gh

avl 94

antigravity, microgravity, mackinaw, Omaha, Ottawa, overawe,
supergravity overdraw, oversaw, overslaugh,
padishah, panama, son-in-law,
avl \av-al\ see ovel1 usquebaugh, Wichita, williwaw,
windlestraw, Yakima
avo1 \av-6\ bravo, Bravo
centavo, octavo brother-in-law, daughter-in-law,
father-in-law, mother-in-law,
avo2 \a-vo\ octavo, relievo pipsissewa, serjeant-at-law, sister-in-
mezzo relievo law

avon1 \a-van\ seeaven1 Straits of Mackinac
aw2 \av\ seeolve2
avon2 \a-van\ see avin aw3 \6f \ see off2
aw4 \af\ see off1
avor \a-var\ see aver2 awa1 \a-wa\ Chihuahua, Tarawa,
Urawa
avored \a-vard\ favored, flavored
ill-favored, well-favored Fujisawa, Ichikawa, Kanazawa,
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at Okinawa

aver2 Ahashikawa

avory \av-re\ see avery awa2 \a-va\ see ava1

avus \a-vas\ see avis awain \au-an\ see owan2

avvy \av-e\ navvy, savvy awan \au-an\ see owan2

avy \a-ve\ cavy, Davey, Davy, gravy, awar \aiir\ see ower2
navy, shavie, slavey, wavy
awba \6-bs\ see auba
aw1 \ 6 \ aw, awe, blaw, braw, ca, caw, awber1 \ab-ar\ see obber
chaw, claw, craw, daw, draw, faugh, awber2 \6b-ar\ see auber
flaw, gnaw, haugh, haw, jaw, la, law,
maw, pa, paw, pshaw, Ra, rah, raw, awd \6d\ see aud1
saw, shah, shaw, Shaw, slaw, spa,
squaw, straw, tau, taw, thaw, yaw awddle \ad-3l\ see oddle

backsaw, bashaw, bedstraw, awdle \6d-3l\ seeaudal
bucksaw, bylaw, catclaw, cat's-paw,
coleslaw, cumshaw, cushaw, Danelaw, awdry \6-dre\ Audrey, tawdry
declaw, dewclaw, Esau, forepaw,
fretsaw, grandma, grandpa, guffaw, awdust \6d-ast\ see adist1
hacksaw, handsaw, hawkshaw, hee-
haw, hurrah, in-law, jackdaw, awdy \6d-e\ bawdy, gaudy
jackstraw, jigsaw, kickshaw, lockjaw, summa cum laude
macaw, Nassau, old-squaw, outdraw,
outlaw, pasha, pooh-bah, ricksha, awe \ 6 \ see aw1
rickshaw, ringtaw, ripsaw, scofflaw,
scrimshaw, seesaw, southpaw, trishaw, awed \6d\ see aud1
tussah, undraw, Utah, vizsla, Warsaw,
whipsaw, windflaw, wiredraw, aweless \6-las\ see awless
withdraw
awer \6r\ see or1
Arkansas, Chickasaw, Chippewa,
clapperclaw, decree-law, foofaraw, awers \6rz\ see oors
jinrikisha, Kiowa, Mackinac,

95 axman

awful \6-fal\ awful, coffle, lawful, awny1 \6-ne\ brawny, fawny, lawny,
offal sawney, scrawny, Taney, tawny

god-awful, unlawful mulligatawny

awfully \6f-9-le\ awfully, lawfully, awny2 \an-e\ see ani1
offaly
awp \ 6 p \ see aup
unlawfully
awrence \6r-9n(t)s\ Florence,
awing \6in\ cloying, drawing Laurence, Lawrence, Torrence
wappenschawing
—also -ingforms of verbs listed at abhorrence, Saint Lawrence
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
aw1 and -s forms of verbs, listed at orrent

awk \6k\ see alk awry \6r-e\ see ory

awker \6-kar\ see alker aws \6z\ see ause1

awkes \6ks\ Fawkes awse \6z\ see ause1
—also -s, -'s, and -s'forms of nouns,
awser \6-zar\ see auser
and -s forms of verbs, listed at alk
awsi \au-se\ seeousy2
awkish \6-kish\ gawkish, hawkish,
mawkish awy \6i\ see oy

awky \6-ke\ see alkie awyer \6-yar\ lawyer, sawyer

awl \61\ see all ax1 \aks\ see ox
awler \6-lar\ see aller1
ax2 \aks\ ax, fax, flax, lax, max,
awless \6-las\ aweless, flawless, Max, pax, rax, sax, tax, wax
lawless
addax, Ajax, anthrax, banjax,
awling \6-lirj\ see ailing beeswax, borax, broadax, climax,
coax, earwax, galax, gravlax, hyrax,
awly \6-le\ brawly, crawly, dolly, meat-ax, panchax, pickax, poleax,
drawly, Raleigh, scrawly, squally pretax, relax, smilax, storax, styrax,
surtax, syntax, thorax, toadflax
Bengali, Macaulay
awm \6m\ see aum1 aftertax, battle-ax, Halifax, minimax,
awn1 \an\ see on1 overtax, parallax, supertax

awn2 \6n\ see on3 anticlimax, Astyanax
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
awned \6nd\ see aund and -s forms of verbs, listed at ack
awner1 \6n-ar\ fawner, goner,
pawner, prawner, spawner axant \ak-sant\ see accent

awner2 \an-ar\ see onor1 axen \ak-ssn\ see axon

awney \6-ne\ see awny1 axi \ak-se\ seeaxy

awning \an-irj\ see oning1 axic \ak-sik\ ataraxic
stereotaxic
awnly \an-le\ see anly1
axis \ak-sas\ axis, Naxos, praxis

axman \ak-sman\ axman,
cracksman

axon 96

axon \ak-san\ flaxen, Jackson, Green Bay, greenway, guideway,
Klaxon, Saxon, waxen gunplay, halfway, hallway, hatchway,
headway, hearsay, Hebei, Hefei,
Port Jackson heyday, highway, homestay, hooray,
Anglo-Saxon horseplay, Hubei, in re, inlay, inveigh,
issei, jackstay, jete, keyway, Kobe,
axos \ak-sss\ see axis koine, kouprey, lame, laneway,
leeway, lifeway, Lome, Lough Neagh,
axy \ak-se\ flaxy, maxi, taxi, waxy lwei, lycee, M-day, maguey, mainstay,
Malay, malgre, man-day, Mande,
ay1 \ a \ a , ae, aye, bay, bey, blae, Manet, manque, margay, Marseilles,
brae, bray, chez, clay, Clay, day, dey, masse, mate, May Day, Mayday,
dray, eh, fay, Fay, Faye, fey, flay, fley, melee, metier, meze, midday, Midway,
frae, fray, Frey, gay, Gay, gey, gley, Millay, Millet, mislay, misplay, moire,
gray, Gray, Grey, hae, hay, he, hey, Monet, moray, neve, Niamey, nisei,
Hue, j , jay, Jay, Jaye, k, kay, Kay, noonday, Norway, nosegay, obey, OK,
Kaye, lay, lei, may, May, nay, ne, nee, ole, ombre, osprey, outlay, outre,
neigh, pay, pe, play, pray, prey, qua, outstay, outweigh, oyez, PA, parfait,
quai, quay, Rae, ray, Ray, re, say, sei, parkway, parlay, parquet, partway,
shay, slay, sleigh, spae, spay, splay, passe, pate, pathway, pave, payday,
spray, stay, stray, sway, they, tray, trey, per se, pince-nez, pique, piquet, PK,
way, weigh, whey, yea plie, plisse, pommee, Pompeii,
portray, prepay, projet, pulque, puree,
abbe, affray, agley, airplay, airway, purvey, quale, raceway, railway,
all-day, allay, allee, Angers, Anhui, rappee, relay, Rene, Renee, repay,
Anhwei, archway, array, ashtray, replay, risque, roadway, role-play,
assay, astray, Augier, away, aweigh, ropeway, rose, rosebay, Roubaix, roue,
backstay, ballet, beignet, belay, routeway, runway, sachet, Sale, sansei,
beltway, benday, Benet, beret, betray, sashay, saute, screenplay, seaway,
bewray, bidet, bikeway, birthday, seme, shar-pei, shipway, short-day,
Biscay, Bizet, blase, bobstay, Bombay, sideway, Skopje, skyway, slideway,
bombe, bouchee, boucle, boule, slipway, sluiceway, soigne, soiree,
bouquet, bourree, breezeway, someday, someway, soothsay, souffle,
Broadway, buffet, byplay, byway, speedway, spillway, stairway,
cachet, cafe, cahier, Cambay, Cape sternway, stingray, straightway,
May, Carrier, Cathay, causeway, strathspey, subway, survey, swordplay,
chaine, chalet, chambray, chasse, cire, Taipei, tempeh, thoughtway, three-
cliche, cloque, conge, convey, corvee, way, thruway, tideway, Tigre, today,
coude, coupe, crawlway, crochet, Tokay, tollway, Torbay, touche,
croquet, crossway, cube, cure, cy pres, toupee, trackway, tramway, unlay,
DA, daresay, decay, deejay, defray, unsay, valet, V-day, veejay, vide, vise,
delay, dengue, dismay, display, Vouvray, walkway, waylay, weekday,
distrait, DJ, donnee, doomsday, windway, wireway, wordplay,
doorway, dossier, downplay, dragee, workday, X ray, x-ray, Yaounde
driveway, duvet, embay, entree, epee,
essay, estray, Ewe, fairway, file, filet, Adige, Agnus Dei, A-OK, alleyway,
fillet, fireclay, fishway, flambe, anyway, applique, arrive, atelier,
floodway, flyway, folkway, footway, attache, ballonet, Beaujolais, beurre
foray, forebay, foreplay, forestay, manie, BHA, botonee, braciole,
formee, forte, fouette, four-way, breakaway, bustier, cabaret, cableway,
fourchee, foyer, franglais, frappe, Camaguey, canape, cap-a-pie,
freeway, frieze, frise, fumet, gainsay, caraway, carriageway, Carrier,
Galway, gamay, gangway, Gaspe,
gateway, gelee, glace, godet, gourmet,

97 ayden

cassoulet, castaway, champleve, costumier, couturier, decollete,
chansonnier, chardonnay, Charolais, diamante, Dies Irae, eglomise, felo-
chevalier, Chippewa, cloisonne, de-se, Fiesole, habitue, Jubilate,
consomme, coryphee, croupier, laissez-passer, Lavoisier, marrons
crudites, cutaway, day-to-day, glace, mezzo forte, Morgan le Fay,
debauchee, declasse, degage, degree- objet trouve, out-of-the-way, papier
day, demode, devotee, disarray, colle, papier-mache, pas de bourree,
disobey, distingue, divorce, divorcee, photo-essay, Port Philip Bay, pouilly-
DNA, emigre, engage, entranceway, fuisse, Pouilly-Fume, pret-a-porter,
entremets, entryway, espalier, etoufee, roche moutonnee, roman a clef,
everyday, expose, expressway, roturier, sine die, sub judice,
fadeaway, fallaway, faraday, Faraday, superhighway, ukiyo-e, Ulan-Ude,
faraway, fiance, fiancee, flageolet, yerba mate
flyaway, foldaway, Galloway, garde-
manger, Georgian Bay, getaway, Alto Adige, arriere pensee,
giveaway, gratine, gratinee, guillemet, Guanabara Bay, lettre de cachet
Harare, haulageway, Hemingway,
hereaway, hideaway, HLA, catalogue raisonne, cinema verite,
Hogmanay, holiday, Hugh Capet, IgA, Dumfries and Galloway, vers de
inter se, interplay, intraday, IPA, IRA, societe, video verite
Joliet, Kootenay, Kutenai, kyrie,
lackaday, latter-day, layaway, lingerie, sinfonia concertante, Trentino-Alto
macrame, Mandalay, Massenet, Adige
matinee, MIA, Molise, Monterrey,
motorway, muscadet, negligee, ay2 \ e \ see ee1
overlay, overplay, overstay, overweigh,
Paraguay, passageway, patissier, ay3 \ i \ see y1
Petare, photoplay, pikake, piolet, pis
aller, play-by-play, poly (A), Ponape, aya1 \a-ya\ ayah, maya, taille
popinjay, pourparler, pousse-cafe, Malaya
present-day, protege, protegee, Koshigaya
Rabelais, rambouillet, ratine, recamier,
rechauffe, recherche, reconvey, aya2 \i-a\ see iah1
repartee, repousse, resume, retrousse,
ricochet, right-of-way, rockaway, aya3 \a-a\ see aia1
rondelet, roundelay, RNA, runaway,
Saguenay, San Jose, San Jose, Santa ayable \a-3-bal\ payable, playable,
Fe, Sao Tome, semplice, sobriquet, sayable
sommelier, steerageway, standaway,
stowaway, straightaway, Table Bay, defrayable, displayable, unsayable
taboret, take-away, tarsier, taxiway,
tearaway, teleplay, Tempere, Tenebrae, ayah \I-a\ see iah1
thataway, throwaway, Thunder Bay,
Udine, underlay, underpay, underplay, ayal \al\ see ail
underway, Uruguay, veloute, Venite,
verite, vertebra, virelay, walkaway, ayan1 \a-an\ crayon
waterway, wellaway, Whitsunday, Chilean, Malayan, ouabain, papain,
workaday, Yenisey, Zuider Zee
Pompeian, Pompeiian
areaway, auto-da-fe, bichon frise, Galilean, Himalayan
boulevardier, cabriolet, cafe au lait,
cantabile, cDNA, communique, ayan2 \I-an\ see ion1

aybe1 \a-be\ see aby

aybe2 \eb-e\ see ebby

ayday \a-da\ Ede, Mayday, May
Day

ayden \l-d3n\ see iden

aye 98

aye1 \a\ see ay1 aylor \a-lar\ see ailer

aye2 \I\ seey1 ayly \a-le\ see aily
ayman \a-ni9n\ see amen1
ayed \ad\ see ade1
ayment \a-mant\ ament, claimant,
ayer \a-sr\ brayer, layer, mayor, clamant, payment, raiment
payer, player, prayer, preyer, sayer,
sprayer, stayer, strayer co-payment, embayment,
prepayment
ballplayer, betrayer, bilayer,
bricklayer, cardplayer, conveyer, underlayment, underpayment
crocheter, decayer, delayer, ayne \an\ see ane1
doomsayer, doomsdayer, essayer,
forayer, gainsayer, horseplayer, ayness \a-nas\ anus, feyness,
inlayer, inveigher, obeyer, manslayer, gayness, grayness, heinous, Janus,
minelayer, portrayer, purveyor, manus
ratepayer, soothsayer, swordplayer,
surveyor, taxpayer, tracklayer, yea- awayness, uranous, Uranus
sayer everydayness
aynim \a-nam\ see anum1
disobeyer, holidayer
— also -erforms of adjectives listed ayn't \a-ant\ see eyant
at ay1
ayo1 \a-6\ see eo1
ayered \erd\ see aired
ayo2 \I-6\ see io1
ayest \a-ast\ mayest, sayest
epeeist, essayist, fideist, Hebraist, ayon \a-an\ see ayan1

Mithraist ayor \a-ar\ see ayer1
—also -est forms of adjectives listed
ayou1 \l-s\ see iah1
at ayA
ayou2 \T-6\ see io1
ayin1 \I-sn\ see ion1
ayr \er\ see are4
ayin2 \In\ see ine1
ays1 \ez\ fez, Fez, Geez, prez, says
ayin3 \a-yan\ see aiian Cortez, gainsays, Inez, Suez, unsays
creme anglaise, Louis Seize, Louis
aying \a-irj\ gleying, maying,
playing, saying Treize
Isthmus of Suez, Vincente Lopez
bricklaying, long-playing,
soothsaying, surveying, taxpaying, ays2 \az\ see aze1
tracklaying
aysia \a-zha\ see asia
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ay1 ay-so \a-so\ see eso1

ayish \a-ish\ clayish, grayish ayton \at-9n\ Clayton, Dayton,
Layton
ayist \a-ast\ see ayest
ayyid1 \I-ad\ see yad
ayle \al\ see ail
ayyid2 \ed-e\ see eedy
ayless \a-las\ rayless, talus, wayless
Morelos az1 \az\ see azz
aurora australis, Corona Australis

ayling \a-lirj\ see ailing

99 azza

az2 \az\ see oise1 azement \az-m3nt\ amazement,
appraisement
az3 \ats\ see Ots
azen \az-3n\ see azon
aza1 \az-a\ Gaza, plaza
piazza azer \a-zar\ blazer, brazer, Fraser,
tabula rasa gazer, glazer, grazer, hazer, laser,
maser, mazer, praiser, razer, razor
aza2 \az-a\ plaza
piazza appraiser, fund-raiser, hair-raiser,
hell-raiser, stargazer, trailblazer
azar1 \az-ar\ see ozzer
paraphraser
azar2 \az-ar\ lazar free-electron laser
alcazar, Belshazzar
azi1 \az-e\ quasi, Swazi
azard \az-srd\ hazard, mazard, Benghazi
mazzard Anasazi, kamikaze

haphazard azi2 \az-e\ see azzy

aze1 \az\ baize, blaze, braise, braze, azi3 \at-se\ Nazi, patsy, Patsy
chaise, craze, days, daze, Draize, faze, neo-Nazi
feaze, fraise, gaze, glaze, graze, Hays,
haze, lase, laze, maize, maze, phase, azi4 \at-se\ Nazi
phrase, praise, raise, rase, raze, smaze, neo-Nazi
vase, ways
azier \a-zhar\ brazier, Frasier,
ablaze, agaze, amaze, appraise, glacier, glazier, grazier, leisure,
breadthways, catchphrase, crossways, measure, pleasure, rasure, treasure
deglaze, dispraise, edgeways,
emblaze, endways, flatways, admeasure, embrasure, erasure
foodways, gainsays, hereways,
leastways, lengthways, liaise, malaise, azing \a-zirj\ seeaising
mores, pj's, sideways, slantways,
stargaze, ukase, upraise, weekdays azo \az-6\ diazo, terrazzo

anyways, chrysoprase, cornerways, azon \az-3n\ blazon, brazen, raisin
creme anglaise, holidays, Louis Seize, emblazon, Marquesan
Louis Treize, lyonnaise, mayonnaise, diapason, hexenbesen
metaphrase, multiphase, nowadays,
overglaze, overgraze, paraphrase, azor \a-zar\ see azer
polonaise, polyphase, single-phase,
underglaze azquez \as-kas\ see ascus

—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, azy \a-ze\ crazy, daisy, Daisy, hazy,
and -sforms of verbs, listed at ay lazy, mazy

aze2 \az\ see oise1 stir-crazy
witch of Agnesi
aze3 \az-e\ see azi1
azz \az\ as, has, jazz, razz
azeable \a-z3-bal\ see asable1 Hejaz, La Paz, pizzazz, topaz,

azed \azd\ unfazed whenas, whereas
—also -edforms of verbs listed at razzmatazz

aze1 azza1 \az-a\ see aza2

azel \a-zal\ see asal2 azza2 \az-a\ see aza1

azza3 \at-sa\ see atzo1

azzar 100

azzar \az-sr\ see azar2 azzo1 \at-so\ matzo
palazzo, terrazzo
azzard \az-ard\ see azard paparazzo

azzle \az-al\ basil, Basil, dazzle, azzo2 \az-6\ see azo
frazzle
azzy \az-e\ jazzy, snazzy
bedazzle Ashkenazi
razzle-dazzle

E

e1 \a\ see ay1 eachy \e-che\ beachy, chichi,
Nietzsche, peachy, preachy, screechy
e2 \ e \ see ee1
caliche, Campeche
e3 \a\ see U3
e \a\ see ay1 eacle \e-kal\ see ecal1

ea1 \a\ see ay1 eacly \e-kle\ see eekly

ea2 \a-a\ see aia1 eacon \e-kan\ beacon, deacon,
sleeken, weaken
ea3 \ e \ see ee1
archdeacon, Mohican, subdeacon
ea4 \e-a\ see ia1 Neorican

eabee \e-be\ see ebe1 ead1 \ed\ bed, bled, bread, bred,
dead, dread, ed, Ed, fed, fled, Fred,
eace \es\ see iece head, Jed, lead, led, med, Ned, ped,
eaceable \e-s3-bsl\ see easable1 pled, read, red, Red, redd, said, shed,
shred, sled, sped, spread, stead, ted,
each \ech\ beach, beech, bleach, Ted, thread, tread, wed, zed
breach, breech, each, fleech, leach,
leech, peach, pleach, preach, reach, abed, ahead, airhead, baldhead,
screech, speech, teach beachhead, bedspread, bedstead,
beebread, behead, bestead, bighead,
beseech, forereach, impeach, Long biped, blackhead, blockhead,
Beach, outreach, unteach bloodred, bloodshed, bobsled,
bonehead, bridgehead, brown bread,
overreach, practice-teach bulkhead, bullhead, cathead, childbed,
Huntington Beach coed, cokehead, corn-fed, cowshed,
crispbread, crossbred, crosshead,
eachable Xe-chs-balX bleachable, daybed, deadhead, death's-head,
leachable, reachable, teachable deathbed, dispread, dogsled,
dopehead, drophead, drumhead,
impeachable dumbhead, egghead, embed, far-red,
unimpeachable farmstead, fathead, flatbed, forehead,
foresaid, gainsaid, Gateshead,
eacher \e-cb.9r\ bleacher, creature, godhead, green-head, half-bred,
feature, leacher, preacher, reacher, hardhead, highbred, hogshead,
screecher, teacher homebred, homestead, hophead,
hotbed, hothead, ill-bred, inbred,
defeature, disfeature, schoolteacher instead, jarhead, juicehead, lamed,
light bread, longhead, lowbred,
eacherous \ech-ras\ see echerous lunkhead, masthead, meathead,
misled, misread, moped, naled,
eachery \ech-re\ see echery nonsked, outsped, outspread,
packthread, phys ed, pinhead, pithead,
eaching \e-chirj\ see eeching

each merit \ech-m9nt\ preachment
impeachment

ead 102

pothead, premed, printhead, purebred, hotheaded, light-headed, longheaded,
railhead, redhead, re-tread, retread, lunkheaded, pigheaded, pinheaded,
roadbed, roadstead, Roundhead, roundheaded, sapheaded, softheaded,
saphead, scarehead, seabed, seedbed, soreheaded, swelled-headed,
sheep ked, sheepshead, sheetfed, swellheaded, thickheaded, towheaded,
shewbread, shortbread, sickbed, unleaded, white-headed
skinhead, snowshed, softhead,
sorehead, spearhead, springhead, bubbleheaded, chowderheaded,
steelhead, straightbred, streambed, chuckleheaded, dunderheaded, empty-
subhead, sweetbread, swellhead, headed, featherheaded, hydra-headed,
thickhead, toolhead, toolshed, knuckleheaded, levelheaded,
towhead, trailhead, unbred, undead, muddleheaded, pointy-headed,
unread, unsaid, unthread, untread, puzzleheaded, woodenheaded, woolly-
warhead, webfed, well-bred, well- headed
read, wellhead, white-bread,
whitehead, widespread, wingspread, eaded2 \e-dad\ see eeded
woodshed, woolshed
eaden \ed-3n\ deaden, leaden,
acidhead, aforesaid, arrowhead, redden, steading
barrelhead, Birkenhead, bubblehead,
bufflehead, chowderhead, Armageddon
chucklehead, colorbred, copperhead,
dragonhead, dunderhead, featherbed, eader1 \ed-ar\ bleeder, breeder,
featherhead, fiddlehead, figurehead, cedar, ceder, feeder, kneader, leader,
fountainhead, gingerbread, go-ahead, pleader, reader, seeder, speeder,
hammerhead, infrared, interbred, weeder
knucklehead, letterhead, loggerhead,
lowlihead, maidenhead, newlywed, bandleader, cheerleader, conceder,
overhead, overspread, pinniped, impeder, lip-reader, newsreader,
pointy-head, poppyhead, quadruped, nonreader, proofreader, repleader,
riverbed, saddlebred, Saint John's ringleader, seceder, stampeder,
bread, Samoyed, showerhead, stockbreeder, succeeder
sleepyhead, slugabed, standardbred,
straight-ahead, timberhead, copyreader, interpleader
thoroughbred, thunderhead,
underbred, underfed, watershed, eader2 \ed-ar\ bedder, cheddar,
woodenhead chedar, header, shedder, shredder,
sledder, spreader, tedder, threader,
far-infrared, fire-engine red, near- treader, wedder
infrared, West Quoddy Head
homesteader
parallelepiped doubleheader, triple-header

ead2 \ed\ see eed eadily \ed-3l-e\ headily, readily
unsteadily
ead3 \ad\ see ud
eading1 \ed-irj\ bedding, heading,
eadable1 \ed-9-bal\ kneadable, Reading, steading, wedding
pleadable, readable
bobsledding, farmsteading,
eadable2 \ed-9-bal\ see edible subheading, wide-spreading

eaded1 \ed-ad\ bedded, headed —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
bareheaded, bigheaded, bullheaded, ead1

clearheaded, coolheaded, eggheaded, eading2 \ed-3n\ see eaden
embedded, fatheaded, hardheaded,
eading3 \ed-3n\ see edon

eading4 \ed-irj\ see eeding1

eadle1 \ed-9l\ see edal1

103 eaky

eadle2 \ed-9l\ see eedle outspeak, perique, physique, Pikes
Peak, pip-squeak, pratique, relique,
eadly \ed-le\ see edley technic, technique, Tajik, unique,
unspeak, workweek
eadsman1 \edz-man\ headsman,
leadsman biunique, Bolshevik, Chesapeake,
dominique, doublespeak, ecofreak,
eadsman2 Xedz-msnX see eedsman fenugreek, hide-and-seek, Lassen
Peak, Martinique, Menshevik,
eady1 \ed-e\ Eddie, eddy, Eddy, Mozambique, verd antique, Veronique
Freddie, heady, leady, ready, steady,
Teddie, teddy, Teddy, thready electroweak, semi-antique
opera comique, realpolitik
already, makeready, unsteady
gingerbready, rough-and-ready eak2 \ak\ see ake

eady2 \ed-e\ see eedy eak3 \ek\ see eck

eaf1 \ef\ see ef eakable Xa-ka-balX see akable

eaf2 \ef\ see ief eake \ek\ see eak1

eafless Xe-flssX see iefless eaked1 \e-kad\ peaked, streaked

eafy \e-fe\ see eefy eaked2 \ekt\ beaked, freaked,
peaked, streaked
eag \eg\ see igue
apple-cheeked
eagart \a-gsn\ see agin —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
eak1
eager \e-gar\ eager, leaguer, meager
beleaguer, intriguer eaked3 \ik-ad\ see icked1
Xinjiang Uygur
eaken \e-kan\ see eacon
eagh \a\ see ay1
eaker1 \e-kar\ beaker, leaker, reeker,
eagle \e-gal\ see egal seeker, sneaker, speaker, squeaker

eague \eg\ see igue loudspeaker, self-seeker, sunseeker
doublespeaker
eaguer \e-gar\ see eager —also -exforms of adjectives listed
at eak1
eah Ve-s\ see ia1
eaker2 \a-kar\ see aker
eak1 \ek\ beak, bleak, cheek, chic,
cleek, clique, creak, creek, Creek, eke, eaking1 \e-kirj\ freaking, sneaking,
flic, freak, geek, gleek, Greek, keek, speaking, streaking
leak, leek, meek, peak, peek, peke,
pic, pique, reek, screak, seek, sheik, heat-seeking, self-seeking
sheikh, shriek, sic, Sikh, sleek, sneak, —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
speak, squeak, steek, streak, streek, eak1
teak, tweak, weak, week, wreak
eaking2 \a-kin\ see aking1
antique, apeak, batik, Belgique,
Belleek, bespeak, bezique, boutique, eakish \e-kish\ bleakish, cliquish,
cacique, caique, critique, debeak, freakish, weakish
forepeak, forespeak, grosbeak,
hairstreak, halfbeak, houseleek, eakly \e-kle\ see eekly
misspeak, muzhik, mystique,
newspeak, nonpeak, oblique, off-peak, eaky \e-ke\ cheeky, cliquey, creaky,
freaky, leaky, piki, reeky, sneaky,
screaky, squeaky, streaky, tiki

eal 104

daishiki, dashiki, Tajiki ealand \e-bnd\ see eland
cock-a-leekie, Kurashiki, Manihiki
eald \eld\ see ield
eal1 \e-al\ empyreal, hymeneal,
laryngeal ealed \eld\ see ield

apophyseal, pharmacopeial ealer \e-lsr\ dealer, feeler, healer,
heeler, kneeler, peeler, reeler, sealer,
eal2 \el\ ceil, chiel, creel, deal, deil, spieler, squealer, stealer, stelar, vealer,
eel, feel, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, velar, wheeler
kneel, leal, meal, Neal, Neil, peal,
peel, real, reel, seal, seel, she'll, shiel, appealer, concealer, four-wheeler,
speel, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, freewheeler, newsdealer, repealer,
Streel, teal, tuille, veal, weal, we'll, revealer, scene-stealer, side-wheeler,
wheal, wheel, zeal stern-wheeler, three-wheeler, two-
wheeler
aiguille, allheal, anneal, appeal,
Arbil, bastille, Bastille, bonemeal, double-dealer, eighteen-wheeler, 18-
bonspiel, Camille, Castile, cartwheel, wheeler, snowmobiler, wheeler-dealer
Cecile, chainwheel, chenille,
cogwheel, conceal, congeal, cornmeal, ealie \e-le\ see eely
enwheel, Erbil, flywheel, forefeel,
four-wheel, freewheel, genteel, ealing \e-lirj\ see eeling
handwheel, ideal, inchmeal, Irbil,
irreal, Kuril, Lucille, misdeal, mobile, eally1 \e-s-le\ leally
Mobile, newsreel, nosewheel, oatmeal, ideally
O'Neill, ordeal, pastille, piecemeal, hymeneally, industrially
pinwheel, repeal, reveal, schlemiel,
self-heal, side-wheel, singspiel, eally2 \il-e\ see illy1
somedeal, stabile, surreal, tahsil,
Tarheel, thumbwheel, unreal, unreel, eally3 \e-le\ see eely
unseal
ealm \elm\ see elm
acetyl, airmobile, Ardabil,
bidonville, beau ideal, blastocoel, ealmerit \el-mant\ concealment,
bloodmobile, Bogomil, bookmobile, congealment, revealment
campanile, chamomile, cochineal,
cockatiel, commonweal, difficile, ealot \el-st\ see ellate
dishabille, down-at-heel, glockenspiel,
goldenseal, Guayaquil, manchineel, ealotry \el-a-tre\ see elotry
megadeal, mercantile, pimpmobile,
skimobile, snowmobile, thunderpeal, ealous \el-9s\ Ellis, Hellas, jealous,
waterwheel trellis, zealous

automobile, Solomon's seal, cancellous, ocellus
varicocele
ealousy \el-a-se\ see elacy
eal3 \al\ see ail
ealth \elth\ health, stealth, wealth
eal4 \il\ see ill commonwealth

ealable Xe-la-balX peelable, reelable, ealthy \el-the\ healthy, stealthy,
stealable wealthy

appealable, concealable, revealable, unhealthy
repealable
ealty \el-te\ fealty, realty
irrepealable, unappealable
eam1 \em\ beam, bream, cream,
deem, deme, dream, gleam, mime,
neem, Nimes, ream, scheme, scream,

105 eaning

seam, seem, seme, steam, stream, ean1 \e-an\ aeon, eon, Ian, Leon,
team, teem, theme paean, peon, paeon, zein

abeam, agleam, airstream, berseem, Achaean, Actaeon, Aegean, Antaean,
beseem, bireme, blaspheme, Archean, Augean, Chaldean, Chilean,
bloodstream, centime, daydream, Fijian, Korean, Kuchean, Linnaean,
downstream, esteem, extreme, Mandaean, Matthean, pampean,
grapheme, Gulf Stream, hakim, plebeian, protean, pygmaean, Tupian
headstream, hornbeam, ice cream,
inseam, kilim, lexeme, mainstream, apogean, Aramaean, Atlantean,
midstream, millime, millstream, Caribbean, Cerberean, circadian,
moonbeam, morpheme, onstream, cyclopean, Clytherean, Damoclean,
phoneme, redeem, regime, sememe, empyrean, epigean, European,
sidestream, slipstream, sunbeam, Galilean, Hasmonaean, Herculean,
supreme, Tarim, taxeme, toneme, Jacobean, kallikrein, Maccabean,
trireme, unseam, upstream Manichaean, Mycenaean, Odyssean,
panacean, perigean, Sadducean,
academe, disesteem, double-team, Sisyphean, Typhoean, Tyrolean
enthymeme, misesteem, monotreme,
self-esteem, treponeme antipodean, epicurean, Laodicean,
Ponce de Leon, proboscidean,
succes d'estime Pythagorean, terpsichorean, un-
European
earn2 \im\ see im1
epithalamion, Indo-European, Tupi-
eaman Xe-manX see emon1 Guaranian

earned1 \emt\ see empt ean2 \en\ see ine3

earned2 \emd\ beamed, steamed, ean3 \6n\ see on3
teamed
ean4 \a-sn\ see ayan1
—also -edforms of verbs listed at
earn1 eane \en\ see ine3

earner \e-mar\ creamer, dreamer, eaner \e-nar\ cleaner, gleaner,
femur, lemur, reamer, schemer, keener, meaner, preener, teener,
screamer, seamer, steamer, streamer weaner, weiner, wiener

blasphemer, daydreamer, redeemer congener, convener, demeanor,
—also -erforms of adjectives listed fourteener
ar earn1
carabiner, contravener, intervenor,
earning \e-mirj\ see eeming misdemeanor, submariner, trampoliner

eamish \e-mish\ beamish, eanery \en-re\ beanery, deanery,
squeamish greenery, scenery

eamless \em-las\ dreamless, machinery
seamless turbomachinery

eamon \e-man\ see emon1 eanid \e-3-nad\ Leonid
Oceanid
eamster \em-st9r\ seamster,
teamster eanie \e-ne\ see ini1

eamy \e-me\ beamy, creamy, eaning \e-nirj\ greening, leaning,
dreamy, gleamy, preemie, seamy, meaning, screening
steamy
housecleaning, spring-cleaning,
polysemy sunscreening, unmeaning, well-
meaning

eanist 106

overweening earance1 \ir-ans\ see erence1
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ine3 earance2 \er-ans\ see arence
eanist1 \e-nast\ see inist2
eanist2 \e-a-nist\ see ianist earch \arch\ see urch

eanliness \en-le-nas\ see endliness earchist Xar-chsstX see urchless

eanling \en-lirj\ greenling, eard1 \ird\ beard, eared, tiered,
weanling, yeanling weird
eanly1 \en-le\ cleanly, greenly,
leanly, meanly, queenly afeard, bat-eared, bluebeard, crop-
eared, dog-eared, graybeard, lop-
pristinely, routinely, uncleanly eared, misleared, whitebeard
serpentinely
eanly2 \en-le\ see endly chandeliered, engineered
eanne \en\ see ine3 pre-engineered
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
eanness \en-nas\ cleanness, eer2
greenness, meanness
eard2 \ard\ see ird
betweenness, uncleanness
eannie \e-ne\ see ini1 eare \ir\ see eer2
eano \e-no\ see ino2
earean \ir-e-an\ see erian1
eanor \e-nar\ see eaner
eanse \enz\ see ens1 eared1 \erd\ see aired
eant \ent\ see ent1
eany \e-ne\ see ini1 eared2 \ird\ see eard1

eap \ep\ see eep earer1 \er-9r\ airer, bearer, carer,
error, sharer, terror
eapen \e-pan\ see eepen
casebearer, crossbearer, cupbearer,
eaper \e-par\ see eeper declarer, furbearer, live-bearer,
pallbearer, seafarer, talebearer,
eapie \e-pe\ see eepy torchbearer, trainbearer, wayfarer

eapish \e-pish\ see eepish color-bearer, standard-bearer,
stretcher-bearer
eapo \e-po\ see epot
ear1 \er\ see are4 —also -exforms of adjectives listed
ear2 \ir\ see eer2 at are4
earable1 \er-a-b3l\ bearable,
shareable, terrible, wearable earer \ir-ar\ cheerer, clearer, fearer,
hearer, mirror, shearer, smearer
unbearable, unwearable
earable2 \ar-a-bal\ see arable coherer, sheepshearer, veneerer
electioneerer
earage \ir-ij\ see eerage —also -erforms of adjectives listed
at eer2

earful \ir-fal\ cheerful, earful,
fearful, tearful

earies \ir-ez\ see eries

earing1 \ir-irj\ clearing, earing,
earring, gearing

God-fearing, sheepshearing
fictioneering, hard-of-hearing
orienteering

107 easel

—also -ing forms of verbs listed at brokenhearted, chickenhearted,
eer2 heavyhearted, ironhearted,
earing2 \er-irj\ see aring1 lionhearted, openhearted, single-
earish \er-ish\ see arish1 hearted, stonyhearted, tenderhearted
earl \arl\ see irl1
earle \irl\ see irl1 —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
art1
earler \ar-for\ see irler
earth1 \arth\ see arth
earless \ir-las\ cheerless, fearless,
gearless, peerless, tearless earth2 \arth\ see irth
earling1 \ir-lirj\ shearling, yearling
earling2 \ar-tan\ see erlin eartha \ar-tha\ see ertha
early1 \ir-le\ clearly, dearly, merely,
nearly, queerly, yearly earthen \3r-than\ see urthen

austerely, biyearly, severely, earthy \9r-ihe\ see orthy
sincerely
eartily \art-3l-e\ see artily
cavalierly, insincerely, semiyearly
early2 \ar-le\ see urly eartless \art-tas\ see artless

earn \arn\ see urn earty \art-e\ see arty1

earned \9rnd\ see urned eary \ir-e\ aerie, beery, bleary,
cheery, dreary, eerie, Erie, leery,
earner \3r-nar\ see urner Peary, peri, quaere, query, smeary,
sphery, teary, veery, weary
earnist Xar-nastX see ernist
aweary, Kashmiri, Lake Erie,
earnt XarntX burnt, learnt, weren't Valkyrie, world-weary
earring \ir-irj\ see earing1
earsal \ar-s3l\ see ersal1 hara-kiri, miserere, overweary,
whigmaleerie
earse \srs\ see erse
Mount Dhaulagiri
earser \ar-sar\ see ursor
e a s \e-as\ see eus1
earst \arst\ see urst
eart \art\ see art1 easable1 \e-s3-bsl\ peaceable
increasable
earted \art-ad\ hearted, parted
bighearted, coldhearted, easable2 \e-z3-bal\ see easible

downhearted, fainthearted, easand1 \iz-3n\ see ison2
freehearted, good-hearted,
greathearted, halfhearted, hard- easand2 \ez-and\ see easoned
hearted, kindhearted, largehearted,
lighthearted, proudhearted, ease1 \es\ see iece
softhearted, stouthearted, truehearted,
uncharted, warmhearted, weakhearted, e a s e 2 \ez\ see eze
wholehearted
eased1 \ezd\ pleased
diseased
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at

eze

eased2 \est\ see east1

easel \e-zal\ bezel, deasil, diesel,
easel, measle, teasel, weasel

easeless 108

easeless \e-slas\ ceaseless, easoned \ez-3nd\ weasand
creaseless, greaseless unreasoned
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
easel ly \e-zle\ see easly
eason
easement Xez-mantX easement
appeasement easoning \ez-nirj\ reasoning,
seasoning
easer1 \e-S9r\ creaser, greaser,
piecer unreasoning

degreaser, increaser, one-piecer, eason less \ez-3n-l9s\ reasonless,
releaser, two-piecer seasonless

easer2 \e-z9r\ Caesar, freezer, easor \e-zgr\ see easer2
geezer, greaser, pleaser, seizer,
sneezer, squeezer, teaser, tweezer east1 \est\ beast, east, East, feast,
fleeced, geest, least, piste, priest, reest,
appeaser, brainteaser, crowd-pleaser, triste, yeast
degreaser, misfeasor, stripteaser,
timepleaser archpriest, artiste, batiste, deceased,
Far East, modiste, Near East,
eash \esh\ see iche2 northeast, southeast, tachiste

easible \e-z3-bal\ feasible, arriviste, dirigiste, hartebeest,
squeezable Middle East, north-northeast,
pointillist, wildebeest
appeasable, defeasible, infeasible
inappeasable, indefeasible, —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
unappeasable iece

easil \e-z9l\ see easel east2 \est\ see est

easily \ez-le\ see easly easted \es-tad\ see ested

easing1 \e-sin\ leasing easter \e-stsr\ Dniester, Easter,
unceasing keister, leister, quaestor
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
down-easter, northeaster, southeaster
iece
eastie \e-ste\ see easty
easing2 \e-zirj\ pleasing
subfreezing eastly \est-le\ beastly, Priestley,
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at priestly

eze easty \e-ste\ beastie, yeasty

easingly \e-sirj-le\ decreasingly, easurable Xezh-ra-balX pleasurable,
increasingly, unceasingly treasurable

easle \e-z9l\ see easel immeasurable

easly \ez-9-le\ easily, measly, easure1 \ezh-ar\ leisure, measure,
weaselly pleasure, treasure

eason \ez-3n\ reason, season, seisin, admeasure, displeasure
treason countermeasure

disseisin, off-season, unreason easure2 \a-zhar\ see azier
diocesan
easurer \ezh-3r-ar\ measurer,
easonable \ez-n9-bgl\ reasonable, treasurer
seasonable, treasonable
easy1 \e-ze\ breezy, cheesy, easy,
unreasonable, unseasonable greasy, queasy, sleazy, sneezy, wheezy

109 eathe

pachisi, Parcheesi, speakeasy, conceited, deep-seated, repeated
uneasy, Zambezi overheated, superheated
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
easy2 \e-se\ see eecy eat1

eat1 \et\ beat, beet, bleat, cheat, eated2 \et-ad\ see etid
cleat, Crete, deet, eat, feat, fleet, Geat,
gleet, greet, heat, keet, lied, meat, eated3 \it-ad\ see itted
meet, mete, neat, peat, Pete, pleat,
seat, sheet, skeet, sleet, street, suite, eaten1 \et-3n\ eaten, beaten, Cretan,
sweet, teat, treat, tweet, weet, wheat cretin, Eaton, Eton, neaten, sweeten,
wheaten
accrete, aesthete, afreet, athlete,
backbeat, backseat, backstreet, browbeaten, moth-eaten, secretin,
bedsheet, bolete, Bradstreet, unbeaten, worm-eaten
broadsheet, browbeat, buckwheat,
bystreet, clipsheet, compete, compleat, overeaten, weather-beaten
complete, conceit, concrete, crabmeat,
deadbeat, deceit, defeat, delete, eaten2 \at-an\ see aten1
deplete, discreet, discrete, disseat,
downbeat, drumbeat, effete, elite, en eater1 \et-ar\ beater, bleater, cheater,
suite, entreat, escheat, esthete, excrete, eater, fetor, greeter, heater, liter, meter,
facete, forcemeat, foresheet, peter, Peter, pleater, praetor, rhetor,
groundsheet, heartbeat, heat-treat, seater, sheeter, skeeter, teeter, treater,
helpmeet, hoofbeat, ill-treat, tweeter
mainsheet, maltreat, mesquite,
mincemeat, mistreat, offbeat, petite, anteater, beefeater, blue peter,
preheat, receipt, recheat, regreet, Demeter, drumbeater, eggbeater,
repeat, replete, retreat, secrete, slip- excreter, fire-eater, flowmeter, man-
sheet, sweetmeat, terete, unmeet, eater, Main Streeter, maltreater,
unseat, upbeat, vegete, volkslied, preheater, propraetor, repeater,
zizith saltpeter, secretor, seedeater, toadeater,
Wall Streeter, windcheater, world-
aquavit, biathlete, bittersweet, beater
cellulite, corps d'elite, countryseat,
decathlete, exegete, incomplete, altimeter, centiliter, centimeter,
indiscreet, indiscrete, lorikeet, deciliter, decimeter, lotus-eater,
marguerite, Marguerite, Masorete, milliliter, millimeter, overeater,
meadowsweet, Nayarit, obsolete, taximeter
overeat, overheat, Paraclete, parakeet,
pentathlete, plebiscite, polychaete, —also -exforms of adjectives listed
progamete, self-conceit, semisweet, at eat1
superheat, triathlete, winding-sheet
eater2 \et-ar\ see etter
eat2 \at\ see ate1
eatery \et-a-re\ see etory
eat3 \et\ see et1
eath1 \eth\ eath, heath, Keith,
eat4 \it\ see it1 Meath, neath, sheath, wreath

eatable \et-9-b3l\ eatable, heatable, beneath, bequeath, hadith, monteith
treatable underneath

depletable, escheatable, repeatable, eath2 \eth\ see eathe
unbeatable
eathe \etji\ breathe, Meath, seethe,
eated1 \et-ad\ heated, pleated sheathe, teethe, wreathe

bequeath, ensheathe, enwreathe,
inbreathe, unsheathe, unwreathe,
Westmeath

eathean 110

eathean \e-the-an\ lethean eautiful Xiit-i-fslX see utiful
Promethean
eauty \ut-e\ see ooty1
eather1 \eth-ar\ see ether
eaux \ 6 \ see ow1
eather2 \e-thar\ see either
eavable Xe-va-balX see eivable
eathern \eth-arn\ see ethern
eaval \e-val\ see ieval
eathery \eth-re\ feathery, heathery,
leathery eave1 \ev\ breve, cleave, eve, Eve,
greave, grieve, heave, leave, lief,
eathing \e-thirj\ breathing, peeve, reave, reeve, reive, scrieve,
sheathing, teething sheave, shrieve, sleave, sleeve, steeve,
Steve, thieve, weave, weve
firebreathing
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at Abib, achieve, aggrieve, believe,
eathe bereave, conceive, deceive, inweave,
khedive, Maldive, motive, naive,
eathless \eth-las\ breathless, perceive, qui vive, receive, relieve,
deathless reprieve, retrieve, shirtsleeve, unreeve,
unweave, upheave
eathy \e-the\ heathy, lethe, wreathy
apperceive, by-your-leave,
eating \et-irj\ beating, eating, disbelieve, Genevieve, interleave,
fleeting, meeting, seating, sheeting, interweave, Laccadive, make-believe,
sweeting misbelieve, misconceive, preconceive,
semibreve, Tel Aviv, undeceive
breast-beating, drumbeating, fire-
eating, man-eating, unweeting adam-and-eve, recitative, ticket-of-
leave, underachieve
Sunday-go-to-meeting
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at Saint Agnes' Eve
eat1
eave2 \iv\ see ive2
eatise \et-ss\ see etus
eaved \evd\ leaved, sleeved
eatly1 \at-le\ see ately1 aggrieved, bereaved, relieved
—also -edforms of verbs listed at
eatly2 \et-le\ see eetly
eave1
eaton \et-3n\ see eaten1
eavement \ev-mant\ see evement
eats1 \ets\ Keats
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, eaven \ev-sn\ devon, Devon, Evan,
heaven, Kevin, leaven, levin, Nevin,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at eat1 seven, Sevin, sweven

eats2 \ats\ see ates1 eleven, replevin, South Devon

eature \e-char\ see eacher eaver \e-var\ see iever

eaty \et-e\ meaty, peaty, sleety, eavers \e-v9rz\ cleavers, vivers
sweetie, treaty, ziti
eaves \evz\ eaves, Treves
entreaty, Tahiti shirtsleeves
Dolomiti, spermaceti
eavey \e-ve\ peavey
eau \ 6 \ see ow1 divi-divi

eaucracy \ak-rs-se\ see ocracy eaward \e-ward\ see eeward

eauteous \ut-e-as\ see uteous eaze1 \ez\ see eze

111 eche

eaze2 \az\ see aze1 ebs2 \ebz\ Debs
eazo \e-zo\ see izo1 —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
eazy \e-ze\ see easy1
and -s forms of verbs, listed at eb
eb \eb\ bleb, deb, ebb, neb, pleb, ebt \et\ see et1
reb, Reb, web
ebted \et-ad\ see etid
ardeb, celeb, cobweb, cubeb, Deneb,
Horeb, subdeb, Zagreb, zineb ebtor \et-ar\ see etter

cause celebre, Johnny Reb, ebus \e-bas\ Phoebus, rebus
spiderweb ephebus

eba \e-ba\ Chiba, Reba, Sheba ec1 \ek\ see eck
amoeba, zareba ec2 \ets\ see ets
Curitiba eca \e-ka\ see ika1

ebate \ab-st\ see abit ecal \e-ksl\ cecal, fecal, meikle,
treacle
ebb \eb\ see eb
intrathecal
ebbie \eb-e\ see ebby bibliothecal

ebble \eb-al\ pebble, rebel, treble ecan \ek-an\ see eckon

ebbuck \eb-ak\ kebbuck, rebec ecant \e-kant\ piquant, secant

ebby \eb-e\ blebby, Debbie, Debby, e c a s \a-kas\ Turks and Caicos,
maybe, webby Zacatecas

cobwebby ecca \ek-9\ Decca, mecca, Mecca,
ebe1 \e-be\ BB, freebie, Hebe, weka
phoebe, Phoebe, Seabee
Rebecca, Rebekah, Rijeka
caribe, Galibi
ebe2 \eb\ glebe, grebe, plebe eccable \ek-3-bal\ see eckable

ephebe, sahib eccan \ek-9n\ see eckon

ebec \eb-9k\ see ebbuck e c c e \ek-e\ see ecky

ebel \eb-al\ see ebble e c c o \ek-6\ see echo
ecency \es-3n-se\ decency, recency
eber \a-bar\ see abor
indecency
ebes \ebz\ Thebes ecent \es-3nt\ decent, recent
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns
indecent, obeisant
listed at ebe2
e c e s \e-sez\ see ecies
eble \eb-al\ see ebble ech1 \ek\ see eck
ech2 \sk\ see uck
ebo \e-bo\ see ibo ech3 \esh\ see esh1

ebral \e-bral\ cerebral, palpebral, eche1 \ash\ creche, fleche, Laoighis,
vertebral Leix, resh, seiche

ebrity \eb-rat-e\ celebrity bobeche, tete-beche
muliebrity

ebs1 \eps\ see eps

eche 112

Bangladesh ecious \e-shas\ specious
Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, capricious, facetious, Lucretius
Uttar Pradesh
Himadral Pradesh ecium \e-she-9m\ aecium
Arunachal Pradesh lutecium, technetium, zoecium
eche2 \esh\ see esh1 androecium, apothecium,
eche3 \e-che\ see eachy
eche \esh\ see esh1 gynoecium, Paramecium, perithecium
eche \esh\ see esh1
eck \ek\ beck, check, cheque, Czech,
eched \echt\ see etched deck, dreck, fleck, heck, lek, neck,
pec, peck, reck,sec, sneck,spec,
echerous \ech-ras\ lecherous, speck, trek, wreak, wreck
treacherous
Aztec, Baalbek, backcheck, bedeck,
echery \ech-re\ lechery, treachery breakneck, Capek, cromlech,
crookneck, cross-check, cusec, ewe-
echie \ek-e\ see ecky neck, exec, flyspeck, fore-check,
foredeck, gooseneck, hacek, hatcheck,
echin \ek-an\ see eckon henpeck, high tech, kopeck, limbeck,
low-tech, Lubeck, Mixtec, paycheck,
echo \ek-6\ deco, echo, gecko, pinchbeck, Quebec, rebec, ringneck,
secco roll-neck, roughneck, samekh,
shipwreck, spot-check, Steinbeck,
El Greco, reecho tenrec, Toltec, Uzbek, wryneck, xebec

echnical \ek-ni-k9l\ technical afterdeck, a la grecque, Aquidneck,
biotechnical, geotechnical biotech, bodycheck, bottleneck,
Chiang Kai-shek, countercheck, demi-
echt \ekt\ see ect sec, discotheque, double-check,
ecia \e-sha\ see esia1 double-deck, hunt-and-peck,
leatherneck, littleneck, Pont l'eveque,
ecially \esh-le\ see eshly quarterdeck, rubberneck, triple sec,
ecian \e-shan\ see etion1 turtleneck, Yucatec, Zapotec

ecibel \es-3-bal\ see essible cinematheque, Melchizedek,
ecie1 \e-se\ see eecy Toulouse-Lautrec
ecie2 \e-she\ see ishi
eckable Xek-a-balX checkable
ecies \e-sez\ feces, species, theses impeccable
prostheses, subspecies
exegeses ecked \ekt\ see ect

ecil1 \e-sal\ Cecil, diesel ecker \ek-ar\ checker, chequer,
ecil2 \es-ai\ see estle1 decker, pecker, trekker, wrecker
ecile \es-al\ see estle1
exchequer, three-decker, woodpecker
ecily \es-s-le\ see essaly dominicker, double-decker,
rubbernecker, triple-decker
ecimal \es-3-m3l\ see esimal
ecking \ek-irj\ decking, necking
eciman Xes-msiA see essman —also -ing forms of verbs listed at

eck

ecklace \ek-lss\ see eckless

eckle \ek-al\ deckle, freckle, heckle,
shekel, speckle

kenspeckle

113 ectile

eckless \ek-las\ feckless, checkless, ecta \ek-ta\ dejecta, ejecta, perfecta,
necklace,reckless trifecta

affectless ectable \ek-t9-bal\ affectable,
collectible, correctable, deflectable,
ecko \ek-6\ see echo delectable, detectable, ej ectable,
electable, erectable, expectable,
eckon \ek-an\ beckon, Brecon, inflectable, injectable, perfectible,
Deccan, reckon, zechin projectable, respectable

Aztecan, misreckon, Toltecan disrespectable, indefectible
Yucatecan
ectacle \ek-ti-kal\ see ectical
ecks \ecks\ eks\ see ex
ectal \ek-t3l\ see ectile
ecky \ek-e\ Becky, recce, techie
Shimonoseki ectance \ek-tans\ expectance,
reflectance
econ \ek-an\ see eckon
ectant \ek-tant\ expectant,
econd1 \ek-and\ see ecund humectant, injectant, protectant

econd2 \ek-ant\ seeeccant disinfectant

ecque \ek\ see eck ectar \ek-tsr\ see ector

e c s \eks\ see ex ectarous \ek-tras\ see ectress

ect \ekt\ necked, sect, specked ectary \ek-t9-re\ sectary
abject, affect, aspect, bisect, cathect, insectary

collect, confect, connect, convect, ected \ek-tad\ affected, collected,
correct, defect, deflect, deject, detect, complected, dejected
direct, dissect, effect, eject, elect,
erect, ewe-necked, expect, recollected, self-affected, self-
goosenecked, infect, inflect, inject, collected, self-elected, self-selected,
insect, inspect, neglect, object, unaffected, undirected, unexpected,
pandect, perfect, porrect, prefect, unselected
prelect, project, prospect, protect,
rednecked, refect, reflect, reject, inner-directed, other-directed
resect, respect, ring-necked, select, —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
stiff-necked, subject, suspect, traject,
transect, trisect, Utrecht, V-necked ect

acrolect, architect, circumspect, ecten \ek-tan\ nekton, pecten,
deselect, dialect, disaffect, disconnect, pectin
disinfect, disrespect, double-decked,
genuflect, grapholect, incorrect, fibronectin, ivermectin
indirect, intellect, interject, intersect,
introject, introspect, misdirect, ecter \ek-tar\ see ector
preselect, re-collect, recollect,
redirect, reelect, resurrect, retrospect, ectible \ek-t3-bsl\ see ectable
self-respect, turtlenecked, vivisect
ectic \ek-tik\ hectic, pectic
aftereffect, hypercorrect, idiolect, cathectic, eclectic, synectic
interconnect, megaproject, semierect anorectic, apoplectic, catalectic,

semi-indirect dialectic
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
eck ectical \ek-ti-kal\ spectacle
dialectical

ectile \ek-t3l\ sectile
erectile, insectile, projectile
colorectal, dialectal

ectin 114

ectin \ek-tan\ see ecten introspectionist, resurrectionist,
vivisectionist
ecting \ek-tirj\ affecting
self-correcting, self-respecting ective \ek-tiv\ advective, affective,
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at adjective, bijective, collective,
connective, convective, corrective,
ect defective, deflective, detective,
directive, effective, elective, ejective,
ection \ek-shan\ flexion, lection, infective, inflective, inj ective,
section invective, objective, perfective,
perspective, projective, prospective,
abjection, advection, affection, reflective, respective, selective,
bisection, collection, complexion, subjective
confection, connection, connexion,
convection, correction, C-section, cost-effective, imperfective,
defection, deflection, dejection, ineffective, intellective, introspective,
detection, direction, dissection, nondirective, nonobjective,
ejection, election, erection, evection, retrospective
infection, inflection, injection,
inspection, midsection, objection, cryoprotective, intersubjective
perfection, prelection, projection,
protection, refection, reflection, ectless \ek-bs\ see eckless
rejection, resection, selection,
subjection, subsection, trajection, ectly \ekt-le\ abjectly, correctly,
transection, trisection directly, erectly

by-election, circumspection, incorrectly, indirectly
disaffection, disconnection,
disinfection, genuflection, ectness \ekt-nas\ abjectness,
imperfection, indirection, introjection, correctness, directness, erectness,
introspection, insurrection, selectness
intellection, interjection, intersection,
misdirection, predilection, incorrectness, indirectness
preselection, recollection, hypercorrectness
redirection, reelection, reinfection,
resurrection, retroflexion, ecto \ek-to\ recto
retrospection, vivisection perfecto

antirejection, hypercorrection, ectomy \ek-t9-me\ mastectomy,
interconnection vasectomy

Cesarean section appendectomy, hysterectomy,
tonsillectomy
ectional \ek-shnal\ sectional
affectional, bisectional, clitoridectomy

complexional, connectional, ector \ek-tsr\ hector, Hector, lector,
convectional, correctional, cross- nectar, rector, sector, specter, vector
sectional, directional, inflectional,
proj ectional, reflectional bisector, collector, convector,
corrector, defector, deflector, detector,
bidirectional, introspectional, director, dissector, effector, ejector,
interjectional, resurrectional, elector, erector, infector, injector,
vivisectional inspector, neglecter, objector,
perfecter, projector, prospector,
omnidirectional, unidirectional protector, reflector, selector, trisector

ectionist Xek-sha-nastX vivisector
perfectionist, projectionist,
protectionist, selectionist ectoral \ek-trsl\ spectral, pectoral
electoral, protectoral
multispectral

115 ede

ectorate \ek-t3-rat\ rectorate ecutive \ek-st-iv\ consecutive,
directorate, electorate, inspectorate, executive

protectorate inconsecutive
ed \ed\ seeead1
ectory \ek-ta-re\ rectory
directory, protectory, refectory, e'd \ed\ see eed
eda1 \ed-a\ Freda, Frieda, Leda,
trajectory Vida
ex-directory
Machida
ectral \ek-tral\ see ectoral alameda
olla podrida
ectress \ek-tras\ nectarous eda2 \ad-a\ see ada3
directress, electress, protectress edal1 \ed-3l\ heddle, medal, meddle,
pedal, peddle, treadle
ectrix \ek-triks\ rectrix backpedal, bipedal, soft-pedal
directrix intermeddle
edal2 \ed-3l\ see eedle
ectrum Xek-trarrA plectrum, edance \ed-3ns\ see edence
spectrum edar1 \ed-ar\ see eader2
edar2 \ed-sr\ see eader1
electrum
edator \ed-9t-ar\ see editor
ectual1 \ek-ch3-wal\ effectual edd \ed\ see ead1
ineffectual, intellectual
anti-intellectual edda \ed-a\ Jedda, Vedda
eddar \ed-ar\ see eader2
ectual2 \eksh-wal\ see exual
edded \ed-ad\ see eaded
ectually \ek-cha-le\ effectually
ineffectually, intellectually edden \ed-3n\ see eaden
edder \ed-ar\ see eader2
ectural1 Xek-chs-ralX conjectural,
prefectural eddie \ed-e\ see eady1
edding \ed-irj\ see eading1
architectural
eddle \ed-9l\ see edal1
ectural2 \ek-shral\ flexural
conjectural eddler \ed-l9r\ meddler, medlar,
architectural peddler

ecture \ek-char\ lecture intermeddler
conjecture, prefecture
architecture eddon \ed-3n\ see eaden

ectus \ek-tas\ conspectus, eddy \ed-e\ see eady1
prospectus ede1 \ad\ see ade1

ecular Xek-ya-larX secular, specular ede2 \ed\ see eed
molecular

ecum \e-kam\ vade mecum
subpoena duces tecum

ecund \ek-and\ fecund, second
femtosecond, microsecond,

millisecond, nanosecond
—also -edforms of verbs listed at

eckon

ede 116

ede3 \a-da\ see ayday edian \ed-e-an\ median
comedian, tragedian
edeas \ed-e-as\ see edious1
ediant \ed-e-gnt\ see edient
eded \e-dad\ see eeded
edible \ed-3-bai\ credible, edible,
edel \ad-gl\ see adle spreadable

eden \ed-3n\ Eden, Sweden incredible, inedible
Dunedin
edic1 \ed-ik\ comedic
edence \ed-3ns\ credence cyclopedic, logaoedic, orthopedic
impedance, precedence encyclopedic
antecedence
edic2 \ed-ik\ Eddie, medic
edent \ed-ant\ credent, needn't comedic
decedent, precedent, succedent paramedic, samoyedic
antecedent
edic3 \ad-ik\ see adic1
eder1 \ad-sr\ see ader
edicable Xed-i-ka-balX medicable,
eder2 \ ed-ar\ see eader1 predicable

edes \e-dez\ Archimedes, Diomedes immedicable

edge \ e j \ dredge, edge, fledge, edical \ed-i-kal\ medical, pedicle
hedge, kedge, ledge, pledge, sedge, premedical
sledge, veg, wedge biomedical, paramedical

allege, frankpledge, gilt-edge, two- edicate \ed-i-k9t\ dedicate,
edged, hard-edge, knife-edge, predicate
nutsedge, straightedge
edicle \ed-i-kal\ see edical
featheredge, sortilege
edience \ed-e-9ns\ expedience,
edged \ejd\ edged, wedged obedience
alleged, full-fledged, gilt-edged, two-
disobedience, inexpedience
edged, unfledged
deckle-edged, double-edged edient \ed-e-ant\ mediant
—also -edforms of verbs listed at expedient, ingredient, obedient,

edge submediant
disobedient, inexpedient
edger \ej-9r\ dredger, edger, hedger,
ledger, leger, pledger ediment Xed-a-mantX pediment,
sediment
edgie \ej-e\ see edgy
impediment
edgy \ej-e\ edgy, ledgy, Reggie,
sedgy, veggie, wedgie, wedgy edin \ed-3n\ see eden

Himeji eding \ed-irj\ see eeding1

edi \ad-e\ see ady edious1 \ed-e-ss\ tedious
supersedeas
edia \ed-e-a\ media, Media
acedia edious2 \e-jas\ see egis
cyclopedia, via media
encyclopedia edist \ed-3st\ orthopedist
encyclopedist
edial \ed-e-sl\ medial, predial
remedial edit \ed-at\ credit, edit

117 ee

accredit, coedit, discredit, noncredit, edwin \ed-wan\ Edwin
reedit, subedit bedouin

copyedit ee \ e \ b, be, bee, Brie, c, cay, cee,
Cree, d, dee, Dee, dree, e, fee, flea,
editor \ed-3t-ar\ creditor, editor, flee, free, g, gee, ghee, gie, glee, gree,
predator he, key, Key, Klee, knee, lea, lee, Lee,
Leigh, li, me, mi, p, pea, plea, pree,
coeditor, subeditor quay, re, scree, sea, see, she, shri, si,
ski, spree, sri, t, tea, tee, the, thee,
edium \ed-e-3m\ medium, tedium three, ti, tree, Ts, Tshi, twee, Twi, v,
cypripedium vee, we, wee, whee, ye, z, zee

edlar \ed-tar\ see eddler agley, aiguille, agree, alee, ani,
Bacchae, bailee, Bangui, banshee,
edley \ed-le\ deadly, medley, redly bargee, bawbee, Belgae, Black Sea,
chance-medley bohea, bootee, bougie, buckshee,
bungee, burgee, Bt, Capri, carefree,
edly \ed-le\ see edley Castries, CB, CD, Chablis, Chaldee,
chick-pea, Chi-li, chili, confit, cowpea,
edo1 \ed-6\ credo, lido, Lido, speedo croquis, curie, Curie, Dead Sea,
aikido, libido, Toledo, torpedo, debris, decree, deep-sea, degree,
Denis, donee, DP, draftee, drawee,
tuxedo Dundee, emcee, ennui, esprit, etui,
farci, feoffee, foresee, fusee, GB,
edo2 \ad-6\ see ado2 germfree, glacis, goatee, grand prix,
grandee, grantee, GT, heart-free,
edo3 \ed-s\ see eda1 he/she, Horae, IC, IV, Jaycee, jaygee,
jayvee, Jiangxi, knock-knee, KP,
edo4 \e-do\ Edo, meadow, Yedo latchkey, lessee, look-see, low-key, LP,
mame, maquis, Marie, marquee, MC,
edom \ed-9m\ see edum metis, Midi, mille-feuille, muggee,
must-see, Nancy, ngwee, OD, off-key,
edon \ed-3n\ bleeding, Eden, ogee, Osee, Parcae, pardie, passkey,
steading, Sarpedon Pawnee, payee, PC, perdie, per se, PG,
pledgee, pongee, post-free, precis,
boustrophedon puree, puttee, qt, raki, rani, razee,
rooftree, rupee, rushee, RV, sati,
edouin \ed-wsn\ see edwin scotfree, settee, Shaanxi, Shanxi,
Shawnee, s/he, sightsee, signee, sirree,
edra \e-dra\ Phaedra spadille, spahi, spondee, squeegee,
cathedra squilgee, standee, strophe, suttee,
sycee, T-3, TB, testee, 3-D, titi, to-be,
edral \e-drel\ cathedral, dihedral, topee, towhee, townee, trainee, trustee,
trihedral trusty, Tupi, turfski, turnkey, tutee,
Tutsi, tutti, TV, unbe, vendee, vestee,
hemihedral, holohedral, octahedral, Volsci, vouchee, whangee, whoopee,
pentahedral, polyhedral, procathedral, would-be, Yang-Tze, yen-shee
tetrahedral
abatis, ABC, ABD, absentee,
dodecahedral, icosahedral, addressee, adoptee, advisee, alienee,
tetartohedral allottee, ambergris, AMP, amputee,
appellee, appointee, apres-ski,
edro \a-dro\ Pedro
Murviedro

edulous \ej-a-l9s\ credulous,
sedulous

incredulous

edum \ed-am\ Edam, Edom,
freedom, sedum

edure \e-jar\ besieger, procedure
supersedure

ee 118

arrestee, assignee, attendee, BVD, exuviae, facetiae, fait accompli, felo-
Bahai, barley-bree, batterie, billi-bi, de-se, fortunately, Galilei, HTLV,
bonhomie, booboisie, bourgeoisie, interrogee, interviewee, jaborandi,
brasserie, brusquerie, bumblebee, Jiamusi, minutiae, Omega-3, Pasiphae,
camporee, cap-a-pie, causerie, CCD, patisserie, prima facie, reliquiae,
chickaree, chimpanzee, coati, Coligny, relocatee, Sargasso Sea, Simon
committee, conferee, consignee, Legree, Sault Sainte Marie, Southend
counselee, context-free, counterplea, on Sea
Danae, DDD, Debussy, departee,
DDT, debauchee, DDE, deportee, communicatee, HTLV-III, taedium
dernier cri, deshabille, designee, vitae, Tupi-Guarani
detainee, devisee, devotee, diploe,
disagree, dischargee, dishabille, ignoratio elenchi, petitio principii
divorce, divorcee, DME, DMT,
dungaree, duty-free, eau-de-vie, ee2 \a\ see ay1
employee, endorsee, enlistee, enrollee,
epopee, escadrille, escapee, ESP, ee \a\ see ay1
evictee, expellee, FAD, fancy-free,
fantasie, fantasy, fedayee, filigree, eeable \e-9-bal\ seeable, skiable
fleur-de-lis, formulae, franchisee, agreeable, foreseeable
fricassee, galilee, Galilee, garnishee, disagreeable
gaucherie, Gemini, GTP, guarani,
guarantee, Hawaii, HIV, honeybee, eebie \e-be\ see ebe1
honoree, humble-bee, hydro-ski, IgE,
IgG, inductee, internee, invitee, IUD, eece \es\ see iece
jacquerie, jamboree, jus soli, Kayseri,
kidnappee, LCD, LED, legatee, eeced \est\ see east1
libelee, licensee, LSD, maitre d',
manatee, Medici, millidegree, eech \ech\ see each
murderee, NAD, nominee, obligee,
oversea, oversee, parolee, parti pris, eecher \e-chsr\ see eacher
patentee, pedigree, peppertree,
picotee, piroshki, point d'appui, e e c h e s \ich-az\ see itches
potpourri, praecipe, presentee,
promisee, rapparee, referee, refugee, eeching \e-chirj\ breeching
rejectee, renminbi, repartee, retiree, far-reaching
retrainee, returnee, Rosemarie, RPV, —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
saddletree, Sadducee, San Luis,
sangaree, Savaii, selectee, Semele, each
shivaree, snickersnee, SST, STD,
Tenebrae, Tennessee, thirty-three, eechy \e-che\ see eachy
TNT, toile de Jouy, torii, transferee,
undersea, Uriimqi, vaccinee, value- eecy \e-se\ fleecy, greasy, specie
free, verdigris, VIP, vis-a-vis, Tbilisi
warrantee AC/DC

Adar Sheni, Agri Dagi, alienee, eed \ed\ bead, Bede, bleed, brede,
biographee, bouquet garni, casus belli, breed, cede, creed, deed, feed, Gide,
charcuterie, charivari, chincherinchee, glede, gleed, greed, he'd, heed, keyed,
chinoiserie, covenantee, DBCP, knead, kneed, lead, mead, Mead,
dedicatee, de Medici, delegatee, Mede, meed, need, plead, read, rede,
distributee, ESOP, evacuee, examinee, reed, Reed, Reid, screed, seed, she'd,
speed, steed, swede, Swede, treed,
tweed, Tweed, we'd, weed

accede, airspeed, allseed, bindweed,
birdseed, blueweed, bourride, breast-
feed, bugseed, burweed, cheerlead,
chickweed, concede, crossbreed,
cudweed, debride, degreed, duckweed,
exceed, fairlead, fireweed, flaxseed,

119 eekly

Godspeed, gulfweed, half-breed, eedle \ed-al\ aedile, beadle, credal,
hand-feed, hawkweed, hayseed, high- creedal, daedal, needle, wheedle
speed, horseweed, impede, implead,
inbreed, indeed, ironweed, Jamshid, eedless \ed-las\ deedless, heedless,
jetbead, knapweed, knotweed, Lake needless, seedless
Mead, linseed, lip-read, milkweed,
misdeed, mislead, misread, moonseed, eedn't \ed-9nt\ see edent
nosebleed, off-speed, oilseed,
pigweed, pinweed, pokeweed, eedo \ed-6\ see edo1
pondweed, Port Said, precede,
proceed, proofread, ragweed, eedom \ed-9m\ see edum
rapeseed, recede, reseed, rockweed,
seaweed, secede, self-feed, Siegfried, eeds \edz\ Leeds, needs
sight-read, silkweed, smartweed, Beskids, proceeds
snakeweed, sneezeweed, speed-read, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
spoon-feed, stall-feed, stampede,
stickseed, stickweed, stinkweed, and -s forms of verbs, listed at eed
succeed, ten-speed, tickseed, weak-
kneed, witchweed, wormseed eedsman \edz-m9n\ beadsman,
seedsman
aniseed, antecede, beggarweed,
bitterweed, bottle-feed, bugleweed, eedy \ed-e\ beady, deedy, greedy,
butterweed, carpetweed, centipede, needy, reedy, seedy, speedy, tweedy,
copyread, cottonseed, cottonweed, weedy
crazyweed, Ganymede, interbreed, eef \ef\ see ief1
intercede, interplead, jewelweed, eefe \ef\ see ief1
jimsonweed, locoweed, millipede,
overfeed, pedigreed, pickerelweed, eefy \e-fe\ beefy, leafy, reefy
pumpkinseed, retrocede, riverweed,
rosinweed, Runnymede, silverweed, e e g e e \e-je\ see iji
supersede, thimbleweed, tumbleweed,
underfeed, waterweed eeing \e-irj\ seeing, skiing
farseeing, ill-being, sight-seeing,
velocipede
turfskiing, well-being
eedal \ed-9l\ see eedle heli-skiing, waterskiing
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
eeded \e-dad\ beaded, deeded,
kneaded ee1

receded eek1 \ik\ see ick
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
eed eek2 \ek\ see eak1

eeder \ed-ar\ see eader1 eeked \ekt\ see eaked2

eedful \ed-fal\ heedful, needful eeken \e-kan\ see eacon

eeding1 \ed-irj\ bleeding, breeding, eeker \e-kar\ see eaker1
leading, reading, reeding
eekie \e-ke\ see eaky
inbreeding, linebreeding, lipreading,
outbreeding, preceding, speed-reading eeking \e-kirj\ see eaking1

—also -ing forms of verbs listed at eekly \e-kle\ bleakly, chicly, sleekly,
eed weakly, weekly, treacly

eeding2 \ed-3n\ see edon biweekly, midweekly, newsweekly,
triweekly

semiweekly

eeks 120

eeks XeksX see ixe1 een1 \in\ see in1

eeky \e-ke\ see eaky een2 \en\ see ine3

eel \el\ see eal2 e'en \en\ see ine3
eena \e-na\ see ina2
eelable Xe-la-balX see ealable
eene \en\ see ine3
eele \el\ see eal2
eener \e-nar\ see eaner
eeled \eld\ see ield
eenery \en-re\ see eanery
eeler \e-lar\ see ealer
eening \e-nirj\ see eaning
eeley \e-le\ see eely
eenling \en-lin\ see eanling
eelie \e-le\ see eely
eenly \en-le\ see eanly1
eel in \ e - b n \ see el in
e e n n e s s Xen-nssX see eanness
eeling \e-lirj\ ceiling, dealing,
Ealing, feeling, peeling, shieling, eens \enz\ Queens, teens
wheeling Grenadines, Philippines, smithereens

appealing, Darjeeling, freewheeling, eenwich \in-ich\ see inach
self-dealing, self-feeling, self-sealing,
unfeeling eeny \e-ne\ see ini1

double-dealing, self-revealing, eep \ep\ beep, bleep, cheap, cheep,
snowmobiling, unappealing clepe, creep, deep, heap, jeep, Jeep,
keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap,
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at seep, sheep, sleep, sneap, steep,
eal2 sweep, threap, veep, weep

eelson \el-san\ see elson asleep, barkeep, bopeep, dustheap,
housekeep, knee-deep, skin-deep,
eely \e-le\ Chi-li, dele, eely, Ely, upkeep, upsweep
freely, Greeley, mealie, mealy, really,
seely, steelie, steely, stele, syli, vealy, overleap, oversleep
wheelie Lakshadweep
Louis Philippe
scungilli, surreally, Swahili
campanile, contumely, Isle of Ely, eepage \e-pij\ creepage, seepage
monostele, touchy-feely
eepen Xe-panX cheapen, deepen,
eem \em\ see earn1 steepen

eeman Xe-manX see emon1 eepence Xap-ansX see uppance

eemer Xe-marX see earner eepenny \ap-ne\ see openny

eemie \e-me\ see eamy eeper \e-par\ beeper, creeper,
keeper, leaper, Dnieper, peeper, reaper,
eeming \e-min\ seeming, streaming sleeper, sweeper, weeper
redeeming
unbeseeming barkeeper, beekeeper, bookkeeper,
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at crowkeeper, doorkeeper, gamekeeper,
gatekeeper, goalkeeper, greenkeeper,
earn1 groundskeeper, housekeeper,
innkeeper, lockkeeper, minesweeper,
eemly \em-le\ seemly
supremely, unseemly

121 eer

peacekeeper, scorekeeper, shopkeeper, revere, Revere, Robespierre, revers,
stockkeeper, storekeeper, timekeeper, Saint Pierre, santir, severe,
zookeeper Shakespeare, Shropshire, sincere,
slick-ear, tapir, uprear, Vanir, veneer,
honeycreeper vizier, voir dire, wheatear, Wiltshire,
—also -erforms of adjectives listed Ymir, Yorkshire, zaire, Zaire
ateep
atmosphere, auctioneer, balladeer,
eepie \e-pe\ see eepy bandolier, bayadere, Bedfordshire,
Bedivere, belvedere, biosphere, black-
eeping \e-pirj\ creeping, keeping, tailed deer, bombardier, boutonniere,
weeping brigadier, buccaneer, budgeteer,
Cambridgeshire, cameleer, cannoneer,
beekeeping, bookkeeping, cassimere, cavalier, chandelier,
gatekeeping, housekeeping, chanticleer, chevalier, chiffonier,
minesweeping, peacekeeping, chocolatier, commandeer, corsetiere,
safekeeping, timekeeping cuirassier, Denbighshire, Derbyshire,
diapir, disappear, domineer,
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at Dumfriesshire, ecosphere, Elzevir,
eep engineer, fictioneer, financier,
fourdrinier, fusilier, gadgeteer,
eepish \e-pish\ cheapish, sheepish gasolier, gazetteer, Gloucestershire,
gondolier, grenadier, Guinevere,
eeple \e-pal\ see eople halberdier, hemisphere, Herefordshire,
Hertfordshire, IJsselmere, insincere,
eepy \e-pe\ cheapie, creepy, seepy, interfere, jardiniere, junketeer,
sleepy, sweepy, tepee, tipi, weepie, kerseymere, Lanarkshire, Lancashire,
weepy lavaliere, leafleteer, marketeer,
Meyerbeer, missileer, Monmouthshire,
eer1 \e-ar\ freer, seer, skier, we're Morayshire, mountaineer, Mount
CBer, decreer, foreseer, sightseer Ranier, muleteer, musketeer, mutineer,
overseer, water-skier Oxfordshire, overhear, overseer,
oversteer, pamphleteer,
eer \ir\ beer, bier, blear, cere, cheer, Pembrokeshire, persevere, pioneer,
clear, dear, deer, drear, ear, fear, fere, pistoleer, pontonier, privateer,
fleer, gear, hear, here, jeer, Lear, leer, profiteer, puppeteer, racketeer,
mere, mir, near, peer, pier, Pierre, Radnorshire, rocketeer, Rutlandshire,
queer, rear, schmear, sear, seer, sere, scrutineer, Selkirkshire, sloganeer,
shear, sheer, skirr, smear, sneer, spear, sonneteer, souvenir, Staffordshire,
speer, sphere, spier, steer, tear, tier, stratosphere, summiteer, Tyne and
Trier, Tyr, veer, we're, year Wear, understeer, volunteer,
Warwickshire, white-tailed deer,
adhere, Aesir, Ajmer, ambeer, Windermere, Worcestershire,
appear, arrear, Asir, austere, Ayrshire, yesteryear
Berkshire, besmear, brassiere, Cape
Fear, career, cashier, cashmere, acyclovir, animalier, black
Cheshire, chimere, clavier, cohere, marketeer, Buckinghamshire,
compeer, destrier, dog-ear, Ellesmere, Clackmannanshire, carabineer,
emir, Empire, endear, ensphere, eyrir, Caernarvonshire, Cardiganshire,
Fafnir, Fifeshire, Flintshire, footgear, Carmarthenshire, charioteer,
frontier, gambier, Goodyear, haltere, conventioneer, Dunbartonshire,
Hampshire, headgear, inhere, Izmir, electioneer, Eskisehir,
Kashmir, kefir, killdeer, laveer, light- Glamorganshire, free-marketeer,
year, man-year, menhir, mishear,
monsieur, mouse-ear, nadir,
Nairnshire, out-year, Pamir,
Perthshire, pickeer, portiere, premier,
premiere, redear, rehear, reindeer,

e'er 122

harquebusier, Huntingdonshire, eeten \et-3n\ see eaten1
Invernessshire, Kincardineshire, eeter \et-ar\ see eater1
Montgomeryshire, Northamptonshire,
Nottinghamshire eethe \eth\ see eathe

Merionethshire eether \e-thar\ see either
e'er \er\ see are4
eething \e-ihin\ see eathing
eerage \ir-ij\ peerage, steerage
arrearage eetie \et-e\ see eaty

eered \ird\ see eard1 eeting \et-irj\ see eating
eerer \ir-ar\ see earer2 eetle \et-9l\ see etal

eeress \ir-as\ see erous eetly \et-le\ featly, fleetly, neatly,
sweetly
eerful \ir-fal\ see earful
eerie1 \ir-e\ see eary completely, concretely, discreetly,
eerie2 \e-re\ see eirie discretely, effetely
eering \ir-in\ see earing1
eerist \ir-ast\ see erist1 bittersweetly, incompletely,
indiscreetly
eerless \ir-las\ see earless
eerly \ir-le\ see early1 eety \et-e\ see eaty
ee-um \e-am\ see eum1
eersman Xirz-msnX steersman eeve \ev\ see eave1
frontiersman
eeved \evd\ see eaved
eerut \ir-at\ see irit
e e v e s \evz\ see eaves
eery \ir-e\ see eary
eevil \e-v3l\ see ieval
e e s \ez\ see eze
eevish \e-vish\ peevish, thievish
e e s e \ez\ see eze
eesh \esh\ see iche2 eeward \e-ward\ leeward, Leeward,
eesi \e-ze\ see easy1 seaward
eesia \e-zha\ see esia2
eewee \e-we\ kiwi, peewee, pewee
eesome \e-sam\ gleesome,
threesome eewit \ii-9t\ see uet
eest1 \ast\ see aced
eest2 \est\ see east1 eez \ez\ see eze
eesy \e-ze\ see easy1
eet \et\ see eat1 eezabie \e-z3-bal\ see easible
eetah \et-a\ see ita2
eeze \ez\ see eze
eete \at-e\ see aty eezer \e-zsr\ see easer2
eezing \e-zirj\ see easing2
eezy \e-ze\ see easy1
ef1 \ef\ chef, clef, deaf, ef, f, lev, ref,
teff

aleph, Brezhnev, enfeoff, HF, Kiev,
stone-deaf, tone-deaf

emf, Kishinev

123 egian

ef2 \ a \ see ay1 ega3 \e-gs\ see iga1

ef3 \ef\ see ief1 egal \e-gal\ beagle, eagle, egal,
legal, regal
efanie \ef-a-ne\ see ephony
illegal, porbeagle, spread-eagle,
efany \ef-a-ne\ see ephony viceregal

efe \ef-e\ see effie extralegal, paralegal
medicolegal
eferable Xef-rs-bslX preferable,
referable egan \e-g9n\ Megan, vegan
Mohegan
eference \ef-rans\ deference,
preference, reference e g a s \a-gss\ see agus
ege1 \ezh\ barege, cortege, Liege,
cross-reference manege, solfege
e g e 2 \eg\ see eg2
eferent \ef-rant\ deferent, referent e g e 3 \ e j \ see edge
e g e 4 \eg\ see igue
eff \ef\ see ef1 e g e 5 \ig\ see ig

effer \ef-sr\ see ephor eged \ejd\ see edged

efic \ef-ik\ Efik egel \agal\ see agel
benefic, malefic
egent \e-J9nt\ regent, sejant
eficence \ef-3-sans\ beneficence, allegiant, vice-regent
maleficence
eger \ej-ar\ see edger
efik \e-fik\ see efic egg \eg\ see eg2

efsk \efsk\ Izhefsk eggar \eg-sr\ see egger
Prokopyevsk
eggary \eg-a-re\ beggary, Gregory
eft \eft\ cleft, deft, eft, heft, klepht,
left, theft, weft egger \eg-sr\ beggar
bootlegger, Heidegger
bereft thousand-legger

efty \ef-te\ hefty, lefty eggie \ej-e\ see edgy

eg1 \ag\ Craig, plague, vague eggio \ej-e-6\ Reggio
stravage, The Hague arpeggio, solfeggio

eg2 \eg\ beg, Craig, dreg, egg, gleg, e g g s \egz\ see egs
Greg, Gregg, keg, leg, peg, reg, skeg,
yegg eggy \eg-e\ dreggy, eggy, leggy,
Peggy, plaguey
blackleg, bootleg, bowleg, dogleg,
foreleg, jackleg, jake leg, muskeg, Carnegie
nutmeg, redleg, renege, roughleg,
Tuareg, unpeg egia \e-ja\ Ouija
aqua regia, aquilegia, paraplegia,
Winnipeg
mumblety-peg quadriplegia
eg3 \ e j \ see edge
ega1 \eg-a\ omega egian \e-jan\ see egion
rutabaga

ega2 \a-ga\ see aga2

egiant 124

egiant \e-jant\ see egent ei3 \I\ seey1
eia1 \e-9\ see ia1
egiate \e-jat\ collegiate, elegit eia2 \I-9\ see iah1
intercollegiate eial \e-al\ see eal1
eian1 \e-3n\ see ean1
egic \e-jik\ strategic eian2 \a-an\ see ayan1
paraplegic, quadriplegic eic \e-ik\ oleic

egie \eg-e\ see eggy epigeic, logorrheic, mythopoeic
onomatopoeic
egion \e-jan\ legion, region eich \ek\ see ei1
collegian, Norwegian, subregion eiche \ash\ see eche1

egious \e-jas\ see egis eickel \i-kal\ seeycle
eid1 \at\ see ate1
egis \e-jas\ aegis, egis, Regis, eid2 \lt\ see ite
tedious eid3 \ed\ see eed
eidel1 \ad-al\ see adle
egregious eidel2 \id-al\ see idal

egit \e-jat\ see egiate eidi \Id-e\ see iday
egm \em\ see em1 eidon \Id-3n\ see iden
egn \an\ see ane1 eier \ir\ see ire1

egnant \eg-nant\ pregnant, regnant eifer \ef-ar\ see ephor
impregnant, unpregnant
eige \azh\ beige
egnly \an-le\ see ainly assuage
egno \an-yo\ see eno1
ego1 \e-go\ chigoe, ego, Vigo eiger \i-gar\ see iger
eigh1 \a\ see ay1
amigo eigh2 \ e \ see ee1
alter ego, impetigo, superego
e g o 2 \a-go\ see ago2 eighbor \a-bar\ see abor
eight1 \at\ see ate1
egory \eg-a-re\ see eggary eight2 \lt\ see ite1

e g s \egz\ sheerlegs eighter \at-sr\ see ator
yellowlegs
butter-and-eggs, daddy longlegs eightless \at-bs\ see ateless
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
eights \lts\ see ights
and -s forms of verbs, listed at eg
eighty \at-e\ see aty
egular \eg-tar\ see egler
eh1 \a\ see ay1
eh2 \a\ see ah
ehen \an\ see ane1

ehner \a-nar\ see ainer
ei1 \ek\ dreich, skeigh
ei2 \ a \ see ay1

125 eisel

gn \an\ see ane1 ein4 \In\ see ine1
eine1 \an\ see ane1
gner \a-nsr\ see ainer eine2 \en\ see ine3
i \a\ see ay1 eine3 \I-ns\ see ina1
ian \a-an\ see ayan1 eine4 \en\ see en1
eined \and\ see ained
ji \a-je\ see agy einer1 \a-nsr\ see ainer
k \ek\ see eak1 einer2 \e-nsr\ see eaner
kh \ek\ see eak1
eing \e-in\ see eeing
kle \e-ksl\ see ecal einie \I-ne\ see iny1
11 \al\ see ail eining \a-nirj\ see aining
12 \el\ see el1 einous \a-nas\ see ayness
13 \el\ see eal2 eins \anz\ see ains
14 \fl\ see ile1 einsman Xanz-manX see ainsman
la \e-b\ see ela1 eint \ant\ see aint
einte \ant\ see ant5
led \ald\ see ailed einture Xan-chsA see ancher2
einy \a-ne\ see ainy
ler \I-tor\ see ilar eipt \et\ see eat1
ling1 \a-liri\ see ailing eir \er\ see are4
ling2 \e-lir)\ see eeling eira \ir-s\ see era2
II \el\ see eal2 eird \ird\ see eard1
eiress \ar-as\ see aris2
llance \a-lsns\ see alence eiric \I-rik\ seeyric
eiro \er-6\ see ero2
llant \a-bnt\ see alant
lies1 \a\ see ay1 eirs \erz\ see airs
lies2 \alz\ see ales eis1 \as\ see ace1
eis2 \e-9s\ see eus1
My \a-le\ see aily eis3 \Is\ see ice1
m1 \am\ see ame1 eisant \es-ant\ see ecent
m2 \Im\ see ime1
mer M-marX see imer1 eise \ez\ see eze
ms1 \ans\ see ance1 eisel \i-zal\ see isal2

ms \emz\ Reims, Rheims
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at earn
ein1 \an\ see ane1
ein2 \e-9n\ see ean1
ein3 \en\ see ine3

eisen 126

eisen \Iz-3n\ see izen1 imperceivable, inconceivable,
irretrievable, unbelievable,
eiser1 \I-sar\ see icer unconceivable
eive \ev\ see eave1
eiser2 \i-zar\ see izer
eisha1 \a-sha\ see acia eiver \e-var\ see iever
eisha2 \e-sha\ see esia1 eix \ash\ see eche1
eisin \ez-3n\ see eason eize1 \az\ see aze1
eiss \Is\ see ice1 eize2 \ez\ see eze
eissen \Is-3n\ see ison1
eist1 \a-ast\ see ayest eizure \e-zhar\ leisure, seizure
eist2 \ist\ see ist1
eister1 \I-star\ shyster, tryster ejant \e-jant\ see egent

concertmeister, kapellmeister eji \ej-e\ see edgy
eister2 \e-stsr\ see easter ejo \a-6\ see eo1

eisure Xe-zharX see eizure ek \ek\ see eck
eit1 \e-9t\ fiat
eka1 \ek-a\ see ecca
albeit, howbeit
eit2 \it\ see it1 eka2 \e-ka\ see ika1
eit3 \et\ see eat1
eit4 \lt\ see ite1 ekah \ek-a\ see ecca

eited \et-ad\ see eated1 eke \ek\ see eak1

eiter1 \it-ar\ see itter ekel \ek-al\ see eckle

eiter2 \I-tar\ see iter1 ekh \ek\ see eck

eith \eth\ seeeath1 eki \ek-e\ see ecky

either \e-lh9r\ breather, either, ekker \ek-ar\ see ecker
neither, teether
ekoe \e-ko\ see icot
eitus \It-9s\ see itis
ekton \ek-tan\ see ecten
eity \e-9t-e\ deity
velleity el1 \el\ bel, bell, Bell, belle, eel, cell,
corporeity, spontaneity, synchroneity dell, dwell, el, ell, fell, gel, Hel, hell,
diaphaneity, homogeneity, jell, knell, 1, mell, quell, sel, sell, shell,
smell, snell, spell, swell, tell, they'll,
incorporeity, instantaneity well, yell
contemporaneity, extemporaneity,
Adele, Ardell, artel, barbell, befell,
heterogeneity, inhomogeneity Blackwell, bluebell, boatel,
bombshell, Boswell, botel, bridewell,
eivable Xe-va-balX cleavable cadelle, cartel, carvel, chandelle,
achievable, believable, conceivable, clamshell, compel, cormel, cornel,
corral, cowbell, Cromwell, cupel,
deceivable, perceivable, receivable, Danielle, diel, dispel, doorbell,
relievable, retrievable dumbbell, duxelles, echelle, eggshell,
Estelle, excel, expel, farewell, foretell,
gabelle, gazelle, Giselle, gromwell,

127 ele

handbell, hard-shell, harebell, hotel, elacy \el-9-se\ jealousy, prelacy
impel, indwell, inkwell, jurel,
lampshell, lapel, marcel, maxwell, elagh \a-le\ seeaily
Maxwell, micelle, Michele, Michelle, elah \ e - b \ see ela1
misspell, morel, Moselle, motel,
nacelle, Nobel, noel, nouvelle, eland \e-tand\ eland, Leland,
nutshell, oat-cell, Orel, Orwell, Zealand
outsell, pall-mall, Parnell, pastel, pell-
mell, pixel, pointelle, presell, propel, New Zealand
quenelle, rakehell, rappel, Ravel,
rebel, refel, repel, respell, retell, riel, elanie \el-s-ne\ see elony
Rochelle, rondel, saurel, scalpel,
seashell, sequel, Seychelles, soft-shell, elar \e-br\ see ealer
solgel, speedwell, spinel, stairwell,
unsell, unwell, upwell, Weddell, wind- elate \el-at\ see ellate
bell elatin \el-at-3n\ seeeleton

Annabelle, APL, aquarelle, asphodel, elative \el-at-iv\ relative
Azazel, bagatelle, BAL, barbicel, appellative, correlative, irrelative
bechamel, brocatelle, Camberwell,
caramel, caravel, carousel, cascabel, elba \el-ba\ Elba, Elbe, Melba
chanterelle, chaparral, Charles Martel,
citadel, clientele, cockleshell, elbe \el-ba\ see elba
Cozumel, damozel, decibel,
demoiselle, fare-thee-well, fontanel, elbert \el-bart\ Delbert, Elbert
immortelle, Isabel, Isabelle, Jezebel, Mount Elbert
kiss-and-tell, lenticel, mangonel,
muscatel, ne'er-do-well, Neufchatel, elch \elch\ belch, squelch, welch,
nonpareil, organelle, oversell, Welch
parallel, pedicel, pennoncel, eld1 \eld\ eld, geld, held, meld,
personnel, petronel, Philomel, shelled, weld
pimpernel, show-and-tell,
tortoiseshell, undersell, T4 cell, beheld, danegeld, handheld, hard-
villanelle, William Tell, zinfandel shelled, upheld, withheld

Aix-la-Chapelle, au naturel, creme jet-propelled, self-propelled
caramel, mademoiselle, maitre unparalleled
d'hotel, materiel, Mont-Saint-Michel, —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
spirituel, T-helper cell, Thompson's el1
gazelle, VLDL eld2 \elt\ see elt

antiparallel, antipersonnel, AWOL elda \el-d9\ Zelda

el2 \al\ see ail eldam \el-dam\ see eldom

ela1 \ e - b \ Gila, Leila, Lela, selah, elder \el-dar\ elder, welder
sheila, Sheila, stela, Vila
eldom \el-dam\ beldam, seldom
Braila, candela, tequila, weigela hoteldom
Coahuila, Philomela, sinsemilla,
Tutuila eldon \el-dsn\ Sheldon, Weldon

ela2 \a-ta\ see ala3 eldt \elt\ see elt
ele1 \a-le\ see aily
ela3 \el-a\ see ella ele2 \el\ see el
ele3 \el-e\ see elly
elable \el-9-bal\ see ellable

ele 128

ele4 \e-le\ see eely elible \el-3-bal\ see ellable

eled1 \eld\ see eld elic1 \e-lik\ parhelic
autotelic
eled2 \eld\ see ield
elic2 \el-ik\ melic, relic, telic
elen \el-an\ see elon angelic, Goidelic, smart aleck
archangelic, autotelic, philatelic,
elena \el-3-na\ Elena, Helena
psychedelic
elens \el-anz\ Saint Helens
Mount Saint Helens elical \el-i-k9i\ helical, pellicle
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns angelical
double-helical, evangelical
listed at elon
elier \el-yer\ see elure
eleon \el-yan\ see elian2
elin \e-tan\ shieling, theelin
eletal \el-9t-3l\ pelletal, skeletal
elion1 \el-e-an\ see ellian
eleton \el-at-3n\ gelatin, skeleton
elion2 \el-ysn\ see elian2
eleus \e-le-as\ see elious
elion3 \el-e-an\ see elian1
elf \elf\ elf, Guelf, pelf, self, shelf
bookshelf, herself, himself, itself, elios \e-le-ss\ see elious

myself, nonself, oneself, ourself, top- elious \e-le-as\ Helios, Peleus
shelf, thyself, yourself Cornelius
contumelious
mantelshelf
do-it-yourself elish \el-ish\ see ellish

elfish \el-fish\ elfish, selfish elist \el-ast\ cellist, trellised
unselfish Nobelist, pastelist

elhi \el-e\ see elly elius1 \a-le-as\ see alius

eli \el-e\ see elly eli us2 \e-le-ss\ see elious

elia1 \el-ya\ Delia, Lelia, Shelia elix \e-liks\ Felix, helix
Amelia, camellia, Camellia, Cecilia, double helix

Cornelia, Karelia, lobelia, obelia, elk1 \elk\ elk, whelk
Ophelia, Rumelia, sedilia, stapelia
elk2 \ilk\ see ilk
psychedelia, seguidilla
ell \el\ see el1
elia2 \il-e-9\ see ilia1
e'll \el\ see eal2
elial \e-le-al\ Belial
epithelial elia \el-9\ Celle, Delia, Ella, fella,
fellah, stella, Stella
elian1 \e-le-an\ Melian, Pelion
abelian, Karelian, Mendelian Benguela, candela, Capella, Estella,
favela, Gisela, glabella, lamella,
elian2 \el-yan\ anthelion, aphelion, Luella, Marcella, Mandela, novella,
carnelian, chameleon, cornelian, paella, patella, prunella, quiniela,
Mendelian, parhelion rubella, sequela, umbrella, vanilla

perihelion a cappella, Cinderella, citronella,
Aristotelian, Mephistophelian columella, fraxinella, Isabella,

elian3 \el-e-an\ see ellian

129 el low

mortadella, mozzarella, panatela, elletal \el-9t-3l\ see eletal
salmonella, sarsaparilla, subumbrella,
tarantella, villanella elley \el-e\ see elly

valpolicella elli \el-e\ see elly

ellable \el-9-bal\ fellable, gelable ellia \el-y9\ see elia
compellable, expellable, indelible
ellian \el-e-an\ Chellean
ellah \el-a\ see ella Boswellian, pre-Chellean, Sabellian,

ellan \el-an\ see elon triskelion
Machiavellian, Pantagruelian
ellant \el-9nt\ gellant
appellant, flagellant, propellant, ellicle \el-i-kal\ see elical

repellent ellie \el-e\ see elly
water-repellent
elline \el-an\ see elon
ellar \el-sr\ see eller
elling \el-irj\ belling, selling,
ellas \el-as\ see ealous spelling, swelling, telling

el late \el-at\ helot, pellet, prelate, bookselling, compelling, indwelling,
zealot misspelling, tale-telling, upwelling

appellate, flagellate, haustellate, fortune-telling, self-propelling
lamellate, scutellate —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
el1
ellative \el-at-iv\ see elative
ellington \el-irj-tan\ Ellington,
elle1 \el\ see el Wellington

elle2 \el-a\ see ella beef Wellington

ellean \el-e-sn\ see ellian elIIon \el-yan\ hellion
rebellion
elled \eld\ see eld1
ellis \el-as\ see ealous
ellen \el-an\ see elon
ellised \el-sst\ see elist
ellent \el-anf\ see ellant
ellish \el-ish\ hellish, relish
eller \el-ar\ cellar, dweller, feller, disrelish, embellish
heller, Keller, seller, sheller, smeller,
speller, stellar, teller, yeller elllst \el-ast\ see elist

best-seller, bookseller, compeller, ello \el-6\ bellow, Bellow, cello,
expeller, foreteller, glabellar, impeller, fellow, Jell-O, mellow, yellow, Yellow
indweller, lamellar, ocellar, patellar,
propeller, rathskeller, repeller, bargello, bedfellow, bordello, duello,
rostellar, saltcellar, tale-teller hail-fellow, Longfellow, marshmallow,
morello, niello, Othello, playfellow,
cerebellar, circumstellar, columellar, schoolfellow, yokefellow
fortune-teller, interstellar, Rockefeller,
storyteller Pirandello, punchinello, ritornello,
saltarello
elles1 \el\ see el
Robin Goodfellow, violoncello
elles2 \elz\ see ells
ell-o \el-6\ see ello
ellet \el-at\ see ellate
ellous \el-as\ see ealous

ellow1 \el-a\ see ella

el low 130

ellow2 \el-6\ see ello elopment Xel-ap-mantX
development, envelopment
ells \elz\ Welles
Dardanelles redevelopment
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, overdevelopment

and -s forms of verbs, listed at el elos \ a - b s \ see ayless

ellum \el-3m\ blellum, skellum, elot \el-at\ see ellate
vellum
elotry \el-a-tre\ helotry, zealotry
postbellum, rostellum
antebellum, cerebellum elp \elp\ help, kelp, skelp, whelp,
yelp
ellus \el-as\ see ealous
elsea \el-se\ see elsie
elly \el-e\ belly, Delhi, deli, felly,
jelly, Kellie, Kelly, Nellie, shelly, elsie \el-se\ Chelsea, Elsie
Shelley, Shelly, smelly, tele, telly, Kensington and Chelsea
wellie
elson \el-ssn\ keelson, nelson,
New Delhi, nice-nelly, potbelly, Nelson
rakehelly, sowbelly
elt \elt\ belt, celt, Celt, dealt, delt,
Boticelli, nervous Nellie, underbelly, dwelt, felt, gelt, melt, pelt, Scheldt,
vermicelli smelt, spelt, svelte, veld, welt

Machiavelli black belt, flybelt, forefelt, greenbelt,
Dadra and Nagar Haveli heartfelt, hot-melt, jacksmelt, Krefeld,
self-belt, snowbelt, snowmelt, Sunbelt
ellyn \el-an\ see elon
Bielefeld, Roosevelt, shelterbelt
elm \elm\ elm, helm, realm, whelm
overwhelm, underwhelm elte \elt\ see elt

elma \el-ma\ Selma, Velma elted \el-tad\ bias-belted
—also -edforms of verbs listed at elt
elmar \el-msr\ see elmer
elter \el-tar\ belter, melter, pelter,
elmer \el-mar\ Delmar, Delmer, shelter, skelter, smelter, spelter,
Elmer swelter, welter

elmet \el-mst\ helmet, Helmut, helter-skelter
pelmet
eltered \el-tard\ earth-sheltered
elmut \el-m9t\ see elmet —also -ed forms of verbs listed at

elo \e-lo\ see ilo2 elter

elon \el-gn\ Ellen, Ellyn, felon, elting \el-tirj\ belting, felting,
Helen, melon melting, pelting

avellan, Magellan, McClellan, —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
muskmelon, vitelline elt

Mary Ellen, watermelon elure \el-ysr\ velure
Strait of Magellan hotelier

elony \el-3-ne\ felony, Melanie elve \elv\ delve, helve, shelve,
twelve
elop \el-ap\ develop, envelop
redevelop elves \elvz\ elves, ourselves,
overdevelop themselves, yourselves

131 emian

—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, December, dismember, November,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at elve remember, September

elvin \el-van\ Elvin, Kelvin, Melvin, disremember
Melvyn
emble1 Xam-bslX wamble
elvyn \el-van\ see elvin ensemble

ely \e-le\ see eely emble2 \em-bsl\ tremble
assemble, atremble, dissemble,
em1 \em\ Clem, creme, em, femme,
gem, hem, m, mem, phlegm, REM, resemble
Shem, stem, them disassemble

ad rem, ahem, AM, Arnhem, Belem, embier \em-blar\ temblor, trembler
bluestem, condemn, contemn, FM, assembler, dissembler
idem, in rem, item, mayhem,
millieme, modem, poem, problem, pro emblor \em-blar\ see embler
tern, proem, Shechem
embly \em-ble\ trembly
ABM, anadem, apothegm, apothem, assembly
Bethlehem, diadem, exanthem, disassembly, self-assembly,
ibidem, IgM, meristem, OEM, SAM,
stratagem subassembly

ad hominem, carpe diem, creme de erne1 \em\ see em1
la creme, ICBM
erne2 \em\ see earn1
post meridiem, star-of-Bethlehem,
terminus ad quern emel \a-msl\ see emile

em2 \am\ see um1 emely \em-le\ see eemly

ema \e-ma\ bema, Lima, Pima, emen1 \e-man\ see emon1
schema
emen2 \em-an\ see emon2
Colima, eczema, edema
diastema, emphysema, Hiroshima, emen3 \a-man\ see amen1
Iwo Jima, Kagoshima, Matsushima,
terza rima, Tokushima emer \e-mar\ see earner
ottava rima
emeral \em-ral\ femoral
emacist \em-a-s3st\ see emicist ephemeral

eman1 \em-an\ see emon2 emery \em-re\ emery, Emery,
Emory, memory
eman2 Ne-manX see emon1
emesis \em-a-s9s\ emesis, nemesis
emane \em-3-ne\ see emony
emi \em-e\ see emmy
emanence \em-3-nans\ see
eminence emia \e-me-a\ anemia, bohemia,
Bohemia, leukemia, toxemia
emanent \em-3-nsnt\ see eminent
academia, septicemia, thalassemia
ematis \em-3t-9s\ see emitus hypoglycemia, hypokalemia
beta-thalassemia
ematist \em-3t-3st\ see emitist
emian \e-me-sn\ anthemion,
ematous \em-3t-9s\ see emitus Bohemian

ember \em-b9r\ ember, member

emic 132

emic1 \e-mik\ emic emitist \em-3t-ast\ Semitist
anemic, graphemic, morphemic, systematist

lexemic, phonemic, taxemic, tonemic emitus \em-3t-3s\ clematis, fremitus
epistemic edematous

emic2 \em-ik\ chemic emlin \em-lan\ gremlin, kremlin
alchemic, endemic, pandemic,
emma \em-9\ Emma, gemma,
polemic, sachemic, systemic, totemic lemma, stemma
academic, epidemic, epistemic
dilemma
emical \em-i-kal\ chemical
alchemical, polemical emme \em\ see em1
academical, biochemical,
emmer \em-ar\ emmer, hemmer,
epidemical, petrochemical stemmer, tremor
biogeochemical
condemner, contemner
emicist Xem-a-ssstA polemicist,
supremacist emming \em-irj\ see eming

emics \e-miks\ graphemics, em my \em-e\ Emmy, gemmy,
morphemics, phonemics, proxemics jemmy, phlegmy, semi, stemmy
emn \em\ see em1
emile Xa-malX Emile, Memel
emner \em-3r\ see emmer
eminal \em-an-3l\ geminal, seminal
emnity \em-nat-e\ indemnity,
eminate \em-3-nat\ geminate solemnity
effeminate
emo \em-6\ demo, memo
eminence \em-3-nans\ eminence, emon1 \e-man\ demon, freeman,
remanence Freeman, gleeman, Piman, seaman,
semen
preeminence
Lake Leman, pentstemon, Philemon
eminent \em-3-n3nt\ eminent, cacodemon, Lacedaemon
remanent
emon \em-an\ Bremen, leman,
preeminent lemon, Yemen

eming \em-irj\ Fleming, Heminge, emone \em-9-ne\ see emony
lemming
emony \em-s-ne\ Gemini, lemony
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at anemone, bigeminy, Gethsemane,
em1
hegemony
eminge \em-irj\ see eming
emor \em-ar\ see emmer
emini \em-3-ne\ see emony
emoral \em-ral\ see emeral
eminy \em-a-ne\ see emony
emory \em-re\ see emery
emion \e-me-an\ see emian
emous \e-mas\ see emus
emis \e-mas\ see emus
emp \emp\ hemp, kemp, temp
emish \em-ish\ blemish, Flemish

emist \em-ast\ chemist
polemist
biochemist

133 enate

emperer Xem-par-arX emperor, Phnom Penh, playpen, RN, Touraine,
temperer Tynmen, somewhen

emperor Vem-psr-srX see emperer Adrienne, Debrecen, DPN, five-and-
ten, FMN, julienne, Kerguelen, La
emplar \em-pl3r\ Templar Fontaine, LPN, madrilene, mise-en-
exemplar scene, samisen, Sun Yat-sen, TPN

emple \em-p3l\ semple, temple carcinogen, comedienne,
equestrienne, tamoxifen, tragedienne,
emps \an\ see ant1 Valenciennes

empt \emt\ dreamt, kempt, tempt en2 \en\ see ine3
attempt, contempt, exempt, preempt,
en3 \ a n \ see in4
undreamed, unkempt
tax-exempt en4 \ s n \ see un

emptable Xem-ta-balX attemptable, en5 \ a n \ see ant1
contemptible
ena1 \a-na\ see aena1
emptible Xem-ta-balX see emptable
ena2 \a-na\ see ana2
emption \em-shan\ exemption,
preemption, redemption ena3 \an-ys\ see ania3

emptive \em-tiv\ preemptive, ena4 \e-na\ see ina2
redemptive
enable \en-3-bal\ tenable
emptor \em-tsr\ tempter amenable, untenable
preemptor
caveat emptor enace \en-as\ see enis1

emptory \em-tre\ peremptory, enacle \en-i-kal\ see enical
redemptory
enae \e-ne\ see ini1
emulous \em-y9-tas\ emulous,
tremulous enal \en-3l\ penal, renal, venal
adrenal, vaccinal
emur \e-mar\ see earner duodenal

emus \e-mas\ Remus enancy \en-9n-se\ tenancy
in extremis, Polyphemus, lieutenancy, subtenancy

polysemous enant \en-ant\ pennant, tenant
lieutenant, se tenant, subtenant
emy \e-me\ see eamy sublieutenant, undertenant

en1 \en\ ben, Ben, den, en, fen, gen, enary \en-s-re\ hennery, plenary,
glen, Glen, Glenn, Gwen, hen, ken, senary, venery
Ken, Len, men, n, pen, Penn, Rennes,
Seine, sen, Sten, ten, then, wen, when, centenary, millenary
wren, Wren, yen, Zen bicentenary, bimillenary,
quincentenary, tercentenary
again, amen, Ardennes, Big Ben, quatercentenary, semicentenary,
Cayenne, Cevennes, Cheyenne, sesquicentenary
Chosen, Dairen, doyen, doyenne,
Duchenne, hapten, hymen, Karen, La enas \e-nss\ see enus1
Tene, moorhen, peahen, pigpen,
enate \en-at\ see ennet

enator 134

enator \en-9t-sr\ see enitor addend, amend, append, ascend,
attend, augend, befriend, Big Bend,
enQal \en-sal\ see encil bookend, boyfriend, closed-end,
commend, compend, contend, dead
ence1 \ens\ see ense end, dead-end, defend, depend,
descend, distend, downtrend, emend,
ence2 \ a n s \ see ance1 expend, extend, forfend, girlfriend,
godsend, hornblende, impend, intend,
ence3 \ans\ see ance2 Land's End, low-end, missend,
misspend, offend, outspend, perpend,
encel \en-sal\ see encil pitchblende, portend, pretend,
propend, protend, rear-end, resend,
enceless \en-slas\ see enseless South Bend, stipend, subtend,
suspend, transcend, unbend,
encer \en-sar\ see ensor unkenned, upend, uptrend, weekend,
year-end
ench \ench\ bench, blench, clench,
drench, french, French, mensch, adherend, apprehend, bitter end,
quench, stench, tench, trench, wench, comprehend, condescend, Damavend,
wrench discommend, dividend, minuend,
overspend, recommend, repetend,
entrench, luftmensch, retrench, reprehend, subtrahend, vilipend
unclench, workbench
hyperextend, misapprehend,
Anglo-French overextend, superintend
Mariana Trench
—also -edforms of verbs listed at
enchant \en-chant\ see entient en1

enched \encht\ trenched enda \en-ds\ Brenda, Glenda, Venda
unblenched addenda, agenda, pudenda
—also -edforms of verbs listed at corrigenda, hacienda, referenda
definienda
ench
endable Xen-da-bslX lendable,
encher \en-ch9r\ see enture mendable, spendable, vendible

enchman Xench-manX Frenchman, amendable, ascendable,
henchman commendable, defendable,
dependable, descendible, expendable,
encia \en-cha\ see entia extendable, unbendable

encil \en-S9l\ mensal, pencel, pencil, comprehendable, recommendable
stencil, tensile
endal \en-d9l\ Grendel, Kendall,
blue-pencil, commensal, extensile, Mendel, Wendell
Provencal, prehensile, red-pencil,
utensil prebendal, pudendal

intercensal endall \en-d3l\ see endal

encon \en-san\ see ensign endance \en-dans\ see endence

ency \en-se\ Montmorency, endancy \en-dsn-se\ see endency
residency
endant \en-dant\ see endent
nonresidency
ende1 \end\ see end
end \end\ bend, blend, blende, end,
fend, friend, lend, mend, rend, scend, ende2 \en-de\ see endi
send, shend, spend, tend, trend, vend,
wend, Wend

135 ene

ended \en-dad\ ended, splendid endible Xen-ds-bslX see endable
befriended, unfriended
double-ended, open-ended, endid \en-dad\ see ended

undescended ending \en-dirj\ bending, ending,
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at pending, sending

end ascending, attending, fence-
mending, goaltending, heartrending,
endel \en-d3l\ see endal mind-bending, unbending, unending

endell \en-dal\ see endal unpretending
uncomprehending
endence \en-dans\ tendance —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ascendance, attendance, intendance, end

resplendence, transcendence endium \en-de-9m\ compendium
condescendence, independence, antependium

Independence endless \end-tas\ endless, friendless
superintendence
endliness \en-le-nas\ cleanliness,
endency \en-dan-se\ pendency, friendliness
tendency
uncleanliness, unfriendliness
ascendancy, dependency,
resplendency, transcendency endly \en-le\ cleanly, friendly
uncleanly, unfriendly
independency loop of Henle
superintendency
endment \en-mant\ amendment,
endent \en-dant\ pendant, pendent, intendment
splendent
endo \en-do\ kendo
appendant, ascendant, attendant, crescendo, stringendo
defendant, dependent, descendant, decrescendo, innuendo
impendent, intendant, respendent, diminuendo
transcendent
endor \en-dsr\ see ender
independent
superintendent endous \en-dss\ horrendous,
semi-independent stupendous, tremendous

ender \en-dsr\ bender, blender, endron \en-dran\ philodendron,
fender, gender, lender, mender, render, rhododendron
sender, slender, spender, splendor,
tender, vendor ends \enz\ see ens1

amender, ascender, attender, endum \en-dam\ addendum,
auslander, bartender, commender, agendum, pudendum
contender, defender, descender,
emender, engender, expender, corrigendum, referendum
extender, fork-tender, goaltender, definiendum
hellbender, intender, offender,
pretender, surrender, suspender, endy \en-de\ see endi
tailender, weekender
ene1 \a-na\ nene, sene
double-ender, moneylender, over-
spender, self-surrender ene2 \en\ see en1

endi \en-de\ bendy, Mende, trendy, ene3 \en-e\ see enny
Wendy

effendi
modus vivendi

ene 136

ene4 \e-ne\ see ini1 engthen \erj-than\ lengthen,
strengthen
ene5 \en\ see ine3
ene6 \an\ see ane1 engue \erj-ge\ see engi

enel \en-3l\ see ennel enh \en\ see en1

eneous \e-ne-as\ genius enia1 \e-ne-a\ taenia
homogeneous Slovenia
heterogeneous sarracenia, schizophrenia

ener \e-nar\ see eaner enia2 \e-nys\ Armenia, Encaenia,
Eugenia, gardenia, Ruthenia, Tigrinya
enerable Xen-rs-balX generable,
venerable enial \e-ne-al\ genial, menial, venial
congenial
regenerable
enian \e-ne-3n\ Fenian
eneracy \en-ra-se\ degeneracy, Armenian, Essenian, Icenian,
regeneracy
sirenian, Slovenian, Tyrrhenian
enerate \en-rat\ degenerate, Achaemenian, Magdalenian
regenerate
enic1 \en-ik\ genie, scenic
unregenerate
enic2 \en-ik\ fennec, pfennig,
enerative \en-rat-iv\ generative phrenic, splenic, sthenic
degenerative, regenerative
neurodegenerative arsenic, asthenic, Edenic, Essenic,
eugenic, Hellenic, hygienic, irenic,
eneris \en-3-ras\ mons veneris transgenic
sui generis
allergenic, androgenic, autogenic,
enery1 \en-a-re\ see enary2 calisthenic, chromogenic, cryogenic,
cryptogenic, hygienic, mutagenic,
enery2 \en-re\ see eanery Panhellenic, pathogenic, photogenic,
Saracenic, schizophrenic, telegenic
enet1 \en-st\ see ennet
enet2 \e-nat\ see eanut carcinogenic, cariogenic
eng1 \arj\ see ang2 hallucinogenic, hypoallergenic
eng2 \arj\ see ung1
enical \en-i-kal\ cenacle
enge \enj\ venge arsenical, galenical
avenge, revenge, Stonehenge ecumenical

engi \erj-ge\ dengue, sengi enice \en-as\ see enis1

english \in-glish\ English, Yinglish enicist \en-a-sast\ eugenicist
ecumenicist
engo \erj-go\ marengo
camerlengo enics \en-iks\ eugenics, euphenics,
euthenics, hygienics
ength1 \erjth\ length, strength
full-length, half-length, wavelength calisthenics, cryogenics
understrength —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns
industrial-strength listed at enic

ength2 \enth\ see enth enie1 \en-e\ see enny

enie2 \e-ne\ see ini1

137 enny

enience \e-nysns\ lenience enne3 \an\ see an5
convenience, provenience
inconvenience en nee \en-ik\ see enic2

enient \en-yant\ convenient, enned \end\ see end
prevenient
ennel \en-al\ crenel, fennel, kennel
enim \en-3m\ see enom unkennel

enin \en-an\ see ennon enner \en-ar\ see enor1

enior \e-nyar\ senior ennery \en-a-re\ see enary2
monsignor
ennes \en\ see en1
enis1 \en-as\ Denis, Dennis, Denys,
genus, menace, tenace, tennis, Venice ennet \en-at\ Bennett, genet, jennet,
rennet, senate, sennet, sennit, tenet
summum genus
enis2 \e-nas\ see enus1 ennett \en-at\ see ennet
enison1 \en-a-ssn\ benison,
Tennyson, venison enney \en-e\ see enny
enison2 \en-a-zan\ benison,
denizen, venison enni \en-e\ see enny

enist \en-ast\ tennist ennial \en-e-al\ biennial, centennial,
euthenist decennial, millennial, perennial,
quadrennial, quinquennial, septennial,
enitive \en-at-iv\ genitive, lenitive triennial, vicennial
philoprogenitive
polyphiloprogenitive bicentennial, bimillennial,
postmillennial, premillennial,
enitor \en-3t-sr\ senator quincentennial, tercentennial
progenitor
primogenitor semicentennial, sesquicentennial,
quadricentennial
enity \en-at-e\ see entity
ennies \en-ez\ tennies
enium \e-ne-9m\ hymenium, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns
proscenium
listed at enny
enius \e-ne-3s\ see eneous
ennig \en-ik\ see enic2
enizen \en-3-zsn\ see enison2
ennin \en-sn\ see ennon
enn \en\ see en1
ennis \en-as\ see enis1
enna \en-s\ Glenna, henna, senna
antenna, duenna, Gehenna, sienna, ennist \en-ast\ see enist

Vienna ennit \en-st\ see ennet

ennae \en-e\ see enny ennium \en-e-am\ biennium,
decennium, millennium, quadrennium,
ennant \en-ant\ see enant quinquennium, triennium

enne1 \en\ see en1 ennon \en-an\ Lenin, pennon,
rennin, tenon
enne2 \en-e\ see enny
antivenin

enny \en-e\ any, benne, benny,
Benny, blenney, Dene, Denny, fenny,

ennyson 138

genie, Jennie, jenny, Jenny, many, intense, missense, nonsense, offense,
penni, penny, Penny prepense, pretense, propense,
sequence, sixpence, suspense,
antennae, catchpenny, halfpenny, twopence
Kilkenny, Na-dene, pinchpenny,
sixpenny, tenpenny, threepenny, accidence, antisense, commonsense,
truepenny, twopenny confidence, consequence, diffidence,
evidence, frankincense, multisense,
lilangeni, spinning jenny nondefense, providence, Providence,
recompense, residence, self-defense,
ennyson Xen-s-sanX see enison1 subsequence

eno1 \an-yo\ segno coincidence, ego-defense,
dal segno inconsequence, New Providence,
jalapefio nonresidence, self-confidence, self-
evidence
eno2 \en-6\ steno
ripieno enseful \ens-fal\ menseful, senseful
suspenseful
eno3 \a-no\ see ano2
enseless \en-slas\ fenceless,
enoch \e-nik\ see inic1 senseless

enom \en-sm\ denim, plenum, defenseless, offenseless
venom
ensem \en-sam\ see ensum
envenom
enser \en-sar\ see ensor
enon \en-an\ see ennon
ensian \en-chan\ see ension
enor1 \en-ar\ Brenner, Jenner,
tenner, tenor, tenour ensible \en-s3-bai\ sensible
compensable, condensable,
countertenor, heldentenor
defensible, dispensable, distensible,
enor2 \e-nar\ see eaner extensible, insensible, ostensible

enour \en-ar\ see enor1 apprehensible, commonsensible,
comprehensible, incondensable,
enous \e-nas\ see enus1 indefensible, indispensable,
reprehensible, supersensible
ens1 \enz\ cleanse, gens, lens
amends, beam-ends, weekends incomprehensible
sapiens
definiens, locum tenens ensign \en-san\ ensign
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, alen§on

and -s forms of verbs, listed at en ensil \en-s3i\ see encil

ens2 \ens\ see ense ensile \en-sal\ see encil

ensable \en-s9-bal\ see ensible ension \en-chan\ gentian, mention,
pension, tension
ensal \en-s9i\ see encil
abstention, ascension, attention,
ensary \ens-re\ see ensory contention, convention, declension,
descension, detention, dimension,
ensch \ench\ see ench dissension, distension, extension,
indention, intension, intention,
ense \ens\ cense, dense, fence, invention, Laurentian, low-tension,
flense, gens, hence, mense, pence, posttension, prehension, pretension,
sense, spence, tense, thence, whence prevention, recension, retention,

commence, condense, defense,
dispense, expense, immense, incense,

139 ent

subvention, suspension, sustention, ensory \ens-re\ sensory
Vincentian, Waldensian dispensary, suspensory
extrasensory, multisensory,
Albigensian, apprehension,
circumvention, comprehension, supersensory
condescension, contravention,
hypertension, hypotension, ensual1 \en-chsl\ see ential
inattention, reinvention, reprehension,
salientian ensual2 \ench-wal\ see entual1

incomprehension, misapprehension, ensum \en-S3m\ sensum
nonintervention, overextension, per mensem
Premonstratensian
ensurable \ens-r3-bal\ censurable,
ensional \ench-nal\ tensional mensurable
ascensional, attentional,
commensurable, immensurable
conventional, declensional, incommensurable
dimensional, extensional, intensional,
intentional ensure \en-char\ see enture

unconventional, tridimensional, ensus \en-s3s\ census
unidimensional consensus, dissensus
amanuensis
ensioner Xench-narX see entioner
ent1 \ent\ bent, Brent, cent, dent,
ensis \en-sss\ see ensus gent, Ghent, Gwent, hent, Kent, leant,
lent, Lent, meant, pent, rent, scent,
ensitive \en-s3t-iv\ sensitive sent, sklent, spent, sprent, tent, Trent,
insensitive vent, went
hypersensitive, oversensitive,
absent, accent, Advent, anent, ascent,
photosensitive, supersensitive assent, augment, besprent, cement,
chimkent, comment, concent, consent,
ensity \en-sst-e\ density, tensity content, convent, descent, detent,
extensity, immensity, intensity, dissent, docent, event, extent, ferment,
foment, forewent, forspent, fragment,
propensity frequent, hell-bent, indent, intent,
invent, lament, loment, low-rent,
ensive \en-siv\ pensive, tensive mordent, outspent, outwent, percent,
ascensive, defensive, expensive, pigment, portent, present, prevent,
quitrent, relent, repent, resent,
extensive, intensive, offensive, segment, Tashkent, torment, unbent,
ostensive, protensive, suspensive well-meant, wisent

apprehensive, coextensive, accident, aliment, argument,
comprehensive, hypertensive, circumvent, compartment,
hypotensive, inexpensive, complement, compliment, confident,
inoffensive, reprehensive, self- devilment, diffident, discontent,
defensive document, evident, heaven-sent,
implement, instrument, Jack-a-Lent,
counteroffensive, labor-intensive malcontent, nonevent, Occident,
ornament, orient, president, provident,
ensor \en-sar\ censer, censor, regiment, reinvent, represent, re-
fencer, sensor, spencer, Spencer, present, resident, sediment, self-
Spenser, tensor content, Stoke on Trent, subsequent,
supplement, underwent
commencer, condenser, dispenser,
extensor, precensor, sequencer,
suspensor

biosensor
—also -erforms of adjectives listed

atense

ent 140

coincident, disorient, experiment, documentalist, fundamentalist,
ferro-cement, inconsequent, governmentalist, incrementalist,
misrepresent, nonresident, instrumentalist, orientalist,
privatdocent, self-evident sacramentalist, sentimentalist,
transcendentalist
ent2 \ant\ see ant2
environmentalist, experimentalist
ent3 \ a n \ see ant1
ental ness \ent-3l-n9s\ see
enta \ent-a\ menta, yenta entleness
magenta, momenta, placenta,
entance \ent-3ns\ see entence
polenta, tegmenta, tomenta
irredenta entary \en-tre\ gentry, sentry
impedimenta passementerie, reentry, subentry
alimentary, complementary,
entable \ent-a-bal\ fermentable,
presentable, preventable complimentary, documentary,
elementary, filamentary,
documentable, representable, parliamentary, rudimentary,
sedimentable sedimentary, supplementary,
tenementary, testamentary
entacle \ent-i-kal\ see entical
integumentary, uncomplimentary,
entage \ent-ij\ tentage, ventage unparliamentary
percentage
semidocumentary
ental \ent-3l\ cental, dental, dentil,
gentle, lentil, mental, rental entative \ent-at-iv\ tentative
augmentative, fermentative,
cliental, fragmental, judgmental,
parental, placental, segmental frequentative, presentative,
preventative
accidental, adjustmental,
apartmental, biparental, argumentative, representative
compartmental, complemental, misrepresentative
condimental, continental,
departmental, detrimental, ente1 \en-ta\ al dente
documental, excremental, elemental, lentamente
firmamental, fundamental,
governmental, grandparental, ente2 \ent-e\ see enty
incidental, incremental, instrumental,
managemental, monumental, ente3 \ant\ see ant2
nonjudgmental, occidental, oriental,
ornamental, regimental, rudimental, ented \ent-ad\ tented
sacramental, sentimental, augmented, contented, demented,
supplemental, temperamental,
transcendental, vestamental lamented, segmented, untented
battlemented, malcontented,
coincidental, developmental,
environmental, experimental, oriented, self-contented, unfrequented
presentimental, subcontinental, unprecedented
transcontinental, uniparental overrepresented, underrepresented
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
intercontinental, interdepartmental,
intergovernmental, semigovemmental ent1

entalist \ent-al-ast\ gentlest, enten \ent-3n\ Benton, dentin,
mentalist Denton, Kenton, Lenten, Quentin,
Trenton

entence \ent-3ns\ sentence
repentance

141 entioner

enter \ent-sr\ center, enter, mentor, intelligential, interferential,
renter, stentor, tenter, venter jurisprudential, multipotential,
reminiscential
assenter, augmentor, cementer,
concenter, consenter, dissenter, entialist Xen-cha-lastX essentialist
fermenter, frequenter, incenter, existentialist
indenter, inventor, precentor,
preventer, rack-renter, reenter, entian \en-chan\ see ension
repenter, subcenter, tormentor
entiary \ench-re\ century
documenter, epicenter, hypocenter, penitentiary
metacenter, representer, plenipotentiary
supplementer
entic \ent-ik\ lentic
experimenter, hundred-percenter argentic, authentic, crescentic,

entered \en-tsrd\ centered identic
face-centered, self-centered inauthentic
body-centered
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at entical \ent-i-kal\ denticle, pentacle,
tentacle
enter
conventicle, identical
enterie \en-tre\ see entary nonidentical, self-identical

entful \ent-fsl\ eventful, resentful entice \ent-as\ see entous
uneventful
enticle \ent-i-kal\ see entical
enth \enth\ nth, strength, tenth
creme de menthe entient \en-ch9nt\ penchant,
sentient, trenchant
enthe \enth\ see enth
dissentient, insentient, presentient
enthesis \en-tha-sas\ epenthesis,
parenthesis entil \ent-3l\ seeental

enti \ent-e\ see enty entin \ent-3n\ see enten

entia \en-chs\ dementia, Florentia, enting \ent-irj\ dissenting
sententia, Valencia unrelenting
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
differentia, in absentia
ent1
ential \en-ch3l\ cadential,
consensual, credential, demential, ention \en-ch9n\ see ension
essential, eventual, potential,
prudential, sciential, sentential, entionable Xench-ns-balX
sequential, tangential, torrential mentionable, pensionable

componential, conferential, unmentionable
confidential, consequential,
deferential, differential, evidential, entional \ench- nal\ see ensional
existential, expedential, exponential,
inessential, inferential, influential, entioned \en-chand\
nonessential, penitential, pestilential, aforementioned, well-intentioned
preferential, presidential, providential,
referential, residential, reverential, —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
transferential, unessential ension

circumferential, equipotential, entioner \ench-nar\ mentioner,
experiential, inconsequential, pensioner, tensioner

entious 142

entious \en-chss\ abstentious, entress \en-tras\ gentrice
contentious, dissentious, licentious, inventress
pretentious, sententious, tendentious
entric \en-trik\ centric
conscientious, unpretentious acentric, concentric, dicentric,

entis \ent-as\ see entous eccentric
acrocentric, androcentric,
entist \ent-ast\ dentist
cinquecentist, irredentist Christocentric, egocentric,
ethnocentric, Eurocentric, geocentric,
entity \en-9t-e\ entity, lenity phallocentric, polycentric, theocentric,
amenity, identity, nonentity, topocentric

obscenity, serenity anthropocentric, areocentric,
coidentity, self-identity Europocentric, heliocentric,
selenocentric
entium \ent-e-9m\ jus gentium
unnilpentium entrice \en-tras\ see entress

entive \ent-iv\ adventive, attentive, entry \en-tre\ see entary
incentive, inventive, pendentive,
preventive, retentive ents \ents\ gents
events
argumentive, disincentive, inattentive dollars-and-cents
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
entle \ent-3l\ see ental
and -s forms of verbs, listed at ent
entleness \ent-9l-nas\ gentleness
accidentalness entual1 Xen-cha-wslX sensual
accentual, consensual, conventual,
entment \ent-mant\ contentment,
presentment, resentment eventual

discontentment, self-contentment entual2 \en-chal\ see ential

ento \en-to\ cento, lento, Trento entum \ent-9m\ centum, mentum
memento, pimento, pimiento, cementum, momentum, per centum,

seicento, trecento tegmentum, tomentum
cinquecento, Papiamento, argumentum

portamento, quatrocento, Sacramento enture \en-char\ bencher, censure,
aggiornamento, divertimento, denture, drencher, trencher, venture,
wencher
risorgimento
pronunciamento adventure, backbencher, debenture,
front-bencher, indenture, misventure
enton \ent-3n\ see enten
misadventure, peradventure
entor \ent-ar\ see enter
enturer \ench-rsr\ censurer,
entOUS \ent-as\ prentice venturer
apprentice, argentous, momentous,
adventurer
portentous
compos mentis, filamentous, enturess \ench-ras\ see enturous

ligamentous enturous Xench-rssX venturous
non compos mentis adventuress, adventurous
in loco parentis
entury \ench-re\ see entiary
entral \en-tral\ central, ventral
subcentral enty \ent-e\ plenty, sente, senti,
dorsiventral tenty, twenty

143 eph

aplenty, licente eopardess \ep-9rd-as\ leopardess,
cognoscente, twenty-twenty shepherdess
Deo volente
dolce far niente eople \e-pal\ people, pipal, steeple
craftspeople, dispeople, laypeople,
enuis \en-y9-wss\ see enuous
newspeople, salespeople,
enum \en-am\ see enom spokespeople, townspeople,
tradespeople, tribespeople, unpeople,
enuous \en-ya-w9s\ strenuous, workpeople
tenuis, tenuous
anchorpeople, businesspeople,
ingenuous congresspeople
disingenuous
enus1 \e-nss\ genus, lenis, penis, eopled \e-psld\ unpeopled
venous, Venus —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
Campinas, Delphinus, Maecenas,
Quirinus, silenus eople
intravenous
eordie \6rd-e\ see ordy1
enus2 \en-as\ see enis1
eorem \ir-9m\ see erum
eny \a-ne\ see ainy
eorge \6rj\ see orge
enys \en-as\ see enis1
eorgian \6r-jsn\ see orgian
enza1 \en-za\ Penza
cadenza, credenza eorist \ir-sst\ see erist1
influenza
eoul \61\ see ole1
enza2 \en-sa\ Polenza, Vicenza
Piacenza eous \e-as\ seeeus1

eo1 \a-6\ mayo, Mayo ep \ep\ hep, pep, prep, rep, schlepp,
cacao, paseo, rodeo skep, step, steppe, strep, yep
aparejo, Bulawayo, cicisbeo, zapateo
Montevideo Alep, crowstep, doorstep, footstep,
goose-step, instep, lockstep, misstep,
eo2 \e-6\ see io2 one-step, quickstep, salep, sidestep,
two-step, unstep
eoff1 \ef\ see ef
corbiestep, demirep, overstep, step-
eoff2 \ef\ see ief1 by-step

eoffor \ef-ar\ see ephor Gaziantep

eolate \e-9-tat\ triolet eparable Xep-ra-balX reparable,
alveolate, areolate, urceolate separable

eoman \6-m9n\ see oman inseparable, irreparable

eon1 \e-an\ see ean1 epard \ep-ard\ see eopard

eon2 \e-an\ eon, freon, neon, prion epe \ap\ see ape1

eonid \e-3-nad\ see eanid epee \e-pe\ see eepy

eopard \ep-ard\ jeopard, leopard, eper \ep-ar\ see epper
peppered, shepard, shepherd
eperous \ep-ras\ leprous
obstreperous

epey \a-pe\ see apey

eph \ef \ see ef1