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Definition: Ore |
OreNoun1. A metal-bearing mineral valuable enough to be mined. 2. A monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "ore" was first used: 12th century. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Geography | A mineral from which one or more elements can be extracted with profits. Source: European Union. (references) |
Geological | A mineral deposit that can be mined at a profit. (references) |
Literature | Ore (in Orlando Furioso). A seamonster that devoured men and women. He haunted the seas near Ireland. Orlando threw an anchor into his open jaws, and then dragged the monster to the Irish coast, where he died. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Mining | A. The naturally occurring material from which a mineral or minerals of economic value can be extracted profitably or to satisfy social or political objectives. The term is generally but not always used to refer to metalliferous material, and is often modified by the names of the valuable constituent; e.g., iron ore. See also:mineral; mineral deposit; ore mineral. Syn:orebody b. The term ores is sometimes applied collectively to opaque accessoryminerals, such as ilmenite and magnetite, in igneous rocks e.g., iron ore. See also:mineral; mineral deposit; ore mineral. Syn:orebody b. The term ores is sometimes applied collectively to opaque accessoryminerals, such as ilmenite and magnetite, in igneous rocks. (references) |
Weather | Mineral deposit containing a high enough concentration of at least one metallic element to permit the metal to be extracted and sold at a profit. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
An ore is a mineral containing a metal as a proportion of its content. Usually, it is used in the context of a mineral from which it is economical to extract its metallic component. Ores are mined.
Ore bodies are formed by a variety of geological processes. The River Ore is a river in Suffolk, England.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Ore."
| 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 |
ORE | Danish | UICs kontor for teknisk-videnskabelige undersoegelser | Transportation |
ORE | Dutch | UIC-Bureau voor technischwetenschappelijk onderzoek | Transportation |
ORE | English | Operational Research Executive | Mining |
ORE | French | Organisation régionale européenne de la CISL | N/A |
ORE | German | Forschungs- und Versuchsamt | Transportation |
ORE | Greek | Υπηρεσία Ερευνών και "οκιμών | Transportation |
ORE | Italian | Ufficio Ricerche ed Esperimenti | Transportation |
ORE | Portuguese | Organização Regional Europeia | N/A |
ORE | Spanish | Organización Regional Europea | N/A |
| Ore. | English | Oregon | Geography |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Materials | Noun: material, raw material, stuff, stock, staple; adobe, brown stone; chinking; clapboard; daubing; puncheon; shake; shingle, bricks and mortar; metal; stone; clay, brick crockery; compo, composition; concrete; reinforced concrete, cement; wood, ore, timber. |
Ornament | Adverb: ore rutundo. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Ore |
| English words defined with "ore": Bog ore ♦ dressed ore ♦ Float ore ♦ iron ore ♦ lead ore ♦ Meadow ore, Morass ore ♦ ore bed, ore dressing, Ore hearth, ore processing ♦ Pea ore, Pottern ore ♦ Swamp ore ♦ uranium ore. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "ore": Verdigris. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Ore" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Albanian (time), Guarani (our, us), Italian (hours, time), Latin (expression, face, mouth, pronunciation, speech), Romanian (hours). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Take the fourth ore sprockets packets from the packet brackets (Jetsons: The Movie; writing credit: Eric Luke) The bore brings up the ore. (Jetsons: The Movie; writing credit: Eric Luke) The ore makes the sprockets (Jetsons: The Movie; writing credit: Eric Luke) The station is fully automated; there's not a soul on the whole planet. Even the ore ships call only once every 20 years (Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before; writing credit: Samuel A. Peeples) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Sette ore di violenza per una soluzione imprevista (1973) 24 ore... non un minuto di più (1972) Ore no sora da ze! Wakadaishô (1970) Kiki kaikai ore wa dareda?! (1969) Ore di terrore (1969) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Iron ore carrier departing Two Harbors area on Lake Superior. Credit: America's Coastlines. |  | Great Lakes ore carrier in lower right at Sault Ste. Marie. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | Minnesota flats where the ore was crushed, note Redding California in the background. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Brick Flat Pit. This pit was excavated to extract ore and was then used to dispose of sludge, an early and inefficient disposal method. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Manton Keswick's Reservoir near Redding, California. Ore loading facility, Iron Mountain. The grey area by the concrete wall is spilled ore. Ore from Iron Mountain Mine was ground up at Minnesota Flats mill and carried over the mountains to wading facility. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | An ore vein in Iron Mountain Mine, the ore vein in the grey area is a sulfide ore. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Grey spilled ore at Manton on Keswick Reservoir near Redding, CA. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Ore loading facility at Manton on Keswick's Reservoir near Redding, CA. Note the tram cable tower at mid-left in the background. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Person opertating a machine by remote control to load lead ore. It is too dangerous to be on the machine as an operator. Credit: Jerry Sintz. |  | In mulitple seam areas, shuttle car loading is used to avoid dilution of the potash ore. Credit: J. Olson. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Charles Caleb Colton | The purest ore is produced from the hottest furnace, and the brightest thunderbolt is elicited from the darkest storm. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Thus the grass my horse has bit; the turfs my servant has cut; and the ore I have digged in any place, where I have a right to them in common with others, become my property, without the assignation or consent of any body. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | But when the motor of a tractor stops, it is as dead as the ore it came from |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Business | Traditional industries like iron ore and forestry products play an important role but the engineering industry and high technology sectors have grown in significance. (references) | |
Economic History | Senegal | Large reserves of iron ore exist in eastern Senegal. (references) |
Eritrea | Mineral resources: Gold, copper, iron ore, potash, oil. (references) | |
Mexico | Iron ore processing amounts to 15% of the national total. (references) | |
Political Economy | Mauritania | Fish and iron ore are the country's main export-earners. (references) |
VENEZUELA | The exploitation of iron ore and hydropower generation in the Caroni river basin remain reserved for the state. (references) | |
Brazil | Among the principal exports are iron ore, coffee, airplanes, soybeans, footwear, automobiles, and telecommunications equipment. (references) | |
Trade | Malaysia | Import licenses are required for a number of items, including arms and explosives; motor vehicles; certain drugs and chemicals; plants; soil; tin ore, slag or concentrates; and various essential foodstuffs. (references) |
Hungary | Furthermore products which are typically controlled in the United States and other western countries such as arms/ammunition, military equipment, hazardous materials, materials for biological weapons, psychotropic products and drug precursors, special paper types used for banknotes and securities, nuclear products and uranium ore are similarly controlled in Hungary. (references) | |
Worker Rights | Australia | This decision ended a long running dispute between BHP, which had refused to negotiate a collective agreement, and the iron ore miners. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Ore" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.35% of the time. "Ore" is used about 464 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) | 99.35% | 461 | 12,730 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.43% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.22% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 464 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "ore" 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 |
| Ore | Last name | 1,000 | 13,197 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "ore". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Orrell | Male | English | An ore hill |
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| Country | Name |
| USA | Great Northern Iron Ore Properties |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
Expressions using "ore": ad ore rutundo ♦ aluminum ore ♦ argillaceous iron ore ♦ Bell metal ore ♦ beryllium ore ♦ bog iron ore ♦ bog manganese ore ♦ bog ore ♦ bring ore to grass ♦ brittle silver ore ♦ brown iron ore ♦ complex ore ♦ copper ore ♦ crude ore ♦ Cube ore ♦ dark red silver ore ♦ disseminated ore ♦ dressed ore ♦ Feather ore ♦ Float ore ♦ Fossil ore ♦ future ore ♦ geological ore ♦ gold ore ♦ gray copper ore ♦ gray manganese ore ♦ Green iron ore ♦ green lead ore ♦ Hepatic mercurial ore ♦ Horseflesh ore ♦ iron ore ♦ Kidney ore ♦ lake ore ♦ lead ore ♦ lean ore ♦ made of ore ♦ Magnetic iron ore ♦ marsh ore ♦ Meadow ore ♦ morass ore ♦ needle ore ♦ octahedral iron ore ♦ olive ore ♦ ore bed ♦ ore chimney ♦ ore chute ♦ Ore City ♦ ore deposit ♦ ore dressing ♦ ore guides ♦ ore hearth ♦ ore pipe ♦ ore pocket ♦ ore processing ♦ pea ore ♦ peachblossom ore ♦ peacock ore ♦ pipe of ore ♦ plumose ore ♦ positive ore ♦ possible ore ♦ Pottern ore ♦ Potter's ore ♦ probable ore ♦ purple copper ore ♦ red lead ore ♦ red zinc ore ♦ refractory ore ♦ rhombohedral iron ore ♦ silver ore ♦ swamp ore ♦ thorium ore ♦ Tile ore ♦ Titanic iron ore ♦ uranium ore ♦ wheel ore ♦ white lead ore ♦ win gold from ore ♦ yellow copper ore ♦ yellow lead ore. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "ore": ore-bearing, ore-body, ore-carrying, ore-dresser, ore-dressing, ore-grade, ore-hearth, ore-passes, ore-sorter, ore-treatment, ore-weed. | |
Ending with "ore": iron-ore. | |
Containing "ore": iron-ore field. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 |
ore | 99 | copper ore | 9 |
iron ore | 83 | iron mining ore | 9 |
24 il ore sole | 50 | ore city texas | 8 |
ore ida | 38 | iron ore price | 7 |
gold ore | 37 | ore city tx | 7 |
portland ore | 31 | ore seaside | 7 |
operation ore | 25 | ore car | 7 |
sole 24 ore | 23 | ore share time | 7 |
canada company iron ore | 21 | deposit geoconsultancy ore porter | 7 |
klamath falls ore | 16 | newport ore | 7 |
ore to metal | 15 | cart ore | 7 |
iron ore picture | 15 | le ore | 6 |
ore urban | 14 | medford ore | 6 |
bobby ore | 12 | company iron ore | 6 |
ore silver | 12 | chrome ore | 6 |
inc.com ore | 12 | fish ore | 6 |
ore deposit | 11 | ore mineral | 6 |
lead ore | 11 | peacock ore | 6 |
ore processing | 10 | gold ore sale | 5 |
ore shore | 9 | manganese ore | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "ore"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | xherori, xeheror (mineral), mineral (mineral). (various references) | |
Arabic | معدن نفيس (plate), معدن خام, مصدر الخام, خامة, ركاز معادن (deposit). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | руда (minerals), благороден метал (plate). (various references) | |
Chinese | 矿石, 礦石 , 礦 (mine). (various references) | |
Czech | oregon, ruda. (various references) | |
Danish | malm (brood, gangue, malm, matrix). (various references) | |
Dutch | erts. (various references) | |
Esperanto | erco. (various references) | |
Faeroese | málmur (metal). (various references) | |
Farsi | سنگ معدن (Zoisite), سنگ دارای فلز. (various references) | |
Finnish | malmi. (various references) | |
French | minerai. (various references) | |
German | Erz (bronze). (various references) | |
Greek | μετάλλευμα (mineral), ορυκτό (mineral). (various references) | |
Hebrew | עפר" (earth), בצר (strength). (various references) | |
Hungarian | érc (metal, mineral). (various references) | |
Indonesian | bijih. (various references) | |
Italian | minerale (mineral). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 銀鉱 (silver mine), 銀坑 (silver mine), 鉱石 (crystal, mineral), 鉱石 (crystal, mineral), 粗金 , 礦石 (mineral), 原鉱 , 原石 , 地金 (ground metal, true character, unprocessed metal). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ぎ""う (bank, silver mine), "うせき (achievements, crystal, diluvial epoch, merit, meritorious deed, meritorious service, mineral, wake), あらがね, '"せき (original domicile, permanent address, responsibility for one's words), '""う (black and yellow silk, copy, current, heaven and earth, in operation, manuscript, natural decrease, present, speech and behaviour, the Mongol Invasion), じがね (ground metal, true character, unprocessed metal). (various references) | |
Korean | 광석. (various references) | |
Manx | meainagh. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oreay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | minério (corundum, mineral). (various references) | |
Romanian | minereu. (various references) | |
Russian | рудный, руда рудный, руда (heads, mineral). (various references) | |
Scottish | mèin , mèinn. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rudni, ruda (kingbolt, limber, shaft, thill). (various references) | |
Spanish | mena, mineral (mineral). (various references) | |
Swedish | malm (rock). (various references) | |
Thai | แร่. (various references) | |
Turkish | maden filizi, maden (diggings, metal, mine, mineral, quarry), filiz (bud, burgeon, button, cion, growth, offshoot, outgrowth, rod, shoot, spine, spray, sprig, sprout, tendril, tiller), cevher (essence, goodness, jewel). (various references) | |
Turkmen | magdan. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | руда (mineral), коштовний метал. (various references) | |
Welsh | mwyn (benign, bland, dear, gentle, kind, mild, mineral, sake). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | metallon. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | metallum. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Anhr afrwn kai paranomoV poreuetai odouV ouk agaqaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Homo apostata vir inutilis graditur ore perverso |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | A man apostata, a man ful of strengthe vnprofitable, goth with peruertid mouth; |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | A good-for-nothing man is an evil-doer; he goes on his way causing trouble with false words; |
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| Language | Proverbs Chapter 6, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | ¶ Usa ka tawo nga walay hinungdan, usa ka tawo sa kasal-anan, Mao siya nga nagalakat nga may usa ka masukihong baba; |
| Croatian | Nevaljalac i opak èovjek hodi s lažljivim ustima; |
| Danish | En Nidding, en ussel Mand er den, som vandrer med Falskhed i Munden, |
| Dutch | Een Belialsmens, een ondeugdzaam man gaat met verkeerdheid des monds om; |
| Finnish | Kelvoton ihminen, väärä mies on se, joka kulkee suu täynnä vilppiä, |
| French | L`homme pervers, l`homme inique, Marche la fausseté dans la bouche; |
| German | Ein heilloser Mensch, ein schädlicher Mann geht mit verstelltem Munde, |
| Haitian Creole | ¶ Mechan yo fin deprave. Y'ap mache bay manti toupatou. |
| Hungarian | Haszontalan ember, hamis férfiú, a ki álnok szájjal jár, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Orang jahat dan kurang ajar membohong ke mana-mana. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Bahwa jahatlah dan fasiklah adanya orang yang berjalan sambil membawa mulut putar balik. |
| Italian | Il perverso, uomo iniquo, va con la bocca distorta, |
| Maori | ¶ Ko te tangata kahore ona painga, ko te tangata hara, e haereere ana me te mangai tu ke; |
| Norwegian | En niding, en ugjerningsmann er den som går omkring med en falsk munn, |
| Portuguese | O homem vil, o homem iníquo, anda com a perversidade na boca, |
| Rumanian | Omul de nimic, omul nelegiuit, umblq cu neadevqrul kn gurq, |
| Russian | юЕМПЧЕЛ МХЛБЧЩК, ЮЕМПЧЕЛ ОЕЮЕУФЙЧЩК ИП"ЙФ УП МЦЙЧЩНЙ ХУФБНЙ, |
| Spanish | El hombre depravado, el hombre inicuo, anda en la perversidad de boca, |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "ore": oread, oreads, orectic, orective, oregano, oreganos, oreide, oreides, ores. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "ore": adore, aeciospore, afore, albacore, albicore, alongshore, anymore, arthrospore, ascospore, ashore, bandore, basidiospore, bedsore, before, blastopore, blastospore, booklore, bookstore, bore, cacciatore, carnivore, carpophore, carpospore, chlamydospore, chore, chromatophore, chromophore, claymore, commodore, compradore, conidiophore, core, crore, ctenophore, deplore, diaspore, dore, drawbore, drugstore, dulcimore, encore, endospore, evermore, exospore, explore, extempore, eyesore, folklore, footsore, forbore, fore. (additional references) | |
Words containing "ore": abductores, adored, adorer, adorers, adores, aeciospores, afforest, afforestation, afforestations, afforested, afforesting, afforests, aforementioned, aforesaid, aforethought, agroforester, agroforesters, agroforestries, agroforestry, albacores, albicores, amoretti, amoretto, amorettos, ancestored, anchored, anchoress, anchoresses, anchoret, anchorets, anorectic, anorectics, anoretic, anoretics, anorexia, anorexias, anorexic, anorexics, anorexies, anorexigenic, anorexy, antiforeclosure, antiforeign, antiforeigner, antitheoretical, arboreal, arboreally, arbored, arboreous, arbores, arborescence. (additional references) | |
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"Ore" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: jora, jore, kre, nre, oara, oare, oarer, Obra, oce, ocee, ocre, ocru, odra, oer, oera, ofe, ofee, Ofek, Ofra, ofre, ofro, oge, ohe, ohr, oie, oire, oje, ojr, olr, ome, omri, onre, opra, opre, oqe, oraa, orac, orae, oraf, orag, orah, orai, oraj, orak, Orao, Orap, oraw, orax, oray, Orbe, Orbec, orbem, orde, ordew, orea, oreb, orec, ored, oree, oreen, oreg, Oreh, orei, orek, Orel, oren, orer, oret, orew, orex, orey, Orge, orh, ori, Oria, orib, oric, orid, orie, orieo, orig, orio, oriz, orje, orl, orm, orne, oro, oroe, oror, orp, orq, orra, orre, Orred, Orrel, orri, orro, orru, orry, orse, ortet, oru, Oruc, orv, orx, orye, orz, osr, Osra, osre, ote, Otra, oura, ovre, oxe, oxre, oye, oze, ozee, ozric, roej, uer, urem, urre, uru, vore, vre, zore, zre. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "ore" (pronounced ô"r) |
| 2 | ô" r | abhor, adore, antiwar, anymore, ashore, before, boar, bore, chore, cor, core, corps, decor, deplore, door, Dore, Dorr, drawer, explore, floor, for, fore, four, galore, Gore, guarantor, hardcore, heretofore, Hoar, ignore, implore, inshore, lore, Mor, more, nor, oar, offshore, or, outpour, outscore, pore, postwar, pour, prewar, rapport, restore, roar, score, Senor, shore, snore, soar, sore, spore, store, swore, tor, tore, Torr, underscore, war, whore, wore, yore, your. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: roe. | |
| Words within the letters "e-o-r" | |
-1 letter: er, oe, or, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-o-r" | |
+1 letter: aero, bore, cero, core, doer, dore, ergo, eros, euro, fore, froe, goer, gore, hero, hoer, kore, lore, more, ogre, omer, ores, orle, over, oyer, pore, redo, repo, robe, rode, roes, role, rope, rose, rote, roue, rove, sore, tore, wore, yore, zero. | |
+2 letters: adore, afore, arose, bevor, boner, bored, borer, bores, borne, bower, boxer, broke, brome, brose, ceorl, ceros, chore, coder, comer, cooer, coper, cored, corer, cores, corse, cover, cower, coyer, credo, crone, crore, croze, decor, doers, doper, doser, doter, dower, dozer, drone, drove, enorm, enrol, ephor, ergot, erode, erose, error, erugo, euros, fetor, force, fores, forge, forme, forte, foyer, froes, frore, froze, genro, goers, gofer, goner, gored, gores, gorge, gorse, grego, grope, grove, heron, heros, hoers, homer, honer, hoper, horde, horse, hover, irone, joker, krone, loner, loper, lores, loser, lover, lower, metro, moire, moper, morae, morel, mores, morse, mover, mower, nerol, noter, oared, oater, ocher, ochre, ocker, ocrea, odder, offer, ofter, ogler, ogres, oiler, older, omber, ombre, omers, onery, oorie, opera, orate, orbed, order, oread, oriel, orles, ormer, osier, other, otter, ourie, outer, outre, overs, overt, owner, oxter, oyers, pareo, pedro, poker, poler, pored, pores, poser, power, probe, proem, prole, prone, prose, prove, rebop, recon, recto, redon, redos, redox, reoil, repos, repot, repro, resod, resow, retro, rewon, robed, robes, roble, rodeo, roger, rogue, roles, romeo, roose, roped, roper, ropes, ropey, roque, rosed, roses, roset, rotes, rotte, rouen, roues, rouge, rouse, route, roved, roven, rover, roves, rowed, rowel, rowen, rower, score, senor, serow, servo, shoer, shore, snore, sober, sorel, sorer, sores, sower, spore, store, swore, tenor, throe, toker, toner, toper, tores, torse, torte, toter, tower, toyer, trode, troke, trone, trope, trove, uredo, verso, vireo, vomer, voter, vower, whore, wooer, worse, wrote, xerox, yores, zeros, zoner. | |
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