Can you name the countries whose first 3 letters spell a word? by confused

Can you name the countries whose first 3 letters spell a word?

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Source: OSPD4
Words are found in the Official Scrabble Player's Dictionary; link above is a good online list. Asterisked words are on SOWPODS, but not OSPD4.
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Country	word definition
	a long-sleeved vestment
	an added condition
	a small insect
	to supply with weapons
	exclamation of disgust
	exclamation of disgust
	to prohibit
	to exclude
	a unit of power
	a unit of power
	a unit of power
	an inner room
	pl. of bo: a pal
	the larva of a botfly
	brassiere
	to remove a rough edge
	to remove a rough edge
	rotating machine part
	rotating machine part
	a cylindrical container
	a type of head covering
	tea
	a Greek letter
	a Greek letter
	depression between two mountains
	a variety of lettuce
	a light, narrow bed
	some animals' young
	lair
	title given to certain monks
	title for certain monks
	an old French coin
	els: elevated trains sal: salt
	edh: an old English letter
	paddle-like structure

Country	word definition
	title given an Italian monk
	to chatter
	to visit socially

	to ridicule
	honeybun
	barbarian
	frozen water
	to anger
	a South American palm
	to force together tightly
	to know
	an alcoholic beverage
	a land measure in India
	former Latvian money
	liberation
	liberation
	to speak falsely
	past tense, to light
	a unit of illumination
	a raincoat
	insane
	destroy the perfection of
	microphone
	mole (Chemistry)
	man
	man
	man
	forest humus
	put a hex on
	conj. of nim: to steal

	to catch in a net
	existing only a short time
	and not

Country	word definition
	and not
	to associate as friends
	to criticize harshly
	a soft food for infants
	to shoot par (golf)
	for each
	a Greek letter
	a politician
	qat: kat: evergreen shrub
	a cross-ribbed fabric
	male gypsy
	Okinawan weapon
	Okinawan weapon
	Okinawan weapon
	obsolete Greek letter
	sau: xu: money (Vietnam)
	a monetary unit of Japan
	a unit of weight in India
	to commit a sin
	fifth tone, diatonic scale
	money (Kyrgyzstan)
	former French coin
	former French coin
	a mineral spring
	Hindu title of respect
	a conical cap worn in Muslim countries
	convert hide into leather
	(article), used to specity
	to clothe
	a unit of weight
	to store in a large cask
	a large motor vehicle
	a large container
	to strive for superiority

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Created Jan 3, 2010 in Miscellaneous
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	confused:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 05:03 GMT		2 points
	Didn't know whether to target geographers who would know the countries, or language gurus who go in for Scrabble -- so here it is, for now. And if you've made this quiz already, I'm sorry. I really tried to look!

	WredAguyW:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 05:58 GMT		1 point
	Wow. I've never even heard of most of these 3-letter words. I was surprised you missed one though. Sai: dagger-like weapon (Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts & Nevis, and Saint Vincent & the Grenadines)

	confused:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 06:25 GMT		1 point
	Very nice suggestion, but I'm being USA-centric by using the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary instead of the more extensive SOWPODS list. It has plenty of obscure words, and... it's the book I happen to have at home. You need an objective list of some sort, or else deciding what's a word could drive you nuts.

	Authority:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 06:52 GMT		1 point
	Lesotho is missing. Les is an offensive term for a lesbian. If you were going by the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary with the red cover, it's not going to have it; that edition has many offensive words removed. Otherwise, very good quiz.

	Josh:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 10:32 GMT		0 points
	There's many more to add :) Egypt -> egy is 'one' in Hungarian. Spotted quite a few others as well.

	redsxfenway:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 12:46 GMT		9 points
	Brazil is the most guessed right now. Good to see what people think about the most.

	nucleolus101:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 13:12 GMT		2 points
	very clever!

	Schwagirl:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 19:33 GMT		8 points
	Dang. I should have gotten Qatar. Qat is one of the best words in scrabble, and I seem to use it every game.

	SHED:	Jan 3rd, 2010 at 22:03 GMT		1 point
	Looking at some of the other definitions surely Chad should be allowed, Cha = tea.

	confused:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 02:48 GMT		1 point
	OK, I'll add a few of your suggestions, with asterisks (don't know how to make them bonus and still fill the definition). The SOWPODS list has 18 that the OSPD doesn't, and I'm not adding them if I can't find a definition that isn't a prefix, acronym or proper noun (est, mal, sam, sey, sud, sur, tai, uni). Plus I'm omitting ones considered offensive (les, jap). Sorry, Josh, egy is just too...Hungarian. But cha and sai seem on a par with some on the list, as do 6 others. Thanks for all the feedbak.

	OldSpider:	Jan 4th, 2010 at 05:05 GMT		2 points
	Solomon Islands: Sol,(Roman mythology) ancient Roman god; personification of the sun; counterpart of Greek Helios.

	Catherine_F:	Feb 9th, 2010 at 15:43 GMT		0 points
	How about dem, as in democrat (Democratic Republic of the Congo)?

	y2jdilemma:	May 28th, 2010 at 15:51 GMT		1 point
	Depending on one's outlook, you could also use Burma.

	dancastro:	Jan 10th, 2011 at 16:54 GMT		1 point
	I think that the definition of "Fra" is "title given an Italian monk" (and not "and Italian monk").

	weberbro:	Jan 11th, 2011 at 00:03 GMT		2 points
	Maybe Sudan?

	Anne13:	Jan 12th, 2011 at 03:30 GMT		1 point
	Very enjoyable quiz!

	IronFirefly:	Jan 13th, 2011 at 20:39 GMT		2 points
	I'm presuming sud is singular of suds.

	confused:	Jan 29th, 2011 at 08:04 GMT		1 point
	Oh my, thanks for the pick, Heijman! I just decided I needed to catch up on misc quizzes and realized I'd completely missed the resurrection. To all who suggested additional countries, I stayed with the Scrabble dictionary just to have an official guideline. @dancastro: good catch, thx.