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 A - All of the following "defects" absent
 B - Basic meanings are related
 C - Capitalization differs ("capitonyms")
 D - Different spellings also exist (US vs UK, hyphenation, etc.)
 E - Equal pronunciations also exist (US vs UK, regional, etc.)
 F - Foreign word, or may be distinguished with accent marks
 G - Gcontrived :-), coined, jargon, or other uncommon word
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Abbreviations:

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 NV - corresponding noun and verb
 3  - 3-way homograph
 4  - 4-way homograph
 5  - 5-way homograph

 A       ablative (grammatical case, tending to lose parts)
 B       abstract (NV)
 B       abuse (NV)
 BE      accent (NV)
 A       acedia (apathy, kind of fish)
 3C      acre (land area, Bazilian state, Israeli port)
 B       addict (NV)
 B       address (NV)
 A       adduct (chemical addition product, to draw together)
 A       advert (advertisement (British), make reference)
 B       advocate (NV)
 C       afar (a great distance, Omani city)
 BG      affect (alter, emotion)
 B       affiliate (NV)
 B       affix (NV)
 C       agama (Hindu scripture, lizard)
 F       agape (wide open, form of love)
 B       aged (the ~, ~ cheese)
 B       aggregate (NV)
 F       agora (marketplace in Greece, Israel money)
 G       ai (sloth, ouch====)
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 C       air (atmosphere, region in the Sahara)
 BE      ally (NV)
 B       alternate (NV)
 G       alum (name of chemical, alumnus)
 BD      analyses (plural noun, singular verb (UK))
 B       anathema (accursed, consecrated)
 B       animate (verb, adjective)
 B       annex (NV)
 A       appropriate (take posession of, suitable)
 B       approximate (verb, adjective)
 E       are (form of to be, unit of area)
 CF      ares (Greek god, unit of area (plural))
 B       arithmetic (noun, adjective)
 BE      array (NV)
 A       arses (plural arse, plural arsis)
 B       articulate (verb, adjective)
 5CDFG   as (like, Roman coin, Persian card game, pl. of a, Norse Aesir god)
 C       askew (awry, Florida politician)
 B       aspirate (NV)
 B       associate (NV)
 A       ate (past of eat, recklessness)
 E       attaches (plural attache, present tense of attach)
 B       attribute (NV)
 C       august (majestic, month)
 A       axes (plural of ax, plural of axis)
 E       ay(e) (yes, always)
 A       barrage (dam, artillery fire)
 C       barre (stripes, town in Vermont)
 A       bases (plural of base, plural of basis)
 A       bass (~ fiddle, fishing for ~)
 B       bathing (take a bath, to bathe)
 B       baton (NV)
 G       beer (beverage, one who is)
 C       begin (start, former Israeli leader)
 C       berry (fruit, French region)
 BE      blessed (prosperous, he ~ her)
 C       boule (Greek legislature, synthetic gem)
 EG      bourgeois (capitalistic, type size)
 A       bow(ed) (~ and arrow, ~ to the king)
 F       brat (naughty child, ~wurst)
 E       buffet (jostle, ~ lunch)
 B       bustier (undergarment, more busty)
 E       can (metalic container, able to)
 F       cave (cavern, Latin beware)
 F       charge (rush, diplomat)
 A       chela (small claw, disciple)
 C       chosen (picked, Japanese name for Korea)
 C       chou (cabbage, Chinese dynasty)
 B       close (~ call, ~ the door)
 B       closer (door ~, more close)
 B       coagulate (NV)
 G       coax (urge, coaxial cable)
 B       collect (prayer, gather)
 3CFG    colon (":", colonial farmer, Costa Rican monetary unit)
 B       combat (NV)
 B       combine (NV)
 3A      comes (moves toward, answer in a fugue, dried rootlets)
 A       commune (take Communion, administrative district)
 A       compact (closely arranged, treaty)
 B       complex (complicated, compound)
 B       compost (NV)
 B       compound (NV)
 B       compress (NV)
 B       concert (NV)
 C       concord (NV, New Hampshire capital)
 B       conduct (NV)
 B       confect (NV)
 B       confederate (NV)
 B       confines (NV)
 B       conflict (NV)
 B       conglomerate (NV)
 B       conjugate (NV)
 B       conscript (NV)
 BE      conserve (preserve, jam)
 A       console (soothe, keyboard desk)
 B       consort (NV)
 B       construct (NV)
 B       consult (NV)
 B       consummate (verb, adjective)
 BE      contact (NV)
 E       content (what is contained, satisfied)
 B       contest (NV)
 B       contract (NV)
 B       contrast (NV)
 BG      convent (nunnery, convene)
 A       converse (logic term, to talk)
 B       convert (NV)
 B       convict (NV)
 3CDE    coop (cooperative, enclosure, personal name)
 BE      coordinate (NV)
 B       crack down (NV)
 B       curate (clergyman, act as curator)
 F       cure (heal, parish priest)
 B       cursed (NV)
 FG      dame (woman, term in the game of Go)
 DE      decameter (poetic line with 10 feet, 10 meters (US))
 B       decrease (NV)
 B       default (NV)
 B       defect (flaw, turn traitor)
 E       defense (sports term, fortification)
 C       degas (remove gas from, French artist)
 BE      delegate (NV)
 C       deli (delicatessen, Indonesian city)
 B       deliberate (adjective, verb)
 F       denier (one who denies, former French coin)
 A       desert (leave alone, Sahara ~)
 B       desolate (adjective, verb)
 B       detail (NV)
 B       digest (NV)
 D       dingy (dull, small boat)
 BE      discharge (NV)
 B       discriminate (distinguish, opposite of indiscriminate)
 B       dismount (NV)
 BE      dispatch (NV)
 BE      dispute (NV)
 E       divers (plural diver, various)
 F       do (perform, tonic note of scale)
 A       does (~ the buck see the ~?)
 B       dogged (followed, determined)
 DE      douse (drench, use a diving rod)
 A       dove (dived, pigeon)
 F       dozen (12, stun (Scottish))
 B       drawer (one who draws, chest of ~s)
 B       duplicate (NV)
 B       elaborate (verb, adjective)
 A       ellipses (plural ellipse, plural ellipsis)
 A       entrance (door, delight)
 BDE     envelop(e) (NV)
 G       ergotism (logical reasoning, ergot poisoning)
 B       escort (NV)
 B       essay (piece of writing, try)
 B       estimate (NV)
 3AC     even (Siberian people, flat, knitting term)
 E       evening (making even, twilight)
 CFG     ewe (female sheep, African language)
 A       excise (customs duty, cut out)
 B       excuse (NV)
 B       exploit (NV)
 B       export (NV)
 BF      expose (NV)
 B       extract (NV)
 B       fall out (NV)
 A       felly (part of a wheel, sinister)
 B       ferment (NV)
 E       fiasco (failure, bottle)
 F       file (tool, sassafras powder)
 BDE     fillet (cut of meat/fish, band of ribbon/wood)
 B       finance (NV)
 3F      fine (minute, finish, brandy)
 A       flower (one who flows, bloom)
 D       forbear (abstain, ancestor)
 C       forest (area with trees, town in Belgium)
 G       formal (ceremonious, methylal)
 F       forte (strong point, loud)
 3F      fourchette (membrane, glove part, heraldry term)
 B       frequent (NV)
 DEG     genet (civetlike animal, horselike animal)
 G       genial (pleasant, of the chin)
 E       gibber (incoherent speech, Australian polished stone)
 A       gill (volume unit, organ in fish)
 G       gin (liquor, dialectical before)
 A       glower (sullen look, one that glows)
 B       graduate (NV)
 3F      grave (accent, burial place, music term)
 3F      guara (ibis, wild dog, tree)
 C       guy (male, Flemish ruler)
 F       gyro (gyroscope, Greek sandwich)
 C       hades (hell, angles of geological faults)
 B       hand out (NV)
 F       he (pronoun, Hebrew letter)
 CE      herb (plant, short for Herbert)
 B       hinder (hamper, posterior)
 C       home (Daniel Douglas Home, residence)
 B       house (NV)
 C       ill (sick, river in Austria)
 B       impact (NV)
 B       implant (NV)
 B       implement (NV)
 B       import (NV)
 D       imposter (impostor, customs official)
 B       impound (NV)
 B       impress (NV)
 B       imprint (NV)
 G       impugnable (capable of being impugned, obsolete cannot be overcome)
 B       incarnate (NV)
 B       incense (infuriate, perfume for burning)
 B       incline (NV)
 B       increase (NV)
 B       indent (NV)
 B       indurate (NV)
 B       inebriate (NV)
 B       initiate (NV)
 B       insert (NV)
 B       inset (NV)
 B       insult (NV)
 BE      integral (adjective, noun)
 B       intercept (NV)
 B       interchange (NV)
 B       interdict (NV)
 B       intermediate (NV)
 B       intern (NV)
 B       intimate (~ relations, to suggest)
 B       invalid (cripple, erroneous)
 B       invert (NV)
 B       invite (NV)
 G       is (form of to be, plural of i)
 BE      issue (NV)
 B       jagged (slashed or cut, having a zigzag edge)
 D       jargon (specialized langauge, yellow zircon)
 C       job (occupation, Bible character)
 BCF     jubilate (rejoice, joyous song)
 CF      junker (trashy car, German name)
 CF      kin (relatives, Manchu ancestors)
 G       kine (cows, motion picture)
 F       lame (crippled, metallic fabric)
 F       lamed (crippled, Hebrew letter)
 CE      lanai (porch, Hawaiian island)
 3A      lather (suds, lath worker, lathe worker)
 E       lea (meadow, yarn measure)
 A       lead (~ pipe, ~ astray)
 BD      learned (learnt, knowledgeable)
 BE      legged (past tense verb, adjective)
 C       levy (tax, Jewish name)
 F       lied (fibbed, German art song)
 C       liege (loyal, city in Belgium)
 CF      lima (bean, city in Peru)
 G       lineage (ancestry, # of print lines)
 B       live (~ in peace, ~ audience)
 B       liver (filter organ, more alive)
 B       lives (~ in peace, for all of our ~)
 A       lower (to let down, frown)
 CF      luger (luge rider, gun maker)
 G       lunger/ed (one who lunges, TB victim (slang))
 D       lupine (wolflike, clustered flower)
 B       make up (NV)
 CG      mallet (hammer, steam locomotive type)
 B       mamma (mother, teat)
 F       manes (plural of mane, Roman gods)
 C       maria (dark areas on moons or planets, south Pacific island)
 G       mare (female horse, "sea" on the moon)
 F       mate (friend, type of tea)
 D       micrometer (measuring device, .000001 meter (US))
 C       millet (Jean-Francois Millet, cereal)
 B       minute (60 seconds, tiny)
 B       misconduct (NV)
 3BCE    mobile (movable, city in Alabama, wind-blown sculpture)
 B       moderate (NV)
 EG      molar (back tooth, chemical term)
 3CF     mole (Sudanese people, birthmark, sauce)
 A       moped (brooded, fun vehicle)
 A       morel (black nightshade, edible fungus)
 F       mores (plural of more, manners)
 BE      mouse (rodent, to hunt them)
 B       mouth (NV)
 A       mow (pile of hay, to cut down)
 B       multiply (verb, adverb)
 3F      nana (nursemaid, mint, dwarfish)
 C       natal (South African province, pertaining to birth)
 CDE     nestles (snuggles, beverage maker)
 A       nestling (snuggling, young bird)
 C       nice (city in France, pleasing)
 CF      none (not any, fifth canonical hour)
 A       number (decimal ~, more numb)
 F       nun (woman in religious order, Hebrew letter)
 B       object (NV)
 B       occult (NV)
 E       offense (sports term, attack)
 3DG     os (bone, esker, pl. of o)
 C       our (belonging to us, river in Belgium)
 A       overage (too old, surplus)
 B       overcount (NV)
 B       overlook (NV)
 F       pace (stride, Latin peace)
 3CF     pala (language, ivory tree, impala)
 B       palatine (of a palace, fur cape and hood)
 C       palladian (following Palladio, wise)
 G       palsy (friendly (slang), paralysis)
 F       pan (frying ~, leaf of betel tree)
 4A      papa (father, priest, baboon, shrubs)
 B       paralyses (plural noun, singular verb (UK))
 BE      parole (NV)
 3CF     passe (Arawakan, outdated, roulette term)
 A       pasty (pastelike, British meat pie)
 4FG     pate (head, food paste, type of cross, porcelain paste for ceramics)
 B       patent (noun, adjective)
 BF      pave (cover with material, set jewels close together)
 A       peaked (sharply pointed, unhealthy looking)
 A       peer (equal, one who pees)
 B       perfect (verb, adjective)
 G       periodic (regularly occurring, ~ acids such as HIO4)
 B       permit (NV)
 A       perpend (ponder, brick or stone reaching through a wall)
 B       pervert (NV)
 3A      pili (nut, grass, hair)
 F       pique (irritate, ribbed fabric)
 A       placer (one who places, gold-bearing surface gravel)
 EFG     plies (layers, ballet moves)
 C       polish (shine, of Poland)
 A       poll (head, group of students)
 B       pontificate (NV)
 B       prayer (what one prays, one who prays)
 B       precedent (NV)
 B       precipitate (NV)
 B       predicate (NV)
 BE      premise (NV)
 B       present(s) (give, currently)
 E       primer (intro book/material (US), device for priming)
 B       procede (NV)
 B       proceeds (advances, income)
 B       produce (give rise to, fruits and vegetables)
 B       progress (to move forward, work in ~)
 B       project (planned undertaking, to throw forward)
 BE      prospect (NV)
 B       protest (NV)
 B       purpose (NV)
 A       pussy (cat, infected)
 B       putter/putting (one that puts, one that putts)
 C       quiche (egg pie, department in Guatemala)
 F       quite (completely, matador passes)
 3CDG    rabat (Morocco capital, clerical garment, pottery polishing piece)
 DG      rabbi (clerical garment, Jewish religious official)
 B       ragged (teased, tattered)
 C       rainier (more rainy, US mountain)
 C       ravel (tangle or untangle, French composer)
 A       raven (black bird, plunder)
 F       re (pertaining to, 2nd note of scale)
 B       read (present tense, past tense)
 C       reading (~ a book, city in England or Pennsylvania)
 F       real (actual, former Spanish coin)
 3DEG    rebate(d) (partially refund, rabbet, in truncated form (heraldry))
 B       rebel (NV)
 B       recall (NV)
 B       recap (NV)
 B       recess (NV)
 B       recoil (NV)
 B       record (NV)
 D       recreate (relax, create again)
 D       recreation (pastime, second creation)
 3BD     redress (compensate, compensation, dress again)
 B       refill (NV)
 BD      reform (improve, form again)
 B       refund (NV)
 B       refuse (NV)
 B       regress (NV)
 B       reject (NV)
 B       relapse (NV)
 D       relay (electromechanical device, lay again)
 B       remake (NV)
 E       repent (regret, creeping)
 B       replay (NV)
 D       represent (stand for, present again)
 B       rerun (NV)
 EFG     res (notes, legal thing)
 D       research (investigate, search again)
 A       resent (be indignant, sent again)
 D       reserve (hold back, serve again)
 D       resign (quit, sign again)
 D       resolve (settle dispute, solve again)
 D       resort (vacation spot, sort again)
 F       resume (work summary, restart)
 B       retake (NV)
 B       retard (NV)
 B       retract (NV)
 BF      rissole (minced meat fried in pastry, browned by frying in fat)
 A       river (watercourse, one who rives)
 CE      rodeo (entertainment featuring animals, ~ Drive in Beverly Hills)
 F       rose (flower, wine)
 B       route/ed/ing/er (path, woodworking term)
 A       row (a fight, ~,~,~ your boat)
 A       rugged (robust, having a rug)
 C       said (spoke, Middle Eastern port)
 F       sake (purpose, Japanese drink)
 C       salamis (naval battle in 480 B.C., sausages)
 3AF     salve (ointment, salvage, hail====)
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 CE      scotia (concave molding in the base of columns, Latin Scotland)
 BE      second (2nd or 1/60 minute, transfer to temporary job)
 E       secretive (keeping a secret, giving off a secretion)
 3BG     seer (one who sees, prophet, Indian weight unit)
 B       segment (NV)
 C       seine (net, French river)
 B       separate (NV)
 A       severer (cutter, more severe)
 A       sewer (storm ~, one who sews)
 E       sheave (wheel in pulley, gather)
 G       shin (body part, Hebrew letter)
 A       shive (wood bung, piece of plant matter)
 A       shower (one who shows, ~ stall)
 G       sin (transgress, Hebrew letter)
 AC      singer (Isaac Bashevis Singer, one who singes, one who sings)
 A       skied (past tense of ski, past tense of sky)
 A       slaver (slave taker, drool)
 3A      slough (swamp, cast-off, st rike)
 3CDE    sol (sun, colloidal suspension, musical note)
 DEG     solar (of the sun, chamber in medieval English house)
 3F      sous (subordinate, archery term, money)
 A       sow (~ seeds, female pig)
 C       spree (binge, German river)
 A       stamina (endurance, plural of stamen)
 A       stingy (meager, able to sting)
 EG      stipulate (request explicitly, having stipules)
 EG      stupe (hot compress as counterirritant, stupid person)
 B       subject (NV)
 A       supply (in a supple way, ~ and demand)
 B       survey (NV)
 B       suspect (NV)
 G       swinger (whopper, one that swings)
 G       swingle (flax beating tool, single person who "swings")
 B       syndicate (NV)
 F       tales (stories, Latin added potential jurors)
 CF      tang (flavor, Chinese dynasty)
 C       tangier (more tangy, city in Morocco)
 3C      tanka (Japanese verse form, Eastern coins, Chinese people)
 A       tarry (covered in tar, dawdle)
 A       taxes (plural of tax, movements of organism in response to stimulus)
 G       taxis (cabs, movement of organism in response to stimulus)
 A       tear (~ down, shed a ~)
 A       thou (you, slang for thousand)
 A       thymic (of thyme, of thymus)
 A       tier (one who ties, row or rank)
 3F      titi (tree, monkey, petrel)
 A       toots (honks, informal term of address)
 B       torment (NV)
 FG      touches (contacts, instances of saying touche)
 A       tower (one who tows, leaning ~)
 BE      transfer (NV)
 B       transform (NV)
 B       transplant (NV)
 B       transport (NV)
 BE      transpose (NV)
 CG      triton (large snail or Greek demigod, nucleus of tritium)
 G       tropic (near the equator, seeking [[[biology]])
 G       tush (long pointed tooth, buttocks (slang))
 B       ultimate (NV)
 B       undercount (NV)
 DG      unionized (~ labor, ~ hydrogen)
 B       update (NV)
 B       uplift (NV)
 B       upset (NV)
 G       us (we, plural of u)
 B       use (NV)
 F       vale (valley, Latin farewell)
 A       viola (musical instrument, pansy or violet)
 A       violist (viol player, viola player)
 F       vise (tool for holding work, visa)
 C       vital (essential, Palestinian author)
 E	whoops (cry of joy, cry of dismay)
 A       wicked (evil, past of wick)
 A       wind/ing (~ the clock, north ~)
 F       won (past of win, Korean money)
 CF      worms (invertebrates, German city)
 A       wound (injury, wrapped around)
 C       xi (Greek letter, Chinese river)
 E       yak (ox, laugh)
 C       zemi (fetish, Naga people)
 G       zeus (Greek god, Zeidae)
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