- Noes
This is the plural of 'No', used – for example – in the parliamentary phrase 'The Noes have it' ["'People who voted 'No' are in the majority."] - Noel
This is the word that means Christmas. The name 'Noel' is dealt with later on in this table. - socioeconomic
This is the sole representative of words that use this prefix. The Macmillan English Dictionary has matching transcription and audio. But whenever this prefix precedes a word starting with 'e+<consonant>', any of three alternatives (/əʊɪ/, /əʊe/, and /əʊi:/) is usually acceptable. - '-soever' pronounsThese are used chiefly in rhetorical contexts and even then are sometimes considered archaic. Other such words exist in theory but are very rarely used: whencesoever, whithersoever, and whomsoever.
- macroeconomy and microelectrics
The Macmillan English Dictionary transcription has this sound, but the audio sample is /əʊe/. Either is acceptable. Some speakers use one, some use the other, and some use both (depending on the degree of formality). - Boer
The Macmillan English Dictionary transcribes this word (in British English) in two alternative ways. For the other, see the appropriate section. - geoeconomics, microeconomic, and macroeconomic
The Macmillan English Dictionary transcription has this sound, but the audio sample in the first two of these words is /əʊe/. Either is acceptable. In the case of macroeconomic, the Macmillan English Dictionary has matching transcription and audio. - joey
The Macmillan English Dictionary transcribes this with the unique sound /əʊi/ (with a short /i/). - homoeopathy and homoeopathic
The Macmillan English Dictionary transcribes these words, alone among -oe- words, with a short /i/ but this is not a meaning-bearing distinction; it is simply a matter of stress. - manoeuvrable
This has already been listed in the relevant -eu- section. - oesophagus The Macmillan English Dictionary transcription has this sound, but the audio sample presents a sound somewhere between /e/ and /ə/.
- oeuvre
This has already been listed in the relevant -eu- section, but note that the vowel sounds of oeuvre and manoeuvre, though the words are etymologically related, are not the same. - does
This is the 3rd person singular of the verb do, and not the plural of the noun doe. - OEICThe Macmillan English Dictionary transcribes this with the sound /ɔɪ/, but despite this transcription the speaker providing the audio sample spells out the abbreviation.
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