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-or
112 ENTRIES FOUND:
or
(conjunction)
OR
(abbreviation)
-or
(noun suffix)
trick or treat
(noun)
alive
(adjective)
alone
(adverb)
bait
(noun)
bargepole
(noun)
be
(verb)
beg
(verb)
berth
(noun)
better
(noun)
bill
(noun)
borrow
(verb)
chink
(noun)
clean
(adjective)
come
(verb)
cover
(verb)
crook
(noun)
cut
(verb)
double
(noun)
dry
(adjective)
dry
(verb)
eat
(verb)
fish
(verb)
form
(noun)
give
(verb)
go
(verb)
hair
(noun)
have
(verb)
hawk
(noun)
head
(noun)
health
(noun)
heel
(noun)
hell
(noun)
hide
(noun)
high
(adjective)
high water
(noun)
hitch
(verb)
hook
(noun)
injustice
(noun)
know
(verb)
later
(adverb)
leave
(verb)
less
(adverb)
let
(verb)
let
(noun)
life
(noun)
love
(noun)
lunch
(noun)
map
(noun)
mercy
(noun)
mind
(noun)
minus
(preposition)
money
(noun)
more
(adverb)
name
(noun)
nothing
(pronoun)
pace
(noun)
pack
(verb)
pave
(verb)
pick
(verb)
piece
(noun)
place
(noun)
plague
(noun)
plus
(preposition)
praise
(verb)
press
(verb)
pump
(verb)
quits
(adjective)
rain
(noun)
reason
(noun)
rhyme
(noun)
sale
(noun)
screw
(noun)
sell
(verb)
send
(verb)
seriously
(adverb)
set
(verb)
shade
(noun)
shall
(verb)
shame
(noun)
shine
(noun)
short
(adverb)
sic
(verb)
siege
(noun)
sink
(verb)
sky
(noun)
soon
(adverb)
stand
(verb)
steal
(verb)
suck
(verb)
surprise
(noun)
surround
(verb)
swim
(verb)
tail
(noun)
take
(verb)
tear
(verb)
test
(noun)
thank
(verb)
thing
(noun)
touch
(verb)
two
(noun)
wake
(noun)
watch
(verb)
water
(noun)
way
(noun)
wide
(adjective)
win
(verb)
worse
(noun)
worth
(preposition)
wrong
(adverb)
-or
/ɚ/
noun suffix
-or
/ɚ/
noun suffix
Britannica Dictionary definition of -OR
:
a person or thing that does a specified action
elevat
or
translat
or
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