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

right correct

rite ritual

wright a maker

write to inscribe

ring circle around your finger

wring twisting
rise to stand up

ryes varieties of grain
road a broad trail

rode past tense of ride

rowed to propel a boat by oars
roam to wander

Rome Italian capital
roil to make turbid

royal worthy of a king or queen
role part to play

roll rotate
rood a cross

rude coarse
roomer a tenant

rumor gossip
root subterranean part of a plant

route path of travel
rose pretty flower

rows linear arrangement

rot decay

wrought made

rote by memory

wrote has written
rough coarse

ruff pleated collar
rout to force out

route path of travel
roux cooked butter and flour

rue regret
rude impolite

rued regretted

rye grain

wry twisted