A list of 91 words by sarra.
- brook appears on 72 other lists
- mere appears on 28 other lists
- rum appears on 30 other lists
- juke appears on 19 other lists
- drill appears on 24 other lists
- duck appears on 56 other lists
- tick appears on 20 other lists
- hone appears on 31 other lists
- low appears on 42 other lists
- bat appears on 36 other lists
- may appears on 38 other lists
- bear appears on 65 other lists
- mull appears on 33 other lists
- root appears on 52 other lists
- con appears on 25 other lists
- waffle appears on 70 other lists
- haw appears on 11 other lists
- box appears on 54 other lists
- hail appears on 33 other lists
- paddy appears on 15 other lists
- pulse appears on 40 other lists
- rank appears on 43 other lists
- ruck appears on 23 other lists
- lag appears on 14 other lists
- cork appears on 23 other lists
- tit appears on 24 other lists
- mummy appears on 20 other lists
- cleave appears on 82 other lists
- truck appears on 29 other lists
- punt appears on 18 other lists
- booby appears on 23 other lists
- loom appears on 62 other lists
- mine appears on 33 other lists
- mum appears on 32 other lists
- rue appears on 97 other lists
- rose appears on 98 other lists
- sage appears on 93 other lists
- left appears on 31 other lists
- leaves appears on 15 other lists
- quarry appears on 36 other lists
- bark appears on 46 other lists
- tire appears on 10 other lists
- fluke appears on 31 other lists
- divers appears on 14 other lists
- lean appears on 23 other lists
- cock appears on 46 other lists
- plane appears on 27 other lists
- skip appears on 32 other lists
- miss appears on 27 other lists
- gore appears on 20 other lists
- bow appears on 39 other lists
- beck appears on 16 other lists
- colon appears on 20 other lists
- turtle appears on 37 other lists
- knot appears on 29 other lists
- jar appears on 35 other lists
- pew appears on 12 other lists
- shed appears on 25 other lists
- row appears on 36 other lists
- mould appears on 17 other lists
- rob appears on 18 other lists
- riddle appears on 36 other lists
- bay appears on 57 other lists
- let appears on 30 other lists
- bent appears on 32 other lists
- hay appears on 17 other lists
- hey appears on 24 other lists
- clip appears on 39 other lists
- mace appears on 27 other lists
- rent appears on 27 other lists
- peer appears on 37 other lists
- trim appears on 20 other lists
- pitch appears on 65 other lists
- rag appears on 19 other lists
- ring appears on 45 other lists
- lay appears on 29 other lists
- lie appears on 34 other lists
- calf appears on 25 other lists
- sound appears on 59 other lists
- rape appears on 24 other lists
- bent appears on 32 other lists
- squash appears on 38 other lists
- count appears on 19 other lists
- slug appears on 36 other lists
- spill appears on 24 other lists
- cove appears on 25 other lists
- egg appears on 57 other lists
- host appears on 31 other lists
- junk appears on 44 other lists
- brake appears on 21 other lists
- pill appears on 16 other lists

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rolig Sarra! Nice to see you back here. I thought you had abandoned this list, which is one of my favorites. May 3, 2009
sarra Hallo! More specific, indeed. Some homonyms like bank have distinct meanings in the English we speak, but in the Oxford English Dictionary there's a long long note on the origins of bank-the-place-where-we-keep-money, which ends 'The word is thus ultimately identical with BENCH and BANK2, and cognate with BANK1.' May 3, 2009
myth Is this a list of homonyms or something more specific? May 3, 2009
bilby And a drink powder. Mar 9, 2009
mollusque How about tang? A tool, a seaweed, a sound, and a dynasty. Mar 8, 2009
rolig In the grocery store today, I thought of this list when I saw the squash, and nearby the staff was cleaning up a tomato that had gotten squashed on the floor. As I stood in line for the till, I realized that I hadn't given much thought to such covergences till recently. Thanks, Sarra!
Another one is the tetrasemantic dock: 1. pier, 2. deduct, 3. enclosure for the accused in court, 4. a kind of weed.
Jan 23, 2009
sarra Oh, and spelt! I'll be checking through these when I've time.
NB. 'triplet' is used to describe a treble doublet, but I understand your meaning, of course. Jan 17, 2009
rolig Here's another great word for your wonderful list, the etymological triplet smelt (smelled; meld metals; little fish). Also, bale (bundle; menacing evil). Jan 17, 2009
trivet Founder? Jan 12, 2009
rolig Another curious word, which goes along with Sionnach's foxy suggestion, is thrush, which is not only a bird but also (with a different etymology entirely) a mouth infection. Jan 12, 2009
sionnach Sarra:
How about hop, charge, bandy, dun, baffle? Then, you might find some more candidates on my beastly verbs list, e.g. crane, gull, fry, goose, among others. Jan 5, 2009
sarra Didn't know the narrative poem meaning, but lay lie is distinct from lay non-clerical, so that's something I'd genuinely so far missed for this list.
Can't see why I rejected lie. Must've been sleepy. Jan 5, 2009
rolig How about lay (to place, a narrative poem)? I'm not sure why you decided against lie (to recline, an untruth) – aren't they etymologically distinct? Jan 5, 2009
sarra 'cleave' is already in, rolig :) Yes to host, and of course junk. Jan 4, 2009
rolig The word cleave would seem to belong here. Jan 3, 2009
sionnach host? junk? Jan 3, 2009
sionnach At first I thought that words on my list of 'faux comparatives' (e.g. temp, temper, tempest; earn, earner, earnest) might includes some candidates for this list, but a little reflection shows this to be unlikely. Jan 3, 2009
sarra Mould, yes! I didn't even know about the second meaning you give; I had thought leaf-mould was mouldered leaves, a perfect example of how we often make imperfect sense of our language. I haven't looked into how cognate that sense may be with the "fungus" one, but it certainly seems distinct from a mould for moulding. Jan 2, 2009
qroqqa May I suggest mould: "fungal coating", "earth", and "matrix, model". Jan 2, 2009
sarra Hallo rolig — I'm not looking for homographs, as many of those differ in pronunciation (like slough and row). Shed might fit though: I'll check!
edit: I think row goes in. I'd forgotten about oars. Shed too!
Dear was an early addition; it does indeed seem to be cognate. I must've been lax in my research back then. Note that there are many other holes and shoddy bits, I'm sure, as I've only looked at the background when I've added/rejected words. There will, eventually, be a proofing process. Jan 2, 2009
rolig I like this list a lot! But I am wondering what dear is doing here. Isn't the meaning "cherished" just an extension of the meaning "expensive (valuable, rare)"? In French, cher does similar double duty, as does дорогой / dorogoy in Russian.
Another word I might suggest would be slough (meaning 1. "swamp", and 2. "shed dead skin"). And now that I think of it, also shed. And then there's the triple-duty row (1. "operate a boat using oars", 2. "a straight line of something", 3. "a quarrel"). There appear to be many such homographs in English. Jan 2, 2009
mollusque Great list, sarra! Do you know which word has the most independent origins? I asked that on question 11 months ago, and gave bear as an example.
In biology this would be called convergence, but convergence has a different meaning in linguistics. Jan 2, 2009