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Old 02-Oct-2006, 16:28
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Mike's got most of them, I reckon.

What about 'bureau'? (And another thing: I know the meaning 'department' works in AmE, but what about the item of furniture?)

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I'm sure I missed many. My Webster's Third allows searching on rhymes. I just chose "boo". I could have also chosen now, gnaw, know, etc, but it takes a lot of time.

In AE, a bureau is usually a chest of drawers for clothes.
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I tried "One Look" but one gets pages and pages of garbage to sort through.

Another site that is sometimes useful is www.allwords.com but it will not search on a single letter ending.
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