Thursday, September 5, 2024

Two-letter words

AA - rough, cindery lava
AB - abdominal muscle
AD - advertisement
AE - one
AG - pertaining to agriculture
AH - expresses delight
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 the position of
AW - expresses protest
AX - cutting tool
AY - affirmative vote
BA - eternal soul, Egyptian mythology
BE - to exist
BI - a bisexual
BO - beau; pal
BY - go past; skip turn
CH - dialect form of I
DA - a heavy Burmese knife
DE - of; from - used in names
DI - god
DO - a tone of the scale
EA - a river
ED - pertaining to education
EE - an eye
EF - the letter "F"
EH - expresses doubt
EL - elevated railroad
EM - unit of measurement
EN - the letter "N"
ER - expresses hesitation
ES - the letter "S"
ET - a past tense of eat
EX - former spouse
FA - a tone of the scale
FE - a Hebrew letter
FY - used to express disapproval
GI - a judo costume
GO - to move along
GU - an old Shetland viol
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
IO - a cry of joy
IS - form of "to be"
IT - neuter pronoun
JA - yes
JO - sweetheart
KA - spiritual self
KI - inner strength, life energy
KO - a Maori digging-stick
KY - a private Korean-American banking club
LA - tone of the scale
LI - a Chinese unit of distance
LO - expresses surprise
MA - mother
ME - personal pronoun
MI - tone of the 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
NY - to approach
OB - an objection
OD - a hypothetical force
OE - Faeroe Islands whirlwind
OF - coming from
OH - to exclaim in surprise
OI - used to express dismay or pain
OM - a mantra
ON - opposite of off
OO - the dense, soft hair forming the coat of certain mammals
OP - a style of abstract art
OR - the heraldic color gold
OU - expressing concession
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 chamberpot
QI - circulating tdfe energy
RE - a tone of the scale
SH - urges silence
SI - ti (a tone of the scale)
SO - sol (a tone of the scale)
ST - hush
TA - expression of gratitude
TE - the note below doh
TI - a tone of the scale
TO - in the direction of
UG - to arouse loathing in
UH - expresses hesitation
UM - indicates hesitation
UN - one
UP - to raise
UR - expressing hesitation
US - personal pronoun
UT - musical tone
WE - pronoun
WO - woe
XI - a Greek letter
XU - monetary unit of Vietnam
YA - you
YE - you
YU - a precious jade
YO - used to call attention
ZA - slang for pizza
ZO - a cross between a yak and a cow

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