Ode

Definition: Ode

Ode

Noun

1. A lyric poem with complex stanza forms.

Date "ode" was first used: 1588. (references)

Etymology: Ode \Ode\, noun. [French expression, from the Latin expression ode, oda, Greek song, especially lyric song, contr. from, from to sing; compare to Sanskrit vad to speak, sing. Compare to Comedy, Melody, Monody.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: Ode

Domain	Definitions
Computing	Ode An Object-Oriented Database from AT&T which extends C++ and supports fast queries, complex application modelling and multimedia. Ode uses one integrated data model (C++ classes) for both database and general purpose manipulation. An Ode database is a collection of persistent objects. It is defined, queried and manipulated using the language O++. O++ programs can be compiled with C++ programs, thus allowing the use of existing C++ code. O++ provides facilities for specifying transactions, creating and manipulating persistent objects, querying the database and creating and manipulating versions. The Ode object database provides four object compatible mechanisms for manipulating and querying the database. As well as O++ there are OdeView - an X Window System interface; OdeFS (a file system interface allowing objects to be treated and manipulated like normal Unix files); and CQL++, a C++ variant of SQL for easing the transition from relational databases to OODBs such as Ode. Ode supports large objects (critical for multimedia applications). Ode tracks the relationship between versions of objects and provides facilities for accessing different versions. Transactions can be specified as read-only; such transactions are faster because they are not logged and they are less likely to deadlock. 'Hypothetical' transactions allow users to pose "what-if" scenarios (as with spreadsheets). EOS, the storage engine of Ode, is based on a client-server architecture. EOS supports concurrency based on multi-granularity two-version two-phase locking; it allows many readers and one writer to access the same item simultaneously. Standard two-phase locking is also available. Ode supports both a client-server mode for multiple users with concurrent access and a single user mode giving improved performance. Ode 3.0 is currently being used as the multimedia database engine for AT&T's Interactive TV project. Ode 2.0 has also been distributed to more than 80 sites within AT&T and more than 340 universities. Ode is available free to universities under a non-disclosure agreement. The current version, 3.0, is available only for Sun SPARCstations running SunOS 4.1.3 and Solaris 2.3. Ode is being ported to Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 95 and SGI platforms. E-mail: Narain Gehani . (1994-08-18). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.
Literature	Ode Prince of The Ode. Pierre de Ronsard, a French lyrist. (1524-1585.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Specialty Definition: Ode

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

From the Greek and Latin poems of the same name written for formal occasions. Keats's "Ode on a Grecian Urn" is an example of a Horatian Ode, which contains matched stanzas as compared to, for example, Wordsworth's "Intimations on Immortality." Gray's Pindaric Odes "The Progress of Poesy" and "The Bard" are among the finest examples in the English language.

The term was adopted in English music to refer to a setting of a text with alternating choral and solo passages. Odes were usually in several movements and resembled cantatas.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ode."

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Ode

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
ODE	English	Object Database and Environment	Computer - (AT&T, DB)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms within Context: Ode

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Poetry	Poem; epic, epic poem; epopee, epopoea, ode, epode, idyl, lyric, eclogue, pastoral, bucolic, dithyramb, anacreontic, sonnet, roundelay, rondeau, rondo, madrigal, canzonet, cento, monody, elegy; amoebaeum, ghazal, palinode.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Ode

English words defined with "ode": antistrophe ♦ choral ode ♦ Epode ♦ Horatian ode ♦ Ode factor, Odelet, Odist, Olympionic ♦ Palinode, Pindaric, Pindaric ode ♦ Sapphic ode, strophe ♦ Triumplant. (references)

Specialty definitions using "ode": Asclepiadics ♦ Bell Laboratories, Bolt from the Blue ♦ Corinth's Pedagogue ♦ Head Shaved, Hinc illæ Lacrymæ, Horatian Metre ♦ Jacques ♦ Nail in One's Coffin ♦ Orinda ♦ Quinbus Flestrin ♦ Sapphics, Sappho of Toulouse, Saucer Eyes. (references)

Etymologies containing "ode": monody ♦ Palinode, Prosody, Psalmody ♦ rhapsody ♦ threnody. (references)

Non-English Usage: "Ode" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

Albanian (ode), Dutch (ode), French (ode), German (ode), Italian (ode), Manx (ode), Portuguese (ode, oder), Swedish (ode).

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Modern Usage: Ode

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Ode to Muzak (1972)

I sunce ode u maskare (1961)

Ode to Victory (1943)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Ode

Domain	Title
Books	Ode to Billy Joe (Dell) (reference) Ode To Mustard (reference) Ode to Sucanat: The First Sucanat Cookbook (reference) Ode to the Wart Hog: The Story of a Scruffy, Soggy, Fat-As-A-Log Dog (reference) Ode to Walt Whitman & Other Poems (reference) (more book examples)

Theater & Movies	Ode to Billy Joe (reference) Ode to Joy & Freedom: Fall of the Berlin Wall (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	Ode an De Westwind (reference) A Natural Woman: The Ode Collection 1968-1976 [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] (reference) George Frideric Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Ode

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Photo Album: Ode

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Honor to Washington. A national ode.Credit: Library of Congress.		God save American. A grand national ode in honor of the glorious anniversary of American independence ...Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ode to liberty. Cordially dedicated to all the human race.Credit: Library of Congress.		Ode to Yen-an.Credit: Library of Congress.
	Ode to C.E.T.A., or, The Ms.-Adventures of Betty Lou Toughluck.Credit: Library of Congress.
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Familiar Quotations: Ode

Author	Quotation
Voltaire	This poem will never reach its destination. [On Rousseau's Ode To Posterity]
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Usage Frequency: Ode

"Ode" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "Ode" is used about 80 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Noun (singular)	90%	72	39,377
Noun (proper)	6.25%	5	157,705
Lexical Verb (base form)	3.75%	3	202,518
Total	100.00%	80	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Ode

The following table summarizes the usage of "ode" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.

Name	Usage/Gender	Usage per 100 million Persons	Rank in USA
Ode	Last name	300	27,308
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Ode

Expressions using "ode": choral ode ♦ horatian ode ♦ ode factor ♦ pindaric ode ♦ Sapphic ode. Additional references.
Hypenated Usage
	Ending with "ode": suicide-ode.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Ode

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
ode	338	adam car lyrics ode sandler	11
ode to joy	152	ode teacher	10
ode on a grecian urn	104	joy midi ode	9
ode to billy joe	101	immortality intimation ode	9
ode poem	54	ode zip	9
ode to a nightingale	46	ode write	9
badu edit erykah hip hop life love lyrics ode radio	39	horace ode	8
ode to billie joe	33	banjo ode	8
ode to joy lyrics	33	adam sandler ode to my car	8
ode to the west wind	26	john keats ode on a grecian urn	8
ode poetry	24	joy ode string trio	8
grecian ode poet urn	22	keats ode on a grecian urn	8
beethoven ode to joy	21	melancholy ode	8
billy joe lyrics ode	18	joy mp3 ode	8
newfoundland ode	15	john keats ode to a nightingale	7
car ode	14	family lyrics ode	7
ode to my family	14	cranberry family lyrics ode	6
ode to joy sheet music	14	autumn ode	6
grecian ode	13	billie joe lyrics ode	6
hero ode super	12	friend ode	6
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Ode

Language		Translations for "ode"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		ode. (various references)

Arabic		‏نشيد (psalm), ‏لاحقة معناها مسلك أو طريق, ‏قصيدة غنائية (canzona, lyric). (various references)

Bulgarian		ода. (various references)

Chinese		頌詞 , 抒情诗. (various references)

Czech		óda. (various references)

Danish		Ode til Glaeden (Ode to Joy). (various references)

Dutch		ode. (various references)

Esperanto		odo. (various references)

Farsi		چکامه (Poem), قطعه شعربزمی , قصیده , غزل (Sonnet). (various references)

Finnish		oodi. (various references)

French		ode, chant. (various references)

German		Ode, Gedicht (picture, poem, rhyme). (various references)

Greek		ωδή (cantata, canto). (various references)

Hungarian		óda. (various references)

Italian		ode. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		オートマチック車 (autoload, auto-manipulator, automat, automatic camera for detecting and recording speeding vehicles, automatic repeat, automatic return, automatic reverse, automatic transmission car, automation, automaton, automobile, autoracing, auto-raise, awning, ball hit over the head of an outfielder, convertible, eau de toilette, exaggeration, exceeding, going beyond, hors d'oeuvre, oatmeal, OB, old boy, open, open account, open caption, open course, open game, open golf, open sandwich, open side, open system, open toaster, open-air, open-end mortgage, opener, opening, opening game, opening number, orb, orbiter, ornament, out-of-bounds, oven, oven toaster, over, over doctor, over fence, over par, overaction, overall, overblouse, overbooking, overborrowing, overcharge, overcoat, overdraft, overdrive, overdub, overflow, overhand, overhand pass, overhand throw, overhang, overhaul, overhaul net, overhead, overhead pass, overhead projector, overheat, overkill, overlap, overlay, overload, overloading, overloan, overnight, overnight bag, overnight photo service, overpace, overpresence, overproof, override, overrun, overshoes, overskill, overslide, overstep, overtime, overture, overweight, overwork, overwrite, overzone, owner, owner system, owner-driver, owner-pilot, self-locking, water of life). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		オード . (various references)

Manx		ode. (various references)

Pig Latin		odeay

Portuguese		ode (oder), as probabilidades são. (various references)

Romanian		odã. (various references)

Russian		ода. (various references)

Scottish		duan (a poem, poem, song). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		oda. (various references)

Spanish		oda. (various references)

Swedish		ode. (various references)

Thai		บทกวี (rhyme, rondeau). (various references)

Turkish		vezinsiz uzun şiir, lirik nazım şekli, kaside (encomium, eulogy), övgü (accolade, approbation, bouquet, commendation, compliment, eclat, encomium, eulogy, glowing account, panegyric, praise, tribute). (various references)

Ukranian		ода. (various references)

Vietnamese		thơ ca ngợi. (various references)

Welsh		odl (rhyme, song), awdl. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Ode

Language	Period	Translations
Late Latin	300-700	ode. (various references)
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Bible Trace: Ode

Language	Date	Source	Luke Chapter 16, Verse 25
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Eipen de abraam teknon mnhsqhti oti apelabeV su ta agaqa sou en th zwh sou kai lazaroV omoiwV ta kaka nun de ode parakaleitai su de odunasai
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et dixit illi Abraham fili recordare quia recepisti bona in vita tua et Lazarus similiter mala nunc autem hic consolatur tu vero cruciaris
Old English	990	West Saxon	þa cwæð abraham: eala sunu geþenc þæt þu god onfenge on þinum life. and gelice lazarus onfeng yfel: nu ys þes gefrefryd and þu eart cwylmed;
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And Abraham seide to hym, Sone, haue mynde, for thou hast resseyued good thingis in thi lijf, and Lazarus also yuel thingis; but he is now coumfortid, and thou art turmentid.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	But Abraha sayd vnto him Sonne remembre that thou in thy lyfe tyme receavedst thy pleasure and contrary wyse Lazarus payne. Now therfore is he comforted and thou art punysshed.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy life-time receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	But Abraham said, Keep in mind, my son, that when you were living, you had your good things, while Lazarus had evil things: but now, he is comforted and you are in pain.
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Matched Bible Translations: Ode

Language	Luke Chapter 16, Verse 25
Cebuano	Apan si Abraham mitubag kaniya, `Anak, hinumdumi nga sa buhi ka pa nakadawat ikaw sa mga maayo mong butang, ug si Lazaro usab nakadawat sa dili mga maayong butang; apan siya ginalipay karon diri, samtang anaa ikaw diha sa kasakit.
Croatian	Reèe nato Abraham: 'Sinko! Sjeti se da si za života primio dobra svoja, a tako i Lazar zla. Sada se on ovdje tješi, a ti se muèiš.
Danish	Men Abraham sagde: Barn! kom i Hu, at du har fået dit gode i din Livstid, og Lazarus ligeså det onde; men nu trøstes han her, og du pines.
Dutch	Maar Abraham zeide: Kind, gedenk, dat gij uw goed ontvangen hebt in uw leven, en Lazarus desgelijks het kwade; en nu wordt hij vertroost, en gij lijdt smarten.
Finnish	Mutta Aabraham sanoi: `Poikani, muista, että sinä eläessäsi sait hyväsi, ja Lasarus samoin sai pahaa; mutta nyt hän täällä saa lohdutusta, sinä taas kärsit tuskaa.
French	Abraham répondit: Mon enfant, souviens-toi que tu as reçu tes biens pendant ta vie, et que Lazare a eu les maux pendant la sienne; maintenant il est ici consolé, et toi, tu souffres.
German	Abraham aber sprach: Gedenke, Sohn, daß du dein Gutes empfangen hast in deinem Leben, und Lazarus dagegen hat Böses empfangen; nun aber wird er getröstet, und du wirst gepeinigt.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi Abraham menjawab, 'Ingatlah anakku: seumur hidupmu engkau sudah mendapat semua yang baik-baik, sedangkan Lazarus mendapat yang jelek-jelek. Sekarang ia senang di sini, dan engkau sengsara.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Tetapi kata Ibrahim: Hai anakku, ingatlah, engkau sudah menerima kesenanganmu pada masa hidupmu, tetapi Lazarus itu sudah menerima kecelakaannya; sekarang di sini ia dihiburkan, tetapi engkau disengsarakan.
Italian	Ma Abramo rispose: Figlio, ricordati che hai ricevuto i tuoi beni durante la vita e Lazzaro parimenti i suoi mali; ora invece lui è consolato e tu sei in mezzo ai tormenti.
Maori	Otira ka mea a Aperahama, E tama, kia mahara kua riro i a koe au mea papai i a koe e ora ana, he kino ia nga mea i a Raharuhi: na ka whakamarietia nei ia, e whakamamaetia ana koe.
Norwegian	Men Abraham sa: Sønn! kom i hu at du fikk ditt gode i din levetid, og Lasarus likeså det onde! men nu trøstes han her, og du pines.
Portuguese	Disse, porém, Abraão: Filho, lembra-te de que em tua vida recebeste os teus bens, e Lázaro de igual modo os males; agora, porém, ele aqui é consolado, e tu atormentado.
Rumanian	,Fiule`, i -a rqspuns Avraam, ,adu-yi aminte cq, kn viaya ta, tu yi-ai luat lucrurile bune, wi Lazqr wi -a luat pe cele rele; acum aici, el este mkngkiat, iar tu ewti chinuit.
Russian	оП бЧТББН УЛБЪБМ: ЮБДП! ЧУРПНОЙ, ЮФП ФЩ РПМХЮЙМ ХЦЕ ДПВТПЕ ФЧПЕ Ч ЦЙЪОЙ ФЧПЕК, Б мБЪБТШ--ЪМПЕ; ОЩОЕ ЦЕ ПО ЪДЕУШ ХФЕЫБЕФУС, Б ФЩ УФТБДБЕЫШ;
Shuar	`Tutai Apraám timiai "Uchirú Enentáimpratá. Ame Nunká iwiaaku pujusam ti shiir pujumame. Antsu Rásaruka nui ti yajauch pujumai. Tura niisha yamaikia jui áyamui tura ámeka Wáitiame.
Spanish	"Y Abraham dijo: 'Hijo, acuérdate que durante tu vida recibiste tus bienes; y de igual manera Lázaro, males. Pero ahora él es consolado aquí, y tú eres atormentado.
Swahili	Lakini Abrahamu akamjibu: `Kumbuka mwanangu, kwamba ulipokea mema yako katika maisha, naye Lazaro akapokea mabaya. Sasa lakini, yeye anatulizwa, nawe unateswa.
Swedish	Men Abraham svarade: 'Min son kom ihåg att du, medan du levde, fick ut ditt goda och Lasarus däremot vad ont var; nu åter får han här hugnad, under det att du pinas.
Uma	"Na'uli' Abraham: `Kiwoi-dile ana': Bula-nu tuwu' -pidi hi rala dunia', iko mporata hawe'ea to lompe', hiaa' Lazarus-hana mporata-i paka' to dada'a. Tempo toi, tetanta'u-imi hi rehe'i, pai' iko-kowo, mporata pepa-moko.
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Derivations & Misspellings: Ode

Derivations
	Words beginning with "ode": odea, odeon, odeons, odes, odeum, odeums. (additional references)
	Words ending with "ode": abode, acnode, alamode, anode, anticathode, antinode, antipode, arillode, bestrode, bode, cathode, cestode, cladode, code, commode, corrode, crunode, decode, demode, diode, discommode, displode, dynode, eigenmode, electrode, encode, episode, epode, erode, explode, forbode, forebode, geode, hagrode, hydathode, implode, incommode, interelectrode, internode, joyrode, kathode, lode, megapode, microcode, microelectrode, miscode, mode, monopode, multielectrode, multimode, nematode. (additional references)
	Words containing "ode": aboded, abodes, acnodes, alamodes, anodes, anticathodes, antimodern, antimodernist, antimodernists, antimoderns, antinodes, antipodean, antipodeans, antipodes, apodeictic, arillodes, arthrodeses, arthrodesis, asphodel, asphodels, beblooded, biodegradabilities, biodegradability, biodegradable, biodegradation, biodegradations, biodegrade, biodegraded, biodegrades, biodegrading, biodeterioration, biodeteriorations, blastoderm, blastoderms, blooded, boded, bodega, bodegas, bodement, bodements, bodes, brooded, brooder, brooders, cacodemon, cacodemonic, cacodemons, cathodes, cestodes, chordamesoderm, chordamesodermal. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Ode" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: doef, doei, ede, eode, fode, Godde, iode, joda, kode, koed, nde, oadg, Oadp, obd, Obdc, obde, Obdef, oce, ocee, od, oda, odam, oday, Odb, Odda, odde, oddi, Oddo, oddr, odea, odec, Odeca, oded, odee, O'dee, odeg, odeh, odei, odel, odeo, Odet, Odete, odew, odex, odey, odf, odg, Odge, odh, odi, odia, odic, odid, Odie, odil, odim, odio, odit, odle, Odm, odn, odne, Odney, odo, odoc, odod, odoe, odol, odot, odoy, odpe, odu, odue, ody, odz, oed, Oedc, Ofd, ofe, ofee, Ofek, oge, ohde, ohe, oie, oje, olda, olde, Omd, omda, omdh, ome, onden, Ooda, oodu, Opdo, oqe, orda, orde, ordew, Ordie, Ordu, Osdae, Osee, ote, otec, otep, Otey, oti, Oude, ovd, ove, ovee, oxe, oxea, oxei, oxet, oye, Ozd, oze, ozee, pde, ude, Udey, udi, vde, vode, yoda, Youde, zode. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Ode"

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "ode" (pronounced ō"d)
2	ō" d	abode, bestowed, bestrode, blowed, bode, busload, code, commode, corrode, crowed, decode, encode, erode, explode, flowed, forebode, glowed, goad, implode, load, lode, mode, mowed, node, outmode, overflowed, overrode, owed, plateaued, reload, road, rode, rowed, sewed, showed, slowed, snowed, stowed, strode, toad, toed, towed, unbowed, unload.
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Anagrams: Ode

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: doe.
	Words within the letters "d-e-o"
	-1 letter: de, do, ed, od, oe.
	Words containing the letters "d-e-o"
	+1 letter: bode, code, coed, deco, demo, doer, does, doge, dole, dome, done, dope, dore, dose, dote, dove, doze, eddo, feod, hoed, lode, mode, node, odea, odes, ohed, oped, owed, redo, rode, toed.
	+2 letters: abode, adobe, adore, adoze, anode, boded, bodes, boned, booed, bored, bowed, boxed, codec, coded, coden, coder, codes, codex, coeds, coked, coled, coned, cooed, coped, cored, coted, coude, coved, cowed, coxed, coyed, credo, decor, decos, decoy, defog, dekko, demob, demon, demos, deoxy, depot, detox, devon, dhole, diode, dobie, dodge, doers, doest, doeth, doges, dogey, dogie, dolce, doled, doles, domed, domes, donee, donne, doped, doper, dopes, dopey, dosed, doser, doses, doted, doter, dotes, douce, douse, doven, doves, dowed, dowel, dower, dowie, dowse, doxie, doyen, dozed, dozen, dozer, dozes, drone, drove, eidos, endow, ephod, epode, erode, feods, foxed, geode, geoid, godet, gored, hoked, holed, homed, honed, hoped, horde, hosed, joked, jowed, joyed, kendo, lobed, loden, lodes, lodge, looed, loped, loved, lowed, loxed, model, modem, modes, monde, mooed, moped, moved, mowed, nodes, nosed, noted, oared, odder, odeon, odeum, odyle, offed, ogled, oiled, olden, older, oldie, oohed, oozed, opted, orbed, order, oread, outed, owned, oxide, pedro, poked, poled, pored, posed, poxed, redon, redos, redox, resod, robed, rodeo, roped, rosed, roved, rowed, shoed, soled, sonde, sowed, spode, toked, toled, toned, toped, toted, towed, toyed, trode, uredo, video, voled, voted, vowed, wodge, wooed, wowed, yodel, yodle, yoked, yowed, zoned.
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