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 with |AH|

With primary stress on:

first syllable:

HO·n·est; HO·n·e·st·y; 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| and |AW|]; O·ff·er(ed/s); O·ff·ice/·i·c·es; O·ff·i·c·er(s) or OFF'·c·er(s); OFT [var:cp |AW|; lit]; OFT= [var:cp |AW|; in compounds;lit]; OF·t·en or O·ft·en [var:cp |AW|]; ON (and OFF); O·pp·o·s·ite(s) or OPP'·s·ite(s); ; O·r·ange/·an·g·es; O·r·i-ent [var:cp |AW|; adj;lit]; (the) $O·r·i-ent [var:cp |AW|; l/f]; O·r·i-ent/-en·t·ed [var:cp |AW|; v]; O·r·i-en-TATE/-TA·t·ed [var:cp |AW|]; 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| and |AW|]; bey-OND [var:cp |J|]; BITE/BIT / BREAK/BROKE OFF [var:cp |AH| and |AW|]; DIS-HO·n·o[u]r(ed); FALL/FELL OFF [var:cp |AH| and |AW|]; ge-O·g·r·a·ph·y [var:cp |D|]; GIRD/GIRT ON [lit]; JUMP(ED) OFF [var:cp |AH| and |AW|]; ODDS=ON [var:cp 1st syll.]; PAY/PAID OFF [var:cp |AH| and |AW|]; SLOUGH(ED) OFF [var:cp |AH| and |AW|; l&]; the-O·l·a-try; WAIT ON [l&]

third syllable:

A·b·i-O·t·ic; 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| and |AW|]; CU·r·i-O·s·i·t·y/·ies or -O·s't·y/·ies; FA·ll·en OFF [var:cp |AH| and |AW|]; GIR·d·ed ON [lit]; I·d·e-O·l·o·g·y/·ies; WAI·t·ed ON [l&]

With secondary stress on:

first syllable:

O·p·e-RA·ti·on(s)

second syllable:

CHA-OS [var:see |K|]

2

|OH|
as in open and old

With primary stress on:

first syllable:

$O [letter, pron. |OH|]; O [lit for 'oh']; 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 [lit]; 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)

second syllable:

BEND/BENT O·v·er (BA·ck·wards); de-O·d·o·r·ant(s); ILL=O·m·ened [var:cp |I|; 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|]; OOZE; OOZE(D); OO·z·y; OU-TRÉ [var:cp |T|]; OU·z·el(s) [or ·s·]; OU·z·o

With secondary stress on:

first syllable:

OU·b·li-ETTE(S)