THE SOUNDS |O| TO |OO|
This document comprises all collections of words with a stressed syllable
beginning with one of the four vowel sounds that come between the consonant
sounds |N| and |P|:
1. |O|
2. |OH|
3. |OI|
4. |OO|
1
|O|
as in on and ox, if not pronounced
|AH|
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
HO·n·est;
HO·n·e·st·y;
HO·n·o[u]r
[n];
HO·n·o[u]r(ed);
HO·n·o[u]·r·a·b·le;
HO·n·o[u]·r·èd [poetic var];
OB-ject(s);
ODD;
ODDS=ON [var: cp 2nd syll.];
OFF (and ON) [var: cp |AH|1
and |AW|1];
O·ff·er(ed/s);
O·ff·ice/·i·c·es;
O·ff·i·c·er(s) or OFF'·c·er(s);
OFF-SPRING [var: cp |AH|1
and |AW|1; l/f];
OFT [var: cp |AW|1; lit];
OFT= [var: cp |AW|1;
in compounds; lit];
OF·t·en or O·ft·en
[var: cp |AW|1];
ON (and OFF) [var: cp |AH|1];
O·p·e-RATE/-RA·t·ed (on);
;
O·pp·o·s·ite(s) or
OPP'·s·ite(s);
;
O·r·ange/·an·g·es;
O·r·i-ent
[var: cp |AW|1; adj; lit];
(the) $O·r·i-ent
[var: cp |AW|1; l/f];
O·r·i-ent/-en·t·ed
[var: cp |AW|1; v];
O·r·i-en-TATE/-TA·t·ed
[var:cp |AW|1];
O·r·i·g·in(s); OX/O|K·s·|en
second syllable:
BACK(ED) / BEAT OFF [ and all other one-syllable infinitives,
present or past tenses or participles followed by OFF as an
adverb ][var: cp |AH|2
and |AW|2];
bey-OND [var: cp |J|2];
BITE/BIT / BREAK/BROKE OFF [var: cp
|AH|2 and
|AW|2];
DIS-HO·n·o[u]r(ed);
FALL/FELL OFF [var: cp |AH|2
and |AW|2];
ge-O·g·r·a·ph·y
[var:cp |D|1];
GIRD/GIRT ON [lit];
JUMP(ED) OFF [var: cp |AH|2
and |AW|2];
ODDS=ON [var: cp 1st syll.];
PAY/PAID OFF [var: cp |AH|2
and |AW|2];
SLOUGH(ED) OFF [var: cp
|AH|2 and
|AW|2; l&];
the-O·l·a-try;
WAIT ON [l&];
WELL=OFF [var: cp |AH|2
and |AW|2]
third syllable:
A·b·i-O·t·ic;
BAD-ly=OFF [var: cp |AH|3
and |AW|3];
BEA·t·en / BEE·t·le(d) /
BI·tt·en / BRO·k·en /
BUN·d·le(d) OFF
[ and all other two-syllable infinitives, present or past tenses or
participles followed by OFF
as an adverb ][var: cp |AH|3
and |AW|3];
CO·tt·on(ed) ON (to);
CU·r·i-O·s·i·t·y/·ies or
-O·s't·y/·ies;
FA·ll·en OFF [var: cp |AH|3
and |AW|3];
GIR·d·ed ON [lit];
HI·st·ri-O·n·ic;
HI·st·ri-O·n·ics;
I·d·e-O·l·o·g·y/·ies;
VI-tri-O·l·ic;
WAI·t·ed ON [l&]
With secondary stress on:
first syllable:
OFF the MARK [if OFF pronounced with |O| instead of
|AH| or |AW|];
O·p·e-RA·ti·on(s)
second syllable:
bey-OND com-PARE [var: cp |AH|2
and |J|2; lit];
CHA-OS
[var: see |K|1]
2
|OH|
as in open and old
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
$O [letter, pron. |OH|];
O [lit for 'oh'];
O-a·s·is/·SES
[var: cp |EI|2];
OAT-MEAL;
O·ce·an(s);
ODA-l-ISK(S) or
O·d·a·l·isk(s)
[or -ISC(S) or -ISQUE(S) or
-isc(s) or -isque(s); lit];
O'-er [var: cp |AW|1; lit];
O·g·re(s);
O·g·ress/·r·e·ss·es;
O·g·|a·|r·ish or ·g·rish
[or ·(r)eish];
OH;
OLD;
ON-ly;
OPE(D) [lit];
O·p·en;
O·p·en(ed);
O·v·er;
O·v·er-FLOW(S) [n];
OWE(D);
OW-ing to;
OWN;
OWN(ED);
OW·n·ing
second syllable:
BEND/BENT O·v·er (BA·ck·wards);
de-O·d·o·r·ant(s);
ILL=O·m·ened
[var: cp |I|1; lit];
in OL·d·en DAYS / TIMES [lit];
i-O·t·a;
of OLD [lit]
third syllable:
KEEP/KEPT your OWN COUN·s·el;
ME·di-O·c·re
With secondary stress on:
first syllable:
O·v·er-FLOW(ED) [v];
O·v·er-WEE·n·ing [l&]
third syllable:
RA·d·i-O(S)
3
|OI|
as in oil and oyster
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
OIL;
OILS;
OI·l·y;
OINK(ED/S);
OINT-ment(s);
OY·st·er(s)
second syllable:
in OILS
4
|OO|
as in oof, ooze and ouzo
See also |U| and the note on
|OO| and |U|
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
OO·d·les;
OOF;
OOPS [var: cp |U|1];
OOZE;
OOZE(D);
OO·z·y;
OU-TRÉ [var: cp |T|2];
OU·z·el(s) [or ·s·];
OU·z·o
With secondary stress on:
first syllable:
OU·b·li-ETTE(S)
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