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AA - rough, cindery lava

AB - abdominal muscle 

AD - an advertisement

AE - one

AG - agriculture

AH - to exclaim in surprise

AI - three-toed sloth

AL - an East Indian tree

AM - form of "to be"

AN - indefinite article

AR - the letter "R"

AS - to the same degree

AT - in position of

AW - expresses protest

AX - cutting tool

AY - affirmative vote

BA - (Egyptian) eternal soul

BE - to have actuality

BI - a bisexual

BO - a pal

BY - a side issue

DA - dad

DE - of; from - used in names

DO - a tone of the scale

ED - education

EF - the letter "F"

EH - expresses doubt

EL - elevated railroad

EM - the letter "M"

EN - the letter "N"

ER - expresses hesitation

ES - the letter "S"

ET - a past tense of eat

EW – expression

EX - the letter "X"

FA - the fourth tone of the diatonic musical scale

FE - a Hebrew letter

GO - a Japanese board game

GI – a martial arts garment

HA - sound of surprise

HE - male person

HI - used as a greeting

HM - expresses consideration

HO - expresses surprise

ID - part of the psyche

IF - a possibility

IN - to harvest

IS - to have actuality

IT - neuter pronoun

JO - sweetheart

KA - (Egyptian) spiritual self

KI - the vital force in Chinese thought

LA - a tone of the scale

LI - Chinese unit of distance

LO - expresses surprise

MA - mother

ME - personal pronoun

MI - the third tone of the diatonic musical scale

MM - expresses assent

MO - a moment

MU - a Greek letter

MY - possessive pronoun

NA - no; not

NE - born with the name of

NO - a negative reply

NU - a Greek letter

OD - a hypothetical force

OE - Faeroe Islands whirlwind

OF - coming from

OH - to exclaim in Surprise

OK -  affirmative

OI - expresses dismay

OM - a mantra

ON - batsman's side of wicket

OP - a style of abstract art

OR - the heraldic colour gold

OS - a bone

OW - expresses pain

OX - a clumsy person

OY - expresses dismay

PA - father

PE - a Hebrew letter

PI - a Greek letter

PO – a chamber pot

QI – spiritual energy

RE - a tone of the scale

SH - urges silence

SI - ti (a tone of the scale)

SO - sol (a tone of the scale)

TA - expression of Gratitude

TE – a musical tone

TI - the seventh tone of the diatonic musical scale

TO - in the direction of

UH - expresses hesitation

UM - indicates hesitation

UN - one

UP - to raise

US - personal pronoun

UT - musical tone (is now DO)

WE - pronoun

WO - woe

XI - a Greek letter

XU - monetary unit of Vietnam

YA - you

YE - you

YO - call attention

ZA – a pizza

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