* LETTERS * AY {aye=n} [n AYS] AYE an affirmative vote [n -S] : AY(s) BEE a winged insect [n -S] CEE the letter C [n -S] DEE the letter D [n -S] EF the letter F [n -S] : EFF EFF {ef=n} [n -S] GEE to turn to the right [v GEED, GEEING, GEES] AITCH the letter H [n -ES] JAY a corvine bird [n JAYS] KAY the letter K [n KAYS] EL an elevated railroad or train [n -S] ELL the letter L [n -S] EM the letter M [n -S] EN the letter N [n -S] OH to exclaim in surprise, pain, or desire [v -ED, -ING, -S] PEE to urinate -- sometimes considered vulgar [v PEED, PEEING, PEES] KUE the letter Q [n -S] AR the letter R [n -S] ES {ess=n} [n ESES] ESS the letter S [n -ES] : ES TEE to place a golf ball on a small peg [v TEED, TEEING, TEES] YOU something identified with the person addressed [n -S] VEE the letter V [n -S] EX to cross out [v -ED, -ING, -ES] WYE the letter Y [n -S] ZED the letter Z [n -S] ZEE the letter Z [n -S] IZZARD the letter Z [n -S] ALEF {aleph=n} [n -S] : ALEF ALIF ALEPH ALEPH a Hebrew letter [n -S] : ALEF ALIF ALEPH ALIF an Arabic letter [n -S] : ALEF ALIF ALEPH BETH a Hebrew letter [n -S] GIMEL a Hebrew letter [n -S] DALEDH {daleth=n} [n -S] DALETH a Hebrew letter [n -S] : DALEDH HEH a Hebrew letter [n -S] VAU {vav=n} [n -S] : VAU VAV VAW WAW VAV a Hebrew letter [n -S] : VAU VAV VAW WAW VAW {vav=n} [n -S] : VAU VAV VAW WAW WAW {vav=n} [n -S] : VAU VAV VAW WAW ZAYIN a Hebrew letter [n -S] HETH a Hebrew letter [n -S] TETH a Hebrew letter [n -S] : TET TET {teth=n} [n -S] YOD a Hebrew letter [n -S] : YODH YODH {yod=n} [n -S] KAF {kaph=n} [n -S] : CAPH KAF KAPH KHAF KHAPH CAPH {kaph=n} [n -S] : CAPH KAF KAPH KHAF KHAPH KAPH a Hebrew letter [n -S] : CAPH KAF KAPH KHAF KHAPH KHAF {kaph=n} [n -S] : CAPH KAF KAPH KHAF KHAPH KHAPH {kaph=n} [n -S] : CAPH KAF KAPH KHAF KHAPH LAMED a Hebrew letter [n -S] : LAMEDH LAMEDH {lamed=n} [n -S] MEM a Hebrew letter [n -S] NUN a woman belonging to a religious order [n -S] SAMEK a Hebrew letter [n -S] : SAMECH SAMEK SAMEKH SAMECH {samek=n} [n -S] : SAMECH SAMEK SAMEKH SAMEKH {samek=n} [n -S] : SAMECH SAMEK SAMEKH AIN {ayin=n} [n -S] AYIN a Hebrew letter [n -S] : AIN FE a Hebrew letter [n -S] : FE FEH PE PEH PE a Hebrew letter [n -S] : FE FEH PE PEH FEH {peh=n} [n -S] : FE FEH PE PEH PEH {pe=n} [n -S] : FE FEH PE PEH SADE a Hebrew letter [n -S] : SADE SADHE SADI TSADE TSADI SADI {sade=n} [n -S] : SADE SADHE SADI TSADE TSADI SADHE {sade=n} [n -S] : SADE SADHE SADI TSADE TSADI TSADE {sade=n} [n -S] : SADE SADHE SADI TSADE TSADI TSADI {sade=n} [n -S] : SADE SADHE SADI TSADE TSADI KOPH a Hebrew letter [n -S] : QOPH QOPH {koph=n} [n -S] RESH a Hebrew letter [n -ES] SHIN to climb by gripping and pulling alternately with the hands and legs [v SHINNED, SHINNING, SHINS] TAV a Hebrew letter [n -S] ALPHA a Greek letter [n -S] BETA a Greek letter [n -S] BETTA a freshwater fish [n -S] GAMMA a Greek letter [n -S] DELTA an alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river [n -S] : DELTAIC, DELTIC [adj] EPSILON a Greek letter [n -S] ZETA a Greek letter [n -S] ETA a Greek letter [n -S] THETA a Greek letter [n -S] IOTA a Greek letter [n -S] : IOTACISM(s) KAPPA a Greek letter [n -S] KOPPA a Greek letter [n -S] LAMBDA a Greek letter [n -S] : LAMBDOID [adj] MU a Greek letter [n -S] NU a Greek letter [n -S] XI a Greek letter [n -S] OMICRON a Greek letter [n -S] : OMIKRON OMIKRON {omicron=n} [n -S] PI a Greek letter [n -S] / to jumble or disorder [v PIED, PIEING or PIING, PIES] RHO a Greek letter [n RHOS] SIGMA a Greek letter [n -S] : SIGMATE [adj] TAU a Greek letter [n -S] UPSILON a Greek letter [n -S] PHI a Greek letter [n -S] CHI a Greek letter [n -S] PSI a Greek letter [n -S] DIGAMMA a obsolete Greek letter [n -S] OMEGA a Greek letter [n -S] ALFA a communications code word for the letter A [n -S] ABLE having sufficient power, skill, or resources [adj ABLER, ABLEST] / a communications code word for the letter A [n -S] BAKER one that {bakes=v} [n -S] BRAVO a hired killer [n -VOS or -VOES or -VI] / to applaud by shouting ``bravo'' [v -ED, -ING, -ES] CHARLEY {charlie=n} [n -LEYS] CHARLIE a fool [n -LIES] DELTA an alluvial deposit at the mouth of a river [n -S] : DELTAIC, DELTIC [adj] EASY not difficult [adj EASIER, EASIEST] / a communications code word for the letter E [n EASIES] ECHO a repetition of sound by reflection of sound waves [n ECHOES or ECHOS] / to produce an echo [v -ED, -ING, -ES] FOXTROT to dance the fox trot (a dance for couples) [v -TROTTED, -TROTTING, -TROTS] GOLF to play golf (a type of ball game) [v -ED, -ING, -S] HOTEL a public lodging [n -S] KILO a kilogram or kilometer [n KILOS] LIMA the edible seed of a tropical American plant [n -S] MIKE to amplify or record by use of a microphone [v MIKED, MIKING, MIKES] PAPA a father [n -S] ROMEO a male {lover=n} [n -MEOS] SIERRA a mountain range [n -S] : SIERRAN [adj] TANGO to perform a Latin-American dance [v -ED, -ING, -S] UNIFORM unchanging [adj -FORMER, -FORMEST] / to make {uniform=adj} [v -ED, -ING, -S] VICTOR one who defeats an adversary [n -S] WHISKEY a liquor [n -KEYS] ETH {edh=n} [n -S] EDH an Old English letter [n -S] YOGH a Middle English letter [n -S] OGAM {ogham=n} [n -S] RUNE a letter of an ancient alphabet [n -S] : RUNELIKE [adj] HACEK a mark placed over a letter to modify it [n -S] OGHAM an Old Irish alphabet [n -S] : OGHAMIC [adj] OGHAMIST(s) SERIF a fine line used to finish off the main stroke of a letter [n -S] : SERIFED, SERIFFED [adj] TILDE a mark placed over a letter to indicate its sound [n -S] HANGUL the Korean alphabetic script [n] LETTER to mark with letters (written symbols representing speech sounds) [v -ED, -ING, -S] : LETTERER(s) MEDIAL a sound, syllable, or letter in the middle of a word [n -S] PINYIN a system for transliterating Chinese ideograms into the Latin alphabet [n] RHOTIC pertaining to a dialect of English in which the letter R at the end of a syllable is pronounced [adj] ROMAJI a system of transliterating Japanese into the Latin alphabet [n -S] SUBFIX a distinguishing symbol or letter written below another character [n -ES] ANAGRAM to transpose the letters of a word or phrase to form a new one [v -GRAMMED, -GRAMMING, -GRAMS] DIGRAPH a pair of letters representing a single speech sound [n -S] FUTHARC {futhark=n} [n -S] : FUTHARC FUTHARK FUTHORC FUTHORK FUTHARK an ancient alphabet [n -S] : FUTHARC FUTHARK FUTHORC FUTHORK FUTHORC {futhark=n} [n -S] : FUTHARC FUTHARK FUTHORC FUTHORK FUTHORK {futhark=n} [n -S] : FUTHARC FUTHARK FUTHORC FUTHORK PANGRAM a sentence that includes all the letters of the alphabet [n -S] TRIGRAM a cluster of three successive letters [n -S] ALPHABET to arrange in the customary order of the letters of a language [v -ED, -ING, -S] IOTACISM excessive use of the letter iota [n -S] LETTERER one that {letters=v} [n -S] OGHAMIST one who writes in ogham [n -S] RELETTER [v -ED, -ING, -S] ROMANISE to {romanize=v} [v -ISED, -ISING, -ISES] ROMANIZE to write in the Roman alphabet [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] SPELLERS [n] SPELLING a sequence of letters composing a word [n -S] TRIGRAPH a group of three letters representing one sound [n -S] LETTERBOX [v -ED, -ING, -S] LETTERMAN LETTERMEN ALPHABETIC [adj] ALPHABETICAL LETTERFORM [n -S] LETTERHEAD [n -S] NEWSLETTER [n -S] ANALPHABET [n -S] UNLETTERED ALPHABETIZE [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES] : ALPHABETIZER(s) LETTERPRESS [n -ES] ALPHABETICAL LETTERBOXING [n -S] ALPHABETIZER [n -S] ANALPHABETIC [n -S] ANALPHABETISM [n -S] LETTERSPACING [n -S] NONALPHABETIC ALPHABETICALLY ALPHABETIZATION [n -S] * List compiled from OWL2 + Long List by Rebecca Slivka