CupOfTea все записи автора

 

 

	by a chorus
	coral	marine polyp skeleton
	chorale	a choir
	corral	a pen for horses
	chord	three tones in harmony
	cord	very light rope
	cored	divested of its central part

	chute	inclined trough
	shoot	to project an object

	cite	to refer to
	sight	vision
	site	a location

	cited	referenced
	sighted	visually identified
	sited	located

	cites	past tense of cite
	sights	tourist rationale
	sites	more than one location
	clack	a chattering sound
	claque	a group hired to applaud, sycophants
	Claus	fat, jolly guy with presents
	clause	contractual unit
	claws	big fingernails
	clew	sheet cringle on a sail
	clue	a hint
	click	ticking noise
	clique	exclusive group
	climb	ascending
	clime	climate
	close	to shut
	clothes	garments
	coal	black mineral
	cole	plants in the crucifer family
	coaled	supplied with coal
	cold	not supplied with coal
	coarse	rough
	course	path of travel
	coat	wear it for warmth
	cote	small animal shed
	coax	persuade
	cokes	more than one soft drink
	cocks	more than one male bird
	cox	a coxswain
	Cox	a variety of eating apple
	coddling	tenderly treating
	codling	small, unripe apple
	coffer	a strongbox; decorative, sunken ceiling panels
	cougher	one who coughs

	coin	money
	quoin	corner stone

	colonel	military officer
	kernel	seed
	complacence	self-satisfaction
	complaisance	willingness to please
	complacent	self-satified
	complaisant	willing to please
	complement	allotment
	compliment	encomium
	conch	marine mollusk
	conk	blow to the head
	coo	a soft murmuring sound
	coup	a successful stroke
	copes	gets along with adversity
	copse	a stand of trees
	copped	swiped
	copt	a native Egyptian to a Roman
	cops	police officers
	copse	a small wood
	core	inner part
	corps	body
	cosign	to sign in addition
	cosine	sine of the complement
	council	group of leaders
	counsel	advisor

	craft	a manual occupation
	kraft	a strong paper made from wood pulp

	crater	impact hole
	krater	ancient Greek jar
	Crays	more than one supercomputer
	craze	sensation needed to buy more than one supercomputer
	creak	to squeak
	creek	small stream
	crewed	served by a crew
	crude	coarse
	crewel	embroidery yarn
	cruel	merciless
	crews	more than one crew
	cruise	a sea journey

	cue	a signal
	Kew	home of the famous English gardens
	queue	a waiting line (another famous English-ism)
	currant	small berry
	current	of the present
	curser	one who swears
	cursor	on-screen positional indicator

	cygnet	a young swan
	signet	an authenticating seal

	cymbal	percussive brass dish
	symbol	a representation

D

 

	dam	holds back water
	damn	a curse
	dammed	prevented from flowing
	damned	cursed
	darn	to mend
	darne	a fish steak
	days	more than one day
	daze	to bewilder
	dear	beloved
	deer	Bambi
	dew	morning condensation
	do	to perform
	due	payable
	die	to become dead
	dye	coloring agent
	died	passed away
	dyed	colored
	dies	passing away
	dyes	colors
	dine	to eat
	dyne	unit of energy
	dire	desperate
	dyer	one who dyes
	disc	a phonograph record
	disk	a round, plate-shaped object
	discreet	confidential
	discrete	individual
	discussed	talked about
	disgust	sickening
	do	first note of diatonic scale
	doe	a female deer
	dough	uncooked bread
	doc	a physician
	dock	where a boat is kept
	does	several female deer
	doughs	several uncooked breads
	doze	to nap
	done	completed
	dun	demand money
	dos	opposite of don'ts
	dues	membership payments
	draft	a preliminary written version
	draught	a gust of wind; depth of water needed to float a ship
	dual	two things
	duel	a fight between two over honor

E

 

e'er, see: air

 

	e'er,	see: air
	earl	British nobleman
	URL	Internet address

	earn	to come to deserve
	urn	a jar

effect, see: affect

 

eh, see: a

 

eight, see: ate

 

	elicit	to draw out
	illicit	unlawful

	elude	to escape from
	illude	to deceive
	epic	a narrative poem or story
	epoch	a noteworthy period in history

ere, see: air

 

err, see: air

 

	eunuchs	men unable to serve all of humanity
	Unix	operating system unable to serve all of humanity

	ewe	female sheep
	yew	a type of tree
	you	the second person

	ewes	more than one female sheep
	use	to apply
	yews	more than one yew tree

eye, see: aye

 

	eyelet	small hole for laces
	islet	small island