epidemiologic geomorphological, meteorological,
paleontological, parasitological,
ogical \aj-i-k9l\ logical phenomenological, sedimentological,
alogical, illogical symptomatological
anagogical, analogical, biological,
epidemiological, gastroenterological
Christological, chronological,
cosmological, cryptological, ogie \6-ge\ bogey, bogie, dogie,
cytological, dendrological, ecological, fogy, hoagie, logy, pogy, stogie, vogie,
enological, ethnological, ethological, yogi
extralogical, gemological, geological,
graphological, histological, pirogi
horological, hydrological,
limnological, morphological, ogle1 \6-gal\ Gogel, ogle
mycological, mythological,
necrological, neurological, ogle2 \ag-al\ see oggle
nomological, oncological,
pathological, pedagogical, oglio \61-yo\ see olio1
pedological, penological, petrological,
philological, phonological, ogna1 \6-ns\ see ona
phrenological, phycological,
proctological, psephological, ogna2 \6-ne\ see ony1
psychological, scatological,
seismological, serological, sinological, ogna3 \6n-ys\ see onia2
tautological, technological,
theological, topological, typological, ogne \6n\ see one1
ufological, virological, zoological
ogned \6nd\ see oned1
abiological, anthropological,
archaeological, cardiological, ogo \6-go\ go-go, logo, Logo, Togo
climatological, criminological, a-go-go
demonological, dermatological,
embryological, entomological, ogony \ag-a-ne\ cosmogony,
eschatological, etiological, mahogany, theogony
etymological, futurological,
genealogical, gerontological, ographer \ag-r9-far\ biographer,
gynecological, hagiological, cartographer, chorographer,
hematological, herpetological, cryptographer, demographer,
ichthyological, iconological, discographer, ethnographer,
ideological, immunological, geographer, lithographer,
Mariological, methodological, mythographer, phonographer,
mineralogical, musicological, photographer, pornographer,
numerological, ophthalmological, stenographer, typographer
ornithological, pharmacological,
phraseological, physiological, bibliographer, choreographer,
primatological, roentgenological, chromatographer, hagiographer,
selenological, semiological, heliographer, iconographer,
sociological, teleological, lexicographer, oceanographer,
teratological, terminological, paleographer
thanatological, toxicological,
volcanological autobiographer, biogeographer,
cinematographer, historiographer

ography \ag-ra-fe\ aerography,
autography, biography, cacography,
cartography, chorography,
chronography, cosmography,

245 oid

cryptography, demography, ohm \6m\ see ome1
discography, ethnography,
filmography, geography, holography, ohn \an\ see on1
hydrography, hypsography,
lithography, lymphography, ohns \anz\ see onze
mammography, mythography,
nomography, orthography, ohn's \onz\ see onze
phonography, photography,
pictography, planography, ohnson \an-S3n\ Johnson, Jonson
pornography, reprography, Wisconsin
sonography, stenography,
thermography, tomography, ohr \6r\ see or1
topography, typography, venography,
xerography, xylography oi1 \ a \ see a1

angiography, aortography, oi2 \6i\ see oy
bibliography, cardiography,
choreography, chromatography, oia \6i-9\ cholla, Goya, Hoya, olla,
crystallography, hagiography, toea
heliography, iconography,
lexicography, metallography, Nagoya, sequoia, Sequoya
oceanography, paleography, atemoya, cherimoya, paranoia
physiography, radiography,
roentgenography, videography oian \6i-an\ see oyen

arteriography, autobiography, oic \6-ik\ stoic
cinematography, encephalography, azoic, bistroic, echoic, heroic
historiography, psychobiography anechoic, Cenozoic, Mesozoic,

electroencephalography mock-heroic, vetinoic
antiheroic, Paleozoic
ogress \6-gras\ ogress, progress
oice \6is\ choice, Joyce, Royce,
ogrom Xag-rsnA grogram, pogrom voice

ogue1 \6g\ brogue, drogue, rogue, devoice, Du Bois, invoice, pro-
togue, vogue, yogh, collogue, choice, rejoice, unvoice
crannog, pirogue, prorogue
sailor's-choice
disembogue
oiced \6ist\ see oist
ogue2 \ag\ see og1
oicer \6i-sar\ choicer, voicer
ogue3 \6g\ see og2 pro-choicer, rejoicer

oguery \ag-re\ see oggery1 oid1 \6id\ Boyd, Floyd, Freud, void
android, avoid, chancroid, colloid,
oguish \6-gish\ roguish, voguish
conoid, cuboid, cycloid, deltoid,
ogun \6-gsn\ see ogan dendroid, devoid, discoid, factoid,
fungoid, globoid, hydroid, hypnoid,
ogynous Xaj-a-nssX see ogenous keloid, mucoid, Negroid, ovoid,
percoid, prismoid, pygmoid, rhizoid,
ogyny \aj-a-ne\ see ogeny rhomboid, schizoid, scombroid,
sigmoid, spheroid, steroid, styloid,
oh \ 6 \ see ow1 tabloid, thalloid, thyroid, toroid,
toxoid, trochoid, typhoid, Veddoid,
oha \6-a\ see oa1 viroid

ohl \61\ seeole1 adenoid, alkaloid, amoeboid,
aneroid, anthropoid, arachnoid,
asteroid, Australoid, carcinoid,

oid 246

Caucasoid, celluloid, crystalloid, oile2 \6il\ see oil
ellipsoid, embryoid, eunuchoid,
helicoid, hemorrhoid, hominoid, Oiled \6ild\ foiled, oiled
humanoid, hysteroid, metalloid, hard-boiled, soft-boiled, uncoiled,
Mongoloid, myeloid, nautiloid,
nucleoid, obovoid, opioid, osteoid, well-oiled
overjoyed, paranoid, planetoid, —also -ed forms of verbs listed at oil
Polaroid, retinoid, rheumatoid,
solenoid, Stalinoid, trapezoid, Oiler \6i-lsr\ boiler, broiler, moiler,
unalloyed, unemployed oiler, spoiler, toiler

cannabinoid, carotenoid, eicosanoid, charbroiler, despoiler, Free-Soiler,
meteoroid, philanthropoid, potboiler, subsoiler
tuberculoid, underemployed
Oiling \6i-lin\ boiling, moiling
Neanderthaloid —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at oy
Oil
oid2 \a\ see a1
oilless \6il-las\ soilless
oidal \6id-3l\ chancroidal, choroidal, recoilless
colloidal, conchoidal, cuboidal,
cycloidal, discoidal, spheroidal, oilsman \6ilz-m3n\ foilsman,
toroidal spoilsman

adenoidal, asteroidal, ellipsoidal, oilus \6i-l9s\ see oyless
emulsoidal, hemorrhoidal, metalloidal,
planetoidal, saccharoidal, trapezoidal oily \6i-le\ doily, oily, roily

paraboloidal oin1 \6in\ coin, foin, groin, groyne,
join, loin, quoin
oider \6id-ar\ broider, voider
avoider, embroider adjoin, Burgoyne, conjoin, Des
reembroider Moines, disjoin, eloign, enjoin, essoin,
purloin, recoin, rejoin, sainfoin,
oie \a\ see a1 sirloin, subjoin

oif \af \ see off1 tenderloin
Assiniboin
oign \6in\ see oin1
oin2 \ a n \ see in4
Oil \6il\ boil, Boyle, broil, coil,
Doyle, foil, hoyle, moil, loyal, noil, oine \an\ see on1
oil, roil, royal, Royal, soil, spoil, toil,
voile Oined \6ind\ conjoined, uncoined
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
aboil, airfoil, assoil, charbroil,
cinquefoil, despoil, disloyal, embroil, oin1
entoil, garboil, gargoyle, gumboil,
hard-boil, Isle Royal, langue d'oi'l, oiner \6i-nsr\ coiner, joiner
milfoil, non-oil, parboil, recoil, rhyme
royal, subsoil, surroyal, tinfoil, oines \6in\ see oin1
topsoil, trefoil, turmoil
oing1 \6-in\ bowing, going,
counterfoil, hydrofoil, quatrefoil, knowing, rowing, sewing, showing
pennyroyal, supercoil
churchgoing, deep-going, foregoing,
oilage \6i-lij\ soilage, spoilage free-flowing, glassblowing, ingrowing,
mind-blowing, ongoing, outgoing,
oile1 \al\ see al seagoing, waygoing

concertgoing, easygoing,
moviegoing, oceangoing, operagoing,
theatergoing, thoroughgoing, whistle-
blowing

247 oisy

to-ing and fro-ing oir4 \6r\ see or1
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
oire1 \ar\ see ar3
OW1
oire2 \6ir\ see oyer
oing2 \ti-ir)\ bluing, doing, Ewing
misdoing, undoing, wrongdoing oire3 \6r\ see or1
evildoing
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at ois1 \ a \ see a1

ew1 ois2 \6i\ seeoy

oing3 \6-an\ see oan1 ois3 \6-ss\ Lois, Powys

o-ing \6-irj\ see oing1 ois4 \6is\ see oice

oings \6-irjz\ outgoings oise1 \az\ poise, 'twas, vase, was
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, Ahwaz, bourgeoise, Lamaze, Shiraz
vichyssoise
and -s forms of verbs, listed at oing Afars and the Issas
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
Oint1 \6int\ joint, point
adjoint, anoint, appoint, aroint, and -s forms of verbs, listed
atd?
ballpoint, bluepoint, checkpoint,
conjoint, disjoint, drypoint, eyepoint, Oise2 \6iz\ hoise, noise, Noyes,
gunpoint, knifepoint, midpoint, poise
nonpoint, outpoint, pinpoint,
pourpoint, standpoint, tuck-point, turquoise
viewpoint counterpoise, equipoise
avoirdupois
counterpoint, disappoint, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
needlepoint, petit point, silverpoint and -s forms of verbs, listed at oy

oint2 \ant\ see ant5 oise3 \oi-ze\ see oisy

ointe \ant\ see ant5 oison \6iz-3n\ foison, poison
empoison
ointed \6int-9d\ jointed, pointed
lap-jointed, loose-jointed oist \6ist\ foist, hoist, joist, moist,
double-jointed, well-appointed voiced
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
unvoiced
Oint1 semimoist
—also -edforms of verbs listed at
ointer \6int-3r\ jointer, pointer oice
anointer
oister \6i-star\ cloister, moister,
ointing \6in-tin\ finger-pointing oyster, roister
—also -ing, forms of verbs listed at
oisterous \6i-stras\ see oistress
oint1
oistral \6i-stral\ cloistral, coistrel
ointment Xoint-mantX ointment
anointment, appointment oistrel Xoi-strslX see oistral
disappointment
Oistress \6i-stras\ boisterous,
oir1 \Ir\ see ire1 cloistress, roisterous

oir2 \ar\ see ar3 oisy \6i-ze\ Boise, noisy
cramoisie
oir3 \6ir\ see oyer

oit 248

oit1 \6it\ doit, droit, quoit townsfolk, uncloak, unyoke, upstroke,
adroit, Detroit, exploit workfolk
maladroit, Massasoit
artichoke, equivoque, fisherfolk,
oit2 \at\ see ate1 gentlefolk, herrenvolk, masterstroke,
okeydoke, Roanoke, thunderstroke,
oit3 \6-at\ see oet1 womenfolk

oit4 \ a \ see a1 Mount Revelstoke

oite \at\ see ot1 oke2 \6-ke\ see oky

oiter \6it-9r\ goiter, loiter oke3 \ 6 \ see ow1
exploiter
reconnoiter oke4 \ u k \ see ook1

oitus \6-3t-as\ see oetess Oked \6kt\ stoked, yolked

oivre \av\ see olve1 okee \6-ke\ see oky

oix1 \a\ see a1 okel \6-kal\ see ocal

oix2 \6i\ see oy Oken \6-kan\ broken, oaken, spoken,
token, woken
oiz \6is\ see oise2
awoken, bespoken, betoken, fair-
ojan \6-jan\ Trojan spoken, foretoken, free-spoken,
theologian heartbroken, housebroken, outspoken,
plainspoken, short-spoken, soft-
oje \6-je\ see oji spoken, unbroken, well-spoken, wind-
broken
oji \6-je\ Moji, shoji
anagoge, Hachioji oker \6-kar\ broker, choker, croaker,
joker, ocher, poker, soaker, smoker,
ok1 \ak\ seeock1 stoker, stroker

ok2 \ak\ see uck chain-smoker, invoker, pawnbroker,
provoker, revoker, stockbroker
ok3 \6k\ see alk
mediocre
oka \6-ka\ see oca
okey \6-ke\ see oky
okable \6-k3-bal\ see ocable
oki \6-ke\ see oky
oke1 \6k\ bloke, broke, choke, cloak,
coke, Coke, croak, folk, hoke, joke, oking \6-kirj\ broking, choking
moke, oak, oke, poke, Polk, roque, —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
smoke, soak, soke, spoke, stoke,
stroke, toke, toque, woke, yogh, yoke, oke1
yolk
oko \6-ko\ see oco
ad hoc, awoke, backstroke, baroque,
bespoke, breaststroke, chain-smoke, okum \6-k3m\ Bochum, hokum,
convoke, cowpoke, downstroke, locum, oakum
evoke, heatstroke, housebroke, in-
joke, invoke, keystroke, kinfolk, Oky \6-ke\ choky, croaky, folkie,
kinsfolk, menfolk, outspoke, presoak, hokey, Loki, pokey, poky, smoky,
provoke, revoke, she-oak, sidestroke, troche, trochee, yolky
slowpoke, sunchoke, sunstroke,
enoki, Great Smoky
hokeypokey, karaoke
Okefenokee

ol1 \61\ seeole1

249 ole

012 \al\ see al1 centerfold, copyhold, fingerhold,
manifold, manyfold, marigold,
013 \61\ see all multifold, oversold, petioled,
severalfold, stranglehold, throttlehold
Ola \6-ls\ bola, cola, Kola, Lola, tola,
Zola —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
ole1
Angola, boffola, Canola, gondola,
granola, mandola, payola, pergola, old2 \61d\ see aid
plugola, scagliola, Victrola, viola,
Viola oldan \61-dan\ see olden

acerola, ayatollah, braciola, olden \6l-d3n\ golden, holden,
Espanola, gladiola, Gorgonzola, olden,soldan
hemiola, Hispaniola, moviola,
Osceola, roseola beholden, embolden

Savonarola Older1 \6l-dar\ boulder, folder,
holder, molder, polder, scolder,
olable \6-b-b3l\ see ollable shoulder, smolder

olace \al-ss\ see olis beholder, bondholder, cardholder,
householder, jobholder, landholder,
olan \6-bn\ see olon placeholder, shareholder, slaveholder,
stadtholder, stakeholder, stallholder,
oland \6-bnd\ see owland stockholder, toolholder

olander Xal-an-darX colander, officeholder, titleholder
Jullundur policyholder
—also -er forms of adjectives listed
olar1 \6-l9r\ see oiler or old1

olar2 \al-ar\ see ollar older2 \ad-ar\ see odder

olas \6-fos\ see olus oldi \61-de\ see aldi

olater \al-3t-sr\ bardolater, idolater oldie \61-de\ see oldy
bibliolater, Mariolater
olding \6l-dirj\ folding, holding,
olatrous \al-3-tras\ idolatrous molding
bibliolatrous, heliolatrous
hand-holding, inholding,
olatry \al-3-tre\ bardolatry, idolatry, landholding, slaveholding
statolatry, zoolatry
—also -ingforms of verbs listed at
bibliolatry, heliolatry, iconolatry, old1
Mariolatry
oldster \61-star\ see olster
Old1 \6ld\ bold, bowled, cold, fold,
gold, hold, mold, mould, old, polled, oldt \6lt\ see olt1
scold, sold, soled, souled, told, wold
oldy \6l-de\ moldy, oldie
acold, age-old, ahold, behold,
billfold, blindfold, controlled, Ole1 \61\ bole, boll, bowl, coal, cole,
Cotswold, cuckold, enfold, fanfold, Cole, dhole, dole, droll, foal, goal,
foothold, foretold, freehold, gatefold, hole, knoll, kohl, Kohl, mole, ole,
handhold, household, ice-cold, infold, pole, Pole, poll, prole, role, roll, scroll,
leasehold, pinfold, potholed, roothold, Seoul, shoal, skoal, sol, sole, soul,
scaffold, sheepfold, stone-cold, stole, stroll, thole, tole, toll, troll, vole,
stronghold, threshold, toehold, twice- whole
told, unfold, unmold, untold, uphold,
whole-souled, withhold armhole, atoll, bankroll, beanpole,
bedroll, blowhole, bolthole, borehole,

ole 250

bunghole, cajole, catchpole, charcoal, oless \6-las\ see olus
chuckhole, condole, console, control,
Creole, Creole, drumroll, enroll, oleum \6-le-3m\ see olium
ensoul, extol, eyehole, fishbowl,
flagpole, foxhole, frijol, hellhole, oleus \6-le-3s\ coleus, soleus
Huichol, inscroll, insole, keyhole,
kneehole, knothole, logroll, loophole, oley \6-le\ see oly1
manhole, maypole, midsole, Mongol,
Nicole, outsole, parole, patrol, payroll, olf1 \alf\ golf, Rolf
peephole, pesthole, pinhole, pistole, Adolph, Randolph, Rudolph
pitchpole, porthole, posthole, pothole, Lake Rudolf
redpoll, resole, ridgepole, Sheol,
sinkhole, sotol, stokehole, tadpole, Olf2 \slf\ see ulf
taphole, thumbhole, top-hole,
touchhole, turnsole, unroll, Walpole, olfing \6f-irj\ see offing
washbowl, wormhole
Olga \al-ga\ Olga, Volga
amatol, aureole, banderole, bannerol,
barcarole, buttonhole, cabriole, oli \6-le\ see oly1
camisole, capriole, caracole,
carmagnole, casserole, croquignole, Olia \6-le-s\ Mongolia, pignolia
cubbyhole, decontrol, Demerol, Anatolia, melancholia
escarole, farandole, fumarole, Inner Mongolia, Outer Mongolia
girandole, grand guignol, innersole,
methanol, oriole, oversoul, petiole, olian \6-le-an\ aeolian, Aeolian,
pick-and-roll, pigeonhole, protocol, eolian, Mongolian, napoleon,
rigmarole, Seminole Napoleon, simoleon, Tyrolean

cholesterol, Costa del Sol Anatolian

ole2 \6-le\ see oly1 olic1 \al-ik\ colic, frolic, Gaelic,
rollick
ole3 \61\ see all
Aeolic, bucolic, carbolic, embolic,
olean \6-le-an\ see olian1 Mongolic, symbolic, systolic

oled \6ld\ see old1 alcoholic, anabolic, apostolic,
catabolic, diabolic, hyperbolic,
oleful \6l-fsl\ doleful, soulful melancholic, metabolic, parabolic,
vitriolic, workaholic
olely \6-le\ see oly1
Olic2 \6-lik\ colic
olem1 \6-l3m\ golem, solum fumarolic
bibliopolic
olem2 \a-tom\ see alaam
olicking \a-lik-irj\ frolicking,
olemn \al-am\ see olumn rollicking

oleon1 \6-le-9n\ see olian1 olicy \al-a-se\ policy, Wallasey

oleon2 \61-yan\ see olian2 olid \al-9d\ solid, squalid, stolid

oler1 \ 6 - b r \ see oiler olin1 \al-an\ see ollen5

oler2 \al-ar\ see ollar olin2 \ 6 - b n \ see olon

olery \6l-re\ see ollery Olis \al-as\ braless, Hollis, polis,
solace, tallith, Wallace, Wallis
olesome Xol-sanA dolesome,
Folsom, wholesome Cornwallis
Manizales, torticollis

251 olio

olish \al-ish\ polish Oiled \6ld\ see old1
abolish, demolish ollee \6-le\ see oly1
apple-polish
ollege \al-ij\ see owledge
Olitan \al-3t-3n\ cosmopolitan, ollen1 \ 6 - b n \ see olon
megapolitan, metropolitan, Neapolitan ollen2 \al-3\ see ullah1
ollen3 \al-9n\ see ullen
megalopolitan ollen4 \6-lan\ see alien
ollen5 \al-an\ Colin, pollen, Rollin
olity \al-at-e\ see ality1
Nordrhein-Westfalen
olium \6-le-am\ scholium
linoleum, petroleum, trifolium Oiler \6-lsr\ bowler, choler, dolor,
droller, molar, polar, poler, poller,
olivar \al-3-vsr\ see Oliver roller, solar, stroller, trailer
oik1 \elk\ see elk1
oik2 \6k\ see oke bankroller, cajoler, comptroller,
oik3 \alk\ see ulk controller, extoller, logroller, patroller,
oik4 \6k\ see alk premolar, steamroller

olked \6kt\ see oked antisolar, buttonholer, Maryknoller,
pigeonholer
olkie \6-ke\ see oky
ollery \6l-re\ drollery
olky \6-ke\ see oky cajolery
oil1 \ol\ see ole1
Oil2 \al\ see al1 ollet \al-3t\ collet, Smollett, tallith,
Oil3 \61\ see all wallet
olla1 \al-a\ seeala2
olla2 \6i-a\ see oia whatchamacallit

Ollable \6-b-b3l\ controllable ollett \al-at\ see ollet
inconsolable, uncontrollable olley \al-e\ see oily1
Ollick \al-ik\ see olic1
ollack \al-9k\ see oloch
ollah1 \6-la\ see ola ollicking \a-lik-irj\ see olicking
ollah2 \al-9\ see ala2
ollah3 \9l-9\ see ullah1 ollle \al-e\ see oily1

ollands \al-anz\ see ollins ollin \al-sn\ see ollen5

Ollar \al-sr\ choler, collar, dollar, oiling \6-lirj\ bowling
dolor, haler, holler, loller, Mahler, logrolling
scholar, squalor, taler, thaler —also -ing forms of verbs listed at

blue-collar, brass-collar, half-dollar, ole1
white-collar
ollins \al-3nz\ collins, Hollands
Emmentaler, Eurodollar, petrodollar Tom Collins

Ollard \al-srd\ bollard, collard, ollis \al-as\ see olis
collered, hollered, Lollard, pollard
ollity \al-3t-e\ see ality1

olio1 \6l-yo\ imbroglio
arroz con polio

olio 252

olio2 \o-yo\ yo-yo cosmologist, cryptologist, cytologist,
criollo dendrologist, ecologist, enologist,
ethnologist, ethologist, fetologist,
olio3 \al-6\ see ollow1 gemologist, geologist, graphologist,
histologist, horologist, hydrologist,
ollop \al-ap\ collop, dollop, lollop, Indologist, limnologist, mixologist,
polyp, scallop, scollop, trollop, wallop morphologist, mycologist,
mythologist, necrologist, nephrologist,
codswallop, escallop neurologist, oncologist, ontologist,
oologist, pathologist, pedologist,
Ollow1 \al-6\ follow, hollo, hollow, penologist, petrologist, philologist,
swallow, wallow phonologist, phrenologist,
phycologist, psychologist,
Apollo, robalo seismologist, serologist, sexologist,
Leoncavallo sinologist, technologist, topologist,
typologist, ufologist, virologist,
ollow2 \al-s\ see ala2 zoologist

ollower \al-3-war\ follower, anthropologist, archaeologist,
swallower, wallower audiologist, cardiologist,
climatologist, cosmetologist,
ollster \6l-st9r\ see olster criminologist, dermatologist,
Egyptologist, embryologist,
Oily1 \al-e\ Bali, Cali, brolly, collie, entomologist, enzymologist,
colly, dolly, folly, golly, Halle, holly, escapologist, etymologist,
Holly, jolly, Lally, lolly, Mali, Mollie, futurologist, genealogist,
molly, Molly, Ollie, Pali, poly, Polly, gerontologist, gynecologist,
quale, Raleigh, trolley, volley hematologist, herpetologist,
ichthyologist, ideologist,
Denali, finale, Kigali, loblolly, immunologist, kremlinologist,
Nepali, petrale, Somali, Svengali, lexicologist, martyrologist,
tamale methodologist, mineralogist,
musicologist, nematalogist,
melancholy, pastorale, teocalli numerologist, oceanologist,
ophthalmologist, ornithologist,
oily2 \6-le\ see awly osteologist, papyrologist,
pharmacologist, phraseologist,
olm \ 6 m \ see ome1 physiologist, planetologist,
primatologist, rheumatologist,
Olman \6l-m3n\ dolman, dolmen roentgenologist, semiologist,
patrolman sociologist, speleologist, teleologist,
teratologist, thanatologist,
olmen \61-man\ see olman toxicologist, urbanologist,
volcanologist
olmes \6mz\ Holmes
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, bacteriologist, diabetologist,
dialectologist, endocrinologist,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at ome epistemologist, liturgiologist,
meteorologist, neonatologist,
olo \6-lo\ bolo, kolo, nolo, polo, solo paleontologist, parasitologist,
Barolo phenomenologist, sedimentologist
Marco Polo
anesthesiologist, epidemiologist,
oloch \al-ak\ Moloch, pollack, gastroenterologist, otolaryngologist
rowlock

ologer \al-a-J9r\ astrologer,
chronologer, horologer, mythologer

ologist \al-9-jast\ anthologist,
biologist, cetologist, conchologist,

253 olster

ologous \al-3-gas\ homologous, teratology, terminology, thanatology,
tautologous toxicology, urbanology, volcanology,
vulcanology
heterologous
bacteriology, chronobiology,
ology \al-3-je\ anthology, apology, cryptozoology, dialectology,
astrology, biology, bryology, cetology, ecclesiology, endocrinology,
Christology, chronology, conchology, epistemology, liturgiology,
cosmology, cryptology, cytology, metapsychology, meteorology,
dendrology, doxology, ecology, microbiology, micromorphology,
enology, ethnology, ethology, fetology, neonatology, onomatology,
gemology, geology, graphology, paleontology, parapsychology,
haplology, histology, homology, parasitology, phenomenology,
horology, hydrology, hymnology, sedimentology, symptomatology
Indology, limnology, lithology,
mixology, morphology, mycology, anesthesiology, epidemiology,
myology, mythology, necrology, ethnomusicology, gastroenterology,
nephrology, neurology, nosology, otolaryngology, paleobiology,
oncology, ontology, oology, pathology, paleopathology, periodontology
pedology, penology, petrology,
philology, phlebology, phonology, otorhinolaryngology
phrenology, phycology, proctology,
psychology, scatology, seismology, Olon \6-lan\ bowline, Colin, colon,
serology, sexology, sinology, Nolan, solon, stolen, stollen, stolon,
symbology, tautology, technology, swollen
tetralogy, theology, topology,
trichology, typology, ufology, urology, eidolon
virology, zoology semicolon

angelology, anthropology, olonel \arn-3l\ see ernal
archaeology, audiology, axiology,
cardiology, climatology, codicology, olonist \al-3-nast\ colonist, Stalinist
cohomology, cosmetology, craniology,
criminology, dactylology, olor1 \al-3r\ color, cruller, culler,
demonology, deontology, muller, sculler
dermatology, Egyptology,
embryology, entomology, bicolor, discolor, off-color, three-
enzymology, escapology, eschatology, color, tricolor
etiology, etymology, futurology,
genealogy, gerontology, gynecology, Technicolor, watercolor
hematology, herpetology, ichthyology,
iconology, ideology, immunology, olor2 \6-for\ see oiler
kremlinology, laryngology, lexicology,
lichenology, Mariology, martyrology, olor3 \al-ar\ see ollar
methodology, mineralogy, museology,
musicology, narratology, nematology, olored \sl-9rd\ colored, dullard
numerology, oceanology, bicolored, rose-colored
opthalmology, ornithology, osteology, varicolored
pharmacology, phraseology,
physiology, planetology, primatology, olp \6p\ see ope
radiology, reflexology, rheumatology,
roentgenology, semiology, sociology, olpen \6-p9n\ see open
speleology, sumerology, teleology,
olph \alf \ see olf

Ols \alz\ hols, Casals

olsom \61-s3m\ see olesome

olster \6l-star\ bolster, holster,
oldster, pollster

upholster

olt 254

olt1 \6lt\ bolt, colt, dolt, holt, jolt, aioli, amole, anole, cannoli, frijole,
molt, poult, smolt, volt pinole, unholy

eyebolt, Humboldt, kingbolt, revolt, guacamole, ravioli, roly-poly
ringbolt, unbolt
oly2 \al-e\ see oily1
thunderbolt
olyp \al-ap\ see ollop
Olt2 \61t\ see alt
om1 \am\ balm, bomb, bombe, calm,
olta \al-ta\ see alta from, gaum, Guam, glom, malm,
mom, palm, Pom, pram, prom, psalm,
olter \6l-tsr\ bolter, coulter qualm, rhomb, ROM, torn

Oltish \6l-tish\ coltish, doltish A-bomb, aplomb, ashram, becalm,
Ceram, cheongsam, coulomb,
Oluble \al-y3-b9l\ soluble, voluble, Coulomb, dive-bomb, embalm,
dissoluble, insoluble, resoluble EPROM, firebomb, grande dame,
indissoluble, irresoluble H-bomb, imam, Islam, Long Tom,
napalm, nizam, noncom, phenom,
olum \6-l9m\ see olem pogrom, pom-pom, reclame, rhabdom,
salaam, seram, sitcom, Songnam, tam-
olumn \al-9m\ column, slalom, tam, therefrom, tom-tom, wherefrom,
solemn wigwam

Malayalam cardamom, diatom, intercom,
Peeping Tom, Uncle Tom, Vietnam
olus \6-las\ bolas, bolus, solus,
snowless, toeless Dar es Salaam, Omar Khayyam

Coriolis, electroless, gladiolus, om2 \ 6 m \ see ome1
holus-bolus
om3 \ u m \ see oom1
olvable Xal-vs-bslX solvable
dissolvable, evolvable, insolvable, om4 \am\ see um1

resolvable, revolvable om5 \ u m \ see um2
irresolvable
om6\6m\seeaum1
Olve1 \alv\ salve, solve
absolve, au poivre, convolve, oma \6-m9\ chroma, coma, Roma,
soma
devolve, dissolve, evolve, involve,
resolve, revolve aroma, diploma, glaucoma, sarcoma,
Tacoma
coevolve
carcinoma, granuloma, melanoma,
Olve2 \av\ grave, of, salve, Slav, Oklahoma
suave, taw, waw
glioblastoma, neurofibroma
moshav, thereof, whereof, Zouave
Tishah-b'Ab, unheard-of, well- omac \6-mik\ see omic2
thought-of
omace1 \am-as\ see omise
olvement Xalv-mantX evolvement,
involvement omace2 Xam-asX see ummous

noninvolvement omach \9m-3k\ see ummock

olvent \al-vant\ solvent, dissolvent omache \am-9-ke\ see omachy

olver \al-var\ solver omachy \am-3-ke\ Andromache,
absolver, dissolver, involver, revolver logomachy

oly1 \6-le\ goalie, holey, holy, lowly,
mole, moly, pollee, slowly, solely

255 ometer

omal \6-mal\ domal, stomal ombo2 \3m-bo\ see umbo
prodromal
chromosomal ombre1 \am-bre\ hombre, ombre

omaly \am-3-le\ balmily, homily ombre2 \am-b3r\ see omber2
anomaly
ombre3 \am-bre\ see umbery
oman \6-m9n\ bowman, foeman,
gnomon, nomen, omen, Roman, ombus \am-b3s\ rhombus, thrombus
showman, snowman, yeoman
ome1 \6m\ brougham, chrome,
agnomen, cognomen, crossbowman, comb, combe, dome, foam, gloam,
longbowman, praenomen, Sertoman gnome, holm, home, loam, mome,
nome, ogham, ohm, om, poem, pome,
omany \am-3-ne\ see ominy roam, Rom, Rome, tome

omas \am-9s\ see omise airdrome, at-home, bichrome,
cockscomb, coulomb, coxcomb,
omathy \am-3-the\ chrestomathy, defoam, down-home, Jerome,
stichomythy Nichrome, seadrome, shalom, sholom,
omb1 \6m\ see ome1 Stockholm, syndrome

omb2 \iim\ see oom1 aerodrome, astrodome, catacomb,
chromosome, currycomb, double-
omb3 \am\ see om1 dome, gastronome, halidrome,
omb4 \3m\ see urn1 hecatomb, hippodrome, honeycomb,
metronome, monochrome,
omba \am-b9\ see amba motordrome, palindrome, ribosome,
ombe1 \6m\ see ome1 stay-at-home, Styrofoam

ombe2 \um\ see oom1 ome2 \6-me\ see oamy

ombe3 \am\ see om1 ome3 \am\ see urn1

ombed \umd\ seeoomed omedy \am-3d-e\ comedy,
omber1 \am-ar\ bomber, calmer, psalmody
palmar, palmer, Palmer
tragicomedy
dive-bomber, embalmer
fighter-bomber omely Xam-leA see umbly2

omber2 \am-b9r\ ombre, sambar, omen \6-m9n\ see oman
somber
omber3 \6-m9r\ see omer1 omenal \am-3n-3l\ see ominal

ombic \6-mik\ see omic2 omene \am-3-ne\ see ominy

ombical \6-mi-k3l\ seeomical2 omer1 \6-mar\ comber, foamer,
homer, Homer, omer, roamer, vomer
ombie \am-be\ zombie
Abercrombie beachcomber, Reaumur, Lag
b'Omer, misnomer
ombing \6-mirj\ see oaming
ombo1 \am-bo\ combo, mambo, omer2 \9m-9r\ see ummer
sambo
ornery Xam-a-reA see ummery

omet \am-3t\ comet, grommet,
vomit

ometer \am-3t-ar\ barometer,
chronometer, cyclometer,

ometry 256

drunkometer, ergometer, gasometer, omics \am-iks\ atomics, Islamics,
geometer, hydrometer, hygrometer, tectonics
kilometer, manometer, micrometer,
odometer, pedometer, photometer, bionomics, economics, ergonomics
pulsometer, pyrometer, rheometer, macroeconomics, microeconomics
seismometer, spectrometer, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns
speedometer, tachometer, listed at omic1
thermometer
omily \am-3-le\ see omaly
anemometer, audiometer,
diffractometer, electrometer, ominal \am-sn-3l\ nominal
magnetometer abdominal, cognominal, phenomenal
epiphenomenal
alcoholometer
ominance \am-nsns\ dominance,
ometry \am-3-tre\ astrometry, prominence
barometry, chronometry, cytometry,
geometry, isometry, micrometry, predominance
optometry, photometry, psychometry,
seismometry, thermometry ominant \am-nant\ dominant,
prominent
craniometry, sociometry,
trigonometry predominant, subdominant
semidominant, superdominant
omey \6-me\ see oamy
ominate \am-9-nat\ innominate,
omi \6-me\ see oamy prenominate

omia \6-me-a\ peperomia, omine \am-9-ne\ see ominy
Utsunomia
ominence \am-nans\ see ominance
omic1 \am-ik\ comic
anomic, atomic, coelomic, Islamic, ominent \am-nant\ see ominant

tsunamic oming1 \9m-irj\ coming, plumbing
agronomic, anatomic, antinomic, becoming, forthcoming,

autonomic, economic, ergonomic, homecoming, incoming, oncoming,
gastronomic, metronomic, subatomic, shortcoming, upcoming
taxonomic, tragicomic
unbecoming, up-and-coming
Deuteronomic, heroicomic, —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
physiognomic, polyatomic, seriocomic urn1

macroeconomic, microeconomic oming2 \6-mirj\ see oaming
socioeconomic
omini \am-3-ne\ see ominy
omic2 \6-mik\ gnomic, oghamic
Potomac, rhizomic ominous \am-3-nss\ ominous
catacombic, monochromic, prolegomenous

palindromic ominy \am-3-ne\ hominy, Romany
Melpomene
omical1 \am-i-kal\ comical, domical anno Domini, eo nomine
agronomical, anatomical,
omise \am-9s\ pomace, promise,
astronomical, economical, shammes, shamus, Thomas
gastronomical, metronomical,
tragicomical Saint Thomas
doubting Thomas
heroicomical, physiognomical
omit \am-at\ see omet
omical2 \6-mi-k3l\ domical
coxcombical

257 on

omium \6-me-9m\ chromium, ompey \am-pe\ see ompy
holmium
omplement Xam-pla-mantX
encomium, prostomium complement, compliment
omma1 \am-a\ see ama2
ompliment Xam-pta-mantX see
omma2 Xsm-aX see umma omplement

ommel1 \am-sl\ pommel, Jamil, ompo \am-po\ campo, compo
Rommel, trommel
ompous \am-p3s\ see ompass1
ommel2 \9m-al\ pommel, pummel
Beau Brummell ompson \am-san\ see amsun

ommet \am-at\ see omet ompt \aunt\ see ount2

ommie \am-e\ see ami1 ompy \am-pe\ Pompey, swampy

ommon \am-an\ Amon, Brahman, omythy \am-3-the\ see omathy
common, shaman, yamen
on \an\ ban, Bonn, chon, con, conn,
Roscommon dawn, don, Don, Donn, drawn, Fan,
Tutankhamen faun, fawn, gone, guan, Han, John,
Jon, khan, maun, mon, on, pan, pawn,
ommoner Xam-a-narX almoner, phon, prawn, Ron, Shan, spawn, swan,
commoner Vaughn, wan, yawn, yon

gewurztraminer aeon, add-on, agon, agone, Akan,
alencon, Amman, ancon, anon,
ommy1 \am-e\ see ami1 Anshan, Anton, archon, argon,
Argonne, Aswan, atman, Avon, axon,
ommy2 \am-e\ see urn my barchan, baton, blouson, bon ton,
bonbon, boron, boson, bouillon,
omo \6-mo\ bromo, Como, homo, Brython, bygone, caisson, Calgon,
Porno, promo canton, capon, Ceylon, chaconne,
chiffon, chignon, Chiron, chiton,
Oromo chrismon, cistron, clip-on, codon,
majordomo come-on, cordon, coupon, crampon,
crayon, crepon, cretonne, crouton,
omon \6-m9n\ see oman Dacron, dead-on, Dear John, dewan,
doggone, doggoned, Dogon, Don
omp1 \amp\ champ, chomp, clomp, Juan, eon, exon, far-gone, flacon,
comp, pomp, romp, stamp, stomp, foregone, Freon, fronton, Fujian,
swamp, tramp, tromp, whomp Garonne, Gibran, gluon, gnomon,
Golan, Gosplan, guidon, hadron,
omp2 \amp\ see ump Hainan, hazan, Henan, hogan,
Huainan, Hunan, icon, Inchon, intron,
ompany Xamp-neA company Ivan, Jinan, Kanban, kaon, Kashan,
accompany Kazan, Kerman, Khoisan, Kirman,
intracompany koan, krypton, kurgan, Kurgan, lauan,
Leon, lepton, liman, log on, Luzon,
ompass \am-pss\ compass, rumpus macron, Massan, Medan, Memnon,
encompass meson, micron, Milan, mod con,
gyrocompass moron, mouton, Multan, muon,
natron, neon, nephron, neuron,
omper \am-par\ romper, stamper,
stomper, swamper

wafflestomper

ompers \am-p9rz\ Gompers
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns

listed at omper

on 258

neutron, ninon, nylon, odds-on, Oman, Procyon, put-upon, Rajasthan,
Oran, Orion, outgone, paeon, parton, Ramadan, Rubicon, silicon, Suleiman,
Pathan, pavane, pecan, peon, tachyon, Taiyuan, talkathon, Teheran,
Phaethon, photon, phyton, pion, telamon, telethon, thereupon, Tian
pinon, piton, plankton, pluton, Shan, Tucuman, undergone, upsilon,
pompon, prion, proton, Pusan, put-on, virion, walkathon, whereupon,
pylon, python, Qur'an, radon, rayon, woebegone, Yerevan, Xiangtan,
recon, rhyton, run-on, Saint John, Zahedan
Saipan, salon, San Juan, Schumann,
Shaban, shaman, shaitan, Shingon, abutilon, Agamemnon, archenteron,
Simplon, Sjoelland, slip-on, snap-on, arriere-ban, asyndeton, automaton,
solon, soupgon, soutane, Stefan, Azerbaijan, Bellerophon,
stolon, Suwon, Szechuan, Szechwan, bildungsroman, carrying-on,
Tainan, Taiwan, taipan, tampon, taxon, Diazenon, dimetrodon, dodecagon,
Teflon, teston, Tetouan, Tetuan, encephalon, ephemeron, himation,
thereon, tisane, torchon, toucan, interferon, kakiemon, Laocoon,
toyon, trigon, Tristan, triton, trogon, mesenteron, Michoacan, millimicron,
Tucson, Typhon, tzigane, uhlan, oxymoron, phenomenon, protozoon,
Ulsan, upon, walk-on, witan, whereon, pteranodon, Saskatchewan,
Wonsan, wonton, Wuhan, xenon, septentrion, sine qua non, t'ai chi
Xi'an, yaupon, yuan, Yukon, Yunnan, ch'uan, Taklimakan, Vientiane, West
Yvonne, zircon Irian

Abadan, Abijan, Acheron, Ahriman, anacoluthon, diencephalon,
aileron, amazon, Amazon, amnion, ferrosilicon, mesencephalon,
Aragon, autobahn, Avalon, Babylon, metencephalon, prolegomenon,
Bakhtaran, Balaton, balmacaan, prothalamion, prosencephalon,
Bantustan, Barbizon, baryon, Basilan, spermatozoon, telencephalon,
betatron, biathlon, cabochon, calutron, ultramarathon
carillon, carryon, celadon, chorion,
colophon, Culiacan, cyclotron, epiphenomenon, myelencephalon
decagon, decathlon, demijohn, kyrie eleison, San Miguel de
deuteron, dipteron, echelon, electron, Tucuman
elevon, epsilon, etymon, fermion,
follow-on, Fujisan, Genghis Khan, on2 \ 6 n \ fond, ton
goings-on, gonfalon, Grand Teton, ballon, baton, bouillon, Dijon,
graviton, harijan, helicon, heptagon,
hexagon, hopping John, Huascaran, flacon, fourgon, frisson, Gabon,
Ilion, Irian, Isfahan, Kazakhstan, gargon, lorgnon, Lyons, magon,
Kublai Khan, Kyrgyzstan, Lake marron, Marron, moufion, soupgon,
Huron, Lebanon, leprechaun, lexicon, Toulon, Villon
liaison, Lipizzan, logion, macedoine,
marathon, Marathon, marzipan, Aubusson, bourguignon, feuilleton,
mastodon, Mazatlan, Mbabane, Ganelon, gueridon, limagon, papillon
Mellotron, Miquelon, morion,
myrmidon, negatron, nonagon, filet mignon
noumenon, nucleon, Oberon, octagon, Saint Emilion
omicron, Oregon, organon, ostracon,
Pakistan, Palawan, pantheon, paragon, on3 \6n\ awn, Bonn, bonne, brawn,
Parmesan, parmigiana, Parthenon, dawn, Dawn, drawn, faun, fawn, gone,
pentagon, Percheron, Phaethon, lawn, maun, on, pawn, prawn, Sean,
Phlegethon, polygon, positron, spawn, Vaughn, won, yawn

add-on, agon, agone, begone,
bygone, chaconne, clip-on, come-on,
dead-on, doggone, far-gone, foregone,
hands-on, head-on, hereon, impawn,
indrawn, Kherson, odds-on, outgone,
Puchon, put-on, Quezon, run-on, slip-

259 ondent

on, snap-on, Taejon, thereon, turned- oncho \an-cho\ honcho, poncho,
on, upon, walk-on, whereon, rancho
wiredrawn, withdrawn
onchus \arj-kas\ bronchus,
bourguignonne, carryon, follow-on, rhonchus
goings-on, hanger-on, hereupon,
looker-on, put-upon, thereupon, onco \arj-ko\ bronco, Franco
undergone, whereupon, woebegone
ond1 \and\ blond, bond, fond, frond,
carrying-on Gond, pond, rand, sonde, wand, yond

on4 \6n\ see one1 abscond, Armand, beau monde,
beyond, despond, fishpond, Gironde,
on5 \an\ see un gourmand, haut monde, millpond,
neoned, pair-bond, respond
ona \6-ns\ dona, Dona, Jonah,
krone, Mona, Nona, Rhona, Rona, allemande, towmond, correspond,
Shona, trona demimonde, Eurobond, Trebizond,
Trobriand, vagabond
Ancona, Bellona, bologna, Bologna,
cinchona, corona, kimono, Leona, radiosonde, slough of despond
madrona, Pamplona, persona, —also -edforms of verbs listed at
Ramona, Verona on1

Arizona, Barcelona, Desdemona ond2 \ 6 n \ see on2
in propria persona
ond3 \6nt\ see aunt1
ona2 \an-a\ see ana1
onda \an-d9\ Lahnda, Rhonda,
ona \6n-ya\ see onia3 Rhondda, Ronda, Wanda

onachal \an-i-kal\ see onical Golconda, Luganda, Ruanda,
Rwanda, Uganda
onae \6-ne\ see ony1
anaconda, Campo Grande
onah \6-na\ see ona
ondam \an-dam\ see ondom1
onal1 \6n-al\ clonal, tonal, zonal
atonal, coronal, hormonal ondant \an-dant\ see ondent
baritonal, microtonal, polyclonal,
onday \an-de\ see undi
polytonal, semitonal
ondays \sn-dez\ see undays
onal2 \an-3l\ Donal, Ronal
ondda \an-da\ see onda
onald \an-3ld\ Donald, Ronald
MacDonald onde \and\ see ond1

onant \6-nant\ see onent ondeau \an-do\ see ondo

onas \6-nas\ see onus2 ondel \an-d3l\ condyle, fondle,
rondel
onative \6-nat-iv\ conative, donative
ondence \an-dsns\ despondence
one \arjk\ see onk1 correspondence

once1 \ans\ see ance2 ondency \an-dan-se\ despondency
correspondency
once2 \ans\ see unce
ondent \an-dsnt\ fondant
onch1 \arjk\ see onk1 despondent, respondent
corespondent, correspondent
onch2 \anch\ see aunch1

oncha \arj-ks\ see anka

onder 260

onder \an-dar\ bonder, condor, ingrown, inkstone, intone, jawbone,
maunder, ponder, squander, wander, keystone, Leon, leone, limestone,
yonder, zander lodestone, milestone, millstone,
misknown, moonstone, oilstone,
absconder, responder, transponder outgrown, outshown, ozone, peon,
—also -erforms of adjectives listed pinbone, pinecone, pinon, pinyon,
at ond1 postpone, propone, Ramon, rezone,
rhinestone, sandstone, shade-grown,
onder2 \an-dar\ see under shinbone, Shoshone, soapstone, T-
bone, tailbone, thighbone, tombstone,
ondly \an-le\ see anly1 touchstone, Touch-Tone, tritone,
trombone, turnstone, twelve-tone,
ondness \an-nas\ see anness two-tone, Tyrone, unknown, unthrone,
well-known, whalebone, wheel-
ondo \an-do\ condo, Hondo, thrown, whetstone, windblown,
rondeau, rondo, tondo wishbone, Yangon

forzando, glissando, lentando, allophone, anglophone, anklebone,
parlando, scherzando, secondo, barbitone, Barbizon, barytone,
sforzando Bayamon, bombardon, Canal Zone,
chaperon, cherrystone, cobblestone,
allargando, rallentando, ritardando collarbone, cornerstone, cortisone,
accelerando cuttlebone, diaphone, Dictaphone,
epigone, francophone, free-fire zone,
ondom1 \an-d9m\ condom, Gaborone, gramophone, herringbone,
quondam homophone, ironstone, knucklebone,
marrowbone, megaphone,
ondom2 Xan-dsmN see undum mellophone, methadone, microphone,
microtone, minestrone, monotone,
ondor \an-dsr\ see onder1 Mount Mayon, overblown, overflown,
overgrown, overthrown, overtone,
ondrous Xsn-drssN see underous Picturephone, polyphone, rottenstone,
sacaton, saxophone, semitone,
ondyle \an-d3l\ see ondel shacklebone, silicone, sousaphone,
speakerphone, stepping-stone,
one1 \6n\ blown, bone, clone, cone, telephone, Toreon, undertone,
crone, drone, flown, groan, grown, vibraphone, xylophone, Yellowstone
hone, Joan, known, loan, lone, moan,
Mon, mown, none, own, phone, pone, anticyclone, Asuncion, bred-in-the-
prone, Rhone, roan, Saone, scone, bone, Conception, Darby and Joan,
sewn, shone, shoon, shown, sone, eau de cologne, mesocyclone,
sown, stone, throne, thrown, tone, norethindrone, Nuevo Leon,
trone, won, zone radiophone, sine qua non,
testosterone, videophone
agon, aitchbone, alone, atone,
backbone, bemoan, birthstone, Ponce de Leon, Sierra Leone
Blackstone, breastbone, brimstone, radiotelephone
brownstone, capstone, cheekbone,
chinbone, cogon, cologne, Cologne, one2 \6-ne\ see ony1
colon, Colon, condone, curbstone,
cyclone, daimon, debone, depone, one3 \an\ see on1
dethrone, disown, drystone, earphone,
enthrone, fieldstone, flagstone, one4 \an\ see un
flyblown, freestone, full-blown,
gallstone, gemstone, Gijon, Gladstone, one5 \6n\ see on3
gravestone, grindstone, hailstone,
halftone, handblown, headphone,
headstone, high-flown, hipbone,
homegrown, hormone, impone,

261 onged

onean \6-ne-an\ see onian1 ong1 \arj\ Chang, Fang, gong, hong,
Huang, prong, Shang, Tang, tong,
oned1 \6nd\ boned, stoned, toned yang
cologned, high-toned, pre-owned,
Anyang, barong, biltong, Da Nang,
rawboned, rhinestoned, two-toned dugong, Guiyang, Hanyang, Heng-
cobblestoned yang, Hong Kong, kiang, liang, Mah-
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at Jongg, Malang, Padang, satang,
Shenyang, Wuchang, Zhejiang,
one1 Zhenjiang

oned2 \an\ see on1 billabong, Chittagong, Liaoyang,
Pyong-yang, Semarang, scuppemong,
oneless \6n-las\ boneless, toneless Sturm und Drang, Vietcong,
Wollongong
onely \6n-le\ lonely, only, pronely
Heilongjiang, Shijiazhuang, Ujung
onement \6n-m3nt\ atonement, Pandang, ylang-ylang
cantonment, dethronement,
disownment, enthronement ong2 \6rj\ bong, dong, gong, long,
prong, song, strong, thong, throng,
o n e n e s s Xan-nssX dimness, tong, wrong
doneness, oneness
agelong, along, Armstrong, barong,
rotundness belong, biltong, birdsong, chaise
longue, daylong, dingdong, diphthong,
onent \6-n3nt\ sonant dugong, endlong, erelong, furlong,
component, deponent, exponent, Geelong, Haiphong, headlong,
headstrong, Kaesong, kampong,
opponent, proponent lifelong, livelong, Mekong,
bicomponent monthlong, Nanchang, nightlong,
oblong, oolong, part-song, ping-pong,
oneous \6-ne-9s\ see onious Ping-Pong, plainsong, prolong,
sarong, Shandong, sidelong, singsong,
oner1 \6-nar\ boner, donor, droner, so long, souchong, weeklong, yard-
groaner, honer, loaner, loner, moaner, long, yearlong
stoner, toner, zoner
billabong, Chittagong, cradlesong,
condoner, dethroner, intoner, evensong, Palembang, scuppemong,
landowner, shipowner sing-along, summerlong, tagalong,
Vietcong
telephoner
ong3 \an\ see ung1
oner2 \6n-9r\ see awner1
ong4\ung\seeung2
onerous \an-9-ras\ onerous,
sonorous onga \arj-ga\ conga, panga, tonga,
Tonga
ones \6nz\ Jones, nones
sawbones Kananga, mridanga
Davy Jones, lazybones Alba Longa, Zamboanga
skull and crossbones Bucaramanga
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
onge \snj\ see unge
and -s forms of verbs, listed at one
onged \6nd\ pronged, thonged
onest \an-ast\ honest multipronged
dishonest —also -edforms of verbs listed at
Hinayanist, Mahayanist
ong2
oney1 \6-ne\ see ony1

oney2 \an-e\ see unny

oney3 \u-ne\ see oony

onger 262

onger1 Xsrj-gsrX hunger, monger, onial \6-ne-9l\ baronial, colonial
younger ceremonial, matrimonial, testimonial

fellmonger, fishmonger, ironmonger, onian1 \6-ne-3n\ chthonian
newsmonger, phrasemonger, aeonian, Antonian, Baconian,
scaremonger, warmonger,
whoremonger, wordmonger Clactonian, demonian, Devonian,
draconian, Estonian, Etonian,
costermonger, fashionmonger, favonian, gorgonian, Ionian,
gossipmonger, rumormonger, Jacksonian, Oxonian, plutonian,
scandalmonger Samsonian, Shoshonean, Slavonian

onger2 \9n-jsr\ see unger1 Amazonian, Apollonian, Arizonian,
Babylonian, calypsonian,
ongery \arj-gre\ hungry Chalcedonian, Hamiltonian,
fellmongery, ironmongery parkinsonian

ongful \6n-f9l\ wrongful, songful onian2 \6-nysn\ Zonian
Estonian
ongin \an-jan\ see ungeon Amazonian, Babylonian,

ongish \6rj-ish\ longish, strongish Macedonian

ongo \arj-go\ bongo, Congo, onic \an-ik\ chronic, chthonic,
congou, Kongo, mongo conic, dornick, phonic, sonic, tonic

Niger-Congo, Pago Pago Aaronic, agonic, atonic, benthonic,
bionic, Brittonic, Brythonic, bubonic,
ongous Xsn-gasX see ungous Byronic, canonic, carbonic, cryonic,
cyclonic, daimonic, demonic,
ongue1 \arj\ see ung1 draconic, euphonic, gnomonic,
harmonic, hedonic, ionic, Ionic,
ongue2 \6n\ see ong2 ironic, laconic, Masonic, mnemonic,
planktonic, platonic, plutonic,
ongued \arjd\ lunged, tongued pneumonic, Puranic, Pythonic,
sardonic, Saronic, sermonic, Slavonic,
ongy \an-je\ see ungy symphonic, synchronic, tectonic,
Teutonic, zirconic
onhomous \an-3-mas\ see
onymous catatonic, diachronic, diatonic,
disharmonic, electronic, embryonic,
oni \6-ne\ seeony1 hegemonic, histrionic, homophonic,
hydroponic, inharmonic, isotonic,
onia1 \6-ne-a\ bignonia, clintonia, macaronic, megaphonic, microphonic,
Estonia, Laconia, Livonia, mahonia, monophonic, monotonic, nonionic,
paulownia, Polonia, Slavonia, pharaonic, Philharmonic, polyphonic,
Snowdonia, tithonia, valonia, zirconia quadraphonic, semitonic, Solomonic,
supersonic, supertonic, telephonic,
Amazonia, Caledonia, Catalonia, thermionic, ultrasonic
Macedonia
architectonic, chameleonic,
onia2 \6-nya\ Konya, Sonia, Sonja, cardiotonic, electrotonic, geotectonic,
Sonya Neoplatonic, stereophonic

ammonia, Bologna, pneumonia, extraembryonic
Polonia, tithonia, valonia
onica \an-i-ks\ Monica
anhedonia, Caledonia, Macedonia, harmonica, japonica, Salonika,
Patagonia
veronica, Veronica
New Caledonia Thessalonica

onia3 \6n-ya\ dona
begonia

263 onnet

onical \an-i-kal\ chronicle, conical, onishment \an-ish-mant\
monachal, monocle admonishment, astonishment

canonical, demonical, ironical onium \6-ne-9m\ euphonium,
deuterocanonical harmonium, plutonium

onicals \an-i-kalz\ Chronicles pandemonium, Pandemonium
canonicals
onius \6-ne-as\ see onious
onicker \a-ni-ksr\ see onnicker onja \6-nya\ see onia2

onicle \an-i-kal\ see onical onjon \9n-jan\ see ungeon

onicles \an-i-kalz\ see onicals onjure \an-J9r\ conjure, rondure
onk1 \arjk\ ankh, bronc, clonk,
onics \an-iks\ onyx, phonics conch, conk, Franck, honk, Planck,
bionics, cryonics, mnemonics, plonk, zonk

Ovonics, photonics, sardonyx, honkytonk
tectonics onk2 \srjk\ see unk

avionics, electronics, histrionics, onker \arj-ksr\ conker, conquer,
hydroponics, microphonics, honker
nucleonics, quadriphonics, radionics, onkey1 \arj-ke\ see onky
supersonics, thermionics onkey2 \arj-ke\ see unky

architectonics onkian \an-ke-an\ conquian
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns Algonkian
listed at onic
onky \arj-ke\ conkey, donkey,
onika \an-i-ks\ see onica wonky, yanqui

oniker \a-ni-kar\ see onnicker onless \9n-las\ see unless

oning1 \an-irj\ awning only \6n-le\ see onely
couponing
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at onment \6n-m9nt\ see onement
onn1 \an\ see on1
on1 onn2 \6n\ see on3
onna1 \6n-a\ donna, Donna, fauna
oning2 \6-nirj\ loaning
jawboning, landowning megafauna, prima donna
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at onna2 \an-a\ see ana1

one1 onnage \an-ij\ see unnage
onne1 \an\ see on1
onion \3n-yan\ see union onne2 \an\ see un
onne3 \6n\ see on3
onious \6-ne-as\ erroneous, onner \an-ar\ see onor1
euphonious, felonious, harmonious,
Polonius, Suetonius, symphonious onnet \an-at\ bonnet, sonnet
bluebonnet, sunbonnet, warbonnet
acrimonious, ceremonious,
disharmonious, inharmonious,
parsimonious, sanctimonious

Marcus Antonius, unceremonious

onis1 \6-nss\ see onus2

onis2 \an-as\ see onus1

onish \an-ish\ donnish, monish
admonish, astonish, premonish
leprechaunish

onnicker 264

onnicker \a-ni-kar\ donnicker, onsil \an-s9l\ see onsul
doniker, monicker, moniker
onsin \an-san\ see ohnson
onnie \an-e\ see ani1
onson \an-ssn\ see ohnson
onnish \an-ish\ see onish
onsor \an-sar\ panzer, sponsor
onnor \an-ar\ see onor1
onsul \an-s3i\ consul, tonsil
onny1 \an-e\ see ani1 ont1 \snt\ blunt, brunt, bunt, front,
grunt, hunt, lunt, punt, runt, shunt,
onny2 \sn-e\ see unny strunt, stunt, want, wont

ono1 \6-no\ phono affront, beachfront, bowfront,
cui bono, kimono, pro bono breakfront, confront, forefront,
kakemono, makimono housefront, lakefront, manhunt, out-
front, seafront, shirtfront, shorefront,
ono2 \6-na\ see ona storefront, swell-front, up-front,
witch-hunt
ono3 \an-6\ see ano1
battlefront, oceanfront, riverfront,
onocle Xan-i-kalX see onical waterfront

onomer Xan-a-msrX monomer ont2 \ant\ see ant2
astronomer, comonomer ont3 \6nt\ see aunt1

onomist \an-3-ni3st\ agronomist, on't \6nt\ don't, won't
autonomist, economist, ergonomist,
gastronomist, synonymist, taxonomist ontal1 \ant-3l\ pontil, fontal, quantal
horizontal
Deuteronomist periodontal

onomous \an-9-m9s\ see onymous ontal2 \ant-al\ see untie
ontan \ant-n\ see onton
onomy \an-a-me\ agronomy,
antonymy, astronomy, autonomy, ontas \ant-9s\ see ontus
economy, eponymy, gastronomy,
homonomy, metonymy, synonymy, onte1 \ant-e\ see anti1
taphonomy, taxonomy, toponymy onte2 \an-ta\ see ante1

Deuteronomy, diseconomy, onted \6nt-9d\ vaunted, wonted
heteronomy, teleonomy undaunted
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
onor1 \an-ar\ Bonner, fawner, goner,
honor, pawner, pawnor, spawner, aunt1
wanner, yawner
onter \snt-3r\ see unter
dishonor, O'Connor
Afrikaner, Lipizzaner, marathoner, onth \snth\ month
weimaraner billionth, millionth, trillionth,

onor2 \6-nsr\ see oner1 twelvemonth

onorous \an-a-ras\ see onerous ontian \ant-e-an\ Zontian
post-Kantian
onquer \arj-kar\ see onker
ontic \ant-ik\ ontic
onquian \arj-ke-an\ see onkian deontic, Vedantic
orthodontic
ons1 \anz\ see onze anacreontic

ons2 \ 6 n \ see on2

265 ood

ontil \ant-3l\ see ontal1 anonymous, antonymous,
autonomous, eponymous,
ontinent \ant-3n-ant\ continent homonymous, pseudonymous,
incontinent, subcontinent synonymous
supercontinent
heteronomous
ontis \an-tss\ see antos2
onymy \an-9-me\ see onomy
Ofitist \ant-ast\ Vedantist
orthodontist, prosthodontist onyon1 Xan-yanX ronyon, wanion

onto \an-to\ see anto1 onyon2 \9n-yan\ see union

onton \ant-3n\ ponton, wanton onyx \an-iks\ see onics
Lahontan
onze \anz\ bonze, bronze, pons
ontra \an-tra\ contra, mantra, tantra long Johns, Saint John's
per contra Afrikaans, solitons
islet of Langerhans
ontre \ant-sr\ see aunter1 —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,

ontus \ant-ss\ Pontus and -s forms of verbs, listed at on
Pocahontas
onzi \an-ze\ see onzy
onty \ant-e\ see anti1
onzy \an-ze\ bronzy, Ponzi
onus1 \an-as\ Cronus, Faunus
Adonis 001 \ii\ see ew1

onus \6-nas\ bonus, Cronus, Jonas, 0 0 2 \ 6 \ see ow1
onus, slowness
oob \iib\ see ube
Adonis, colonus
oober \u-bsr\ see uber
ony1 \6-ne\ bony, coney, crony,
phony, pony, stony, Toni, tony, Tony, ooby \ii-be\ booby, looby, ruby,
yoni Ruby

baloney, Benoni, bologna, canzone, ooch1 \uch\ brooch, hooch, mooch,
Marconi, Moroni, Oenone, padrone, pooch, smooch
spumoni, tortoni
capuche
abalone, acrimony, agrimony, scaramouch
alimony, antimony, cannelloni,
ceremony, chalcedony, colophony, ooch2 \6ch\ see oach
macaroni, mascarpone, matrimony,
minestrone, palimony, parsimony, oocher \u-char\ see uture
patrimony, pepperoni, provolone,
rigatoni, sanctimony, telephony, oochy \u-che\ smoochy
testimony, zabaglione Baluchi, penuche, Vespucci
Kawaguchi
con espressione, conversazione,
dramatis personae ood1 \ud\ good, hood, pud, rudd,
should, stood, wood, would, yod
ony2 \an-e\ see ani1
basswood, bentwood, blackwood,
onya \6-nya\ see onia2 boxwood, brushwood, childhood,
cordwood, deadwood, do-good,
onymist \an-3-mast\ see onomist dogwood, driftwood, Ellwood,
Elwood, falsehood, fatwood, feel-
onymous \an-3-m3s\ bonhomous good, firewood, fruitwood, girlhood,
godhood, greasewood, greenwood,

ood 266

groundwood, gumwood, hardwood, oodman \ud-man\ goodman,
ironwood, kingwood, knighthood, woodman
maidhood, manhood, monkhood,
monkshood, Mount Hood, no-good, oodoo \ud-ii\ doo-doo, hoodoo,
pinewood, plywood, priesthood, kudu, voodoo
pulpwood, redwood, rosewood,
sainthood, selfhood, Sherwood, OOds \udz\ backwoods, dry goods
softwood, sonhood, statehood, piney woods
stinkwood, Talmud, teakwood, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
unhood, Wedgwood, wifehood,
withstood, wormwood and -s forms of verbs, listed at ood

arrowwood, bachelorhood, oodsman \udz-man\ woodsman
brotherhood, buttonwood, backwoodsman, ombudsman
candlewood, cedarwood, Cottonwood,
fatherhood, hardihood, Hollywood, OOdy1 \iid-e\ broody, Judi, Judie,
likelihood, livelihood, maidenhood, Judy, moody, Rudy, Trudy
motherhood, nationhood,
neighborhood, parenthood, OOdy2 \ud-e\ cuddy, goody, hoody,
personhood, Robin Hood, woody
sandalwood, scattergood, servanthood,
sisterhood, spinsterhood, toddlerhood, goody-goody
tulipwood, understood, widowhood,
womanhood oody3 \ad-e\ see uddy1

misunderstood, unlikelihood, ooer \u-ar\ see ewer1
widowerhood
ooey \u-e\ see ewy
ood2 \6d\ see ode
oof1 \uf\ goof, kloof, poof, pouf,
ood3 \ud\ see ude proof, roof, spoof, woof

ood4 \ad\ see ud aloof, behoof, disproof, fireproof,
foolproof, forehoof, rustproof,
ooded1 \ad-ad\ blooded shadoof, soundproof, sunroof,
cold-blooded, full-blooded, half- Tartuffe, unroof

blooded, hot-blooded, pure-blooded, bulletproof, opera bouffe,
red-blooded, star-studded, warm- shatterproof, waterproof, weatherproof
blooded
oof \uf\ hoof, poof, roof, woof
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at forehoof, Tartuffe
ud1
oof3 \6f\ see oaf
ooded2 \ud-ad\ hooded, wooded
hard-wooded, soft-wooded oof4 \iiv\ see ove3

ooder1 \iid-ar\ see uder oofah \u-fa\ see ufa

ooder2 \ad-ar\ see udder oofer1 \u-fsr\ proofer, roofer, twofer
waterproofer
ooding \ud-in\ pudding
do-gooding, unhooding oofer2 \uf-ar\ hoofer, woofer

oodle \ud-al\ boodle, doodle, feudal, oofy \u-fe\ goofy, spoofy, Sufi
noodle, poodle, strudel
ooga \u-ga\ see uga
caboodle, flapdoodle, paludal
Yankee-Doodle o o g e \uj\ see uge1

ooger \ug-ar\ see ugur

267 oole

oogie \iig-e\ bogey, boogie ookery \uk-a-re\ crookery, rookery
boogie-woogie
OOkie \uk-e\ bookie, brookie,
oo-goo \u-gii\ see ugu cookie, cooky, hooky, rookie, rooky

OOh \ii\ see ew1 Takatsuki, walkie-lookie

ooh-pooh \u-pii\ hoopoe, pooh- OOking \iik-irj\ booking, cooking
pooh good-looking, onlooking
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ooi \ix-e\ see ewy
ook1
ooist \u-ast\ doest
tattooist, voodooist OOklet \uk-tat\ booklet, brooklet,
—also -est forms of adjectives listed hooklet

arew1 ooks1 \iiks\ deluxe, gadzooks
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
OOk1 \iik\ book, brook, Brooke,
chook, cook, Cook, crook, gook, and -s forms of verbs, listed at like
hook, look, nook, rook, schnook,
shook, snook, stook, took ooks2 \uks\ Brooks, crux, luxe,
zooks
bankbook, betook, billhook,
caoutchouc, chapbook, checkbook, deluxe, gadzooks
Chinook, cookbook, forsook, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
fishhook, guidebook, handbook, and -s forms of verbs, listed at ook1
hornbook, hymnbook, Innsbruck,
Kobuk, logbook, matchbook, mistook, ooky1 \ii-ke\ kooky, spooky
Mount Cook, notebook, outlook, bouzouki, Kabuki, saluki, tanuki
partook, passbook, Pembroke,
playbook, pothook, promptbook, ooky2 \uk-e\ see ookie
psalmbook, retook, schoolbook,
scrapbook, sketchbook, skyhook, 0011 \ixl\ boule, boulle, buhl, cool,
songbook, studbook, textbook, drool, fool, fuel, ghoul, gul, joule,
unhook, Windhoek, workbook, mewl, mule, pool, Poole, pul, pule,
yearbook rule, school, spool, stool, tool, tulle,
you'll, yule
buttonhook, copybook, donnybrook,
gerenuk, inglenook, Leeuwenhoek, air-cool, ampoule, babul, Banjul,
overbook, overlook, overtook, befool, Blackpool, carpool, cesspool,
pocketbook, storybook, tenterhook, curule, Elul, faldstool, footstool,
undertook, Volapuk hangul, Kabul, Kurnool, misrule,
Mosul, preschool, retool, self-rule,
gobbledygook synfuel, toadstool, tomfool, uncool,
vanpool, whirlpool
ook2 \uk\ see like
Barnaul, fascicule, gallinule,
ooka \u-ks\ yuca graticule, groupuscule, Hartlepool,
bazooka, felucca, palooka, Toluca, Istanbul, lenticule, Liverpool,
majuscule, minuscule, molecule,
verruca monticule, overrule, reticule, ridicule,
Juan de Fuca vestibule, water-cool

ookah \uk-s\ hookah, sukkah biomolecule

ooke \iik\ see ook1 0 0 1 2 \ i i l \ see ill

ooker \uk-ar\ booker, cooker, oola \u-ta\ see ula
hooker, Hooker, looker, snooker
OOle \ul\ see OOl1
good-looker, onlooker

oolean 268

oolean \u-le-an\ see ulean oom2 \iim\ see urn2

OOled \iild\ bejeweled, unschooled oomed \iimd\ groomed, plumed,
vestibuled wombed
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
well-groomed
OOl1 —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
oom1
ooler \u-lar\ cooler, gular, puler,
ruler oomer Xii-marX see umer

carpooler, grade-schooler, high oomily Xii-ms-leA gloomily
schooler, preschooler contumely

ridiculer, watercooler ooming1 Xii-msnX see uman

oolie \ii-le\ see uly ooming2 \ii-mirj\ see uming

oolish \ii-lish\ coolish, foolish, oomlet Xiim-latX boomlet, plumelet
ghoulish, mulish
oomy \u-me\ bloomy, boomy,
pound-foolish doomy, fumy, gloomy, plumy, rheumy,
roomy, spumy
oolly1 \u-le\ see uly
costumey
oolly2 \ul-e\ see ully2
oon1 \un\ boon, Boone, coon, croon,
oom1 \um\ bloom, boom, broom, dune, goon, hewn, June, loon, lune,
brougham, brume, combe, cwm, moon, noon, prune, rune, shoon, soon,
doom, flume, fume, gloom, glume, spoon, swoon, strewn, toon, tune
groom, Hume, khoum, loom, neume,
plume, rheum, room, spume, tomb, aswoon, attune, baboon, balloon,
toom, vroom, whom, womb, zoom bassoon, buffoon, Calhoun, cardoon,
cartoon, cocoon, commune, doubloon,
abloom, assume, backroom, dragoon, festoon, fine-tune, forenoon,
ballroom, barroom, bathroom, gaboon, gadroon, galloon, Gudrun,
bedroom, boardroom, bridegroom, half-moon, harpoon, immune, impugn,
broadloom, checkroom, classroom, jargoon, jejune, Kowloon, Kunlun,
cloakroom, coatroom, consume, lagoon, lampoon, lardoon, maroon,
costume, courtroom, darkroom, monsoon, Neptune, oppugn, Pashtun,
dayroom, entomb, enwomb, exhume, patroon, platoon, poltroon, pontoon,
foredoom, greenroom, guardroom, premune, puccoon, quadroon,
headroom, heirloom, homeroom, raccoon, ratoon, repugn, rockoon,
houseroom, illume, inhume, jibboom, rough-hewn, saloon, shalloon,
Khartoum, legroom, legume, soupspoon, spittoon, spontoon,
lunchroom, mudroom, mushroom, teaspoon, Torun, tribune, triune,
newsroom, perfume, playroom, tuchun, tycoon, typhoon, untune,
poolroom, pressroom, presume, Walloon
proofroom, relume, resume,
salesroom, schoolroom, showroom, afternoon, barracoon, Brigadoon,
sickroom, simoom, stateroom, Cameroon, demilune, dessertspoon,
stockroom, storeroom, subsume, honeymoon, importune, macaroon,
taproom, Targum, tearoom, toolroom, octoroon, opportune, pantaloon,
wardroom, washroom, workroom picaroon, picayune, rigadoon,
saskatoon, Saskatoon, tablespoon
anteroom, checkerbloom, dyer's
broom, elbowroom, impostume, contrabassoon, inopportune
locker-room, miniboom, nom de
plume, smoke-filled room, witches'- oon2 \6n\ see one1
broom

269 oorman

oona \u-na\ see una O-op \iip\ see OOp1

oonal \un-3l\ see unal OOped \upd\ looped
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
oone \iin\ see oon1
oop
ooner \ii-nar\ crooner, crowner,
lunar, pruner, schooner, sooner, oopee \ii-pe\ see oopy
swooner, tuner
OOper \u-par\ blooper, cooper,
harpooner, lacunar, lampooner, Cooper, Cowper, duper, grouper,
oppugner looper, scooper, snooper, stupor,
swooper, super, trooper, trouper
honeymooner, importuner,
semilunar party pooper, paratrooper, pooper-
scooper, super-duper
oonery1 \iin-re\ buffoonery,
lampoonery, poltroonery ooping \ii-pirj\ grouping, trooping,
trouping
oonery2 \u-na-re\ see unary
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ooney \u-ne\ see oony oop

oonie \u-ne\ see oony oopoe \u-pu\ see ooh-pooh

ooning \ii-nin\ nooning oops \ups\ hoops, oops, whoops,
ballooning, cartooning, gadrooning woops
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
oopy \u-pe\ croupy, droopy,
oon1 groupie, Kewpie, loopy, snoopy,
soupy, Tupi, whoopee
oonish \u-nish\ moonish
buffoonish, cartoonish oor1 \6r\ see or1
picayunish oor2 \iir\ see ure1
oorage1 \ur-ij\ moorage
oonless \un-l9s\ moonless,
tuneless, woundless sewerage

oons \iinz\ lunes, zounds oorage2 \6r-ij\ see orage2
eftsoons oore1 \6r\ see or1
afternoons oore2 \ur\ see ure1
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
oored \6rd\ see oard
and -s forms of verbs, listed at oon
oorer \6r-sr\ see orer
oony \u-ne\ gooney, loony, luny, oori \ur-e\ see ury1
Moonie, moony, muni, puisne, puny, ooring1 \6r-irj\ see oring
spoony, Zuni ooring2 \ur-irj\ see uring
oorish1 \ur-ish\ boorish, Moorish,
Mulroney poorish
oorish2 \6r-ish\ see orish1
OOp \xip\ bloop, coop, croup, droop,
drupe, dupe, goop, group, hoop, loop, oorly \ur-le\ see urely
loupe, poop, roup, scoop, sloop,
snoop, soup, stoop, stoup, stupe, oorman \6r-msn\ see orman
swoop, troop, troupe, whoop

age-group, in-group, out-group,
recoup, regroup, subgroup, T-group

alley-oop, cock-a-hoop, Guadalupe,
Guadeloupe, nincompoop, paratroop,
supergroup

oors 270

oors \6rz\ Bors, drawers, yours OOted1 \ut-ad\ booted, fruited,
Azores, indoors, outdoors muted, suited
underdrawers, withindoors,
abluted, deep-rooted, jackbooted,
withoutdoors pantsuited, voluted
Louis Quatorze
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
ute
and -s forms of verbs, listed at or
OOted2 \ut-ad\ footed
oorsman Xdrz-manX see oarsman barefooted, clubfooted, deep-rooted,

oort \6rt\ see ort1 duckfooted, fleet-footed, four-footed,
light-footed, slow-footed, splayfooted,
oosa \u-ss\ see usa1 surefooted, web-footed, wing-footed

o o s e 1 \iis\ see use1 cloven-footed
—also -edforms of verbs listed at
o o s e 2 \iiz\ see use2 OOt1

ooser1 \u-ssr\ see ucer OOter1 \ut-ar\ footer, putter
shot-putter
ooser2 \u-zsr\ see user pussyfooter

oosey \ii-se\ see uicy ooter2 \ut-ar\ see uter

oosh1 \iish\ see ouche ooth1 \iith\ smooth, soothe, tooth

oosh2 \ush\ see ush2 OOth2 \uth\ booth, Booth, couth,
crwth, routh, ruth, Ruth, scouth,
OOSt \iist\ boost, juiced, Proust, sleuth, sooth, tooth, truth, Truth, youth
roost
bucktooth, Duluth, eyetooth,
langouste, produced forsooth, half-truth, sawtooth,
self-induced, Zlatoust selcouth, tollbooth, uncouth, untruth,
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at vermouth
use1
snaggletooth
oosy \ii-ze\ see oozy
oothe \ u t h \ see ooth1
OOt1 \ut\ foot, put, root, Root, soot
afoot, barefoot, bigfoot, bird's-foot, oothed \iitht\ toothed
gap-toothed
Blackfoot, clubfoot, crow's-foot, snaggletoothed
enroot, flatfoot, forefoot, hotfoot,
input, kaput, outfoot, output, Rajput, oothless \uth-tas\ see uthless
shot put, snakeroot, splayfoot, taproot,
throughput, uproot oothly \iith-le\ soothly
uncouthly
acre-foot, arrowroot, bitterroot,
cajeput, candle-foot, gingerroot, oothy \u-the\ couthie, toothy
orrisroot, pussyfoot, tenderfoot,
underfoot OOtie \ut-e\ see ooty1

oot2 \ut\ see ute ooting1 \ut-in\ footing
off-putting
OOt3 \at\ see ut1 —also -ing forms of verbs listed at

ootage1 \iit-ij\ fruitage, rootage, OOt1
scutage
ooting2 \ut-irj\ see uting
ootage2 \ut-ij\ footage, rootage
ootle \ut-al\ see utile

271 opence

OOtless \ut-las\ bootless, fruitless hockshop, housetop, joypop, maintop,
milksop, nonstop, one-stop, outcrop,
OOtlet \ut-fot\ fruitlet, rootlet pawnshop, pop-top, ragtop, raindrop,
redtop, ripstop, rooftop, sharecrop,
OOtS \iits\ boots shortstop, skin-pop, slipslop,
firstfruits, grassroots, slyboots, snowdrop, soursop, stonecrop,
sweatshop, sweetshop, teardrop, tip-
Vaduz top, treetop, unstop, workshop
shoot-the-chutes
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, agitprop, barbershop, carrottop,
countertop, double-crop, double-stop,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at ute Ethiop, island-hop, lollipop, malaprop,
mom-and-pop, mountaintop, overtop,
ootsie \ut-se\ footsie, tootsie table-hop, tabletop, techno-pop,
teenybop, turboprop, whistle-stop,
OOty1 \iit-e\ beauty, booty, Clootie, window-shop
cootie, cutie, duty, footy, fluty, fruity,
hooty, rooty, snooty, sooty, tutti, zooty Babelthuap

agouti, Djibouti op2 \ 6 \ see OW1
Funafuti, heavy-duty, persecutee,
tutti-frutti opa \6-pa\ opa, opah
Europa
OOty2 \ut-e\ rooty, sooty, tutti
opah \6-pa\ see opa
ooty3 \at-e\ see utty
opal \6-p9l\ copal, nopal, opal, Opal
oove \iiv\ see ove3 Simferopol
Constantinople
oover \u-var\ see over3
ope \6p\ cope, coup, dope, grope,
OOVy \u-ve\ groovy, movie holp, hope, Hope, lope, mope, nope,
ope, pope, Pope, rope, scop, scope,
ooze \uz\ see use2 slope, soap, stope, taupe, tope, trope

oozer \ii-z9r\ see user aslope, borescope, downslope, elope,
gantlope, gantelope, Good Hope,
oozle \u-zal\ see usal2 myope, nightscope, pyrope, sandsoap,
soft-soap, tightrope, towrope
oozy \ii-ze\ bluesy, boozy, choosy,
floozy, newsy, oozy, Susie, woozy antelope, antipope, calliope,
cantaloupe, chronoscope, envelope,
Jacuzzi epitope, Ethiope, gyroscope,
horoscope, interlope, isotope,
op1 \ap\ bop, chap, chop, clop, cop, kinescope, microscope, misanthrope,
crop, drop, flop, fop, glop, hop, knop, periscope, phalarope, radarscope,
lop, mop, op, plop, pop, prop, scop, sniperscope, snooperscope,
shop, slop, sop, stop, strop, swap, top, stethoscope, telescope
whop
heliotrope, kaleidoscope,
Aesop, airdrop, atop, backdrop, stereoscope
backstop, bakeshop, barhop, bebop,
bellhop, blacktop, bookshop, carhop, opean \6-pe-3n\ see opian
cartop, chop-chop, clip-clop, clop-
clop, coin-op, cooktop, co-op, opee \6-pe\ see opi
desktop, dewdrop, doorstop,
dramshop, Dunlop, eardrop, open \6-pan\ holpen, open
eavesdrop, ESOP, estop, f-stop, fire- reopen, wide-open
stop, flattop, flip-flop, foretop,
grogshop, gumdrop, hardtop, opence \ap-3ns\ see uppance
hedgehop, high-top, hilltop, hip-hop,

openny 272

openny \ap-ne\ threepenny, opia \6-pe-s\ dystopia, myopia,
twopenny sinopia, Utopia

oper \6-par\ coper, doper, groper, cornucopia, Ethiopia
loper, moper, roper, soaper, toper
opian \6-pe-an\ Aesopian,
eloper, no-hoper, soft-soaper cyclopean, dystopian, Utopian
interloper
cornucopian, Ethiopian
opera \ap-rs\ see opra
opic1 \ap-ik\ topic, tropic
opey \6-pe\ see opi Aesopic, anthropic, ectopic,

oph \6f\ see oaf subtropic
Ethiopic, gyroscopic, hygroscopic,
ophagous \af-9-g9s\ coprophagous,
esophagus, necrophagous, macroscopic, microscopic,
sarcophagus, zoophagous misanthropic, periscopic,
philanthropic, semitropic,
anthropophagous stethoscopic, telescopic

ophagy \af-3-je\ coprophagy, kaleidoscopic, stereoscopic
geophagy
opic2 \6-pik\ tropic
anthropophagy myopic
Ethiopic, psychotropic
ophe1 \6-fe\ see ophy
opical \ap-i-kal\ topical, tropical
ophe2 \6f\ see off2 anthropical, subtropical
microscopical, Neotropical,
opher \6-far\ see ofer
philanthropical, semitropical
ophet \af-at\ see ofit
oplar \ap-br\ see oppler
ophic1 \af-ik\ strophic
antistrophic, apostrophic, ople \6-pal\ see opal

catastrophic opol \6-p9i\ see opal

ophic2 \6-fik\ strophic, trophic opolis1 \ap-3-tas\ propolis
atrophic acropolis, cosmopolis, metropolis,

ophical \af-i-ksl\ philosophical, necropolis
theosophical Heliopolis, megalopolis
Florianopolis
ophie \6-fe\ see ophy
opolis2 \ap-las\ see opless
ophir \6-far\ see ofer
opolist \ap-3-last\ monopolist
ophonous \af-9-nss\ cacophonous, bibliopolist
homophonous
opoly \ap-3-le\ choppily, floppily,
ophony \af-9-ne\ cacophony, sloppily
colophony, homophony, monophony,
theophany duopoly, monopoly, vox populi
oligopoly
heterophony, stereophony Tiruchchirappalli

ophy \6-fe\ Sophie, sophy, strophe, oppa \ap-a\ see apa1
trophy
opped \apt\ see opt
opi \6-pe\ dopey, Hopi, mopey, ropy,
soapy, topee, topi oppel \ap-al\ see opple

273 or

opper \ap-ar\ bopper, chopper, opt \apt\ Copt, knopped, opt, topped
copper, cropper, dropper, flopper, adopt, close-cropped, co-opt, end-
hopper, lopper, mopper, popper,
proper, shopper, stopper, swapper, stopped
topper, whopper, yapper —also -ed forms of verbs listed at

clodhopper, eavesdropper, op1
eyedropper, eyepopper, grasshopper,
hedgehopper, improper, job-hopper, opter \ap-tsr\ copter
joypopper, leafhopper, namedropper, adopter
rockhopper, sharecropper, helicopter, ornithopter
showstopper, skin-popper, treehopper,
woodchopper optic \ap-tik\ Coptic, optic
panoptic, synoptic
table-hopper, teenybopper, window- electro-optic
shopper
optimist \ap-t3-mast\ optimist,
oppery \ap-re\ coppery, foppery Optimist

oppet \ap-3t\ moppet, poppet Soroptimist

oppily \ap-a-le\ see opoly option \ap-shan\ option
adoption, co-option
oppiness \ap-e-n9s\ choppiness,
Soppiness, sloppiness optric \ap-trik\ catoptric, dioptric

opping \ap-irj\ hopping, sopping, opula \ap-y3-b\ copula, scopula
topping, whopping
opulace \ap-ya-l9s\ populace,
clodhopping, eye-popping, job- populous
hopping, name-dropping, outcropping
opulate \ap-y3-lat\ copulate,
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at populate

op1 overpopulate

opple \ap-al\ popple, stopple, topple opuli \ap-9-le\ see opoly
estoppel
opulous \ap-v3-tas\ see opulace
oppler \ap-lar\ Doppler, poplar
opus \6-pas\ opus
oppy \ap-e\ choppy, copy, crappie, Canopus
floppy, gloppy, hoppy, kopje, poppy, magnum opus
sloppy, soppy, stroppy pithecanthropus

jalopy, okapi, serape opy1 \6-pe\ see opi
microcopy, Nahuel Huapi,
photocopy opy2 \ap-e\ see oppy

opra \ap-ra\ copra, opera oque1 \6k\ see oke

ops \aps\ chops, copse, Ops, tops oque2 \ak\ see ock1
beechdrops, cyclops, eyedrops,
oque3 \6k\ see alk
Pelops, pinedrops, sundrops
muttonchops oquial \6-kwe-9l\ colloquial
triceratops ventriloquial
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
or1 \6r\ boar, Boer, Bohr, bore,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at op chore, core, corps, crore, door, drawer,
floor, for, fore, four, frore, gore, Gore,
opse \aps\ see ops

opsy \ap-se\ dropsy
autopsy, biopsy, necropsy

or 274

hoar, hoer, kor, lore, Moore, mor, Salvatore, semaphore, Singapore,
more, More, nor, o'er, oar, or, ore, stegosaur, stevedore, superstore,
poor, pore, pour, roar, score, shore, sycamore, Theodore, theretofore,
snore, soar, sore, splore, spoor, spore, troubador, tug-of-war, two-by-four,
store, swore, Thor, tor, tore, torr, war, uncalled-for, underscore, vavasor,
whore, wore, yore, your, you're warrantor

abhor, actor, adore, afore, and/or, alienor, ambassador, ankylosaur,
ashore, backdoor, bailor, bandore, conquistador, conservator, Corregidor,
Beardmore, bedsore, before, bezoar, de Pompadour, El Salvador, esprit de
bookstore, candor, captor, centaur, corps, forevermore, hereinbefore,
claymore, closed-door, condor, decor, ichthyosaur, insectivore, legislator,
deplore, dime-store, donor, downpour, plesiosaur, San Salvadore, toreador,
drugstore, encore, ephor, explore, tyrannosaur, Ulan Bator
Exmoor, eyesore, feoffor, fetor,
Fillmore, folklore, footsore, forebore, administrator, lobster thermidor
forswore, forscore, galore, hardcore, Talleyrand-Perigord
ichor, ignore, implore, Indore, indoor,
inpour, inshore, Lahore, lakeshore, or2 \sr\ see eur1
Lenore, lessor, memoir, mentor,
Mysore, nearshore, Nestor, offshore, ora \6r-s\ aura, bora, Cora, Dora,
onshore, outdoor, outpour, outsoar, flora, Flora, hora, Laura, Lora, mora,
outwore, pastor, psywar, rancor, Nora, sora, Torah
rapport, raptor, Realtor, restore, rhetor,
savior, seafloor, seashore, sector, Andorra, angora, aurora, Aurora,
seignior, senhor, sehor, sensor, settlor, begorra, camorra, fedora, gemara,
Seymour, signor, smoothbore, Gomorrah, Lenora, Masora, menorah,
sophomore, stentor, stertor, stressor, pandora, Pandora, remora, senhora,
stridor, subfloor, temblor, tensor, sefiora, signora, Sonora
therefor, therefore, threescore, Timor,
trapdoor, turgor, uproar, vendor, grandiflora, Juiz de Fora, Leonora,
wherefore, woodlore Simchas Torah, Tuscarora

albacore, alongshore, anaphor, Lomas de Zamora
anymore, archosaur, Baltimore,
Bangalore, Barrymore, brontosaur, orable \6r-9-bal\ horrible, pourable,
carnivore, CD4, Coimbatore, storable
commodore, comprador, confessor,
consignor, corridor, cuspidor, devisor, adorable, deplorable, restorable
dinosaur, door-to-door, Ecuador,
either-or, Eleanor, Eleanore, elector, orace \6r-as\ see aurus
Elinor, en rapport, evermore,
franchisor, furthermore, guarantor, oracle \6r-9-kal\ coracle, oracle
Gwalior, hackamore, hadrosaur,
hellebore, herbivore, heretofore, orage1 \ar-ij\ barrage, borage,
humidor, Labrador, louis d'or, man-of- forage, porridge
war, manticore, matador, metaphor,
meteor, millepore, Minotaur, mirador, orage2 \6r-ij\ borage, floorage,
Mount Rushmore, nevermore, forage, porridge, storage
omnivore, out-of-door, petit four,
picador, pinafore, pompadour, orah \6r-s\ see ora
predator, promisor, pterosaur,
reservoir, sagamore, Salvador, oral1 \6r-3i\ aural, choral, coral,
Coral, floral, laurel, Laurel, moral,
oral, quarrel, sorrel

aboral, amoral, auroral, balmoral,
binaural, immoral, monaural, peroral,
restoral, sororal

oral2 \6rl\ see orl2

275 ordure

oram \6r-9m\ see orum ord2 \ard\ see ird

orate \6r-at\ seeoret ord3 \6r\ see or1

orative \6r-9t-iv\ explorative, ordan \6rd-3n\ see arden2
pejorative, restorative
ordancy \6rd-3n-se\ mordancy
oray \a-re\ see urry discordancy

orb \6rb\ forb, orb, sorb, Sorb ordant \6rd-3nt\ mordant, mordent
absorb, adsorb, desorb, resorb accordant, concordant, discordant

orbate \6r-bst\ see orbit orde \6rd\ see oard

orbeil \6r-bal\ see orbel orded \6rd-ad\ see arded2

orbel \6r-bal\ corbeil, corbel, warble ordent \6rd-3nt\ see ordant

orbent \6r-b3nt\ absorbent order \6rd-ar\ boarder, border,
immunosorbent corder, hoarder, order, warder

orbet \6r-bat\ see orbit awarder, disorder, keyboarder,
recorder, reorder, rewarder,
orbit \6r-bat\ orbit, sorbet skateboarder, surfboarder
adsorbate
made-to-order
ore \6rk\ see ork2
ordered \6rd-srd\ bordered, ordered
orca \6r-ka\ orca —also -edforms of verbs listed at
Majorca, Minorca
Palma de Mallorca order

orcas \6r-kss\ Dorcas, orchis orders \6rd-arz\ Borders
orce \6rs\ see orse1 —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
orced \6rst\ see orst1
and -s forms of verbs, listed at order
orceful \6rs-fsl\ see orseful
ordial \6rd-e-al\ exordial, primordial
orcement \6r-sm3nt\ see orsement
ordid \6rd-ad\ see arded2
orcer \6r-sar\ courser, forcer
discourses enforcer ording1 \6rd-irj\ boarding, hoarding,
reinforcer lording
—also -erforms of adjectives listed
recording, rewarding, skateboarding
at orse1 weatherboarding
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
orch \6rch\ porch, scorch, torch oard
blowtorch, sunporch
ording2 \ard-irj\ see erding
orcher \6r-cb.9r\ scorcher, torture
ordingly \6rd-irj-le\ accordingly,
orchid \6r-kad\ forked, orchid rewardingly
cryptorchid, monorchid
ordion \6rd-e-an\ accordion,
orchis \6r-kas\ see orcas Edwardian
ord1 \6rd\ see oard
ordist \6rd-3St\ recordist
clavichordist, harpsichordist

ordon \6rd-3n\ see arden2

ordure \6r-jsr\ see orger

ordy 276

ordy1 \6rd-e\ Geordie, Lordy oreword \6r-wsrd\ see orward
awardee
orey \6r-e\ see ory
ordy2 \ard-e\ see urdy
ore1 \6r-e\ see ory orf \6rf \ see orph
ore2 \iir\ see ure1
ore3 \ar-3\ see orough1 org1 \6rg\ morgue
ore4 \6r\ see or1 cyborg

oreal \6r-e-al\ see orial org2 \6r-e\ see ory

orean \6r-e-9n\ see orian organ \6r-gan\ gorgon, morgan,
Morgan, organ
oreas \6r-e-as\ see orious
Glamorgan
ored \6rd\ see oard Demogorgon, Mid Glamorgan,
South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan
oredom \6rd-3m\ boredom,
whoredom orge \6rj\ forge, George, gorge,
scourge
orehead \6r-ad\ see orrid
oreign1 \ar-an\ see arin disgorge, drop-forge, engorge, Lloyd
oreign2 \6r-an\ see orin1 George, reforge

oreigner \6r-3-ngr\ see oroner Olduvai Gorge

orem \6r-am\ see orum orger \6r-jsr\ bordure, forger,
gorger, ordure
oreman Xor-marA see orman
orgi \6r-ge\ see orgy
orence \6r-3n(t)s\ seeawrence
orgia \6r-ja\ Borgia, Georgia
oreous \6r-e-as\ see orious Strait of Georgia

orer \6r-ar\ borer, corer, floorer, orgian \6r-jsn\ Georgian
horror, pourer, roarer, scorer, Swedenborgian
schnorrer, snorer, soarer, sorer
orgon \6r-gsn\ see organ
abhorer, adorer, deplorer, explorer
—also -ex forms of adjectives listed orgue \6rg\ see org
at or1
ores1 \6r-as\ see aurus orgy \6r-ge\ corgi, porgy
ores2 \6rz\ see oors
oreson \6rs-3n\ see oarsen ori \6r-e\ see ory

orest \6r-ast\ see orist oria \6r-e-a\ gloria, Gloria, noria,
orester \6r-9-st9r\ see orister scoria
oret \6r-9t\ floret, sororate
oreum \6r-e-3m\ see orium centaurea, euphoria, Peoria, Pretoria,
oreward \6r-ward\ see orward victoria, Victoria, Vitoria

phantasmagoria

orial \6r-e-al\ boreal, oriel, oriole
arboreal, armorial, auctorial,

authorial, cantorial, censorial,
corporeal, cursorial, factorial,
fossorial, manorial, marmoreal,
memorial, pictorial, praetorial,
proctorial, raptorial, rectorial,
sartorial, seignorial, sensorial,
sponsorial, tonsorial, tutorial, uxorial,
vectorial

277 orium

conductorial, consistorial, curatorial, orin1 \6r-an\ chlorine, florin,
dictatorial, directorial, editorial, foreign, Lauren, Orrin, sporran,
equatorial, immemorial, incorporeal, warren, Warren
janitorial, monitorial, monsignorial,
natatorial, piscatorial, preceptorial, cyclosporine
professorial, purgatorial, reportorial, cephalosporin
senatorial, territorial
orin2 \ar-sn\ see arin
ambassadorial, conservatorial,
combinatorial, conspiratorial, orine \6r-sn\ see orin1
extracorporeal, gladiatorial,
gubernatorial, imperatorial, oring \6r-irj\ boring, flooring,
inquisitorial, legislatorial, roaring, shoring
procuratorial, propriatorial,
prosecutorial inpouring, longshoring, outpouring,
rip-roaring
extraterritorial, improvisatorial
—also -ingforms of verbs listed at
oriam \6r-e-9m\ see orium or1

orian \6r-e-an\ Dorian, saurian, oring \ar-irj\ see urring
Taurean
oriole \6r-e-9l\ see orial
aurorean, Gregorian, historian,
Nestorian, praetorian, stentorian, orious \6r-e-as\ aureus, Boreas,
Victorian glorious

dinosaurian, hyperborean, Oratorian, arboreous, censorious, inglorious,
prehistorian, senatorian, terpsichorean laborious, notorious, sartorius,
uproarious, uxorious, vainglorious,
salutatorian, valedictorian victorious

oriant \6r-e-ant\ see orient meritorious

oriat \6r-e-9t\ see aureate2 oris \6r-9s\ see aurus

oric \6r-ik\ auric, choric, Doric, orish1 \6r-ish\ boarish, poorish,
toric whorish

Armoric, caloric, clitoric, dysphoric, folklorish
euphoric, folkloric, historic,
phosphoric, plethoric, pyloric orish2 \ur-ish\ see oorish1

anaphoric, cataphoric, metaphoric, orist \6r-sst\ florist, forest, Forrest,
meteoric, paregoric, prehistoric, sorest
sophomoric
afforest, Black Forest, deforest,
aleatoric, phantasmagoric folklorist, reforest

orical \6r-i-ksl\ auricle allegorist
historical, rhetorical Petrified Forest
ahistorical, allegorical, categorical, —also -est forms of adjectives listed
at or1
metaphorical, oratorical,
transhistorical orister \6r-3-star\ chorister, forester

sociohistorical ority \6r-at-e\ authority, majority,
minority, priority, seniority, sonority
orics \6r-iks\ see oryx
apriority
orid \6r-ad\ see orrid exteriority, inferiority, interiority,
posteriority, superiority
oriel \6r-e-al\ see orial
orium \6r-e-9m\ castoreum,
orient \6r-e-snt\ orient, Orient ciborium, emporium, pastorium,
euphoriant scriptorium, sensorium

ork 278

auditorium, crematorium, in autoworker, metalworker,
memoriam, moratorium, natatorium, needleworker, wonderworker
sanitorium, sudatorium
orker2 \6r-kar\ corker, forker,
ork1 \ark\ burke, Burke, chirk, porker, torquer
cirque, clerk, dirk, Dirk, irk, jerk, kirk,
Kirk, lurk, murk, perk, quirk, shirk, orkie \6r-ke\ see orky
smirk, stirk, Turk, work, yerk, zerk
orking \sr-kirj\ hardworking, tear-
artwork, berserk, breastwork, jerking, woodworking
brickwork, bridgework, brightwork,
brushwork, capework, casework, wonder-working
clockwork, coachwork, de Klerk, —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ductwork, Dunkirk, earthwork, ork1
falsework, fieldwork, firework,
flatwork, footwork, formwork, orky \6r-ke\ corky, dorky, forky,
framework, goldwork, groundwork, Gorky, porky, Yorkie
guesswork, hackwork, handwork,
headwork, homework, housework, orl1 \arl\ see irl
ironwork, knee-jerk, legwork,
lifework, make-work, meshwork, orl2 \6rl\ schorl, whorl
mi11work, network, outwork, ceorl
paintwork, patchwork, piecework,
presswork, quillwork, rework, orld \arld\ burled, knurled, whorled,
roadwork, salesclerk, schoolwork, world
Selkirk, Southwark, spadework,
steelwork, stickwork, stonework, dreamworld, New World, old-world
teamwork, timework, topwork, demiworld, microworld,
waxwork, webwork, woodwork netherworld, otherworld, underworld
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
basketwork, busywork, crewelwork, irl1
donkeywork, fancywork, handiwork,
journeywork, laquerwork, orled \srld\ see orld
masterwork, needlework, openwork,
overwork, paperwork, plasterwork, orm1 \srm\ berm, firm, germ, herm,
soda jerk, wonderwork perm, Perm, sperm, squirm, term,
therm, worm
cabinetwork
affirm, bookworm, budworm,
ork2 \6rk\ cork, Cork, dork, fork, confirm, cutworm, deperm, deworm,
pork, quark, stork, torque, York earthworm, flatworm, glowworm,
heartworm, hookworm, hornworm,
bulwark, Cape York, futhorc, inchworm, infirm, long-term,
hayfork, New York, North York, lugworm, lungworm, midterm,
pitchfork, uncork pinworm, ringworm, roundworm,
sandworm, screwworm, short-term,
orked1 \6rkt\ corked, forked silkworm, tapeworm, woodworm
uncorked
angleworm, armyworm, caddis
orked2 \6r-kad\ see orchid worm, disaffirm, disconfirm,
gymnosperm, pachyderm, reconfirm
orker1 Xsr-karX jerker, lurker,
shirker, worker angiosperm, echinoderm

berserker, caseworker, dockworker, orm2 \6rm\ corm, dorm, form,
fieldworker, handworker, ironworker, norm, storm, swarm, warm
outworker, pieceworker, steelworker,
tearjerker, wageworker, woodworker aswarm, barnstorm, brainstorm,
conform, deform, Delorme, firestorm,
free-form, hailstorm, inform, L-form,
landform, life-form, lukewarm,
perform, planform, platform,

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postform, preform, rainstorm, re-form, ormer2 Xar-marX see urmur
reform, sandstorm, snowstorm,
transform, triform, windstorm ormerly \6r-m9-le\ see ormally

chloroform, cruciform, dendriform, ormie \6r-me\ see ormy1
dentiform, disciform, fungiform,
funnelform, fusiform, letterform, ormily \6r-m3-le\ see ormally
microform, multiform, nonconform,
thunderstorm, uniform, vermiform orming \6r-mirj\ brainstorming,
heartwarming, housewarming
ormable Xdr-ma-balX formable
conformable, performable, habit-forming, nonperforming
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
transformable orm2

ormal \6r-m9l\ formal, normal ormist \6r-msst\ warmest
abnormal, conformal, informal, conformist, reformist
nonconformist
subnormal
paranormal, semiformal, ormity \6r-m9t-e\ conformity,
deformity, enormity
supernormal
nonconformity, uniformity
ormally \6r-ma-le\ formally,
formerly, normally, stormily ormless \6rm-las\ formless,
gormless
abnormally, informally, subnormally
paranormally, supernormally ormon Xor-marA see orman

orman \6r-man\ corpsman, ormy1 \6r-me\ dormie, stormy
doorman, foreman, Mormon, Norman
ormy2 \ar-me\ see ermy
longshoreman
Anglo-Norman orn1 \6rn\ born, borne, bourn, corn,
horn, lorn, morn, mourn, Norn, porn,
ormance \6r-m9ns\ conformance, scorn, shorn, sworn, thorn, torn, warn,
performance worn

nonconformance acorn, adorn, airborne, alphorn,
althorn, baseborn, bicorne, bighorn,
ormant \6r-mant\ dormant, formant blackthorn, boxthorn, broomcorn,
informant buckthorn, bullhorn, Cape Horn,
careworn, Christ's-thorn, Dearborn,
ormative \6r-mat-iv\ formative, dehorn, earthborn, einkorn, firethorn,
normative firstborn, foghorn, foreborn,
foresworn, forewarn, forlorn, forworn,
informative, performative, freeborn, greenhorn, hartshorn,
reformative, transformative hawthorn, Hawthorne, highborn,
inborn, inkhorn, krummhorn, leghorn,
orme \6rm\ see orm2 longhorn, lovelorn, lowborn, newborn,
outworn, popcorn, pronghorn, reborn,
ormed \6rmd\ formed, normed seaborne, shipborne, shoehorn,
informed, malformed, unformed shopworn, shorthorn, skyborne,
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at soilborne, staghorn, stillborn,
stinkhorn, suborn, timeworn, tinhorn,
orm2 tricorne, trueborn, twice-born, unborn,
unworn, wayworn, wellborn, well-
ormer1 \6r-m9r\ dormer, former, worn, wind-borne
swarmer, warmer

barnstormer, benchwarmer,
brainstormer, conformer, heart-
warmer, informer, performer,
reformer, transformer

orn 280

alpenhorn, barleycorn, Capricorn, orough2 \ar-6\ see urrow1
fliigelhorn, foreign-born, Golden
Horn, Matterhorn, peppercorn, orous \6r-9s\ see aurus
unicorn, waterborne, waterworn,
weatherworn, winterbourne orp \6rp\ dorp, gorp, thorp, warp
Australorp, Krugersdorp, octothorp,
orn2 \3rn\ see urn
Oglethorpe
ornament \6r-n3-mant\ ornament,
tournament orpe \6rp\ see orp

orne \6rn\ see orn1 orper \6r-p9r\ dorper, torpor

orned \6rnd\ horned, thorned orph \6rf\ corf, dwarf, morph
unadorned Diisseldorf
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at anthropomorph

orn1 orphan \6r-fsn\ orphan
endorphin
orner \6r-nar\ warner, Warner beta-endorphin
Cape Horner, dehorner, suborner
orpheus \6r-fe-as\ Morpheus,
ornery \an-re\ see annery1 Orpheus

orney \sr-ne\ see ourney1 orphic \6r-fik\ orphic
ectomorphic, endomorphic,
ornful \6rn-f9l\ mournful, scornful
mesomorphic, metamorphic,
ornice \6r-nas\ cornice, ornice pseudomorphic
notornis
anthropomorphic
orning \6r-nirj\ morning, mourning,
warning orphin \6r-fsn\ see orphan

aborning orphous \6r-f9s\ amorphous
isomorphous
orn is \6r-nas\ see ornice
orphrey \6r-fre\ orphrey, porphyry
ornment Xarn-mantX see ernment
orphyrin \6r-f3-ran\ see arfarin
orny \6r-ne\ corny, horny, porny,
thorny, tourney orphyry \6r-fre\ see orphrey

oro1 \ar-3\ see orough1 orpoise \6r-pas\ see orpus

oro2 \6-ro\ Chamorro, Mindoro orpor \6r-par\ see orper
Rio de Oro orps \6r\ see or1

oroner \6r-9-n3r\ coroner, foreigner, orpsman \6r-m3n\ see orman
warrener
orpus \6r-p9s\ corpus, porpoise
orough1 \9r-a\ borough, burgh, habeas corpus
burro, burrow, curragh, furrow, ore,
thorough orque \6rk\ see ork2
orquer \6r-kar\ see orker2
Gainsborough, Greensboro, orr \6r\ see or1
Roxborough, Scarborough, orra1 \ar-a\ seeara1
Yarborough orra2 \6r-s\ see ora

Edinburgh, kookaburra,
Peterborough

Soke of Peterborough
Huntingdon and Peterborough

281 orsted

orrader \ar-3d-ar\ see orridor orrow2 \ar-a\ see ara1
orrah1 \6r-a\ see ora
orrah2 \ar-s\ see ara1 orry1 \ar-e\ see ari1
orran1 \ar-an\ see arin
orran2 \6r-sn\ see orin1 orry2 \ar-e\ see urry

orrence \6r-ans\ see awrence ors \6rz\ see oors
orrel \6r-al\ see oral1
orsal \6r-s9l\ see orsel
orrent \6r-ant\ horrent, torrent,
warrant orse1 \6rs\ coarse, corse, course,
force, gorse, hoarse, horse, Morse,
abhorrent Norse, source

orrer \6r-sr\ see orer clotheshorse, concourse, deforce,
discourse, divorce, endorse, enforce,
orres \6r-as\ see aurus extrorse, introrse, midcourse,
packhorse, perforce, post-horse,
orrest \6r-ast\ see orist racecourse, racehorse, recourse,
remorse, resource, retrorse, sawhorse,
orrible \6r-a-bal\ see orable stringcourse, unhorse, war-horse,
Whitehorse, workhorse
orrid \6r-ad\ florid, horrid, torrid
orridge1 \ar-ij\ see orage1 charley horse, Crazy Horse,
orridge2 \6r-ij\ see orage2 hobbyhorse, intercourse, nonrecourse,
reinforce, stalking-horse, telecourse,
orridor \ar-9d-ar\ corridor, forrader tour de force, watercourse
orrie1 \ar-e\ see ari1
orrie2 \6r-e\ see ory orse2 \ars\ see erse

orrier \6r-e-ar\ see arrior orseful \6rs-fal\ forceful
orrin1 \ar-en\ see arin remorseful, resourceful
orrin2 \6r-an\ see orin1
orris1 \ar-ss\ charas, Jurez, orsel \6r-sal\ dorsal, morsel
Maurice, morris, Morris, Norris, orris
orseman \6r-sman\ horseman,
Banaras, Benares, Polaris Norseman
Ciudad Juarez
orris2 \6r-as\ see aurus orsement \6r-smant\ deforcement,
orro \6-ro\ see oro2 divorcement, endorsement,
enforcement
orror \6r-ar\ see orer
orrow1 \ar-6\ borrow, claro, morrow, reinforcement
sorrow, taro
orsen \ars-3n\ see erson
Pizarro, saguaro, tomorrow
Catanzaro orser Xar-sarX see ursor
Kilimanjaro, Mohenjo-Daro
orset \6r-sat\ corset, Dorset

orsey \6r-se\ see orsy

orsion \6r-shan\ see ortion

orst1 \6rst\ forced, horst
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at

orse1

orst2 \arst\ see urst

orsted \sr-st9d\ see ersted

orsum 282

orsum \6r-s3m\ dorsum, foursome orted ly \6rt-ad-le\ purportedly,
reportedly
orsy \6r-se\ gorsy, horsey
orten \6rt-3n\ quartan, shorten
ort1 \6rt\ boart, bort, court, fort, foreshorten
forte, mort, Oort, ort, port, Porte,
quart, short, snort, sort, sport, swart, orter \6rt-ar\ mortar, porter, Porter,
thwart, tort, torte, wart, wort quarter, snorter, sorter, thwarter

abort, airport, amort, aport, assort, aborter, colporteur, distorter,
athwart, backcourt, bellwort, exhorter, exporter, extorter,
birthwort, bistort, Bridgeport, cavort, headquarter, importer, lambs-quarter,
cohort, colewort, comport, consort, reporter, resorter, ripsnorter,
contort, crosscourt, deport, disport, transporter
distort, downcourt, effort, escort,
exhort, export, extort, forecourt, —also -erforms of adjectives listed
frontcourt, glasswort, gosport, half- at ort1
court, homeport, milkwort, Newport,
outport, passport, presort, purport, orteur \6rt-ar\ see orter
ragwort, report, re-sort, resort, retort,
seaport, Shreveport, spaceport, orth1 \6rth\ forth, Forth, fourth,
spoilsport, Stockport, support, north, North
transport
thenceforth
bladderwort, davenport, life-support, Firth of Forth
nonsupport, pennywort, Saint-John's
wort, teleport, ultrashort, worrywart orth2 \arth\ see irth

pianoforte, underreport orthful \3rth-fsl\ see irthful

ort2 \6r\ see or1 orthless Xarth-tasX see irthless

ort3 \art\ see ert orthy \ar-the\ earthy, worthy
airworthy, blameworthy, Galsworthy,
ortable \6rt-9-b9l\ portable
deportable, exportable, importable, newsworthy, noteworthy,
praiseworthy, seaworthy, trustworthy
reportable, supportable, transportable
insupportable creditworthy

ortage \6rt-ij\ portage, shortage ortic \6rt-ik\ see artic2
colportage
ortical \6rt-i-k9l\ cortical, vortical
ortal \6rt-3l\ chortle, mortal, portal,
quartile ortie \6rt-e\ see orty

immortal orting \6rt-irj\ sporting
self-supporting
ortar \6rt-sr\ see orter
ortion \6r-shan\ portion, torsion
ortative \6rt-st-iv\ hortative, abortion, apportion, contortion,
portative
distortion, extorsion, extortion,
assortative, exhortative proportion, retortion

orte1 \6rt\ see ort1 disproportion, proabortion,
reapportion
orte2 \6rt-e\ see orty
antiabortion
orted \6rt-ad\ warted
assorted, ill-sorted ortionate \6r-shn3t\ extortionate,
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at proportionate

ort1 disproportionate

ortionist \6r-shnsst\ abortionist,
contortionist, extortionist

283 ory

ortis \6rt-3s\ fortis, mortise, tortoise centaury, clerestory, John Dory,
aquafortis, rigor mortis outlawry, satori, vainglory

ortise \6rt-3s\ see ortis a priori, allegory, amatory, auditory,
cacciatore, castratory, category, con
ortive \6rt-iv\ sportive amore, crematory, damnatory,
abortive, contortive, extortive decretory, desultory, dilatory,
dormitory, expletory, feudatory,
ortle \6rt-3l\ see ortal fumitory, Goteborg, gustatory,
gyratory, hortatory, hunky-dory,
ortly \6rt-le\ courtly, portly, shortly, inventory, Lake Maggiore, laudatory,
thwartly lavatory, mandatory, migratory,
minatory, monitory, Montessori,
ortment \6rt-m9nt\ assortment, nugatory, offertory, oratory, overstory,
comportment, deportment, predatory, prefatory, probatory,
disportment promissory, promontory, purgatory,
repertory, Ruwenzori, signatory,
ortoise \6rt-as\ see ortis statutory, sudatory, territory, transitory,
understory, vibratory, vomitory,
orton \6rt-an\ Morton, Norton, yakitori
Wharton
accusatory, admonitory, adulatory, a
OrtS \6rts\ quartz, shorts, sports fortiori, aleatory, ambulatory,
undershorts amendatory, applicatory, approbatory,
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, celebratory, circulatory, combinatory,
commendatory, compensatory,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at ort condemnatory, confirmatory,
confiscatory, conservatory,
ortunate \6rch-n9t\ fortunate consolatory, contributory, copulatory,
importunate, unfortunate cosignatory, declamatory, declaratory,
dedicatory, defamatory, denigratory,
orture \6r-char\ see orcher depilatory, depository, derogatory,
designatory, dispensatory, divinatory,
orty \6rt-e\ forty, shorty, sortie, escalatory, excitatory, exclamatory,
sporty, warty exculpatory, excusatory, exhibitory,
exhortatory, expiatory, expiratory,
mezzo forte explanatory, explicatory, exploratory,
pianoforte expository, expurgatory, incantatory,
incubatory, indicatory, inflammatory,
orum \6r-am\ foram, forum, jorum, informatory, innovatory, inspiratory,
quorum inundatory, invitatory, judicatory,
laboratory, masticatory, masturbatory,
decorum, Mizoram memento mori, millefiori, modulatory,
ad valorem, cockalorum, indecorum, obfuscatory, obligatory, observatory,
Karakoram, variorum performatory, persecutory, predicatory,
pons asinorum, sanctum sanctorum, premonitory, preparatory, prohibitory,
schola cantorum reformatory, regulatory, repository,
retributory, revelatory, respiratory,
orus \6r-as\ see aurus salutatory, stipulatory, supplicatory,
transmigratory, undulatory
orward \6r-ward\ forward,
foreward, shoreward adjudicatory, a posteriori,
annihilatory, annunciatory,
henceforward anticipatory, appreciatory,
carryforward

ory \6r-e\ Corey, corrie, dory, glory,
gory, hoary, Laurie, Lori, lorry, lory,
nori, quarry, saury, sorry, story, Tory,
zori

oryx 284

assimilatory, circumlocutory, osable1 \6-zs-b3l\ closable
classificatory, concilliatory, disposable, erosible, explosible,
confabulatory, congratulatory, de-
escalatory, denunciatory, depreciatory, opposable, reclosable, supposable
discriminatory, ejaculatory, decomposable, superposable
hallucinatory, improvisatore, indecomposable, superimposable
improvisatory, interrogatory,
intimidatory, investigatory, osable2 \u-z3-bsl\ see usable
participatory, propitiatory,
recommendatory, recriminatory, osal \6-z3l\ hosel, losel
renunciatory, reverberatory, viola deposal, disposal, proposal, reposal,
d'amore
supposal
amelioratory, overcompensatory,
reconciliatory, supererogatory osan \6s-an\ see osin

immunoregulatory osch \ash\ see ash2

oryx \6r-iks\ oryx oschen1 \6-shan\ see otion
Armories
combinatorics oschen2 \6-sh9n\ see aution

orze \6rz\ see oors oscible \as-a-b9l\ see ossible

051 \as\ boss, doss, dross, floss, o s c o \as-ko\ see oscoe
fosse, gloss, joss, Maas, os, pross,
stoss, toss oscoe \as-ko\ Bosco, roscoe,
Roscoe
Argos, bathos, benthos, bugloss,
chaos, Chios, cosmos, Delos, demos, fiasco
Ellas, emboss, Eos, epos, Eros, ethos,
Hyksos, kaross, kudos, kvass, Lagos, oscopy \as-ks-pe\ arthroscopy,
Laplace, Lemnos, Lesbos, Logos, microscopy, spectroscopy
Madras, Melos, mythos, nol-pros,
nonpros, Paros, pathos, peplos, sigmoidoscopy
pharos, ringtoss, Samos, telos, topos,
tripos ose1 \6s\ close, dose, gross, os
arkose, Carlos, cosmos, crustose,
coup de grace, demitasse, extrados,
gravitas, intrados, isogloss, omphalos, cymose, dextrose, engross, erose,
reredos, semigloss, Thanatos, fructose, globose, glucose, jocose,
underboss, volte-face lactose, maltose, mannose, morose,
mythos, nodose, pappose, pathos,
052 \ 6 \ see ow1 pentose, pilose, plumose, ramose,
rhamnose, ribose, rugose, scapose,
0 5 3 \6s\ see ose1 schistose, setose, spinose, strigose,
sucrose, Sukkoth, triose, vadose,
o s 4 \ 6 s \ see oss1 verbose, viscose

osa1 \6-sa\ Xhosa adios, adipose, bellicose, calvados,
Formosa, mimosa, Reynosa cellulose, comatose, diagnose,
curiosa, virtuosa grandiose, granulose, Helios,
anorexia nervosa lachrymose, megadose, otiose,
overdose, racemose, Shabuoth,
osa2 \6-za\ mimosa, mucosa, serosa, tuberose, varicose, ventricose
Spinoza, sub rosa
inter vivos, metamorphose, religiose
curiosa, virtuosa, Zaragoza inter alios

ose2 \6z\ brose, Broz, chose, close,
clothes, cloze, doze, froze, gloze,
hose, nose, pose, prose, rose, Rose

285 osit

Ambrose, appose, aros, bedclothes, oset3 \as-at\ see osset
bluenose, brownnose, bulldoze,
Burroughs, compose, depose, osey \6-ze\ see osy
dextrose, disclose, dispose, enclose,
expose, foreclose, fructose, glucose, osh1 \6sh\ see ash2
hardnose, impose, nightclothes,
oppose, plainclothes, primrose, osh2 \6sh\ see oche2
propose, quickfroze, repose, rockrose,
suppose, transpose, tuberose, unclose, oshed1 \asht\ sloshed
uprose, viscose, wind rose galoshed
—also -edforms of verbs listed at
Berlioz, counterpose, decompose,
diagnose, discompose, indispose, ash1
interpose, juxtapose, letters close,
pettitoes, predispose, presuppose, oshed2 \6sht\ see ashed1
pussytoes, recompose, shovelnose,
superpose, underclothes oshen \6-shan\ see otion

anastomose, metamorphose, osher \ash-ar\ see asher1
overexpose, superimpose,
underexpose osia \6-shs\ see otia1

—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, osible \6-za-bal\ see osable1
and -s forms of verbs, listed at OW
osier \6-zhar\ see osure
o s e 3 \uz\ see use2
OSlly \6-zs-le\ cozily, nosily, rosily
OSed \6zd\ closed, nosed
composed, exposed, hard-nosed, osin \6s-3n\ boatswain, Mosan
pocosin
opposed, pug-nosed, snub-nosed,
stenosed, supposed, unclosed OSing \6-zirj\ closing, nosing
disclosing, imposing, supposing
indisposed, shovel-nosed, toffee- —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
nosed, well-disposed
ose2
—also -edforms of verbs listed at
ose2 osion \6-zhan\ plosion
corrosion, displosion, erosion,
o s e e \6-ze\ see osy
explosion, implosion
osel \6-zal\ see osal
osis \6-s3s\ gnosis
osen \6z-9n\ chosen, frozen hypnosis, narcosis, necrosis,
quickfrozen
lederhosen neurosis, orthosis, osmosis, prognosis,
psychosis, sclerosis, thrombosis
oser1 \6-zar\ closer, dozer, poser,
proser brucellosis, cyanosis, dermatosis,
diagnosis, halitosis, heterosis,
brownnoser, bulldozer, composer, psittacosis, scoliosis, silicosis,
discloser, disposer, exposer, imposer, symbiosis
opposer, proposer
anaplasmosis, autohypnosis,
decomposer, interposer coccidiosis, hyperhidrosis,
photocomposer pediculosis, psychoneurosis,
tuberculosis
oser2 \u-zar\ see user
mononucleosis
oset1 \6-zst\ see osit2 immunodiagnosis, neurofibromatosis

oset2 \az-at\ see osit1 osit1 \az-at\ closet, posit
composite, deposit, exposit

osit2 \6-zat\ prosit, roset

osite 286

osite \az-at\ see osit1 ossal \as-al\ docile, dossal, fossil,
glossal, jostle, tassel, throstle, warsle,
OSitive \az-9t-iv\ positive wassail
appositive
seropositive apostle, colossal, indocile
isoglossal
OSitor \a\z-3t-ar\ compositor,
depositor, expositor OSSe1 \as\ see OS1

osius \6-sh9s\ see ocious o s s e 2 \as-e\ see ossy1

OSive \6-siv\ plosive OSSe3 \6s\ see oss1
corrosive, erosive, explosive,
o s s e d \6st\ see ost3
implosive, purposive
osser \6-S9r\ Chaucer, crosser,
osk \ask\ mosque saucer
kiosk
abelmosk double-crosser

0501 \6-so\ proso o s s e t \as-at\ cosset, faucet, Osset,
maestoso, rebozo posset
arioso, furioso, gracioso, grandioso,
Samoset
mafioso, Mato Grosso, oloroso,
spiritoso, vigoroso, virtuoso OSSible \a.s-3-b9l\ possible
cognoscible, embossable, impossible
concerto grosso
ossic \as-ik\ see ossick
0502 \6-zo\ bozo
rebozo ossick \as-ik\ fossick
furioso, gracioso, grandioso, isoglossic

spiritoso, vigoroso ossil \as-9l\ see ossal

o s o 3 \u-so\ see usoe ossity \as-9t-e\ atrocity, callosity,
ferocity, gibbosity, monstrosity,
osophy \as-a-fe\ philosophy, pomposity, porosity, precocity,
theosophy velocity, viscosity, zygosity

anthroposophy adiposity, animosity, bellicosity,
curiosity, generosity, grandiosity,
osque \ask\ see osk hideosity, luminosity, nebulosity,
preciosity, reciprocity, scrupulosity,
OSS \6s\ boss, cross, crosse, floss, sensuosity, sinuosity, strenuosity,
gloss, loss, moss, Ross, sauce, toss tortuosity, tuberosity, varicosity,
virtuosity
across, bugloss, crisscross, emboss,
Kinross, kouros, lacrosse, outcross, impetuosity, religiosity, voluminosity
pathos, ringtoss, topcross, uncross impecuniosity

albatross, applesauce, autocross, ossly \6s-le\ costly, crossly
double-cross, intercross, motocross,
semigloss OSSO \6-so\ see OSO1

OSS2 \ 6 s \ see ose1 o s s o s \as-9s\ see ocess

o s s 3 \ a s \ see OS1 ossular \as-9-l9r\ grossular,
was sailer
o s s a \as-a\ see asa1

ossable \as-3-bal\ see ossible

287 osure

ossum \as-9m\ blossom, passim, ostal2 \as-t3l\ see ostel
possum
ostasy \as-ts-se\ apostasy, isostasy
opossum
OSte \6st\ see OSt2
o s s u s \as-as\ see ocess
ostel \as-t3l\ hostel, hostile
ossy1 \as-e\ Aussie, bossy, dassie, Pentecostal
drossy, flossy, glossy, posse, quasi
oster1 \as-tar\ coster, foster, Foster,
dalasi, Kumasi, Likasi, sannyasi roster

o s s y 2 \6-se\ Aussie, bossy, lossy, impostor, piaster
mossy Double Gloucester, paternoster,
snollygoster
OSt1 \ast\ sol-faist
Pentecost, teleost oster2 \6s-tar\ foster, Foster, roster
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at Double Gloucester

OS1 oster3 \6-stsr\ see oaster

OSt2 \6st\ boast, coast, ghost, host, ostic \as-tik\ Gnostic
most, oast, post, roast, toast acrostic, agnostic, prognostic
diagnostic
almost, bedpost, compost, doorpost,
endmost, foremost, gatepost, goalpost, ostile \as-t3l\ see ostel
Gold Coast, guidepost, headmost,
hindmost, impost, inmost, midmost, OStle \as-al\ see ossal
milepost, Milquetoast, outmost,
outpost, provost, rearmost, riposte, ostly1 \6st-le\ ghostly, hostly, mostly
seacoast, signpost, sternmost, ostly2 \6s-le\ see ossly
sternpost, topmost, upcoast, upmost,
utmost ostomy \as-t9-me\ ostomy
colostomy
aftermost, ante-post, bottommost, enterostomy
coast-to-coast, easternmost,
farthermost, fingerpost, furthermost, OSton \6s-tsn\ Austin, Boston
headforemost, hithermost, innermost, Godwin Austen
Ivory Coast, lowermost, nethermost,
northernmost, outermost, rudderpost, ostor \as-tar\ see oster1
southernmost, sternforemost,
undermost, uppermost, uttermost, ostral1 \6s-tral\ austral, rostral
westernmost
ostral2 \as-tral\ see ostrel
OSt3 \6st\ cost, frost, lost
accost, defrost, exhaust, hoarfrost, ostrel \as-tral\ austral, costrel,
nostril, rostral, wastrel
star-crossed
holocaust, Pentecost, permafrost colostral
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
ostril \as-tral\ see ostrel
OSS1
OStrum \as-tram\ nostrum, rostrum
OSt4 \sst\ see USt1 colostrum

OSta \as-ta\ costa, pasta OSty \6-ste\ ghosty, toasty

OStal1 \6s-t3l\ coastal, postal osure \6-zhar\ closure, crosier, osier
bicoastal
intercostal

osy 288

composure, disclosure, disposure, microdot, Nouakchott, ocelot,
enclosure, exclosure, exposure, overshot, paraquat, patriot, Penobscot,
foreclosure peridot, polka dot, polyglot, samizdat,
sansculotte, scattershot, terawatt,
discomposure tommyrot, touch-me-not, underplot,
overexposure, underexposure undershot, Willemstadt, Wyandot,
wyandotte
osy \6-ze\ cozy, dozy, mosey, nosy,
Osee, posy, prosy, rosy compatriot, forget-me-not,
immunoblot, Inupiat, requiescat
ring-around-a-rosy
Johnny-on-the-spot
osyne \as-3n-e\ Euphrosyne,
Mnemosyne Ot2 \ 6 \ see ow1

osz \6sh\ see ash2 ot3 \6t\ see oat

oszcz \6sh\ see ash2 ot4 \6t\ see ought1

ot1 \at\ aught, baht, blot, boite, bot, 6t \ 6 \ see ow1
chott, clot, cot, dot, ghat, got, grot,
hot, jat, jot, khat, knot, kyat, lot, Lot, Ota \ot-s\ bota, flota, lota, quota, rota
lotte, motte, naught, not, plot, pot, rot, biota, Dakota, iota, Lakota, pelota,
scot, Scot, Scott, shot, skat, slot, snot,
sot, spot, squat, swat, swot, tot, trot, Toyota
watt, Watt, what, wot, yacht Minnesota, North Dakota, South

allot, ascot, begot, besot, big shot, Dakota
bloodshot, bowknot, boycott,
buckshot, bullshot, cachepot, calotte, otable \6t-9-b9l\ notable, potable,
cannot, Connacht, crackpot, Crockpot, quotable
culotte, dashpot, despot, dreadnought,
earshot, ergot, escot, eyeshot, eyespot, Otage \6t-ij\ dotage, flotage
feedlot, fiat, firepot, fleshpot, forgot, anecdotage
fox-trot, fusspot, fylfot, garrote,
gavotte, grapeshot, gunshot, half-knot, Otal \6t-3l\ dotal, motile, scrotal,
have-not, highspot, hotchpot, hotshot, total
ikat, jackpot, Korat, kumquat, long
shot, loquat, marplot, mascot, motmot, immotile, subtotal, teetotal
nightspot, one-shot, Pequot, potshot, anecdotal, antidotal, sacerdotal
Rabat, red-hot, robot, Sadat, sandlot,
sexpot, Shabbat, shallot, Shebat, Otalist \6t-3l-9St\ teetotalist
sheepcote, slingshot, slipknot, anecdotalist, sacerdotalist
slungshot, snapshot, somewhat,
stinkpot, stockpot, subplot, sunspot, otamus Xat-a-masX see otomous
teapot, tin-pot, topknot, tosspot, try-
pot, upshot, wainscot, whatnot, white- otany \at-3n-e\ botany, cottony
hot, woodlot monotony

aeronaut, aliquot, apparat, apricot, otarist \6t-9-r9st\ motorist, votarist
aquanaut, argonaut, astronaut,
bergamot, cachalot, Camelot, caveat, Otary \6t-9-re\ coterie, rotary, votary
carry-cot, coffeepot, cosmonaut, locomotory, prothonotary
counterplot, diddley-squat, doodley-
squat, flowerpot, gallipot, guillemot, Otas \6-t9s\ see otus
Gujarat, Hottentot, Huguenot,
kilowatt, Lancelot, megawatt, Otch \ach\ blotch, botch, crotch,
hotch, notch, scotch, Scotch, splotch,
swatch, watch

bird-watch, deathwatch, debauch,
dogwatch, hopscotch, hotchpotch,

289 otic

Sasquatch, stopwatch, top-notch, Other1 \9th-9r\ brother, mother,
wristwatch nother, other, rather, smother, tother

butterscotch another, foremother, godmother,
grandmother, housemother,
Otchet \ach-at\ crotchet, rochet stepbrother, stepmother

Otchman Xach-msnX Scotchman, other2 \ath-sr\ see ather1
watchman
otherly \3th-sr-le\ brotherly,
Otchy \ach-e\ blotchy, boccie, motherly, southerly
botchy, splotchy
grandmotherly
hibachi, huarache, huisache,
Karachi, vivace othes \ 6 z \ see ose2

mariachi Othesis \ath-a-S3s\ prothesis
hypothesis
ote1 \6t-e\ dhoti, floaty, loti, roti,
throaty Othic \ath-ik\ gothic
neo-Gothic, Ostrogothic, Visigothic
cenote, coyote, chayote, peyote,
quixote Othing \6-thirj\ clothing, loathing
underclothing
ote2 \ 6 t \ see oat —also -ingforms of verbs listed at

Ote3 \ a t \ see ot1 othe

otea \6t-e-a\ protea, scotia Otho \ 6 - t o \ see oto1

oted \ 6 t - a d \ see oated oti1 \ 6 t - e \ see ote1

Otem \ 6 t - a m \ see Otum oti2 \ 6 t - e \ see aughty

Oten \ 6 t - 3 n \ see oton Otia1 \6-sh3\ scotia, Scotia
agnosia, dystocia
oter \6t-ar\ see oater Cappadocia, Nova Scotia

oterie \6t-9-re\ see otary otia2 \6t-e-s\ see otea

Oth1 \ath\ broth, cloth, froth, Goth, otiable No-sha-bsA see ociable
moth, sloth, swath, troth, wroth
otiant \6-shant\ see otient
betroth, breechcloth, broadcloth,
cheesecloth, dishcloth, facecloth, otic1 \at-ik\ Scotic
floorcloth, loincloth, Naboth, oilcloth, aquatic, biotic, chaotic, demotic,
sackcloth, sailcloth, washcloth
despotic, erotic, exotic, hypnotic,
Alioth, behemoth, tablecloth, narcotic, necrotic, neurotic, Nilotic,
Ostrogoth, Visigoth osmotic, psychotic, quixotic, robotic,
sclerotic
Oth2 \ 6 s \ see ose1
abiotic, anecdotic, asymptotic,
oth3 \ 6 t \ see oat bibliotic, embryotic, epiglottic,
homeotic, Huguenotic, idiotic,
oth4 \ 6 t h \ see owth melanotic, patriotic, posthypnotic,
sansculottic, semiotic, symbiotic
othal \ 6 t h - s l \ see othel
antibiotic, autoerotic, compatriotic,
othe \6th\ clothe, loathe homoerotic, macrobiotic
betroth, unclothe
Otic2 \6t-ik\ lotic, photic
Othel \6th-9l\ brothel aphotic, aprotic, dichotic, robotic
betrothal

otic 290

otic3 \6t-ik\ see autic Basotho, con moto, de Soto, ex-voto,
in toto, Kyoto, Lesotho, Mosotho,
Otica \at-i-ka\ erotica, exotica Sesotho

otice \6t-as\ see otus Kumamoto, telephoto

Otics \at-iks\ robotics otomous \at-3-mas\ dichotomous
astronautics, bibliotics hippopotamus
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns
Otomy \at-3-me\ dichotomy,
listed at Otic1 lobotomy

otid \at-sd\ see otted tracheotomy
episiotomy
Otient \6-sb.3nt\ quotient
negotiant oton \6t-3n\ croton, Jotun, oaten
Lofoten, verboten
Otile \6t-3l\ see Otal
oting1 \6t-irj\ see oating Otonous1 \at-3n-as\ rottenness
oting2 \at-irj\ see otting monotonous, serotinous
otinous1 \at-nas\ see otness
otinous2 \at-3n-9s\ see otonous1 otonous2 \at-nas\ see otness

Otion \6-shan\ Goshen, groschen, otor \6t-ar\ see oater
lotion, motion, notion, ocean, potion
otorist \6t-3-rsst\ see otarist
commotion, demotion, devotion,
emotion, Laotian, promotion, slow- otory \6t-a-re\ see otary
motion
ots \ats\ Graz, hots, lots, Scots,
locomotion Spaatz, swats

Otional \6-shnal\ motional, notional ersatz, Galati
devotional, emotional, promotional —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
unemotional and -s forms of verbs, listed at Ot

Otis \6t-as\ see otus otsk \atsk\ see atsk

OtiSt \6t-sst\ protist, Scotist Otsman \at-sm9n\ Scotsman,
anecdotist yachtsman
Ott \at\ see Ot1
Otive \6t-iv\ motive, votive Otta \at-a\ see ata1
emotive, promotive
automotive, locomotive Ottage \at-ij\ cottage, plottage,
pottage, wattage
Otl \at-3l\ see ottle
otle \at-3l\ see ottle Ottal \at-3l\ see ottle

Otley \at-le\ see otly Otte1 \at\ see ot1

Otly \at-le\ Atli, hotly, motley otte2 \6t\ see ought1

otment \at-m3nt\ allotment, Otted \at-sd\ knotted, potted, spotted
ballottement carotid, proglottid
polka-dotted
otness \at-nas\ hotness, squatness —also -edforms of verbs listed at

Oto \6-to\ koto, photo, roto, Sotho Ot1

ottement Xat-mantX see otment

291 ouch

often \at-an\ cotton, gotten, gratin, atlatl, bluebottle, Nahuatl
ratton, rotten, shotten Aristotle, epiglottal, monocotyl
Quetzalcoatl
au gratin, begotten, forgotten, otto1 \at-6\ see ato1
guncotton, ill-gotten otto2 \6t-6\ see auto1
ottom \at-am\ see atum1
misbegotten, sauerbraten
otty \at-e\ see ati
ottenness \at-3n-3s\ see otonous1
Otum \6t-3m\ notum, scrotum, totem
Otter \at-ar\ blotter, cotter, daughter, factotum, teetotum
dotter, knotter, otter, plotter, potter,
Potter, Qatar, rotter, spotter, squatter, otun \6t-3n\ see oton
swatter, Tatar, totter, trotter, water
oture \6-char\ see oacher
alotter, backwater, bathwater,
blackwater, boycotter, breakwater, OtUS \6t-as\ lotus, notice, Otis
cutwater, dewater, deepwater, denotice, Pelotas
dishwater, firewater, floodwater,
flyswatter, freshwater, garroter, globe- oty \6t-e\ see aughty1
trotter, goddaughter, granddaughter, otyl \at-3l\ see ottle
groundwater, headwater, jerkwater, OU1 \ 6 \ seeow1
limewater, meltwater, pinspotter, ou2 \xi\ see ew1
rainwater, rosewater, saltwater, OU3 \au\ see ow2
sandlotter, sea otter, seawater,
shearwater, springwater, tailwater, oubled \3-bald\ see ubbled
tidewater, wastewater
ouble \ab-3l\ see ubble
alma mater, imperator, milk-and-
water, polywater, teeter-totter, oubler \3b-tar\ bubbler, doubler,
underwater troubler

—also -exforms of adjectives listed oubly \ab-le\ see ubbly
oubt \aut\ see out3
<2f Ot1
oubted \aut-ad\ see outed
Ottery \at-a-re\ lottery, pottery, oubter \aut-ar\ see outer2
Tatary, tottery, watery ouc1 \ii\ see ew1
ouc2 \iik\ see uke
ottic \at-ik\ see otic1 ouc3 \ u k \ see ook1
ouce \iis\ see use1
ottid \at-ad\ see otted oucester1 \as-tar\ see oster1
oucester2 \6s-tar\ see oster2
ottie \at-e\ see ati ouch1 \ixch\ see ooch1
ouch2 \iish\ see ouche
ofting \at-irj\ jotting ouch3 \gch\ see utch1
wainscoting
—also -ingforms of verbs listed at Ot

ottis \at-9s\ glottis
clematis
epiglottis, literatus

ottische \at-ish\ see ottish

Ottish \at-ish\ hottish, schottische,
Scottish, sottish

sanculottish

Ottle \at-3l\ bottle, dottle, glottal,
mottle, pottle, ratel, rotl, throttle,
wattle

ouch 292

OUCh4 \auch\ couch, crouch, grouch, ougham2 \um\ see oom1
ouch, pouch, slouch, vouch oughed \aiid\ see oud2

avouch, debouch oug hen \af-an\ see uffin
retort pouch, scaramouch
ougher \sf-9r\ see uffer
OUChe \iish\ douche, louche, ruche,
squoosh, swoosh, whoosh oug hie \af-e\ see uffy

barouche, capuche, cartouche, oughish \sf-ish\ see uffish
debouch, farouche, kurus, tarboosh
oughly \af-le\ see uffly
scaramouch oughs \6z\ see ose2
ought1 \6t\ aught, bought, brought,
ouchy1 \ach-e\ see uchy caught, dot, fought, fraught, ghat,
lotte, naught, nought, ought, sought,
ouchy2 \au-che\ grouchy, pouchy, taught, taut, thought, wrought
slouchy
besought, distraught, dreadnought,
oud1 \iid\ see ude forethought, handwrought, high-
wrought, onslaught, self-taught, store-
oud2 \aud\ boughed, bowed, cloud, bought, unthought
crowd, loud, proud, shroud, stroud
aeronaut, aforethought, afterthought,
aloud, becloud, enshroud, aquanaut, argonaut, astronaut,
highbrowed, house-proud, purse- cosmonaut, juggernaut, overbought,
proud, Red Cloud, unbowed overwrought
ought2 \aiit\ see out3
overcrowd, thundercloud oughten \6t-3n\ seeauten
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
OW2 oughty \aut-e\ doughty, droughty,
gouty, pouty, snouty, trouty
ou'd \iid\ see ude oughy1 \6-e\ see owy
oughy2 \u-e\ see ewy
ouda \iid-3\ see uda
ouie \ii-e\ see ewy
oudy \aud-e\ seeowdy
ouille \u-e\ see ewy
oue \ii\ see ew1
ouis1 \ii-e\ see ewy
ouf \uf \ see oof1 ouis2 \u-as\ lewis, Lewis, Louis,
Luis
ouffe \iif \ see oof1
Port Louis, Saint Louis
oug \ag\ see ug
ouk \uk\ see uke
ouge1 \iij\ see uge1 ouki \u-ke\ see ooky1
oul1 \61\ see ole1
ouge2 \iizh\ see uge2 oul2 \iil\ see ool1
oul3 \aul\ see owl2
ouge3 \auj\ gouge, scrouge ould1 \61d\ see old
ough1 \ 6 \ see ow1

ough2 \ii\ see ew1

ough3 \au\ see ow2

ough4 \ak\ see ock1
ough5 \af\ see uff
ough6 \6f\ see off
ougham1 \6m\ see ome1

293 ound

ould2 \ud\ see ood1 ouncement \aun-smsnt\
oulder \61-dar\ see older1 announcement, denouncement,
pronouncement
ouldered \61-dard\ bouldered,
shouldered ouncer \aun-sar\ bouncer
announcer
round-shouldered, square-shouldered
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at ouncil \aiin-s9l\ see ounsel
older1
ouncy \aun-se\ bouncy, flouncy,
ouldest \ud-ast\ couldest, shouldest, jouncy
wouldest
viscountcy
Talmudist
ouldn't \ud-3nt\ shouldn't, wouldn't ound1 \iind\ stound, swound, wound
oule1 \u-le\ see uly —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
oule2 \ul\ see ool1
ouled \6ld\ see old1 oon1

oulee \ii-le\ see uly ound2 \aiind\ bound, crowned,
found, ground, hound, mound, pound,
ouleh1 \u-b\ see ula Pound, round, sound, stound, swound,
wound
ouleh2 \ii-le\ see uly
abound, aground, all-round, around,
ouli \ii-le\ see uly astound, background, black-crowned,
bloodhound, campground,
oulle \ii-le\ see uly chowhound, compound, confound,
ouling \au-lin\ see owling2 coonhound, dachshund, deerhound,
deskbound, earthbound, eastbound,
oulish \u-lish\ see oolish elkhound, expound, fairground,
ou'll1 \iil\ see ool1 fogbound, foot-pound, foreground,
ou'll2 \iil\ see ul1 foxhound, go-round, greyhound,
oulle \iil\ see ool1 hardbound, hellhound, hidebound,
homebound, horehound, housebound,
oulli \ii-le\ see uly icebound, impound, inbound,
oully \au-le\ see owly2 newfound, newshound, northbound,
oult \6lt\ see olt1 outbound, playground, pot-bound,
profound, propound, rebound,
oulter \61-tar\ see olter redound, resound, rockbound,
oum \ u m \ see oom1 snowbound, softbound, southbound,
oumenal \u-m9n-3l\ see uminal spellbound, stone-ground,
oun1 \aun\ see own2 stormbound, strikebound, surround,
oun2 \ u n \ see oon1 unbound, well-found, westbound,
white-crowned, wolfhound, year-
ounce \auns\ bounce, flounce, round
jounce, ounce, pounce, trounce
aboveground, all-around,
announce, denounce, enounce, belowground, battleground,
pronounce, renounce decompound, go-around, muscle-
bound, outward-bound, paperbound,
mispronounce Puget Sound, runaround, turnaround,
ultrasound, underground, weather-
bound, wraparound

merry-go-round, superabound
also -ed forms of verbs listed at

own