| • A | • abator (law) ablate (erode) ablative (case) abri (refuge) acarid/ae (mite) achene (fruit) actin (protein) acton (jacket) aculei (stings) acyl (chemical) aecium (fungus) aery (lofty) agar (jelly) agave (succulent) agio (allowance) agma (ŋ) aioli (sauce) airt (direction) | • al | • alap (music) alar/y (winged) albata (silver) albert (chain) alevin (fish) algin (acid) algor (chill) allyl (HC) almuce (cape) aloin (C21H21O9) ambari/y (kenaf) ament (catkin) amess (cape) amice (vestment) amine (ammonia–) ammine (–ammonia) amnio (diagnosis) | • an | • anime (resin+) anoa (buffalo) ancle (=k=) ancon (bracket) anlace (dagger) anole (lizard) anta (pilaster) anuria (~piss) apery (mimicry) aphis (insect) aphotic (dark) apian (bees) apical (tip) aplite (rock) apteral (~columns) |
| • ar | • arbalest (crossbow) archil (dye) arco (bowed) arete (virtue) argil (clay) argol (tartrate) argot (slang) aril (seedish) armet (helmet) armure (fabric) arnica (bane+) aroid (arum) arras (curtain) arris (edge) arum (plant) aryl (chemical) | • as | • ascites/ic (beer belly) ascus/i (fungus) ascot (tie+) asher (ash–er) ashet (dish) ashlar (stone) assai (palm+) astilbe (saxifrage) | • at | • atabal (drum) ataman (leader) atman (soul) atony (muscle) atrial (chambered) atrip (anchor) attar (fragrance) aulos (flute) auric (gold) aurist (audiologist) auricle (ear+) axel (skating) azine (compound) |
| • B | • bael (tree) bagel (bread) bagnio (bath) baht (money) bailey (~motte) balas (gem) balatá (tree) balti (cookery) balun (transformer) baluster (shaft) balut (egg+) barm (scum) barret (cap) basso (voice) bast (fibre) bateau (boat) battue (hunt) | • be | • belah/r (casuarina) bema (dais) benne (sesame) berley (bait) berlin (wool) berm (barrier) besom (broom) betony (plant) bice (pigment) billon (alloy) binal (double) bine (climber) bing (heap) birl (spin+) bise (wind) bitt (post) |
| • bl | • blag (rob) bleb (blister+) blet (fruit decay) bling (GAUD) blini (crêpe) bloat (inflation) boab (tree) bohunk (insult) bola/s (weapon) bonce (head) bonito (tuna) bora (wind+) bort (diamond) boule (game+) boulle (furniture) bou/wse (hoist) | • br | • bract (leaf) breech (bum+) brevet (badge+) brill (fish+) brit (fish) brome (grass) brose (porridge) bruit (sound) brut (wine) bubo (blister+) bufo (toad) buna (beech) bunce (godsend) bunt (sail+) bunya (pine) bure (hut) buret/te (dispenser) burin (graver) bur/l/r (wood) bursa/e (sac+) burse (purse) byre (barn) |
| • C | • cadi (judge) caftan (cloak) cahier (report) caid (sport) calalu (food) calcar (bat spur) caliche (mineral+) calla (bog arum) calpac (cap) caltrap (caltrop) cami (–sole) campion (plants) cancroid (crabby+) capo (clamp) carcajou (wolverine) caret (^) carina/l/te (keel) carnet (document) carney (-ival) carom (ricochet) caries (decay) carpel (pistil) carr (fen) catfall (rope) catnip (mint) cavy (rodent) | • ce | • ceiba (TREE) cella (chamber) cellaret (cellar) cenacle (dining room) centner (mass) cerate (dressing) cercal (tail) cere (beak) ceria (CeO2) ceric (cerium) ceriman (epiphyte) cero (fish) certes (truly) cesser (end) cession (ceding) cetane (C16H34) cete (badgers) | • ch | • chalone (hormone+) chape (scabbard) chela (claw+) chicle (gum) chine (valley+) chino (people) chiral (asymmetric) choli (blouse) cholla (cacti) chorea (disease) chott (lake) chou (cabbage+) chroma (pitch+) chronon (time quantum) chyme/us (food) cilium/a (organelle) cill (lock) ciré (glazed) cisco (fish) cist (coffin) civet (musk+) clarence (carriage) claro (clarion) clary (salvia) cleat (post+) cline (slope+) clint (rock) |
| • co | • coati (raccoon) coeliac (disease) coho (salmon) coif (cap) coit (bum) cole (plant) colic (pain) collet (chuck) coly (bird) co[o]mbe (cwm) coomb (unit) concha (pinna+) conoid (surface) copha (fat) coracoid (bone) corella (bird) cornu (instrument) corvine (crowy) costa (rib) coutil (cloth) coven (gathering) coypu (nutria) | • cr | • crake (rail!) crambo (rhyme) cran (herring) crape (textile) cravat (neckcloth) crenate (scalloped) crenel (embrasure) cresol (methylphenol) cretic (poetry) cringle (sail hole) crosse (stick) cruet (bottle) | • cu | • cubit (length) cubital (elbow+) culet (gem+) culm (stem) cuneal (cuneiform) curare (poison) curet(te) (scraper) curli (hair) curtal (bassoon) cutis (skin+) cyan (aqua) cyme (flower) |
| • D | • dacite (rock) dactyl (poetry) dahu (beast) dahl (lentils) danio (fish) dele (-atur) deus (god) derv (car) dement (madden) dentin (tooth) destrier (warhorse) dhal (shrub) dhow (ship) | • di | • dianoia (knowledge) ding (vessel) dingus (forgotten) doab (flat) dobra (money) doge (chief) doit (trifle) doline (sinkhole) dorp (town) | • dr | • dreich (bleak) droit (due) dromon (galley) drumlin (hill) ducat (coin) dulcian (bassoon) dulia (veneration) dulse (alga) dupion (fabric) durra (sorghum) duvet (doona) |
| • E | • eagre (tidal bore) ebon (black+) écarté (cards) eccrine (sweaty) ecesis (establishment) echt (genuine) éclat (wow!) écru (colour) educe (elicit) educt (separate) élan (go) egga/er (moth) elemi (tree) eluate (chromatography) embow (design arch) embus (board) emesis (puking) emmer (wheat) | • en | • ennage (type) enol (chemical) entasis (convexity) envoi (stanza) eosin (dye) epact (calendric) eparch/y (prefect) epeiric (continental) ergate (fungus) ergot (fungus) erne (sea eagle) erose (jagged) eruct (belch) | • es | • escheat (property) essive (case) estive (summery) estray (stray) étui (box) etymon (word) euphroe (block) eyas (falcon) eyra (otter cat) eyre (circuit) |
| • F | • facies (rock) facula (~sunspot) faille (textile) falcula (claw) farl (cake) farro (wheat) faucal (throat) feria (weekday) fermi (length) fetor (stink) | • fi | • fiacre (carriage) fiat (decree+) fipple (mouthpiece) firman (decree) fisc (tax) fiscus (purse) flam (drumbeat+) floc (precipitate) flume (chute) | • fo | • forint (money) formant (phonetics) forme (chase) forte (loud+) fortis (~lenis+) fovea (retina) fraise (ruff+) frib (wool) frisé (fabric) froe/w (axe) fuchsin (dye) fulmar (gull) fusel (pollutant) |
| • G | • gabion (armor+) galena (PbS) gallic (acid) galop (dance) gamine (urchin) garda (knot) gaud (bling) gault (clay) gean (cherry) gelt (cash) gemma (cell) genet (animal+) getter (coating) genu (knee) gerenuk (gazelle) geum (plant) | • gi | • gigot (leg+) gila (animals) gilet (vest) gimbal (support) gimp (thread+) giro (payment) gite (shelter) glacé (coated) glaire (albumen) gleet (pus) gley (soil) glial (cell) glist (mica) gollop (gulp) gopak (dance) goral (antelope) grad (angle) graver (burin) grilse (fish) grivet (monkey) grommet (eyelet) gyascutus (beast) gynandry (flower) |
| • H | • habu (snake) haptic (touchy) harl (plaster) hart (deer) haslet (meatloaf) haulm (straw) heft (weight) helicon (crater+) helot (serf) helve (haft) hepatic (liverish) heres (heir) herl (barb) | • hi | • hilum/s (pit) hognut (plant) holt (den) homy (US) hoopoe (bird) hopak (dance) hoplite (soldier) hora (dance+) horal (houry) hyetal (rainy) hyson (green tea) | • I | • ichor (bile) ictus (stroke+) ileum (intestine) ileus (disorder) ilium (bone) imine (…C=N…) impi (warfare) incept (begin) incross (inbred) inion (skull) inkle (loom) intal (drug) intarsia (inlay+) inti (money) intima (undercoat) introit (liturgy) intron (DNA) inurn (inter) isopach (map) is/xtle (fibre) iter (circuit) |
| • J | • jabiru (stork) jabot (frill+) jacana (bird) jacinth (zircon) jaconet (cloth) jess (falconry) jeton (token) jiao (money) jink (dodge+) jumar (climber) jurat (law) jussive (grammar) | • K | • kaftan (cloak) kame (glacier) kelt (fish) kenaf (fibre+) kepi (cap) kerf (incision) kerma (energy) kermes (insect+) kern (space+) kame (glacier) kier (vat) kina (sea urchin+) kinase (enzyme) kist (coffin) klippe (rock+) knish (food) knout (whip) knur (bump) korma (curry) krone (money) |
| • L | • labium (lip) labret (lip hole) lagan (seawreck) laic (layperson) laicism (secular) lamia (beetle+) lampas (fabric) lanate (woolly) lappet (headdress) lariat (lasso+) larry (hoe+) lateen (sail) lath (strip) latria (adoration) latten (alloy) layette (clothes) leat (channel) leben (curdled milk) lech(er) lectin (protein) lector (reader) leet (list) legist (lawyer) lehr (kiln) lentic (~lotic) leman (lover) lempira (money) lenis (~fortis) leno (weave) lentic (pond) lento (tempo+) leone (money) levant (wind) | • li | • liana (vine) liger (~tiglon) lima (clam) limbus (corneal) lipuria (uric fat) lisle (fabric) litmus (dye) litotes (rhetoric) llano (steppe) loach (fish) lobar (lobey) lobule (~lobe) lochia (obstetrics) logia (sayings) logos (word) logy (dull) lorica (armour+) lota/h (pot) loofa (vine) loofah (sponge) lota (fish+vessel) lotic (~lentic) lour (scowl) lovat (green) | • lu | • luau (feast) lucarne (window) lucent (bright) luge (sled) lune (moon+) lutein (carotenoid) lutetium (Lu) lyrate (leaf) lyse (cellular+) lytta (cartilage) |
| • M | • maar (crater) macer (usher) mage (wizard) maigre (diet) mako (shark) maleic (acid) malae (shrine) malleus (ear) malic (acid) malm (chalk) malonic (acid) manta (ray) mantic (prophecy) mara (rodent) maraca (rattle) marae (shrine) marc (pulp) marcel (hairstyle) marri (gum) matin (a.m.) matins (prayer) matipo (tree) matlo(w) (sailor) maxon (excitation) meatus (anatomy) megrim (fish+) melic (grass) meno (music) menses (menstruation) merle(blackbird+) mesa (plateau) mesic (moist+) metol (chemical) mes/zcal (grog) mesne (medial) meson (subatomic) métier (forte) | • mi | • midi (midcalf+) milch (milk) milo (sorghum) milt (semen) mimulus (flower) minim (½note+) mina (bird) miosis (pupil) mirin (condiment) misère (bid) miso (seasoning) mitis (iron) mixte (bike) moil (tur–) moll (slut) molly (bolt+) mona (monkey) monde (world) monism (unity) mont (HILL) monte (card game) mora (fish+) mora(e) (phonology) morel (mushroom) morro (outcrop) mort (much+) motte (~bailey) moué (pout) mulct (fine) mules (castrate) muleta (bullfight) muley (hornless) murrey (stain) myall (acacia+) myna(h) (bird) |
| • N | • naan (flatbread) nabob (boss) nacelle (housing) nachos (food) naiad (nymph) naira (money) nake/ir (drum) napa (vegetable) nappe (rock) narc/k (squealer) nard (spikenard+) nardoo (fern) natis (buttock) natron (mineral) navar (navigation) neap (tide) neem (tree) neep (turnip) nematic (liquid crystal) nēnē (goose) neper (ratio) neral (citral) nerts (nuts!) névé (snow) newel (post) | • ni | • niello (alloy) nife (NiFe) nipa (plant+) nisus (striving) nitid (bright) nival (snow) noesis (insight) noil (fibre) noma (ulcer) nome (elliptics) nomism (legal) nonet (music) noria (water lift) nucha (nape) nutria (coypu) | • O | • oast (kiln) obit (–uary) oche (darts) ocra (=okra) ochreate (sheath) ogive (nose) oint (an…) okapi (giraffid) oleo (marg) olla (jar) ombre (cards) onager (ass) opah (fish) ophryon (eyebrows) opsin (photoreceptors) orchil (dye) orfr[a/e]y (embroidery) ormer (abalone) orphrey (embroidery) oscine (songbird) osmic/um (metal) osprey (raptor) ossein (bone collagen) ostium (hole+) otalgia (earache) otic (earish) otitis (ear sore) outré (bizarre) oyez (a cry) |
| • P | • paca (rodent+) palea (botany) pannier (bag) parkin (cake+) parure (jewelry) parol (law+) parr (fish) paten (dish) pathic (victim) patina (tarnish) pectase (enzyme) paten (dish) pelota (jai alai+) peltate (leaf shaped) pentad (five) peltry (pelts) peon (drudge) percuss (tap) peri (fairy) phaeic (dusky) phasor (phase vector) phatic (small talk) phot (light) phrenic (nerve) | • pi | • pica (12points+) picot (loop) pignut (plant) pika (coney) pikau (pack) pileum (plant) pileus (cap+) pinks/xter (azalea+) pinta (disease) pintle (pin) pinto (horse+) pion (meson) piscary (fishery) pisé (earth) pita (bread) pithos (jar) piton (spike) pitta (bird) pituri (drug) placet (assent) plantar (sole) plat (map) platy (fish) playa (lake) plica (lizard+) plicate (pleated) pochard (duck) pome (fruit) pone (bread) pont (ferry) poon (tree) porgy (fish) postil (homily) potch (opal) pottle (2quarts) potto (primate) prana (breath) prat (bum) précis (abstract) prink (strut) privet (shrub) proa (boat) proem (preface) pteryla (skin) ptisan (tisane) pubis (bone) puli (dog) puri (food) |
| • Q | • quahog (clam) quaich (cup) quant (pole+) quanta (bits) quartan (4 days) quean (woman) quiff (hair) qursh (money) |
| • R | • rabi (crop+) rabies (disease) rachis (biology) raga (melody) ragi (millet) raita (condiment) rakia (grog) rale (symptom+) rami (branches) ramie (nettle) rana (frog) rance (marble) rani (lady) raphe (ridge) rappel (abseil) rasse (civet) rata (tree) ratable (taxable) ratal (rates base) ratel (badger) rath (chariot+) rattan (palm) raylet (ray) razee (ship) | • re | • reata (lasso) rebus (wordy) recto (~verso) redd (fish egg) reglet (flashing+) remex (feather) remise (house+) remora (fish) ret (flax) rete (net) revet (to face) revers (garment) revest (law) rhea (bird) rheum (mucus+) rhodic (rhodiumy) riata (lasso) ricin (protein) rimose (cracked) riprap (rubble) rive (rend) riyal (money) roach (fish+) roble (beech) rondel (poem+) roquet (c…) rota (roster+) roton (excitation) roué (rake) rouncey (warhorse) rowel (spur) ruche (ruffle) rudd (fish) ruta (rue) rutile (TiO2) ryot (cultivator) |
| • S | • sabra (Jew) saggar (pottery) sake (grog) saki (monkey) salep (orchid) salmi (ragout) saltant (jumpy) sambar (deer+) sanies (ichor) saola (ox) sapota (fruit) sa/erai (inn+) sard (mineral) sauté (food) sark (shirt) sclere (anatomy) scop (poet) scotia (moth) scree (talus) sebum (secretion) seel (falconry) seine (net) seise (seize) seism (earthquake) senna (plant) sensi (teacher) septal (walled) serac (glacier) se/arai (inn) serif (typeface) serra (zoology) sestina (poem) seta (bristle) sett (den) shako (cap) shea (tree) shive (cork) shlemiel (dolt) shoat (piglet+) shofar (horn) shoran (radar) shott (lake) sial (geology) siamang (gibbon) siemens (conductance) sienna (clay) sika (deer+) silo (store) sima (geology+) sisal (agave) sistrum (instrument) sitka (deer) situs (position) skank (guitar+) | • sk | • skean (dagger) skep (hive) slipe (wool) sloe (blackthorn) slype (passage) smegma (cheese) smolt (fish) snath (scythe) sneck (latch) snirt (snow+) snit (upset) snoek (pike) soever (at all) soho (interjection) soke (jurisdiction) sola (pith) solam (sorghum) soli (~tutti) sone (loudness) sora (bird) sorb (tree+) sorgo (–hum) sorghum (grass) sortal (criterion) sorus (spores) souk (market) soutane (cassock) spec (–ulation) spectrin (plant) sphene (mineral) sphenic (wedge) spic (neat+) spicule (spike) spile (peg) spireme (tangle) spirula (squid) spurge(plant) stacte (incense) stela/e (slab+) stemma (eye++) stere (measure) sthenic (energetic) stich (poetry) stipa (grass) stipe (stalk+) stoa (colonnade) stoat (ermine) stoup (font) stover (straw) stretto (tight) stum (must) stupa (monument) subito (suddenly) suint (grease) sunt (acacia) surah (twill) sural (leg+) surat (fabric) sylva (forest) synroc (rock) |
| • T | • tabes (demyelination) tael (weight) taenia (ribbon++) tabla (drum) tabor (camp) do. (drum) tachisme (painting) tacet (music) tafia (rum) tahr (goat) tain (mirror) taipan (snake) tala (music+) tali (bones+) talion (retribution) talus (scree+) tana (lemur+) tantara (blast) tapa (cloth+) tapir (ungulate) tapis (textile) taps (lights out) targe (shield) tarlatan (fabric) tarpan (horse) tarsia (in–) tarsier (primate) taupe (colour) tegmen (seed coat+) tela (membrane) teleost (fish) telium (plant part) tench (fish) tenrec (mammal) tenter (frame) tepal (flower) terce (prayer) tiercel (falcon) teircet (poetry) terne (alloy) terry (fabric) testa (seed coat) theca (sheath) thew (muscle) thiol (organosulfur) thorp (hamlet) thrum (yarn+) tian (pot) tilia (lime) ti(g)lon (~liger) tinct (tint) tisane (tea) titi (monkey) titman (runt) titre (amount) | • tm | • tmesis (grammar) tocsin (alarm+) toile (garment) tolan/e (C14H10) tole (metalware) tolu (balsam) tontine (money) toon (tree+) tope (shark+) topee (hat) tophus/i (gout) topi (antelope) topo (climbing) toque (hat) torc/q (ring) tori (donuts+) toric (donutty) torque (moment) torr (pressure) torsk (cod) tortoni (dessert) toyer (trifler) toupée (wig) trave (beam+) treen (wooden) tremie (concrete) trepan (drill+) trepang (sea cucumber) tret (waste) triage (priority) trig (neat+) trine (120°) trireme (galley) trit (digit) triton (sea snail) trigon (harp+) troat (bellow) troche (pastille) trogon (bird) trompe (compressor) tron (weigher) trona (mineral) trope (turn) trouse (trews) trug (basket) trugo (game) tuan (marsupial) tuart (tree) tuatara (reptile) tubate (tubed) tubal (tubish) tufa (limestone) tumid (swollen) tung (spurge) tunicle (vestment) tupelo (tree) turbary (bog) turbit (pigeon) turion (bud) tussis (cough) tutee (~tutor) tutsan (shrub) twite (finch) |
| • U | • uhlan (lancer) ulema (clerics) ultima (syllable) ultimo (month) umbel (flower) umber (pigment) umbles (n…) umbo (boss+) umbrere/il (visor) uracil (C4H4N2O2) urate (C5H4N4O3) ureter (tube) uretic (pissy) utile (mahogany) utricle (pouch) uvula (mouth) | • V | • vail (tip+) vairy (fur) valine (amino acid) varec (kelp) velate (biology) veleta (dance) vena (vein) venial (excusable) ventail (helmet) verruca (wart) verso (~recto) vert (heraldry) vesica (sac) vestal (moth) vide (see) vina (lute) vireo (bird) virgate (land area) virino (virus) virion (virus) vitrain (coal) volta (turn) | • W | • wally (fool) weka (woodhen) whydah (bird) wincey (fabric) womera (woomera) wrasse (fish) |
| • X | • xanthic (yellow) | • Y | • yapok (possum) yarran (acacia) yean (give birth) ylem (plasma) yogh (letter) yuan (money) yurt (hut) | • Z | • zein (protein) zester (peeler) zibet (cat) zoea (larva) zouk (rhythm) |