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N

nap, see: knap

naught, see: knot

	naval	pertaining to ships and the sea
	navel	pertaining to the belly button
	nay	no
	neigh	a horse's cry
	nays	votes against
	neighs	a horse vocalizes
	neap	the lowest tide
	neep	a turnip

need, see: knead

new, see: gnu

news, see: gnus

nice, see: gneiss

nickers, see: knickers

night, see: knight

nit, see: knit

nits, see: knits

no, see: know

nob, see: knob

nock, see: knock

nod, see: gnawed

noes, see: knows

	none	not one
	nun	woman of God

nose, see: knows

not, see: knot

O

	oar	boat propulsion system
	or	boolean deathtrap
	ore	mineral-laden dirt

odd, see: awed

offal, see: aweful

	oh	interjection
	owe	to be indebted
	ohs	more than one letter "O"
	owes	in debt

	one	singularity
	won	victorious
	oohs	as in "oohs and ahs"
	ooze	slime

oracle, see: auricle

oral, see: aural

	ordinance	a decree
	ordnance	artillery

ought, see: aught

our, see: hour

ours, see: hours

	overdo	carried to excess
	overdue	past time for payment

P

	paced	measured by footsteps
	paste	thick glue
	packed	placed in a container
	pact	agreement
	pail	bucket
	pale	light colored
	pain	it hurts
	pane	a single panel of glass
	pair	a set of two
	pare	cutting down
	pear	bottom-heavy fruit
	palate	taste
	pallet	a platform for transporting goods; bed
	pallette	a selection of paint
	pall	to become wearisome
	Paul	barefoot Beatle
	pawl	locks a ratchet
	passed	approved; moved on
	past	before now
	patience	being willing to wait
	patients	being willing to wait
	pause	to hesitate
	paws	cat transportation
	pea	round, green legume
	pee	piss
	peace	what hippies want
	piece	what hippies want
	peak	mountain top
	peek	secret look
	pique	ruffled pride
	peal	ringing sound
	peel	fruit wrapping
	pealed	rang with sound
	peeled	ready to eat
	pearl	round, luminescent gem from an oyster
	purl	to edge with a chain of small loops
	pearl	something of value made from an irritant
	Perl	something of value made from an irritant
	pedal	foot control
	peddle	to sell
	peer	an equal (a captain at sea has no peer)
	pier	wharf (a captain at sea has no pier)
	pencil	writing implement
	pensil	thin, swallowtail flag
	per	for each
	purr	endearing cat hum

pharoah, see: farrow

phase, see: faze

phased, see: fazed

phew, see: few

phew, see: few

phial, see: file

philter, see: filter

phlox, see: flocks

	pi	3.1416
	pie	good eating
	picnic	outdoor meal
	pyknic	physiological type with thick neck, large abdomen and short limbs
	pieced	assembled from pieces
	piste	a ski run of compacted snow
	pincer	claw-like gripping action
	pincher	one who pinches
	pinscher	terrier
	pistil	seed-bearing organ of a flower
	pistol	hand gun
	place	a location
	plaice	a flounder
	plain	not fancy
	plane	a surface
	plait	braid
	plate	a dish
	planar	flat
	planer	one who planes
	pleas	crys for help
	please	good manners
	pleural	related to lungs
	plural	more than one
	plum	purple fruit
	plumb	straight up and down
	polar	relating to the North or South poles
	poler	one who uses a pole
	Pole	a person from Poland
	pole	big stick
	poll	a voting
	poled	a pole was used
	polled	lacking horns
	pone	the dealer's opponent in two-handed card games
	pony	a small horse
	poor	no money
	pore	careful study; microscopic hole
	pour	to flow freely
	popery	a disparaging term for Catholics
	potpourri	a miscellaneous collection
	praise	to commend
	prays	worships God
	preys	hunts
	pray	worship God
	prey	hunt
	precedence	priority
	precedents	established course of action
	presidents	commanders-in-chief
	presence	the state of being present
	presents	what Santa brings
	pride	ego
	pryed	opened
	pries	wedging open
	prize	the reward
	prince	son of the King
	prints	impressions
	principal	head of school
	principle	causative force
	profit	money earned
	prophet	seer
	pros	multiple experts
	prose	ordinary language

	psi	twenty-third letter of Greek alphabet
	sigh	sad and weary breath
	xi	fourteenth letter of Greek alphabet

Q

	quarts	several fourths-of-gallons
	quartz	crystalline rock

 quay, see: cay

queue, see: cue

 

	quince	small, round fruit
	quints	multiple quintuplets

 quire, see: choir

 quoin, see: coin

 

R

	rabbet	a groove cut in a board
	rabbit	small mammal

	rack	shelf
	wrack	wreckage
	racket	illegal moneymaking scheme
	racquet	woven bat for tennis
	rain	precipitation
	reign	sovereign rule
	rein	horse's steering wheel
	raise	elevate
	rays	thin beams of light
	raze	to tear down completely

"raise" is the antonym of "raze"

	rap	a sharp knock
	wrap	to encase in cloth

	rapped	knocked sharply
	rapt	spellbound
	wrapped	encased in cloth
	ray	arrow of light
	re	musical note
	read	having knowledge from reading
	red	a primary color
	read	to get the meaning by looking
	rede	advice
	reed	tall, thin water plant
	reading	what you are doing now
	reeding	a small semicylindrical moulding or ornamentation
	reads	gets the meaning by looking
	reeds	more than one aquatic plant
	real	authentic
	reel	armature for winding
	recede	to move backward
	reseed	to plant again

	reck	to care
	wreck	a ruin

	reek	smells bad
	wreak	to inflict
	resinate	to impregnate with resin
	resonate	sympathetic vibration
	resisters	protesters
	resistors	electrical restrictors

	rest	stop working
	wrest	take away

	retch	call Ralph on the porcelain telephone
	wretch	a ragamuffin
	review	a general survey or assessment
	revue	a series of theatrical sketches or songs
	rheum	watery discharge of mucous
	room	partitioned space
	rheumy	having a watery discharge of mucous
	roomie	colloquialism for "roommate"
	roomy	lots of space
	rho	seventeenth letter of Greek alphabet
	roe	fish eggs
	row	aisle; pull an oar
	rhumb	a constant compass direction
	rum	liquor distilled from sugar cane
	rhyme	a verse with regular recurrence of sounds
	rime	frost
	rigger	one who rigs
	rigor	discipline