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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Mem Lang. 2009 Nov;61(4):538–555. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.08.003
Homographs
BEAR DRAFT JAM PASS SEASON TIRE
BLUFF DRAW KEEP PERMIT SENTENCE TOLL
BOIL DRILL KID PICK SERVE TOP
BOX DUCK LAP POINT SHED TRACK
BREAK EXCUSE LITTER POUND SHELL TRAIN
BUG FAN LOBBY PROFILE SINK TRIP
CHANNEL FAST MATCH RANGE SOCK TRUST
CHARGE FAULT MATTER RAT SPELL TYPE
COMBINE FENCE MELT RATE STABLE WATCH
CONDITION FIGURE MIND RECALL STALK WIND
CONTRACT FIRE MOON RECESS STAND WORM
CRUSH FLOAT MUG REST STICK
DATE FLY NOTICE ROCK SWALLOW
DEAL INSTITUTE PAGE RULE SWAMP
DIE ISSUE PARK SCALE TERM

Some homographs (institute, melt, mind, rat, and rock) were not included in Experiment 2 in order to obtain an optimal match for various lexical and sentential features across unambiguous words, homographs with a dominant interpretation and homographs with a subordinate interpretation.