Letters seem to provide a large number of short, useful words.
This is almost certainly not an exhaustive list.
BEE B CEE C DEE D EF/EFF F GEE/JEE G (also means to turn) AITCH H JAY J KAY K EL/ELL L EM M EN N PEE P KUE Q AR R ES/ESS S TEE T VEE V EX X WYE Y ZEE/ZED/IZZARD Z
ALPHA BETA GAMMA DELTA EPSILON ZETA ETA THETA IOTA KAPPA LAMBDA MU NU XI OMICRON PI RHO SIGMA TAU UPSILON PHI CHI/KHI PSI OMEGA
ALEPH/ALEF BETH GIMEL DALETH/DALEDH HE WAW/VAW/VAV/VAU ZAYIN HETH/HEH/KHET/KHETH/HET TETH YOD/YODH KAPH/KAF/KHAF/KHAPH LAMED/LAMEDH MEM NUN SAMEKH/SAMEK/SAMECH AYIN/AIN PE/PEH/FEH SADHE/SADE/SADI QOPH/KOPH RESH SIN SHIN TAW/TAV
ASH EDH/ETH Ð ð THORN Þ þ YOGH WYNN/WYN
Except for ALIF, Arabic letters apparently don't qualify for English, but many are words in the singular and plural form anyway.
ALIF BA TA DAL DHAL SIN DAD FA KAY LAM NUN HA WAW