AA | rough jagged lava found in Hawaiian volcanos |
AB | an abdominal muscle |
AD | short form of advertisement |
AE | one (Scots.) |
AG | agricultural |
AH | (verb) to say "Ah" for joy etc |
AI | a three-toed South American sloth |
AL | an East Indian tree |
AM | a present tense of the verb be |
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AN | a form of the indefinite article |
AR | the letter "R" |
AS | to that extent |
AT | in the position of |
AW | exclamation of disappointment |
AX | (verb) to work on with an axe |
AY | an affirmative vote (also AYE) |
BA | the eternal spirit in egyptian mythology |
BE | (verb) to exist |
BI | a bisexual person |
BO | Amer. slang for friend |
BY | near; a side issue (pl. BYS) |
CH | English dial. for I |
DA | a Burmese heavy knife |
DE | preposition meaning of or from, in names |
DI | a plural of deus (a god) |
DO | (verb) to achieve; a celebration (pl. DOS) |
EA | a river (dial.) |
ED | educational |
EE | Scots. dial. for eye (pl. EEN) |
EF | the letter "F" |
EH | (verb) to say "Eh" for surprise etc |
EL | an elevated railway |
EM | a printer's measure |
EN | a printer's measure, half of an EM |
ER | an expression of hesitation |
ES | the letter "S" |
ET | a past tense of eat |
EX | the letter "X" |
FA | a musical note |
FY | an interj. expressing disgust (also FIE) |
GI | a judo or karate costume |
GO | (verb) to depart; a Japanese board game (pl. GOS) |
GU | a simple violin used in Shetland (also GJU, GUE) |
HA | an exclamation of surprise |
HE | a male |
HI | an exclamation of greeting |
HM | interj. expressing thoughtful consideration |
HO | interj. calling attention |
ID | part of the psyche |
IF | a condition |
IN | (verb) to harvest |
IO | a cry of joy |
IS | a present tense of be |
IT | impersonal pronoun |
JO | a sweetheart |
KA | (verb) to serve (also KAE) |
KO | a Maori digging stick |
KY | cows (also KYE) |
LA | a musical note |
LI | a Chinese distance unit |
LO | look, behold |
MA | mother |
ME | a musical note (also MI) |
MI | same as ME, above |
MM | exclamation of satisfaction |
MO | a moment |
MU | a Greek letter |
MY | belonging to me |
NA | interj. of disbelief |
NE | arch. form of not |
NO | a no vote (pl. also NOES) |
NU | a Greek letter |
NY | (verb) to approach (pl. also NYS) |
OB | an objection |
OD | a mystic universal force |
OE | a grandchild in Scotland (also OY, OYE) |
OF | belonging to |
OH | (verb) to exclaim "Oh" for surprise |
OI | interj. calling attention |
OM | a syllable intoned as part of a mantra |
ON | to go on |
OO | wool (Scots.) |
OP | an abstract art style |
OR | the heraldic colour gold |
OS | a bone |
OU | interj. expressing concession |
OW | interj. expressing pain |
OX | a mammal with hooves |
OY | same as OE, above |
PA | father |
PE | a Hebrew letter (also PEH) |
PH | a measure of acidity |
PI | (verb) to jumble or disorder (pr.p. PIEING, PIING) |
PO | a chamber pot |
QI | a Chinese life force |
RE | a musical note |
SH | interj. requesting silence |
SI | a musical note |
SO | a musical note (also SOH) |
ST | an exclamation of impatience |
TA | thanks |
TE | a musical note |
TI | a small tree |
TO | as far as |
UG | (verb) to cause hatred |
UH | interj. expressing disbelief |
UM | interj. of hesitation |
UN | one |
UP | (verb) to increase |
UR | interj. expressing hesitation |
US | a third person pronoun |
UT | a musical note |
WE | a first person plural pronoun |
WO | a curse |
XI | a Greek letter |
XU | a Vietnamese coin (pl. XU) |
YA | you |
YE | you |
YO | a call for effort |
YU | precious jade |
ZO | a Himalayan cross between a yak and a cow (also DZO, DSO, ZHO, DZHO) |