gh

epha 144

epha \e-fa\ ephah editio princeps
synalepha, synaloepha —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at ep
ephalin \ef-a-bn\ cephalin
encephalon, enkephalin epsis \ep-sas\ skepsis
acanthocephalan prolepsis, syllepsis
omphaloskepsis
ephaly \ef-a-le\ anencephaly,
brachycephaly, microcephaly epsy \ep-se\ catalepsy, epilepsy,
narcolepsy, nympholepsy
ephen \e-v9n\ see even
ept \ept\ crept, kept, sept, slept,
epherd \ep-grd\ see eopard stepped, swept, wept

epherdess \ep-9rd-9s\ see accept, adept, backswept, concept,
eopardess except, incept, inept, percept, precept,
transept, upswept, windswept, yclept
ephone \ef-a-ne\ see ephony
high-concept, intercept, nympholept,
ephony \ef-9-ne\ Stefanie, Stefany overslept, self-concept
Persephone, telephony
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at ep
ephor \ef-9r\ deafer, ephor, feoffor,
heifer, zephyr eptable \ep-t9-bal\ see eptible

hasenpfeffer eptacle \ep-ti-kal\ skeptical
conceptacle, receptacle
ephrine \ef-ran\ epinephrine
norepinephrine epter \ep-tar\ see eptor

epht \eft\ see eft eptible \ep-t9-b9i\ acceptable,
perceptible, susceptible
ephyr \ef-ar\ see ephor
imperceptible, insusceptible,
epi \a-pe\ see apey unacceptable

epid \ep-ad\ tepid, trepid eptic \ep-tik\ peptic, septic, skeptic
intrepid aseptic, dyspeptic, eupeptic,

epo \ep-6\ see epot proleptic, sylleptic
antiseptic, cataleptic, epileptic,
epot \ep-6\ depot, Ipo, pepo
el cheapo narcoleptic, nympholeptic

epp \ep\ see ep eptical \ep-ti-kgl\ see eptacle

eppe \ep\ see ep eptile \ep-tal\ see eptal

epped \ept\ see ept eption \ep-shan\ conception,
deception, exception, inception,
epper \ep-9r\ hepper, leper, pepper, perception, reception, subreption
stepper
apperception, contraception,
Colepeper, Culpeper, sidestepper interception, misconception,
preconception, self-conception, self-
eppy \ep-e\ peppy, preppy perception
orthoepy
eptional \ep-shnal\ conceptional,
eprous \ep-ras\ see eperous deceptional, exceptional

eps \eps\ biceps, forceps, triceps unexceptional
quadriceps
eptive \ep-tiv\ acceptive,
conceptive, deceptive, exceptive,

145 erbet

inceptive, perceptive, preceptive, chimaera, chimera, hetaera, lempira,
receptive, susceptive Madeira, mbira

apperceptive, contraceptive, Altamira
imperceptive
erable Xar-a-balX thurible
eptor \ep-tar\ scepter conferrable, deferrable, deferrable,
accepter, acceptor, inceptor,
inferable, preferable, transferable
preceptor, receptor
intercepter, interceptor erah \ir-a\ see era2

eptual \ep-chal\ conceptual, eral1 \ir-al\ Cyril, feral, serai,
perceptual spheral, virile

eptus \ep-tas\ conceptus eral2 \er-al\ see eril
textus receptus
eral3 \ar-3l\ see erral
epy \ep-e\ see eppy
erald \er-ald\ Gerald, Harold,
epys \eps\ Pepys herald, Jerald, Jerold, Jerrold
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
Fitzgerald, FitzGerald
and -s forms of verbs, listed at eep
eraph \er-af\ see erif
equal \e-kwsl\ equal, prequel,
sequel erapy \er-ald\ therapy
chemotherapy, chronotherapy
coequal, unequal aromatherapy

eque \ek\ see eck eratin \er-at-3n\ keratin, Sheraton
Samaritan
equel \e-kwal\ see equal
erative \er-at-iv\ see arative1
equence \e-kwans\ frequence,
sequence eraton \er-9t-3n\ see eratin

infrequence, subsequence erb \srb\ blurb, curb, herb, kerb,
Serb, verb
equency \e-kw3n-se\ frequency,
sequency acerb, adverb, disturb, exurb,
perturb, potherb, pro-verb, proverb,
infrequency reverb, suburb, superb

equent \e-kwant\ frequent, sequent erbal Xsr-balX burble, gerbil, herbal,
infrequent verbal

equer \ek-ar\ see ecker deverbal, nonverbal, preverbal

er1 \a\ see ay1 erbalist Xar-ba-bstX herbalist,
verbalist
er2 \er\ see are4
hyperbolist
er3 \ar\ see eur1
erbally Xsr-bs-leA verbally
er4 \ir\ see eer2 hyperbole, nonverbally

era1 \er-s\ era, Sara, Sarah, sclera, erber \9r-bsr\ see urber
terra
erberis Xar-bar-asX berberis,
caldera, Rivera, sierra, tiara Cerberus
aloe vera, ciguatera, cordillera,
guayabera, habanera, Halmahera, erberus Xar-bar-ssX see erberis
riviera, Riviera, Santa Clara
erbet \9r-b9t\ see urbit
era2 \ir-s\ era, gerah, Hera, lira,
Pyrrha, sera, sirrah, Vera, wirra

erbia 146

erbia \ar-be-3\ see urbia erd \ard\ see ird
erde1 \erd\ see aired
erbial \ar-be-3l\ adverbial, erde2 \ard\ see ird
proverbial erde3 \ard-e\ see urdy

erbid Xsr-badX see urbid erder Xsrd-arX birder, girder, herder
murder
erbil \9r-bsl\ see erbal self-murder, sheepherder

erbium Xar-be-amX erbium, terbium erderer Xard-ar-arX see urderer
ytterbium erdi1 \ar-de\ see urdy
erdi2 \er-de\ Verdi
erbole \ar-b3-le\ see erbally
Monteverdi
erbolist Xsr-ba-tastA see erbalist erd in \3rd-3n\ see urden

erby \sr-be\ derby, Derby, herby, erding \ard-irj\ wording
Kirby sheepherding
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ercal Xar-kalX see ircle
ird
erce \ars\ see erse
erce \ers\ see arce1 erdu \ar-du\ perdu, perdue, Urdu
ercel \sr-s3l\ see ersal1
erdue \ar-du\ see erdu
ercement Xar-smantX amercement,
disbursement erdure Xar-jarX see erger
ere1 \er\ see are4
reimbursement ere2 \er-e\ seeary1
ere3 \ir\ see eer2
ercer \9r-sar\ see ursor ere4 \ir-e\ see eary
ere5 \ar\ see eur1
ercery \ars-re\ see ursary e're \e-ar\ see eer1
ere \er\ see are4
erch \arch\ see urch
ereal \ir-e-sl\ see erial
ercia Xsr-shaX see ertia
ereid \ir-e-ad\ see eriod
erciai \9r-shal\ Herschel, Hershel erek \erik\ see eric1
commercial, inertial erely \ir-le\ see early1
controversial, uncommercial
semicommercial erement \er-9-m3nt\ see eriment
erence1 \ir-ans\ clearance
ercian Xsr-shanX see ertian
adherence, appearance, coherence,
ercible Nar-sa-balX see ersible inherence
ercion Xar-zhsnX see ersion1
incoherence, interference,
ercis \ar-s3s\ see ersus perseverance

ercive \ar-siv\ see ersive

ercular Xar-kya-larX see ircular

ercy \ar-se\ Circe, mercy, Percy,
pursy

gramercy
controversy

147 eria

erence2 \ar-3ns\ see urrence ergative \sr-g9-tir\ ergative,
purgative
erence3 \er-ans\ see arence
erge \srj\ see urge
erency1 \ir-an-se\ coherency,
vicegerency ergeant \ar-jant\ see argent

erency2 \er-an-se\ see errancy ergen \ar-gan\ Bergen
Spitzbergen
erent1 \ir-snt\ gerent
adherent, coherent, inherent, ergence \3r-jans\ convergence,
divergence, emergence, immergence,
sederunt, vicegerent insurgence, resurgence, submergence
incoherent
ergency \3r-jsn-se\ urgency
erent2 \er-snt\ see arent1 convergency, detergency, divergency,

eren't1 \arnt\ see earnt emergency, insurgency
counterinsurgency
eren't2 \sr-3nt\ see urrent
ergent \sr-J3nt\ see urgent
ereo \er-e-6\ see ario
ergeon \ar-jin\ see urgeon
ereous \ir-e-ss\ see erious
erger \3r-jsr\ merger, perjure,
erer \ir-ar\ see earer2 purger, scourger, urger, verdure, verger

eres1 \erz\ see airs deterger

eres2 \ir-ez\ see eries ergh \srg\ see erg

eres3 \ars\ see ers ergic \sr-jik\ allergic, synergic,
theurgic
eresy \er-3-se\ clerisy, heresy
demiurgic, dramaturgic,
ereth \er-at\ see erit thaumaturgic

ereus \ir-e-as\ see erious alpha-adrenergic, beta-adrenergic

erf \srf\ see urf ergid \ar-jid\ see urgid

erg \arg\ berg, burg, erg ergne1 \arn\ see urn
Augsburg, Boksburg, exergue,
ergne2 \ern\ see em1
hamburg, Hamburg, Hapsburg,
homburg, iceberg, Lemberg, Limburg, ergo \9r-go\ ergo, Virgo
Lindbergh, Newburg, Pittsburgh,
Salzburg, Sandburg, Strasbourg, ergue \arg\ see erg
svedberg, Tilburg
ergy \sr-je\ see urgy
Drakensberg, Gutenberg, Harrisburg,
Inselberg, Konigsberg, Luxembourg, eri1 \er-e\ see ary1
Magdeburg, Nuremberg, Rube
Goldberg, Toggenburg, Venusberg, eri2 \ir-e\ see eary
Wallenberg, Wiirttemberg
eria1 \ir-e-a\ feria, Styria, Syria
Johannesburg, St. Petersburg, von Algeria, Assyria, asteria, bacteria,
Hindenburg
collyria, criteria, diphtheria, Egeria,
Baden-Wiirttemberg, franseria, Illyria, Liberia, Nigeria,
Pietermaritzburg, Yekaterinburg plumeria, porphyria, Siberia, wisteria

Roodepoort-Maraisburg cafeteria, cryptomeria, latimeria,
opera seria, sansevieria, washateria

eria 148

eria2 \er-e-a\ see aria erics \er-iks\ sferics
hysterics
erial \ir-e-al\ aerial, cereal, ferial, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns
serial
listed at eric1
arterial, bacterial, empyreal, ethereal,
funereal, imperial, material, sidereal, eried \ir-e-ad\ see eriod
venereal, vizierial
eries \ir-ez\ Ceres, series
immaterial, magisterial, managerial, dundrearies
ministerial, presbyterial miniseries
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
erian1 \ir-e-an\ Adlerian, Assyrian,
Aterian, Cimmerian, criterion, and -s forms of verbs, listed at eary
Hesperian, Hutterian, Hyperion,
Iberian, Illyrian, Mousterian, erif \er-af\ seraph, serif, sheriff,
Mullerian, Pierian, Shakespearean, teraph
Spencerian, Spenglerian, Sumerian,
valerian, Valerian, Wagnerian sans serif

Hanoverian, Presbyterian eriff \er-af\ see erif
Thraco-Illyrian
erik \erik\ see eric1
erian2 \er-e-an\ see arian1
erika \er-i-ka\ see erica
eric1 \er-ik\ Berwick, cleric, Derek,
derrick, Eric, Erich, Erik, ferric, eril \er-al\ beryl, Beryl, Cheryl,
Herrick, xeric Errol, feral, ferrule, ferule, Merrill,
peril, Sherrill, Sheryl, sterile, Terrell,
aspheric, chimeric, choleric, Terrill
entheric, generic, Homeric, mesmeric,
numeric imperil
chrysoberyl
atmospheric, cholesteric, climacteric,
congeneric, dysenteric, esoteric erilant \er-9-lsnt\ see erulent

alphanumeric erile \er-al\ see eril

eric2 \ir-ik\ lyric, pyric, pyrrhic, erilous \er-3-las\ perilous, querulous
spheric, xeric glomerulus

aspheric, chimeric, empiric, satiric, eriment \er-3-mant\ cerement
satyric experiment
gedankenexperiment
atmospheric, hemispheric,
panegyric, stratospheric erin \er-an\ see aron1

erica \er-i-ka\ erica, Erica, Erika ering \ar-in\ see aring1
America
esoterica, North America, South eriod \ir-e-9d\ myriad, nereid,
Nereid, period
America
Latin America photoperiod

erical1 \er-i-k9l\ clerical erion \ir-e-an\ see erian1
chimerical, numerical
anticlerical erior \ir-e-ar\ querier
anterior, exterior, inferior, interior,
erical2 \ir-i-k9l\ lyrical, miracle,
spherical, spiracle posterior, superior, ulterior
Lake Superior
empirical —also -ex forms of adjectives listed
hemispherical
at eary
erich \erik\ see eric1
eriot \er-e-at\ see ariat1

149 erment

erious \ir-e-9s\ cereus, Nereus, erker \9r-kgr\ see orker1
serious, Sirius
erkin \9r-kgn\ see irkin
cinereous, delirious, Guarnerius,
imperious, mysterious, Tiberius erking \9r-kirj\ see orking

deleterious erkly \gr-kle\ clerkly
berserkly
eris1 \ir-9s\ see erous
erky \gr-ke\ birkie, jerky, murky,
eris2 \er-as\ see errous perky, smirky, turkey, Turkey, Turki

erist1 \ir-9St\ querist, theorist, verist Albuquerque, herky-jerky
careerist
panegyrist erle \grl\ see irl1
— also -est forms of adjectives listed
erlie \er-le\ see airly
ateer2
erlin \9r-tan\ merlin, Merlin,
erist2 \er-9st\ see arist merlon, Merlyn, purlin, yearling

erisy \er-9-se\ see eresy erling \9r-lirj\ see urling

erit \er-at\ ferret, merit, terret erlon \gr-l9n\ see erlin
demerit, inherit
disinherit erlyn \9r-tan\ see erlin
Shemini Atzereth
erm \9rm\ see orm1
eritable \er-9t-9-bgl\ heritable,
veritable erma \9r-nti9\ dharma, Erma, herma,
Irma
inheritable
scleroderma, terra firma
eritor \er-9t-9r\ ferreter, heritor
inheritor ermal \9r-m9l\ dermal, thermal
nonthermal, subdermal, transdermal
erity \er-9t-e\ ferity, ferrety, rarity, ectodermal, endothermal, epidermal,
verity
exothermal, hydrothermal,
asperity, celerity, dexterity, legerity, hypodermal, hypothermal
posterity, prosperity, severity,
sincerity, temerity erman \9r-m9n\ ermine, german,
German, germen, Herman, Hermann,
insincerity merman, sermon, Sherman, Thurman,
ambidexterity, subsidiarity vermin

erium \ir-e-9m\ Miriam determine, extermine, Mount
bacterium, collyrium, criterium, Hermon

delirium, imperium, psalterium cousin-german, predetermine
atmospherium, magisterium Tibeto-Burman
archaeobacterium
ermanent \9rm-n9nt\ permanent
erius1 \er-e-9s\ see arious determinant, impermanent
semipermanent
erius2 \ir-e-9s\ see erious
ermann \9r-m9n\ see erman
erjure \9r-jgr\ see erger
ermary \9rm-re\ see irmary
erjury \9ij-re\ perjury, surgery
microsurgery, neurosurgery erment \9r-mgnt\ averment,
conferment, deferment, determent,
erk \grk\ see ork1 interment, preferment

disinterment

ermer 150

ermer Xar-marX see urmur erna Xsr-naX dharna, Myrna, sterna,
Verna
ermes Xsr-mezX Hermes, kermes
cisterna
ermi Xar-meX see ermy ernal \3rn-al\ colonel, journal,
kernel, sternal, vernal
ermic Xar-mikX dharmic, thermic
geothermic, hypodermic, taxidermic diurnal, eternal, external, fraternal,
electrothermic hibernal, infernal, internal, maternal,
nocturnal, paternal, supernal
ermin Xar-manX see erman
coeternal, sempiternal
erminable Xarm-na-balX terminable semidiurnal
determinable, interminable
indeterminable ernary Xar-na-reX fernery, ternary,
turnery
erminal Xarm-nslX germinal,
terminal quaternary
erne1 \ern\ see em1
preterminal, subterminal erne2 \arn\ see urn

erminant Xarm-nsntX see ermanent erned \arnd\ see urned
ernel \arn-3l\ see ernal
ermine Xar-manX see erman
erner Xar-nsrX see urner
ermined Xar-mandX ermined ernes1 \ern\ see em1
determined ernes2 \arn\ see urn
self-determined
overdetermined ernest \ar-nast\ see ernist

erminous Xar-ma-nasX terminus, ernia \ar-ne-3\ hernia
verminous Hibernia

conterminous, coterminous ernian \ar-ne-9n\ Hibernian,
quaternion, Saturnian
erminus Xar-ma-nasX see erminous
ernible Xar-na-bslX see urnable
ermis Xar-mssX dermis, kermis, ernie \ar-ne\ see ourney1
kirmess, thermos
ernier \ar-ne-3r\ see ourneyer
endodermis, epidermis, exodermis
ernion \ar-ne-3n\ see ernian
ermit Xar-matX hermit, Kermit,
Thermit ernist Xar-nastX earnest, Earnest,
Ernest
ermon Xsr-msnX see erman
internist
ermos Xar-masX see ermis
ernity Xar-nat-eX eternity, fraternity,
ermy Xar-meX fermi, germy, squirmy, maternity, modernity, paternity,
wormy quaternity

diathermy, endothermy, taxidermy coeternity, confraternity,
sempiternity
ern1 \ern\ bairn, Bern, cairn, hern,
Nairn ernment Xarn-msntX adjournment,
attornment, concernment,
Auvergne, moderne, Pitcairn, discernment, internment
Sauternes, Ygerne
ernum Xar-nanA see urnum
art moderne

ern2 XarnX see urn

151 erron

erny \sr-ne\ see ourney1 errand \er-and\ errand, gerund
errant \er-ant\ see arent1
ero1 \e-ro\ giro, gyro, hero, Hero, erre \er\ see are4
Nero, zero
errell \er-al\ see eril
subzero errence1 \ar-3ns\ see urrence
antihero, superhero errence2 \er-sns\ see arence

ero2 \er-6\ aero, cero, Duero, errent Xsr-antX see urrent
Faeroe, faro, Faroe, pharaoh, taro,
tarot errer \ar-3r\ burrer, stirrer
conferrer, deferrer, demurrer,
bolero, bracero, cruzeiro, Guerrero,
Herero, Madero, montero, pampero, deterrer, inferrer, preferrer, referrer,
primero, ranchero, sombrero, torero, transferrer
vaquero
erret \er-at\ see erit
burladero, caballero, Mescalero,
novillero erreter \er-9t-ar\ see eritor

banderillero, carabinero, erria \er-e-a\ see aria
embarcadero errible \er-9-bal\ see earable1
erric \er-ik\ see eric1
Rio de Janeiro errick \er-ik\ see eric1

ero3 \ir-6\ giro, guiro, gyro, hero, errid \er-ad\ see erod
zero errie \er-e\ see ary1

primero erried \er-ed\ berried, serried, varied
—also -edforms of verbs listed at
erod \er-9d\ Herod
out-Herod, viverrid ary1

erold \er-9ld\ see erald errier \er-e-ar\ burier, terrier, varier
bullterrier
eron \er-sn\ see aron1 —also -exforms of adjectives listed

erous \ir-9s\ cerous, cirrus, Eris, at ary1
peeress, Pyrrhus, scirrhous, seeress,
serous errill \er-al\ see eril

erp \arp\ see urp errily \er-9-le\ see arily
erring1 \ar-irj\ see aring1
erpe \ar-pe\ see irpy erring2 \ar-irj\ see urring

erque \ar-ke\ see erky erris \er-as\ see errous
errol \er-al\ see eril
err1 \er\ see are4
errold \er-ald\ see erald
err2 \ar\ see eur1 erron \er-an\ see aron1

erra \er-a\ see era1

errable Xar-a-balX see erable

errace \er-as\ see errous

erral \ar-3l\ bharal, scurrile, squirrel
conferral, deferral, demurral,

referral, transferal

errance \er-sns\ see arence

errancy \er-an-se\ errancy
aberrancy, coherency, inerrancy

error 152

error \er-ar\ see earer1 ershel Xar-shalX see ercial

errous \er-9s\ derris, Eris, ferrous, ersial Xar-shalX see ercial
parous, terrace
ersian Xar-zhanX see ersion1
nonferrous
millionairess ersible Xsr-sa-bslX coercible,
conversable, dispersible, eversible,
errule \er-al\ see eril immersible, reversible, submersible,
traversable
erry \er-e\ see ary1
incoercible, irreversible
ers1 \arz\ furze, hers semisubmersible
somewheres
Voyageurs ersion1 W-zhsnX Persian, version
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, aspersion, aversion, coercion,

and -s forms of verbs, listed at eur conversion, dispersion, diversion,
emersion, eversion, excursion,
ers2 \ a \ see ay1 immersion, incursion, inversion,
perversion, recursion, reversion,
ersa \ar-sa\ bursa, Bursa submersion, subversion
vice versa
ambiversion, extroversion,
ersable Xar-sa-bslX see ersible interspersion, introversion,
reconversion, retroversion
ersal1 \ar-S3l\ bursal, tercel, versal
dispersal, rehearsal, reversal, animadversion, seroconversion

transversal, traversal ersion2 Xar-shanX see ertian
universal
ersional Xarzh-nalX versional
ersal2 \ar-sal\ see arsal conversional, reversional

ersant \srs-3nt\ versant ersionist Xsrzh-nastX diversionist,
conversant excursionist

ersary \ars-re\ see ursary ersity1 \ar-s3t-e\ adversity, diversity
multiversity, university
erse \ars\ birse, burse, curse, Erse, biodiversity
hearse, nurse, perse, purse, terce,
terse, thyrse, verse, worse ersity2 \ar-ste\ see irsty

adverse, amerce, asperse, averse, ersive \ar-siv\ cursive
coerce, commerce, converse, cutpurse, ambersive, aversive, coercive,
disburse, disperse, diverse, immerse,
inverse, Nez Perce, obverse, perverse, detersive, discursive, dispersive,
rehearse, reverse, sesterce, stress- excursive, inversive, perversive,
verse, submerse, transverse, traverse recursive, subversive

intersperse, reimburse, universe extroversive, introversive

ersed \arst\ see urst erson \ars-3n\ person, worsen
chairperson, craftsperson,
erser \3r-ssr\ see ursor
draftsperson, houseperson,
ersey \ar-ze\ furzy, jersey, Jersey, MacPherson, newsperson, nonperson,
kersey, Mersey salesperson, spokesperson, unperson

New Jersey anchorperson, businessperson,
gentleperson, weatherperson
erschel Xar-shalX see ercial
erst \arst\ see urst

153 ertinent

ersted \sr-st3d\ oersted, worsted — also -ed forms of verbs listed at
kilooersted
ert1
ersus Xsr-sasX cercis, thyrsus, versus
excursus ertedly Xart-ad-leA assertedly,
concertedly, pervertedly
ersy \ar-se\ see ercy
ertence \art-ans\ advertence
ert1 \srt\ Bert, blurt, Burt, chert, inadvertence
curt, dirt, flirt, girt, hurt, Kurt, pert,
quirt, shirt, skirt, spurt, squirt, sturt, ertent \art-9nt\ advertent, revertant
vert, wert, wort inadvertent

advert, alert, assert, avert, bellwort, erter \srt-3r\ blurter, skirter,
birthwort, Blackshirt, brownshirt, squirter, stertor
Cape Vert, colewort, concert, convert,
covert, desert, dessert, dissert, divert, converter, inverter, subverter
evert, exert, expert, exsert, figwort, controverter
fleawort, frankfurt, glasswort, —also -erforms of adjectives listed
hoopskirt, hornwort, inert, insert, at ert1
invert, lousewort, lungwort, madwort,
milkwort, nightshirt, outskirt, overt, ertes1 \art-ez\ certes
pervert, pilewort, ragwort, redshirt, Laertes
revert, ribwort, saltwort, sandwort,
seagirt, Schubert, soapwort, ertes2 \srts\ see erts
spearwort, spleenwort, stitchwort,
stonewort, subvert, sweatshirt, ertford \art-fsrd\ see artford
toothwort, T-shirt, ungirt
erth \arth\ see irth
ambivert, bladderwort, butterwort,
controvert, disconcert, extrovert, ertha Xsr-thsX Bertha, Eartha
feverwort, inexpert, introvert,
liverwort, malapert, miniskirt, ertia Xsr-shaX Mercia, Murcia
mitrewort, moneywort, overshirt, inertia
overskirt, pennywort, pettiskirt,
preconcert, reconvert, Saint-John's- ertial Xsr-shalX see ercial
wort, spiderwort, swallowwort,
thoroughwort, undershirt, underskirt ertian Xar-shanX Mercian, tertian
assertion, Cistercian, desertion,
animadvert, interconvert
exertion, insertion
ert2 \er\ see are4 self-assertion

ert3 \at\ see at5 ertible Xart-s-balX convertible,
invertible
erta \art-3\ Gerta
Alberta, Roberta controvertible, inconvertible
incontrovertible, interconvertible
ertain \art-3n\ burton, Burton,
certain, curtain, Merton ertile \srt-al\ curtal, fertile, hurtle,
kirtle, myrtle, Myrtle, spurtle, turtle
uncertain
cross-fertile, exsertile, infertile
ertant \art-3nt\ see ertent interfertile

erted \art-3d\ skirted ertinence \grt-9n-3ns\ pertinence,
concerted, perverted, T-shirted purtenance
extroverted, miniskirted,
appurtenance, impertinence
undershirted
ertinent1 \9rt-3n-snt\ pertinent
appurtentant, impertinent

ertinent 154

ertinent2 Xart-nsntX see irtinent erve \arv\ curve, MIRV, nerve,
serve, swerve, verve
erting \art-irj\ shirting, skirting
disconcerting, self-asserting conserve, deserve, disserve, hors
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at d'oeuvre, incurve, observe, preserve,
reserve, self-serve, subserve, unnerve
ert1
unreserve
ertion Xar-shanX see ertian
erved \srvd\ nerved
ertisement Xart-as-mantX decurved, deserved, recurved,
advertisement, divertissement
reserved
ertium Xar-shsnA see urtium underserved, unreserved
— also -edforms of verbs listed at
ertive \art-iv\ furtive
assertive erve
self-assertive, unassertive
ervency Xar-van-seA fervency
erton \art-n\ see ertain conservancy

ertor \art-3r\ see erter ervent Xar-vantA see ervant

erts \arts\ certes, hertz, nerts erver \ar-var\ fervor, server
weltschmerz deserver, observer, preserver,
gigahertz, kilohertz, megahertz
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, timeserver

and -s forms of verbs, listed at ert1 ervice \sr-v9s\ nervous, service
disservice, full-service, in-service,
erty \sr-te\ see irty
self-service
ertz \arts\ see erts interservice

erule \er-al\ see eril ervil Xsr-vslX chervil, serval, servile

erulent \er-3-lant\ sterilant ervile Xar-valX see ervil
puberulent, pulverulent
erviness Xar-ve-nasX nerviness
erulous \er-3-las\ see erilous topsy-turviness

erum \ir-9m\ theorem, serum erving \sr-virj\ Irving, serving
deserving, self-serving, timeserving,
erund \er-and\ see errand
erunt \er-ant\ see arent1 unswerving
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
erval \9r-vsl\ see ervil
erve
ervancy \ar-v3n-se\ see ervency
ervitor W-vat-srX servitor
ervant \9r-vant\ fervent, servant conservator
maidservant, manservant, observant
ervor \ar-v9r\ see erver
ervative \ar-v3t-iv\ conservative,
preservative ervous Xar-vasX see ervice

archconservative ervy \sr-ve\ see urvy
neoconservative, semiconservative
erwick \er-ik\ see eric1
ervator Xsr-vat-arX see ervitor
erwin Xar-wanX Irwin, Sherwin

ery1 \er-e\ see ary1

ery2 \ir-e\ see eary

155 esh

eryl \er-sl\ see eril luminescence, obsolescence,
opalescence, prepubescence
erz \erts\ see ertz1
preadolescence
e s 1 \a\ see ay1
escency \es-an-se\ excrescency,
e s 2 \as\ see ace1 incessancy

e s 3 \az\ see aze1 escent \es-3nt\ crescent, Crescent
candescent, canescent, concrescent,
e s 4 \es\ see ess
decrescent, depressant, excrescent,
e s 5 \ez\ see eze fluorescent, frutescent, incessant,
increscent, liquescent, pearlescent,
e's \ez\ see eze pubescent, putrescent, quiescent,
rufescent, senescent, suppressant,-
esa1 \a-sa\ mesa, Mesa, presa tumescent, turgescent, virescent
omasa, Teresa, Theresa
acaulescent, acquiescent, adolescent,
esa2 \a-za\ presa arborescent, coalescent, convalescent,
impresa, marchesa detumescent, effervescent,
Bel Paese efflorescent, evanescent, incandescent,
Maria Theresa inflorescent, intumescent, irridescent,
juvenescent, luminescent, opalescent,
esage \es-ij\ see essage phosphorescent, prepubescent,
recrudescent, viridescent
esan1 \az-3n\ see azon
antidepressant, preadolescent
esan2 \ez-3n\ see eason
escible \es-3-bal\ see essible
esant \ez-3nt\ bezant, peasant,
pheasant, pleasant, present escience \esh-ans\ nescience,
prescience
unpleasant
omnipresent escive \es-iv\ see essive

esas \a-zas\ Marquesas e s c o \es-ko\ alfresco
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns
escue \es-kyu\ fescue, rescue
listed at esa2
ese1 \es\ see iece
e s c e \es\ see ess
e s e 2 \ez\ see eze
escence \es-3ns\ essence
candescence, concrescence, e s e 3 \a-se\ see acy

excrescence, florescence, esence \ez-3ns\ pleasance, presence
fluorescence, pearlescence, omnipresence
pubescence, putrescence, quiescence,
quintessence, senescence, tumescence, eseus \e-se-as\ Theseus
turgescence, virescence Tiresias

acquiescence, adolescence, esh1 \esh\ creche, fleche, flesh,
arborescence, coalescence, fresh, mesh, thresh
convalescence, decalescence,
defervescence, deliquescence, afresh, bobeche, caleche, creme
detumescence, effervescence, fraiche, enmesh, gooseflesh,
efflorescence, evanescence, horseflesh, immesh, parfleche, refresh,
incandescence, inflorescence, tete-beche
iridescence, juvenescence,
Bangladesh, Gilgamesh, intermesh,
Marrakech

esh 156

Andhra Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, esiccant \es-i-ksnt\ desiccant,
Uttar Pradesh vesicant

Himachral Pradesh esidency \ez-3d-sn-se\ presidency,
Arunachal Pradesh residency

e s h 2 \ash\ see eche1 nonresidency, vice-presidency

e s h 3 \ash\ see ash3 esident \ez-ad-3nt\ president,
resident
eshed \esht\ fleshed, meshed
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at nonresident, vice-president

esh1 esima Xes-a-maX Quinquagesima,
Sexagesima
eshen \esh-3n\ see ession
Septuagesima
eshener \esh-nsr\ see essioner
esimal \es-9-mal\ centesimal,
esher \esh-ar\ see essure millesimal, vigesimal

eshly \esh-le\ fleshly, freshly, duodecimal, planetesimal,
specially sexagesimal

especially infinitesimal
esin \ez-3n\ resin
eshment \esh-mant\ fleshment
enmeshment, refreshment muezzin
oleoresin
esi1 \a-ze\ see azy
esion \e-zhan\ see esian1
esi2 \a-se\ see acy
esis \e-S9s\ Croesus, thesis, tmesis
esia1 \e-sha\ geisha, Moesia ascesis, askesis, esthesis, mimesis,
Letitia, Lucretia, Magnesia,
prosthesis
Phoenicia anamnesis, catachresis, catechesis,
alpoecia
Dionysus, exegesis
esia2 \e-zha\ freesia hyperkinesis, Peloponnesus,
amnesia, esthesia, frambesia,
psychokinesis, telekinesis
magnesia, rafflesia, Silesia, Tunisia amniocentesis
analgesia, anesthesia, Austronesia,
esium \e-ze-am\ see ezium
Indonesia, Melanesia, Micronesia,
Polynesia, synesthesia esive \e-siv\ adhesive, cohesive
self-adhesive
esial \e-ze-9i\ mesial
ecclesial esk \esk\ see esque

esian1 \e-zhan\ Friesian, Frisian, esley \es-le\ see essly
lesion
eslie \es-le\ see essly
adhesion, Cartesian, cohesion, esne \en\ see ine3
etesian, Salesian eso1 \a-so\ peso, say-so
e s o 2 \es-6\ see esso
Austronesian, Holstein-Friesian,
Indonesian, Melanesian, Micronesian, e s p a s s \es-pss\ Thespis, trespass
Polynesian
espis \es-pas\ see espass
esian2 \e-shan\ see etion1
espite \es-pat\ see espot
esias \e-se-as\ see eseus
espot \es-pat\ despot, respite
esicant \es-i-k9nt\ see esiccant

157 ession

esque \esk\ desk essan \es-3n\ see essen
burlesque, grotesque, moresque
arabesque, Bunyanesque, copydesk, essancy \es-3n-se\ see escency

gigantesque, humoresque, Junoesque, essant \es-3nt\ see escent
Kafkaesque, picaresque, picturesque,
plateresque, Romanesque, esse1 \es\ see ess
Rubenesque, sculpturesque, statuesque
e s s e 2 \es-e\ see essy
churrigueresque
e s s e 3 \es-a\ Hesse
e s s \es\ bless, cess, chess, cress, Odessa, Vanessa
dress, ess, fess, guess, Hesse, jess,
less, loess, mess, ness, press, s, stress, e s s e d \est\ see est
tress, yes
essedly \es-ad-le\ blessedly,
abscess, access, address, aggress, confessedly, professedly, possessedly
assess, caress, clothespress, coatdress, self-possessedly
compress, confess, CS, depress,
digress, distress, duress, egress, essel \es-9l\ see estle1
excess, express, finesse, handpress,
headdress, housedress, impress, essen \es-3n\ Essen, lessen, lesson,
ingress, largess, Meknes, nightdress, messan
noblesse, obsess, oppress, outguess,
pantdress, possess, precess, prestress, delicatessen
princess, process, profess, progress,
recess, redress, regress, re-press, e s s e n c e \es-3ns\ see escence
repress, shirtdress, sidedress, SS,
success, sundress, suppress, top-dress, esser \es-ar\ see essor
transgress, undress, unless, winepress
e s s e x \es-iks\ Essex, Wessex
ABS, acquiesce, baroness, coalesce,
convalesce, DES, decompress, essful \es-fal\ stressful
deliquesce, derepress, dispossess, distressful, successful
effervesce, effloresce, evanesce, unsuccessful
gentilesse, GR-S, IHS, in-process,
incandesce, intumesce, inverness, essian \esh-an\ see ession
Inverness, letterpress, luminesce,
Lyonnesse, minidress, nonetheless, essible \es-3-bsl\ decibel
obsolesce, otherguess, overdress, accessible, addressable,
pennycress, phosphoresce, politesse,
prepossess, preprocess, recrudesce, compressible, confessable,
repossess, reprocess, retrogress, depressible, expressible, impressible,
second-guess, SOS, sweaterdress, processible, putrescible, suppressible
unsuccess, watercress, window-dress
inaccessible, incompressible,
another-guess, nevertheless inexpressible, insuppressible,
irrepressible
e s s a \es-s\ see e s s e 3
essie \es-e\ see essy
essable \es-3-bal\ see essible
essile \es-al\ see estle1
essage \es-ij\ message, presage
expressage ession \esh-an\ cession, freshen,
hessian, session
essaly \es-s-le\ Cecily, Thessaly
accession, aggression, compression,
essamine Xes-manX see essman concession, confession, depression,
digression, discretion, egression,
expression, impression, ingression,
obsession, oppression, possession,
precession, procession, profession,

essional 158

progression, recession, refreshen, e s s o n \es-3n\ see essen
regression, repression, secession,
succession, suppression, transgression essor \es-ar\ dresser, guesser, lesser,
pressor, stressor
decompression, dispossession,
indiscretion, intercession, intersession, addresser, aggressor, assessor,
introgression, misimpression, caresser, compressor, confessor,
prepossession, reimpression, depressor, expressor, hairdresser,
repossession, retrogression, self- oppressor, processor, professor,
confession, self-expression, self- regressor, repressor, successor,
possession, supersession suppresssor, transgressor, vinedresser

essional \esh-nal\ sessional antecessor, dispossessor, intercessor,
accessional, concessional, predecessor, repossessor, second-
guesser
congressional, diagressional,
expressional, obsessional, microprocessor, multiprocessor
possessional, precessional,
processional, professional, essory \es-a-re\ pessary
progressional, recessional, accessory, possessory
successional intercessory

preprofessional, subprofessional essure \esh-ar\ pressure
paraprofessional, semiprofessional impressure, low-pressure, refresher
acupressure, overpressure
essioner \esh-nsr\ freshener
concessioner e s s y \es-e\ Bessie, dressy, Jesse,
Jessie, messy
essionist \esh-nast\ expressionist,
impressionist, repressionist, est \est\ best, breast, Brest, chest,
secessionist crest, gest, geste, guest, hest, jessed,
jest, lest, nest, pest, prest, quest, rest,
essity \es-te\ see esty test, tressed, vest, west, West, wrest,
zest
essive \es-iv\ crescive
aggressive, caressive, compressive, abreast, appressed, armrest, arrest,
attest, backrest, beau geste, behest,
concessive, degressive, depressive, bequest, bird's-nest, celeste, Celeste,
digressive, excessive, expressive, compressed, congest, conquest,
impressive, ingressive, obsessive, contest, detest, devest, digest, divest,
oppressive, possessive, progressive, egest, field-test, flight-test, footrest,
recessive, regressive, successive, gabfest, hard-pressed, headrest,
suppressive, transgressive hillcrest, houseguest, imprest, incest,
infest, ingest, inquest, interest, invest,
inexpressive, retrogressive, low-test, Mae West, Midwest, molest,
unexpressive northwest, posttest, pretest, professed,
protest, redbreast, repressed, request,
manic-depressive retest, revest, slugfest, southwest,
suggest, trapnest, Trieste, t-test,
essly \es-le\ Leslie, Lesley, Wesley unblessed, undressed, unrest,
expressly unstressed

essman Xes-manX chessman, almagest, anapest, Bucharest,
pressman Budapest, decongest, disinfest,
disinvest, empty-nest, galley-west,
expressman, jessamine, specimen manifest, north-northwest, palimpsest,
predigest, reinvest, rinderpest, second-
essment Xes-mantX see estment best, self-addressed, self-confessed,

e s s o \es-6\ gesso
espresso

159 estle

self-interest, self-possessed, estial \es-te-al\ celestial, forestial
sweatervest, uninterest, unprofessed
estible Xes-ta-balX testable
autosuggest, disinterest, robin comestible, detestable, digestible,
redbreast, supraprotest, underinvest
ingestible, investable, suggestible
thirty-second rest incontestable, indigestible
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
ess estic \es-tik\ gestic
domestic, majestic
esta \es-ta\ cesta, cuesta, testa, anapestic, catachrestic
vesta, Vesta
esticai \es-ti-kal\ see esticle
Avesta, celesta, egesta, fiesta,
ingesta, siesta esticle \es-ti-kal\ testicle
catachrestical
Zend-Avesta
estimate Xes-ts-matX estimate,
estable \es-ta-b9l\ see estiblG guesstimate

estae \es-te\ see esty estinate \es-t3-nat\ festinate
predestinate
estal \es-t3l\ crestal, pestle, vestal
estine \es-tan\ destine, Preston
estan \es-tan\ see estine Avestan, clandestine, intestine,

estant \es-tent\ arrestant, predestine
contestant, infestant, protestant,
Protestant esting \es-tirj\ cresting, vesting,
westing
decongestant, disinfestant,
manifestant arresting
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
este \est\ see est est

ested \es-tad\ bested, crested, estion \es-chsn\ question
nested, tested, vested congestion, cross-question,

time-tested digestion, egestion, ingestion, self-
barrel-chested, double-breasted, question, suggestion
hairy-chested, indigested, single-
breasted decongestion, indigestion, self-
—also -edforms of verbs listed at suggestion
est
autosuggestion
ester \es-tar\ Chester, ester, Esther,
fester, Hester, jester, Leicester, Lester, estis \es-tss\ cestus, testis
nester, Nestor, pester, quaestor, Alcestis, asbestos, Hephaestus
quester, questor, nester, tester, wester,
yester, zester estival \es-ta-v9l\ estival, festival

ancestor, arrester, contester, detester, estive \es-tiv\ festive, restive
digester, infester, investor, congestive, digestive, egestive,
Manchester, molester, northwester,
Rochester, semester, sequester, ingestive, suggestive
southwester, sou'wester, decongestive
suggester, Sylvester, trimester,
Winchester estle1 \es-3l\ Bessel, Cecil, decile,
nestle, pestle, sessile, trestle, vessel,
arbalester, empty-nester, monoester, wrestle
polyester
Indian-wrestle
esti \es-te\ see esty
estle2 \as-al\ see assel2

estle3 \as-3l\ see ustle

estless 160

estless \est-las\ crestless, restless et1 \et\ bet, Bret, Brett, debt, et, fret,
get, jet, let, Lett, met, net, pet, ret, set,
estment \es-m9nt\ vestment stet, sweat, Tet, threat, vet, wet, whet,
arrestment, assessment, divestment, yet

impressment, investment abet, aigrette, Annette, asset,
disinvestment, reinvestment Babette, backset, baguette, banquette,
barbette, Barnet, Barnett, barquette,
esto \es-to\ pesto, presto barrette, beget, beset, blanquette,
manifesto boneset, brevet, briquette, brochette,
brunet, burette, burnet, cadet, cassette,
eston \es-tan\ see estine cermet, Claudette, Colette, coquet,
coquette, cornet, corselet, corvette,
estor \es-tar\ see ester coset, courgette, croquette, curette,
curvet, cuvette, daleth, dinette,
estos \es-t9s\ see estis diskette, dragnet, duet, egret, fan-jet,
fishnet, flechette, forget, frisette,
estra \es-tr9\ fenestra, orchestra, gazette, georgette, Georgette, gillnet,
palaestra godet, grisette, handset, hard-set,
headset, ink-jet, inlet, inset, Janette,
Clytemnestra Jeanette, Jeannette, Juliet, kismet,
layette, lorgnette, lunette, Lynette,
estral \es-tral\ estral, kestrel maquette, Marquette, mind-set,
ancestral, campestral, fenestral, moonset, moquette, motet, musette,
Nanette, Nannette, noisette, nonet,
orchestral, semestral nymphet, octet, offset, onset, Osset,
outlet, outset, paillette, palet, pallette,
estrel \es-tral\ see estral palmette, Paulette, pipette, piquet,
planchette, poussette, preset, quartet,
estress \es-tras\ see estrus quickset, quintet, raclette, ramet,
regret, reset, revet, rocket, roomette,
estrial \es-tre-9l\ semestrial, rosette, roulette, saw-whet, septet,
terrestrial sestet, sextet, sharp-set, soubrette,
spinet, stylet, sublet, subset, sunset,
extraterrestrial Syrette, tacet, thickset, Tibet, toilette,
tonette, trijet, twinset, typeset, unset,
estrian \es-tre-an\ equestrian, upset, vedette, vignette, well-set,
pedestrian Yvette

estrous \es-tras\ see estrus aiguillette, alphabet, anchoret,
andouilette, anisette, Antoinette,
estrum Xes-trsnA estrum avocet, banneret, basinet, bassinet,
sequestrum bayonet, Bernadette, bobbinet,
briolette, burgonet, calumet, canzonet,
estrus \es-trss\ estrous, estrus castanet, cellarette, chemisette,
ancestress cigarette, clarinet, consolette, coronet,
corselet, crepe suzette, dragonet,
estry \es-tre\ vestry electret, en brochette, epaulet, epithet,
ancestry etiquette, falconet, farmerette,
featurette, flageolet, flannelette,
estuous \es-cha-was\ incestuous, guillemet, heavyset, jaconet, Juliett,
tempestuous kitchenette, Lafayette, landaulet,
lanneret, launderette, Leatherette,
esture \es-cb.9r\ gesture, vesture

estus \es-tas\ see estis

esty \es-te\ chesty, pesty, testae,
testy, zesty

necessity, res gestae, Tibesti

e s u s \e-sss\ see esis

161 eth

luncheonette, maisonette, majorette, —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
marmoset, marquisette, martinet, etch
mignonette, minaret, minuet,
miquelet, novelette, Olivet, oubliette, etcher \ech-ar\ etcher, catcher,
parapet, paupiette, photoset, pirouette, fetcher, fletcher, Fletcher, lecher,
quodlibet, rondelet, Samoset, satinet, sketcher, stretcher
scilicet, sermonette, serviette,
silhouette, sobriquet, solleret, cowcatcher, dogcatcher, eye-catcher,
somerset, Somerset, soviet, spinneret, flycatcher, gnatcatcher
statuette, stockinette, suffragette,
superjet, swimmeret, taboret, etching \ech-irj\ etching, fletching
thermoset, towelette, trebuchet, —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
tricolette, underlet, usherette,
vinaigrette, wagonette etch

analphabet, bachelorette, drum etchy \ech-e\ sketchy, stretchy,
majorette, electrojet, Hospitalet, tetchy
marionette, microcassette,
micropipette, musique concrete, ete1 \at\ see ate
photo-offset, videlicet
ete2 \et\ see et1
audiocassette, caulifloweret, hail-
fellow-well-met, Marie Antoinette, ete3 \et\ see eat1
videocassette
ete4 \at-e\ see aty
et2 \a\ see ay1
ete \at\ see ate1
et3 \at\ see ate1
eted \ad\ see ade1
et4 \es\ see e s s
etel \et-al\ see etal
eta1 \at-a\ see ata2
etely \et-le\ see eetly
eta2 \et-s\ see etta
eteor \et-e-ar\ meteor
eta3 \et-a\ see ita2 confiteor
—also -erforms of adjectives listed
etable1 \et-9-bal\ see ettable
at eaty
etable2 \et-9-bal\ see eatable
eter \et-ar\ see eater1
etal1 \et-3l\ beetle, betel, fetal
decretal, excretal etera \e-tra\ see etra

etal2 \et-3l\ see ettle eterate \et-3-rat\ see eterit

etan1 \et-3n\ Breton, threaten eterit \et-3-r9t\ preterit
Cape Breton, Tibetan inveterate

etan2 \et-3n\ see eaten1 etes \et-as\ see etus

etch \ech\ catch, etch, fetch, fletch, eth1 \eth\ Beth, breath, breadth,
ketch, kvetch, lech, letch, retch, death, saith, Seth, snath
sketch, stretch, vetch, wretch
daleth, handbreadth, hairbreadth,
backstretch, homestretch, outstretch Macbeth

etched \echt\ teched Ashtoreth, isopleth, megadeath,
farfetched shibboleth

Elisabeth, Elizabeth

eth2 \as\ see ace1

eth3 \at\ see ate1

eth 162

eth4 \et\ see et1 nomothetic, parenthetic, sympathetic,
synergetic, synesthetic
etha \e-ths\ Aretha, Ibiza
aeromagnetic, antimagnetic,
ethane \e-than\ ethane, methane antipathetic, antipoetic, antipyretic,
nitromethane apologetic, epexigetic, epigenetic,
dichloroethane ferrimagnetic, ferromagnetic,
geomagnetic, gyromagnetic,
ethe \e-the\ see eathy homogametic, hydrokinetic,
hydromagnetic, hyperkinetic,
ether1 \elh-ar\ blether, feather, isomagnetic, monophyletic,
heather, Heather, leather, nether, morphogenetic, ontogenetic,
tether, weather, wether, whether optokinetic, palingenetic,
paramagnetic, pathogenetic,
aweather, bellwether, pinfeather, peripatetic, phylogenetic,
together, untether polyphyletic, psychokinetic,
telekinetic, thermomagnetic
altogether, get-together
aposiopetic, cyanogenetic,
ether2 \3th-ar\ see other electrokinetic, electromagnetic,
heterogametic, parasympathetic,
ethic \eth-ik\ ethic parthenogenetic, psychotomimetic,
erethic unapologetic

ethral \e-thral\ urethral onomatopoetic
bulbourethral
etical \et-i-kal\ metical, reticle
ethyl \eth-al\ bethel, Ethel, ethyl, aesthetical, genetical, heretical,
methyl
phonetical
triethyl antithetical, arithmetical,

eti1 \et-e\ see eaty catechetical, cybernetical, epithetical,
exegetical, geodetical, hypothetical,
eti2 \at-e\ see aty parenthetical, theoretical

etia \e-shs\ see esia1 atheoretical, epexegetical

etian \e-shsn\ see etion1 eticist \et-3-sast\ geneticist,
kineticist
etic1 \et-ik\ thetic
acetic, docetic cyberneticist

etic2 \et-ik\ etic, thetic etics \et-iks\ aesthetics, athletics,
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, genetics, kinetics, phonetics, poetics,
tonetics
bathetic, cosmetic, docetic, eidetic,
emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, cybernetics, dietetics, homiletics
hermetic, kinetic, limnetic, magnetic, apologetics, cytogenetics
mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, immunogenetics
pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phrenetic, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns
phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, listed at etic
pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic,
synthetic, tonetic, Venetic etid \et-ad\ fetid, fretted, sweated
indebted
alphabetic, analgetic, anesthetic, parapeted
antithetic, apathetic, asyndetic, —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
copacetic, cybernetic, diabetic,
dietetic, digenetic, diphyletic, diuretic, et1
empathetic, energetic, epithetic,
geodetic, homiletic, Masoretic, etin \et-3n\ see eaten1

163 etta

etion1 \e-shsn\ Grecian etous \et-ss\ see etus
accretion, Capetian, completion,
etra1 \e-trg\ Petra, tetra
concretion, deletion, depletion, etcetera
excretion, Ossetian, Phoenician,
repletion, secretion, suppletion, etra2 \e-tra\ Petra
Tahitian Kenitra

Austronesian, Diocletian, etral1 \e-tral\ petrel, retral
Melanesian, Polynesian
etral2 \e-trgl\ see etrel1
Taracahitian
etre \etr3\ fete champetre, raison
etion2 \esh-an\ see ession d'etre

etious \e-shss\ see ecious etrel1 \e-tral\ petrel, petrol, retral

etis1 \et-as\ see etus etrel2 \e-tral\ see etral1

etis2 \et-as\ see ettuce etric \e-trik\ metric
obstetric, symmetric
etist \et-9St\ cornetist, librettist, asymmetric, barometric, decametric,
vignettist
dekametric, diametric, dissymmetric,
clarinetist, exegetist, operettist geometric, hypsometric, isometric,
—also -estforms of adjectives listed optometric, psychometric, telemetric,
aret1 volumetric

etitive \et-9t-iv\ competitive, acidometric, amperometric,
repetitive sociometric

uncompetitive etrical \e-tri-kal\ metrical
anticompetitive obstetrical, symmetrical
asymmetrical, barometrical,
etium \e-she-am\ see ecium
diametrical, geometrical,
etius \e-shss\ see ecious unsymmetrical

etive \et-iv\ accretive, completive, etrics \e-triks\ obstetrics
decretive, depletive, secretive, geometries, isometrics, sabermetrics
suppletive
etrist \e-trsst\ metrist
etl1 \at-3l\ see atal belletrist

etl2 \et-3l\ see ettle etrol \e-tral\ see etrel1

etiand \et-bnd\ Shetland, wetland ets \ets\ let's
Donets, rillettes, Steinmetz
etment \et-m9nt\ abetment, pantalets, solonetz, Sosnowiec
besetment, curettement, revetment —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,

eto1 \at-6\ see ato2 and -s forms of verbs, listed at et1

eto2 \et-6\ see ito1 etsk \etsk\ Donetsk, Kuznetsk,
Lipetsk
eton \et-3n\ see eaten1
Novokuznetsk
etor1 \et-ar\ see etter
ett \et\ see et1
etor2 \et-ar\ see eater1
etta \et-a\ betta, Etta, feta, geta,
etory \et-9-re\ eatery Greta, Quetta
decretory, secretory, suppletory

ettable 164

biretta, cabretta, galleta, Loretta, Citialtepetl
mozzetta, pancetta, poinsettia, Popocatepetl
Rosetta, Valletta, vendetta
ettlesome \et-3l-S3m\ mettlesome,
anchoveta, arietta, cabaletta, nettlesome
Henrietta, Marietta, operetta,
sinfonietta ettling \et-lirj\ fettling, settling
unsettling
ettable \et-3-bal\ retable, wettable —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
forgettable, regrettable
unforgettable ettle

ette \et\ see et1 etto \et-6\ ghetto, stretto
cavetto, falsetto, in petto, larghetto,
etter \et-ar\ better, bettor, debtor,
fetter, getter, letter, netter, rhetor, libretto, palmetto, stiletto, zucchetto
setter, sweater, tetter, wetter, whetter allegretto, amaretto, amoretto,

abettor, begetter, bonesetter, enfetter, fianchetto, Kazan Retto, lazaretto,
gill-netter, go-getter, jet-setter, Tintoretto, vaporetto
newsletter, pacesetter, pinsetter, red-
letter, regretter, trendsetter, typesetter, ettor \et-ar\ see etter
unfetter, vignetter
ettuce \et-as\ lettuce, Thetis
carburettor Hymettus
—also -exforms of adjectives listed
at et1 ettus \et-as\ see ettuce

ettered \et-ard\ fettered, lettered etty1 \et-e\ Betty, jetty, Nettie, netty,
unfettered, unlettered petit, petty, sweaty, yeti

ettes \ets\ see ets brown Betty, cavetti, confetti,
libretti, machete, Rossetti, spaghetti
ettia \et-s\ see etta
amoretti, cappelletti, cavalletti,
ettie \et-e\ see etty1 Donizetti, Serengeti, spermacetti,
vaporetti
ettier \it-e-ar\ see ittier
etty2 \it-e\ see itty
ettiness \it-e-nas\ see ittiness
etum \et-3m\ pinetum
etting \et-irj\ netting, setting arboretum, equisetum
bed-wetting, bloodletting, go-
etus \et-as\ Cetus, fetus, Thetis,
getting, onsetting, typesetting treatise
thermosetting
phototypesetting acetous, Admetus, boletus, coitus,
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at quietus

et1 diabetes

ettish \et-ish\ fetish, Lettish, pettish, etzsche \e-che\ see eachy
wettish
euben \u-ban\ Cuban, Reuben,
coquettish Ruben
novelettish
von Steuben
ettle \et-3l\ fettle, kettle, metal,
mettle, nettle, petal, settle, shtetl euce \iis\ see use1

bimetal, gunmetal, nonmetal, euced \u-sad\ see ucid
teakettle, unsettle
eucey \ii-se\ see uicy

euch \iik\ see uke

165 euse

euchre \u-kar\ see ucre shirr, sir, skirr, slur, spur, stir, thir,
'twere, were, whir, your, you're
eucid \u-sad\ see ucid
eud1 \iid\ see ude as per, astir, auteur, aver, bestir,
eud2 \6id\ see oid1 chasseur, chauffeur, claqueur, coiffeur,
eudal \ud-3l\ see oodle concur, confer, danseur, defer, demur,
eudist \iid-3st\ see udist1 deter, douceur, du jour, farceur,
flaneur, friseur, frondeur, hauteur,
eudo \iid-6\ see udo him/her, his/her, incur, infer, inter,
eue \u\ see ew1 jongleur, larkspur, liqueur, longspur,
euer \u-sr\ see ewer1 masseur, millefleur, occur, Pasteur,
poseur, prefer, recur, refer, sandbur,
euil \al\ see ail sandspur, seigneur, transfer, voyeur
euille \ e \ see ee1
accoucheur, amateur, cocklebur,
euk \iik\ see uke colporteur, connoisseur, cri de coeur,
cross-refer, cubature, curvature, de
eukin Xii-karA see ucan rigueur, disinter, force majeure, franc-
eul1 \al\ see ull tireur, monseigneur, nonconcur,
eul2 \arl\ see irl pasticheur, prosateur, raconteur,
rapporteur, regisseur, saboteur,
eulah \u-la\ see ula secateur, underfur, voyageur

eulean \u-le-an\ see ulean arbitrageur, carillonneur,
entrepreneur, litterateur, provocateur,
eum1 \e-3m\ geum restaurateur
lyceum, museum, no-see-um,
conglomerateur
odeum, per diem, Te Deum agent provocateur
athenaeum, coliseum, colosseum,
eur2 \ u r \ see ure1
hypogeum, mausoleum
eum2 \a-am\ see ahum eure \ar\ see eur1
eum3 \iim\ see oom1
eurial \ur-e-al\ see urial1
euma \u-ma\ see uma
eume \tim\ see oom1 eurish \ar-ish\ seeourish

eumon Xu-marA see uman eurs \arz\ seeers1

eumy \u-me\ see oomy eury \ur-e\ see ury1

eunice Yii-nasX see ewness eus1 \e-as\ Aeneas, Aggeus,
eunt \iint\ see unt1 Alpheus, Arius, Chryseis, Linnaeus,
Micheas, Piraeus, uraeus
eunuch \ii-nik\ see unic
eur1 \ar\ birr, blur, buhr, burr, Burr, coryphaeus, epigeous, scarabaeus
chirr, churr, cur, curr, err, fir, for, fur, prelate nullius
her, knur, murre, myrrh, per, purr, Duque de Caxias, Judas Maccabaeus

e u s 2 \ u s \ see use1

euse1 \az\ buzz, 'cause, coz, does,
fuzz, 'twas, was

abuzz, because, outdoes, undoes
overdoes

e u s e 2 \us\ see use1

euse3 \iiz\ see use2

eusel 166

eusel1 \u-ssl\ see usal1 evement \ev-mant\ achievement,
eusel2 \u-zal\ see usal2 aggrievement, bereavement

eut \iit\ see ute underachievement

euter \ut-ar\ see uter even \e-van\ even, Stephen, Steven
euth \iith\ seeooth2 breakeven, break-even, Genevan,

eutian Xii-shanX see ution Kesteven, uneven

eutic \ut-ik\ see utic eventh \ev-9nth\ seventh
eleventh
eutical \ut-i-kal\ see utical
ever1 \ev-ar\ clever, ever, lever,
eutics \iit-iks\ toreutics never, sever, Trevor
hermeneutics, therapeutics
dissever, endeavor, forever, however,
eutist \ut-ast\ see utist soever, whatever, whenever, wherever,
euton \ut-3n\ see utan whichever, whoever, whomever
eutonist \ut-3n-ast\ see utenist
euve \sv\ see ove1 cantilever, howsoever, live-forever,
euver \u-var\ see over3 whatsoever, whencesoever,
eux \ix\ see ew1 whensoever, wheresoever,
ev1 \ef\ see ef1 whichsoever, whomsoever,
ev2 \6f\ see off whosesoever, whosoever
eva \e-v9\ see iva2
whithersoever
eval \e-vsl\ see ieval
ever2 \e-var\ see iever
evalent \ev-9-bnt\ see evolent
evan1 \e-van\ see even everage \ev-rij\ beverage, leverage
evan2 \ev-an\ see eaven
eve1 \ev\ breve, rev, Sevres everence \ev-r9ns\ reverence,
severance
Negev
alia breve disseverance, irreverence
eve2 \ev\ see eave1
every \ev-re\ every, reverie
evel \ev-9l\ bevel, devil, level,
Neville, revel eves \evz\ see eaves

baselevel, bedevil, bi-level, eviate \e-ve-3t\ deviate, qiviut
daredevil, dishevel, go-devil, split-
level evice \ev-ss\ clevis, crevice
Ben Nevis
entry-level
evil \e-vsl\ see ieval
eveler \ev-lsr\ leveler, reveler
eville \ev-al\ see evel
evelly \ev-9-le\ heavily, levelly,
reveille evilry \ev-al-re\ devilry, revelry

evin \ev-3n\ see eaven

evious \e-ve-as\ devious, previous
evis1 \ev-ss\ see evice
evis2 \e-vas\ see evus

evity \ev-at-e\ brevity, levity
longevity

evo \e-vo\ in vivo, relievo, ring-a-
lievo

167 ew

alto-relievo, basso-relievo, mezzo- Hutu, imbrue, imbue, IQ, jackscrew,
relievo, recitativo K2, Kansu, karoo, Karoo, kazoo,
Khufu, kung fu, Kwangju, leadscrew,
Antananavivo lean-to, make-do, Matthew, me-too,
mildew, milieu, miscue, misdo,
evocable Xev-a-ka-balX evocable, misknew, muumuu, Nehru, non-U,
revocable old-shoe, one-two, outdo, outgrew,
perdu, Peru, poilu, preview, pursue,
irrevocable purview, ragout, redo, renew, Ren
Crew, review, revue, rough-hew, run-
evolence \ev-9-l9ns\ prevalence through, sandshoe, see-through, set-to,
benevolence, malevolence setscrew, shampoo, Shih Tzu, skiddoo,
snafu, snowshoe, soft-shoe, span-new,
evolent \ev-3-lant\ prevalent subdue, surtout, taboo, Taegu, tattoo,
benevolent, malevolent thank-you, thereto, thumbscrew, to-do,
too-too, undo, undue, unglue, unscrew,
evor \ev-ar\ see ever1 untrue, vatu, vendue, venue, vertu,
virtu, wahoo, walk-through,
evous \e-vas\ grievous, Nevis, nevus wherethrough, whereto, who's who,
longevous withdrew, worldview
redivivus
Saint Kitts and Nevis apercu, avenue, babassu, ballyhoo,
barbecue, barley-broo, billet-doux,
evsk \efsk\ see efsk black-and-blue, buckaroo, bugaboo,
callaloo, caribou, catechu, clerihew,
evus \e-vas\ see evous cockapoo, cockatoo, Cotonou,
counterview, deja vu, derring-do,
evy \ev-e\ bevy, heavy, levee, levy detinue, feverfew, follow-through,
replevy, top-heavy gardyloo, hitherto, honeydew, Ignacu,
ingenue, interview, IOU, jabiru,
ew1 \ii\ blue, boo, brew, chew, clew, Jiangsu, kangaroo, Kathmandu,
clue, coo, coup, crew, cue, dew, do, kinkajou, loup-garou, Makalu,
doux, drew, due, ewe, few, flew, flu, manitou, marabou, Masaru,
flue, fou, glue, gnu, goo, hew, hue, Montague, Montesquieu, ormolu,
Hugh, Jew, knew, lieu, loo, Lou, mew, overdo, overdue, overflew, overgrew,
moo, moue, mu, new, nu, ooh, pew, overshoe, overstrew, overthrough,
phew, piu, pooh, prau, q, queue, roux, overview, parvenu, parvenue, pas de
rue, screw, shoe, shoo, shrew, Sioux, deux, passe-partout, PDQ, peekaboo,
skew, slew, slough, slue, smew, sou, Port Salut, rendezvous, residue,
sous, spew, sprue, stew, strew, sue, retinue, revenue, Richelieu, Ryukyu,
Sue, thew, threw, thro, through, to, seppuku, Shikoku, succes fou,
too, true, two, u, view, whew, who, switcheroo, talking-to, teleview,
woo, Wu, xu, yew, you, zoo Telugu, thereunto, thirty-two,
thitherto, Timbuktu, tinamou, trou-de-
accrue, adieu, ado, aircrew, airscrew, loup, twenty-two, view halloo,
anew, Anjou, askew, au jus, Baku, vindaloo, w, wallaroo, Waterloo, well-
bamboo, battu, battue, bedew, to-do, whoop-de-do, Xanadu
beshrew, bestrew, bijou, boubou,
brand-new, breakthrough, burgoo, Aracaju, Brian Boru, didgeridoo,
cachou, can-do, canoe, caoutchouc, Guangxi Zhuangzu, hullabaloo,
Cebu, Cheng-du, Chongju, Chonju, Ningxia Huizu, Ouagadougou,
construe, Corfu, corkscrew, coypu, pirarucu, Port du Salut, tu-whit
CQ, debut, ecu, endue, ensue, eschew, tu-whoo, Vanuatu
floor-through, fondue, fordo,
foreknew, Gansu, Gentoo, Gifu,
gumshoe, guru, hairdo, hereto,
Honshu, horseshoe, how-to, HQ,

ew 168

Daman and Diu, Kota Baharu, Nova ewing1 \6-irj\ see oing1
Iguacu ewing2 \u-in\ see oing2
ew2 \ 6 \ see OW1 ewis \ii-3s\ see ouis2

ewable1 \6-3-bal\ see owable1 ewish \ii-ish\ bluish, Hewish
ewable2 \u-3-bal\ see uable Jewish, newish, shrewish

ewage \ii-ij\ brewage, sewage aguish
ewal \u-al\ see uel1 ewl \ul\ see ool1
ewar \u-sr\ see ewer1
ewless \u-lss\ clueless, crewless,
eward1 \iird\ see ured1 dewless, shoeless, viewless
eward2 \u-ard\ Seward, steward
ewly \u-le\ see uly
ewd \iid\ see ude
ewman \u-man\ see uman
ewdness \ud-nas\ see udinous
ewe1 \ 6 \ see ow1 ewment Xu-mantX strewment
ewe2 \ii\ see ew1 accruement

ewed \ud\ see ude ewn \iin\ seeoon1

ewee \e-we\ see eewee ewness \u-nas\ blueness, dueness,
ewel \u-9l\ see uel1 Eunice, newness, skewness, Tunis

eweled \iild\ see ooled askewness
ewel I \u-sl\ see uel1
ewer1 \u-ar\ brewer, chewer, dewar, ewpie \u-pe\ see oopy
doer, ewer, fewer, hewer, queuer, ewry \ur-e\ see ury1
screwer, sewer, skewer, spewer, suer, ews \iiz\ see use2
viewer, wooer, you're
ewsman Xiiz-manX bluesman,
horseshoer, me-tooer, misdoer, newsman
previewer, renewer, reviewer,
shampooer, snowshoer, tattooer, ewsy \xi-ze\ see oozy
undoer, wrongdoer
ewt \iit\ see ute
barbecuer, evildoer, interviewer,
revenuer, televiewer ewter \ut-ar\ see uter

—also -exforms of adjectives listed ewterer Xiit-sr-arX see uiterer
a?ew1
ewer2 \iir\ see ure1 ewton \iit-3n\ see utan
ewer3 \6-sr\ see oer4
ewerage \ur-ij\ see oorage1 ewy \ii-e\ bluey, buoy, chewy,
ewery \iir-e\ see ury1 Dewey, dewy, flooey, gluey, gooey,
hooey, Louie, Louis, newie, phooey,
ewey \u-e\ see ewy rouille, screwy, sloughy, viewy

ewie \ii-e\ see ewy chop suey, mildewy, Port Louis
ratatouille, waterzooi

ex \eks\ dex, ex, flex, hex, lex, rex,
Rex, sex, specs, vex, x

annex, apex, carex, codex, complex,
convex, cortex, culex, desex, duplex,
DX, fourplex, ibex, ilex, index,

169 eyen

Kleenex, Lastex, latex, mirex, murex, extrous \ek-stras\ see exterous
MX, narthex, perplex, Perspex, pollex,
Pyrex, reflex, remex, Rx, scolex, silex, extual \eks-chal\ textual
silvex, simplex, spandex, telex, Tex- contextual, subtextual
Mex, triplex, unsex, vertex, vortex
exual \eksh-wal\ sexual
analects, belowdecks, biconvex, asexual, bisexual, effectual,
circumflex, cross-index, googolplex,
haruspex, intersex, Malcolm X, pansexual, transsexual
Middlesex, multiplex, PBX, pontifex, ambisexual, homosexual,
retroflex, spinifex, subindex, unisex
hypersexual, intersexual, parasexual,
videotex psychosexual, unisexual
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at eck heterosexual, sociosexual
anti-intellectual
exas \ek-s9s\ see exus exural \ek-shral\ see ectural2

exed \ekst\ see ext exus \ek-sas\ lexis, nexus, plexus,
texas, Texas
exedly \ek-s9d-le\ vexedly
perplexedly Alexis

exer \ek-ssr\ flexor, hexer exy \ek-se\ prexy, sexy
duplexer, indexer apoplexy
multiplexer
demultiplexer ey1 \a\ see ay1

exia \ek-se-a\ dyslexia ey2 \ e \ see ee1
anorexia ey3 \ i \ see y1
eya1 \a-a\ see aia1
exic \ek-sik\ dyslexic eya2 \e-a\ see ia1
anorexic
eyance \a-ans\ abeyance,
exical \ek-si-kal\ lexical conveyance, purveyance, surveillance
indexical, nonlexical
reconveyance
exion \ek-shsn\ see ection
eyant \a-snt\ mayn't
exis \ek-sas\ see exus abeyant, surveillant

exity \ek-sat-e\ complexity, eyas \I-as\ see ias
convexity, perplexity
ey'd \ad\ see ade1
exor \ek-sar\ see exer
eye \I\ seey1
ext \ekst\ next, sexed, sext, text,
vexed eyed1 \ed\ see eed

context, deflexed, inflexed, eyed2 \Id\ see ide1
perplexed, plaintext, pretext, reflexed,
subtext, urtext eyedness \Id-nss\ eyedness,
snideness
ciphertext, oversexed, teletext,
undersexed cockeyedness

—also -ed forms of verbs listed at ex eyeless \I-bs\ see ilus

extant \ek-stant\ extant, sextant eyelet \ i - b t \ see ilot

exterous \ek-strgs\ dexterous eyen \ln\ see ine1
ambidextrous

eyer 170

eyer1 \a-sr\ see ayer1 menses, nates, Pisces, quick-freeze,
eyer2 \Ir\ see ire1 Ramses, reprise, sharp-freeze, soubise,
striptease, Tabriz, Thales, trapeze,
eyes \Iz\ see ize unease, unfreeze, Xerxes

eying \a-irj\ see aying Amboinese, Androcles, Annamese,
ey'll1 \al\ see ail antifreeze, Assamese, Balinese,
ey'll2 \el\ see el1 Brooklynese, Cantonese, Cervantes,
Chersonese, Congolese, Cyclades.
eyn \in\ see in1 Damocles, diocese, Eloise, Erinyes,
expertise, Faeroese, federalese,
eynes \anz\ see ains genovese, gourmandise, Hebrides,
Heracles, Hercules, Hunanese,
eyness \a-nas\ see ayness Hyades, Japanese, Javanese,
Johnsonese, journalese, Kanarese,
eyor \a-ar\ see ayer1 Lake Louise, legalese, litotes,
manganese, Nipponese, overseas,
eyre \er\ see are4 Pekinese, Pekingese, Pericles,
Pleiades, Portuguese, Pyrenees,
ey're \er\ see are4 Siamese, Silures, Sinhalese, Socrates,
Sophocles, Sporades
eyrie \Ir-e\ see iry1
Albigenses, antipodes, Aragonese,
eys \ez\ see eze archdiocese, Averroes, bona fides,
bureaucratese, cheval-de-frise,
eyser \I-zsr\ see izer computerese, Diogenes, Dodecanese,
Eumenides, Euripides, Florida Keys,
eyte \a-te\ see aty Gaucher's disease, governmentese,
Great Pyrenees, Hesperides,
ey've \av\ see ave2 Hippocrates, Hippomenes, Hodgkin's
disease, Indo-Chinese, nephritides,
ez1 \ez\ see ays1 officialese, pentagonese, Philoctetes,
Sammarinese, superficies,
ez2 \a\ see ay1 telegraphese, Themistocles,
Thucydides, Vietnamese
ez3 \as\ see ace1
Alcibiades, Aristophanes,
eza \e-za\ Giza, Lisa, Pisa, visa educationese, ferromanganese, Lou
mestiza Gehrig's disease, Mephistopheles,
lespedeza sociologese, sword of Damocles

eze \ez\ bise, breeze, cheese, ease, muscae volitantes, Pillars of
feaze, feeze, freeze, frieze, he's, jeez, Hercules
lees, please, res, seize, she's, sleaze,
sneeze, squeeze, tease, tweeze, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
wheeze and -s forms of verbs, listed at ee

Andes, appease, Aries, Belize, ezel \e-zal\ see easel
betise, Burmese, camise, Castries,
cerise, chemise, Chinese, deep-freeze, ezi \e-ze\ see easy1
Deep-freeze, degrease, Denise,
disease, displease, disseise, d.t.'s, ezium \e-ze-am\ cesium
Elise, fasces, fauces, Ganges, magnesium, trapezium
headcheese, heartsease, Hermes,
Kirghiz, Louise, Maltese, marquise, ezzle \ez-sl\ bezel
embezzle

i1 \ e \ see ee1 qualifiable, quantifiable, rectifiable,
satisfiable, specifiable, undeniable,
i2 \I\ see y1 unifiable, verifiable

i3 \a\ see ay1 emulsifiable, identifiable,
unfalsifiable
ia1 \e-a\ Gaea, kea, Leah, Mia, rhea,
Rhea, rya, via iable2 \e-3-bal\ see eeable

Achaea, althaea, Apia, Bahia, Baile iacal \I-3-kal\ dandiacal, heliacal,
Atha Cliath, buddleia, cabrilla, maniacal, theriacal, zodiacal
cattleya, Chaldea, Crimea, Euboea,
Hygeia, idea, Judea, Kaffiyeh, Korea, ammoniacal, elegiacal, simoniacal
mantilla, Maria, Medea, mens rea, dipsomaniacal, egomaniacal,
Morea, Nicaea, ohia, Omiya, Oriya, hypochondriacal, monomaniacal,
ouguiya, rupiah, Sangria, Sofia, nympomaniacal, pyromaniacal,
Sophia, spirea, tortilla paradisiacal
bibliomaniacal, megalomaniacal
Banranquilla, barathea,
bougainvillea, camarilla, Caesarea, iad \i-ad\ see yad
cascarilla, Cytherea, dulcinea, Eritrea,
fantasia, Galatea, gonorrhea, iah1 \I-a\ ayah, maya, Maya, playa,
granadilla, hamartia, Hialeah, Idumea, Praia, stria, via
Ikaria, Jicarilla, Kampuchea, latakia,
Latakia, logorrhea, Manzanilla, Aglaia, Marian, messiah, papaya,
mausolea, mythopoeia, Nabatea, pariah, Thalia
Nicosia, panacea, Parousia, pizzeria,
ratafia, sabadilla, Santeria, sapodilla, Hezekiah, jambalaya, Jeremiah,
seguidilla, sinfonia, Tanzania, trattoria Nehemiah, Obadiah, Surabaja,
Zechariah, Zephaniah
alfilaria, Andalucia, Andalusia, Ave
Maria, Cassiopeia, echeveria, Ismailia, Atchafalaya, Iphigenia, peripeteia
peripeteia, pharmacopoeia,
prosopopoeia iah2 \e-a\ see ia1

Diego Garcia, onomatopoeia ial1 \i-al\ dial, diel, pial
Joseph of Arimathea redial

ia2 \I-a\ see iah1 ial2 \il\ see ile1

ia3 \a\ see a1 ialer \I-tar\ see ilar

iable1 \i-3-b9l\ dryable, dyeable, ially \e-s-le\ see eally1
flyable, friable, liable, pliable, triable,
viable iam \i-am\ Priam
per diem
deniable, inviable, reliable
certifiable, classifiable, justifiable, ian1 \e-sn\ see ean1
liquefiable, notifiable, pacifiable,
ian2 \i-an\ see ion1

lance 172

iance \I-ans\ science iath2 \e-a\ see ia1
affiance, alliance, appliance,
iatry \I-3-tre\ podiatry, psychiatry
compliance, defiance, nonscience,
reliance iaus \aus\ see ouse2
ib1 \ i b \ bib, bibb, crib, drib, fib, gib,
mesalliance, misalliance glib, jib, lib, nib, rib, sib, squib

iancy \I-3n-se\ pliancy ad-lib, corncrib, midrib, sahib
compliancy memsahib
ib2 \ e b \ see ebe2
ianist \e-t-nist\ pianist ib3 \ev\ see eave1
Indo-Europeanist
iba \e-ba\ see eba
iant \I-ant\ Bryant, client, giant,
pliant, riant ibable M-ba-balX bribable
ascribable, describable
affiant, compliant, defiant, reliant indescribable
incompliant, self-reliant, supergiant
ibal \i-bal\ bible, Bible, libel, scribal,
iao \aii\ see ow2 tribal

iaour \aur\ see ower2 ibb \ i b \ see ib1

iaper \I-par\ see iper ibband \ib-an\ see ibbon

iar \ir\ see ire1 ibbed \ibd\ bibbed
rock-ribbed
iary1 \I-3-re\ diary, fiery, priory —also -ed forms of verbs listed at

iary2 \ir-e\ see iry1 ib1

ias1 \I-3s\ Aias, bias, dais, eyas, ibber \ib-ar\ bibber, cribber, dibber,
Laius, Lias, pious, Pius fibber, gibber, glibber, jibber, ribber

Abdias, Elias, Messias, Tobias ibbet \ib-9t\ gibbet
Ananias, Jeremias, Malachias, exhibit, inhibit, prohibit
Nehemias, Roncesvalles, Sophonias, flibbertigibbet
Zacharias
Mount Saint Elias ibbing \ib-irj\ cribbing, ribbing
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ias2 \e-as\ see eus1
ib1
ias3 \ash\ see ash1
ibble \ib-al\ dibble, dribble, fribble,
iasis \I-3-s3s\ diesis, diocese gribble, kibble, nibble, quibble,
archdiocese, psoriasis scribble, sibyl, Sibyl
acariasis, amebiasis, ascariasis,
ibbler \ib-br\ dribbler, nibbler,
bilharziasis, helminthiasis, quibbler, scribbler
leishmaniasis, satyriasis
ibbly \ib-le\ dribbly, ghibli, glibly
elephantiasis, hypochondriasis,
schistosomiasis ibbon \ib-sn\ gibbon, Gibbon,
ribbon
iat1 \e-at\ see eit1
inhibin
iat2 \I-3t\ see iet
ibby \ib-e\ Libby, ribby
iate \I-at\ see iet

iath1 \I-3th\ Wyeth
Goliath

173 ice

ibe1 \Ib\ bribe, gibe, gybe, jibe, kibe, attribute, contribute, distribute
scribe, tribe, vibe redistribute

ascribe, conscribe, describe, imbibe, ibute2 \ib-at\ see ibbet
inscribe, prescribe, proscribe,
subscribe, transcribe ibutive \ib-y9t-iv\ attributive,
contributive, distributive, retributive
circumscribe, diatribe, redescribe,
superscribe redistributive

oversubscribe ibutor \ib-9t-ar\ see ibitor
ibe2 \e-be\ see ebe1
ibyl \ib-al\ see ibble
ibel \I-b9l\ see ibal
ic1 \ik\ see ick
iber \i-bsr\ briber, fiber, giber,
Khyber, scriber, Tiber ic2 \ek\ see eak1

describer, inscriber, prescriber, ica1 \i-ka\ mica, Micah, pica, pika,
proscriber, subscriber, transcriber plica, spica, Spica

ibi \e-be\ see sbG Formica, lorica
balalaika
ibia \i-be-a\ Lybia, tibia
Namibia ica2 \e-ks\ see ika1

ibin \ib-an\ see ibbon icable \ik-3-bsl\ despicable,
explicable, extricable
ibit \ib-9t\ see ibbet
inexplicable, inextricable
ibitive \ib-at-iv\ exhibitive,
prohibitive icah \i-ka\ see ica1

ibitor \ib-3t-ar\ exhibitor, inhibitor ical \ik-sl\ see ickle
ACE inhibitor
icament \ik-3-mant\ medicament,
ible M-bslX see ibal predicament

iblet \ib-bt\ driblet, giblet, riblet ican \e-kgn\ see eacon

ibli \ib-le\ see ibbly icar \ik-ar\ see icker1

ibly \ib-le\ see ibbly icative \ik-at-iv\ fricative, siccative
affricative, explicative, indicative,
ibo \e-bo\ Ibo, Kibo
gazebo vindicative
multiplicative
iboly \i-a-le\ see ybele
iccative \ik-at-iv\ see icative
ibrous \i-bras\ fibrous, hybris
iccio \e-cho\ capriccio, pasticcio
ibs \ibz\ dibs, nibs
spareribs ice1 \Is\ Bryce, dice, fice, fyce,
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, gneiss, ice, lice, lyse, mice, nice, pice,
price, rice, rise, slice, spice, splice,
and -s forms of verbs, listed at ib syce, thrice, trice, twice, vice, vise

ibular \ib-v3-tor\ fibular advice, allspice, Brandeis, bride-
mandibular, vestibular price, concise, cut-price, deice, device,
infundibular entice, excise, precise, suffice

ibute1 \ib-yat\ tribute beggars-lice, cockatrice, edelweiss,
imprecise, merchandise, overprice,

ice 174

paradise, point-device, sacrifice, ichen2 \ich-sn\ see itchen
underprice
ichener Xich-narX see itchener
imparadise, self-sacrifice
ice2 \e-cha\ see iche1 icher \ich-ar\ see itcher

ice3 \es\ see iece iches \ich-az\ see itches

ice4 \I-se\ see icy ichi1 \e-che\ see eachy

ice5 \Iz\ see ize ichi2 \e-she\ see ishi

ice6 \et-za\ see itza1 ichment \ich-mant\ see itchment

iceless \I-slas\ iceless, priceless ichore \ik-re\ see ickery

icely \is-le\ see istly ichu \ish-ii\ see issue1

iceous \ish-9s\ see icious1 icia1 \ish-a\ see itia

icer \I-S9r\ dicer, Dreiser, nicer, icia2 \esh-9\ see esia1
pricer, ricer, slicer, splicer
icial \ish-al\ altricial, comitial,
deicer, sufficer initial, judicial, official, simplicial,
sacrificer solstitial, surficial
self-sacrificer
artificial, beneficial, cicatricial,
ices \I-sez\ Pisces interstitial, prejudicial, sacrificial,
Anchises superficial
Polynices
Coma Berenices ician \e-shan\ see etion1

icety \I-ste\ see eisty icience \ish-ans\ omniscience
insufficience
icey \I-se\ see icy
iciency \ish-an-se\ deficiency,
ich1 \ich\ see itch efficiency, proficiency, sufficiency

ich2 \ik\ see ick inefficiency
immunodeficiency
ichael \I-kal\ see ycle1
icient \ish-snt\ deficient, efficient,
iche1 \e-cha\ ceviche, seviche omniscient, proficient, sufficient
Beatrice, cantatrice
coefficient, cost-efficient, inefficient,
iche2 \esh\ fiche, leash, quiche, insufficient, self-sufficient
sneesh
icinable Xis-ns-balX see istenable
baksheesh, corniche, hashish,
maxixe, pastiche, schottische, unleash icinal \is-3n-9l\ vicinal
medicinal, officinal, vaticinal
microfiche, nouveau riche
icing1 \I-sirj\ icing, splicing
iche3 \ish\ see ish1 self-sufficing
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
iche4 \ich\ see itch
ice1
iche5 \e-che\ see eachy
icing2 \I-zirj\ see izing
ichen1 \I-kan\ lichen, liken
proteoglycan icious1 \ish-as\ vicious
ambitious, auspicious, capricious,

delicious, factitious, fictitious,

175 icken

flagitious, judicious, lubricious, aeroelasticity, anthropocentricity,
malicious, Mauritius, nutritious, aperiodicity, carcinogenicity,
officious, pernicious, propitious, homoscedasticity
pumiceous, seditious, sericeous,
suspicious quasiperiodicity

adscititious, adventitious, avaricious, icity2 \is-te\ christie, Christie, misty,
expeditious, inauspicious, injudicious, twisty, wristy
meretricious, prejudicious,
subreptitious, superstitious, Corpus Christi, sacahuiste
suppositious, surreptitious
ick \ik\ brick, chick, click, crick,
excrementitious, supposititious creek, Dick, flick, hick, kick, KWIC,
lick, mick, nick, Nick, pic, pick, prick,
icious2 \e-shss\ see ecious quick, rick, shtick, sic, sick, slick,
snick, stick, strick, thick, tic, tick,
icipal \is-3-bal\ see issible trick, wick

icipant \is-9-p9nt\ anticipant, airsick, bluetick, bootlick, boychick,
participant brainsick, broomstick, carsick,
chopstick, cowlick, crabstick,
icit \is-st\ licit dabchick, dead-stick, detick, dik-dik,
complicit, elicit, explicit, illicit, dipstick, drop-kick, drumstick,
firebrick, flagstick, goldbrick,
implicit, solicit greensick, handpick, hayrick,
inexplicit heartsick, homesick, joystick, lipstick,
lovesick, matchstick, moujik, muzhik,
icitor1 \is-at-9r\ elicitor, solicitor nightstick, nitpick, nonstick, nutpick,
outslick, peacenik, pigstick, pinprick,
icitor2 \is-tar\ see ister placekick, redbrick, rubric, seasick,
self-stick, shashlik, sidekick, slapstick,
icitous \is-3t-as\ complicitous, slipstick, Tajik, toothpick, topkick,
duplicitous, felicitous, solicitous unpick, unstick, uptick, yardstick

infelicitous bailiwick, biopic, Bolshevik,
candlestick, candlewick, Dominic,
icity1 \is-9t-e\ basicity, causticity, dominick, Dominick, double-quick,
centricity, chronicity, complicity, EBCDIC, fiddlestick, hemistich,
conicity, cyclicity, duplicity, ethnicity, heretic, lunatic, Menshevik,
felicity, lubricity, mendicity, plasticity, meterstick, overtrick, politic, politick,
publicity, rhythmicity, seismicity, polyptych, Reykjavik, singlestick,
simplicity, spasticity, sphericity, taperstick, undertrick, Watson-Crick
tonicity, toxicity, triplicity
arithmetic, carrot-and-stick,
atomicity, authenticity, canonicity, computernik, impolitic, kinnikinnick
catholicity, concentricity, domesticity,
eccentricity, elasticity, electricity, icka \e-ka\ see ika1
ellipticity, endemicity, ergodicity,
historicity, iconicity, impudicity, icked1 \ik-sd\ picked, wicked
infelicity, multiplicity, organicity,
pneumaticity, quadruplicity, icked2 \ikt\ see ict1
specificity, synchronicity, volcanicity
ickel \ik-al\ see ickle
aromaticity, automaticity,
ecumenicity, egocentricity, icken \ik-an\ chicken, quicken,
epidemicity, ethnocentricity, sicken, stricken, thicken
hydrophilicity, hydrophobicity,
inauthenticity, inelasticity, awestricken
pathogenicity, periodicity, panic-stricken, planet-stricken
theocentricity poverty-stricken

ickens 176

ickens \ik-anz\ dickens, Dickens, bicycle, icicle, obstacle, Popsicle,
pickings spectacle, tricycle, vehicle

—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns, pumpernickel
and -s forms of verbs, listed at icken
ickler \ik-tar\ stickler, tickler
icker1 \ik-ar\ bicker, dicker, flicker, bicycler, particular
icker, kicker, liquor, nicker, picker,
pricker, sicker, slicker, snicker, sticker, ickly \ik-le\ fickly, prickly, quickly,
ticker, tricker, vicar, whicker, sickly, slickly
wicker
impoliticly
billsticker, bootlicker, dropkicker,
flea-flicker, nitpicker, pigsticker, ickness \ik-nss\ lychnis, quickness,
placekicker, pot likker, ragpicker sickness, slickness, thickness

dominicker, politicker airsickness, heartsickness,
—also -erforms of adjectives listed homesickness, lovesickness,
at \ck seasickness

icker2 \ek-sr\ see ecker icksy \ik-se\ see ixie

ickery \ik-re\ chicory, flickery, icky \ik-e\ dickey, hickey, icky,
hickory, snickery, trickery kicky, Mickey, picky, quickie, rickey,
sickie, sticky, tricky, Vicki, Vickie,
Terpsichore Vicky

icket \ik-at\ cricket, picket, Pickett, doohickey
pricket, spigot, stickit, thicket, ticket,
wicket icle \ik-sl\ see ickle

Big Thicket, big-ticket icly1 \ik-le\ see ickly

ickett \ik-9t\ see icket icly2 \e-kle\ see eekly

ickety \ik-at-e\ rickety, thickety ico \e-ko\ see icot
pernickety, persnickety
icope \ik-a-pe\ see icopy
ickey \ik-e\ see icky
icopy \ik-a-pe\ wicopy
icki \ik-e\ see icky pericope

ickie \ik-e\ see icky icory \ik-re\ see ickery

icking \ik-irj\ ticking, wicking icot \e-ko\ fico, pekoe, picot, tricot
brain-picking, flat-picking, high- Tampico
Puerto Rico
sticking, nit-picking
cotton-picking, finger-picking ics \iks\ see ix1
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ict1 \ikt\ picked, Pict, strict, ticked
ick addict, afflict, conflict, constrict,

ickings \ik-anz\ see ickens convict, delict, depict, edict, evict,
inflict, lipsticked, predict, restrict,
ickish \ik-ish\ hickish, sickish, unlicked
trickish
benedict, Benedict, contradict,
ickit \ik-at\ see icket derelict, interdict, maledict, retrodict

ickle \ik-al\ brickie, chicle, fickle, eggs Benedict
mickle, nickel, pickle, prickle, sickle, —also -ed forms of verbs listed at
stickle, strickle, tical, tickle, trickle ick

ict2 \It\ see ite1

177 id

ictable Mt-a-balX see itable1 ictum \ik-t3m\ dictum, victim
obiter dictum
ictal \ik-t3l\ fictile, rictal
edictal icture \ik-char\ picture, stricture

icted \ik-tad\ conflicted, evicted, ictus \ik-tas\ ictus, rictus
restricted Benedictus

—also -edforms of verbs listed at ict icula \ik-y3-ls\ auricula, Canicula

icter \ik-tar\ see ictor iculant Xik-ya-lsntX gesticulant,
matriculant
ictic \ik-tik\ deictic, panmictic
amphimictic, apodictic icular1 \ik-y3-lar\ spicular
acicular, articular, auricular,
ictile \ik-t3l\ see ictal
canicular, clavicular, curricular,
ictim \ik-t9m\ see ictum cuticular, fascicular, follicular,
funicular, lenticular, navicular,
iction \ik-shan\ diction, fiction, orbicular, ossicular, particular,
friction, stiction radicular, reticular, testicular,
vehicular, ventricular, vermicular,
addiction, affliction, confliction, versicular, vesicular
constriction, conviction, depiction,
eviction, indiction, infliction, appendicular, perpendicular
nonfiction, prediction, reliction, extracurricular, extravehicular, intra-
restriction, transfixion articular, supraventricular

benediction, contradiction, icular2 \ik-lar\ see ickler
crucifixion, dereliction, jurisdiction,
malediction, metafiction, valediction iculate \ik-v3-tat\ articulate,
denticulate, geniculate, particulate,
ictional \ik-shn9l\ fictional, reticulate, straticulate, vermiculate
frictional
inarticulate
nonfictional
jurisdictional iculous Xik-ya-lasX meticulous,
pediculous, ridiculous
ictionist \ik-shnast\ fictionist
restrictionist iculum \ik-y9-lam\ curriculum,
reticulum
ictive \ik-tiv\ Active
addictive, afflictive, connective, diverticulum

constrictive, inflictive, restrictive, icuous \ik-ya-w3s\ conspicuous,
vindictive perspicuous, transpicuous

nonrestrictive inconspicuous

ictment Mt-mantX see itement icy \i-se\ dicey, icy, pricey, spicy

ictor \ik-tar\ lictor, stricter, victor id1 \id\ bid, chid, Cid, did, fid, gid,
constrictor, depicter, evictor, inflicter grid, hid, id, kid, Kidd, lid, mid, quid,
contradictor rid, skid, slid, squid, SQUID, whid
vasoconstrictor
amid, backslid, bifid, El Cid, equid,
ictory \ik-t9-re\ victory eyelid, forbid, grandkid, Madrid,
benedictory, contradictory, nonskid, outdid, resid, schoolkid,
trifid, undid
maledictory, valedictory
katydid, ootid, overbid, overdid,
ictual \it-3l\ see ittle pyramid, underbid

ictualler \it-3l-ar\ see italer tertium quid, Valladolid

id 178

id2 \ed\ see eed iddish \id-ish\ kiddish, Yiddish

I'd \Id\ see ide1 iddity \id-at-e\ see idity

ida1 \ed-a\ see eda1 iddle \id-3l\ diddle, fiddle, griddle,
middle, piddle, riddle, twiddle
ida2 \I-ds\ Haida, Ida, Vida
unriddle
idable1 Md-a-bslX guidable paradiddle, taradiddle
decidable, dividable
subdividable iddler \id-tar\ diddler, fiddler,
middler, riddler, tiddler
idable2 \id-3-bal\ see iddable
idd ling \id-lirj\ fiddling, middling,
idal \Id-3l\ bridal, bridle, idle, idol, piddling, riddling
idyll, seidel, sidle, tidal
iddly \id-le\ diddly, ridley, tiddly
unbridle
Barmecidal, fratricidal, fungicidal, iddock \id-ik\ see idic
genocidal, germicidal, herbicidal,
homicidal, intertidal, lunitidal, iddur \id-sr\ see idder
matricidal, parricidal, patricidal,
septicidal, spermicidal, suicidal, iddy \id-e\ biddy, giddy, kiddie,
viricidal, virucidal middy, midi, skiddy, widdy
bactericidal, infanticidal, insecticidal
ide1 \Id\ bide, bride, chide, Clyde,
idance \Id-3ns\ guidance, stridence eyed, fried, glide, guide, hide, I'd,
abidance, misguidance pied, plied, pride, ride, side, slide,
snide, stride, thighed, tide, tried, wide
idas \Id-as\ Midas, nidus
abide, allied, applied, aside, astride,
iday \id-e\ Friday, Heidi, tidy, vide backside, backslide, bankside,
alcaide, man Friday, untidy beachside, bedside, beside, bestride,
mala fide betide, blear-eyed, blindside,
blowdried, blue-eyed, broadside,
idays \Id-ez\ see ides1 bromide, bug-eyed, Burnside, clear-
eyed, cockeyed, cold-eyed, collide,
idd \id\ see id1 confide, courtside, cowhide, cross-
eyed, curbside, dayside, decide,
iddable \id-3-bal\ biddable deride, divide, dockside, doe-eyed,
formidable downside, downslide, dry-eyed, elide,
fireside, fluoride, foreside, four-eyed,
iddance \id-3ns\ riddance freeze-dried, glass-eyed, graveside,
forbiddance green-eyed, hagride, hawkeyed,
hayride, hillside, horsehide, inside,
idden \id-3n\ bidden, chiden, ironside, joyride, kingside, lakeside,
hidden, midden, ridden, stridden, landslide, lynx-eyed, misguide, moon-
swidden eyed, nearside, nightside, noontide,
offside, onside, outride, outside, pie-
backslidden, bedridden, bestridden, eyed, poolside, pop-eyed, preside,
forbidden, outbidden, unbidden provide, quayside, queenside, rawhide,
reside, ringside, riptide, roadside,
overridden seaside, sharp-eyed, shipside,
shoreside, Shrovetide, sloe-eyed,
idder \id-sr\ bidder, gridder, kidder, snowslide, springtide, squint-eyed,
siddur, skidder stateside, statewide, storewide,

consider, forbidder
reconsider, underbidder

iddie \id-e\ see iddy

179 idgen

Strathclyde, streamside, subside, —also -edforms of verbs listed at
tailslide, Tayside, tongue-tied, topside, ide1
trackside, trailside, untried, upside,
vat-dyed, walleyed, waveguide, ideless \id-las\ idlesse, tideless
wayside, wide-eyed, wild-eyed,
worldwide, yuletide iden \Id-3n\ guidon, Haydn, widen
Poseidon
alkoxide, almond-eyed, alongside,
Argus-eyed, Barmecide, bleary-eyed, idence \Id-ans\ see idance
bona fide, chicken-fried,
Christmastide, citified, citywide, ideness Md-nssX see eyedness
classified, coincide, countrified,
countryside, countrywide, cut-and- ident \id-9nt\ strident, trident
dried, cyanide, deicide, demand-side,
dewy-eyed, dignified, double-wide, ideon \id-e-an\ see idian
Eastertide, eventide, feticide,
formamide, fratricide, fungicide, ideous \id-e-as\ see idious
genocide, germicide, gimlet-eyed,
glassy-eyed, goggle-eyed, googly- ider1 \Id-sr\ bider, cider, eider,
eyed, harbor-side, herbicide, glider, guider, hider, rider, slider,
homicide, Humberside, humified, spider, strider, stridor
matricide, Merseyside, misty-eyed,
miticide, monoxide, mountainside, abider, backslider, confider, decider,
nationwide, Naugahyde, open-eyed, derider, divider, insider, joyrider,
override, overstride, parricide, misguider, outrider, outsider, presider,
Passiontide, patricide, pesticide, provider, resider, rough rider, Top-
planetwide, qualified, rarefied, Sider
raticide, regicide, riverside, Riverside,
set-aside, silverside, sissified, subdivider, supply-sider
slickenside, spermicide, starry-eyed, supercollider
subdivide, suicide, supply-side, —also -erforms of adjectives listed
trisulfide, underside, verbicide, at ide1
vermicide, viricide, waterside,
Whitsuntide, wintertide ider2 \id-ar\ see idder

acrylamide, antimonide, ides1 \id-ez\ Fridays
borohydride, dissatisfied, Aristides
formaldehyde, infanticide, insecticide, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
interallied, Jekyll and Hyde,
preoccupied, rodenticide, self- and -s forms of verbs, listed at iday
satisfied, thalidomide, Trinitytide,
tyrannicide, uxoricide ides2 \Idz\ ides
besides, burnsides
monoglyceride, overqualified, silversides, sobersides
parasiticide —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,

—also -ed forms of verbs listed at y and -s forms of verbs, listed at ide

ide2 \ed\ see eed idge \ i j \ bridge, fidge, fridge, midge,
ridge
idean \id-e-sn\ see idian
abridge, Blue Ridge, browridge,
ided \Id-sd\ sided drawbridge, footbridge, Oxbridge,
lopsided, misguided, one-sided, slab- teethridge

sided, two-sided idged \ijd\ ridged
many-sided, sobersided unabridged
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at

idge

idgen \ij-sn\ seeygian

idget 180

idget \ij-at\ Brigitte, digit, fidget, gelidity, gravidity, hispidity, humidity,
midget, widget hybridity, limpidity, liquidity, lividity,
lucidity, morbidity, rabidity, rapidity,
double-digit rigidity, sapidity, solidity, stupidity,
tepidity, timidity, torridity, turbidity,
idgin \ij-sn\ seeygian turgidity, validity, vapidity, viridity,
viscidity
idi \id-e\ see iddy
illiquidity, insipidity, intrepidity,
idia \i-de-9\ Lydia invalidity
basidia, chlamydia, Clostridia,
idium \id-e-am\ see idiem
coccidia, conidia, glochidia, nephridia,
Numidia, oidia, peridia, Pisidia, idle \Id-3l\ see idal
presidia, pycnidia, pygidia
idlesse \ld-las\ see ideless
antheridia, enchiridia, hesperidia,
miricidia, ommatidia idley \id-le\ see iddly

idian \id-e-sn\ Gideon, Lydian, idney \id-ne\ kidney, Sidney,
Midian Sydney

ascidian, Dravidian, euclidean, ido1 \id-6\ dido, Dido, fido
Floridian, meridian, obsidian, Hokkaido
ophidian, quotidian, viridian
ido2 \ed-6\ see edo
enchiridion, non-euclidean
idol \Id-3l\ see idal
idic \id-ik\ piddock
acidic, bromidic, Davidic, druidic, ids1 \idz\ Beskids, rapids
Grand Rapids
fatidic, fluidic, Hasidic, nuclidic —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,

idical \id-i-kal\ druidical, fatidical, and -s forms of verbs, listed at id
juridical, veridical ids2 \edz\ see eeds

pyramidical idst \idst\ didst, midst
amidst
idice \id-9-se\ Chalcidice, Eurydice
idual1 \ij-wal\ residual
idiem \id-e-am\ idiom individual
iridium, presidium, rubidium
post meridiem idual2 \ij-al\ see igil
ante meridiem
idulent \ij-9-lant\ see igilant
iding \Id-irj\ riding, Riding, siding,
tiding idlllOUS \ij-3-las\ stridulous
acidulous
abiding, confiding, East Riding,
joyriding, West Riding idus \Id-3s\ see idas

law-abiding, nondividing iduum \ij-3-w3m\ triduum
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at residuum
ide1
idy \id-e\ see iday
idiom \id-e-am\ see idiem idyll \Id-3l\ see idal
ie1 \ a \ see ay1
idious \id-e-ss\ hideous ie2 \ e \ see ee1
fastidious, insidious, invidious,

perfidious

idity \id-9t-e\ quiddity
acidity, aridity, avidity, cupidity,

fluidity, flaccidity, floridity, frigidity,

181 ieler

ie3 \I\ see y1 leitmotiv, misbelief, overleaf, unbelief,
waterleaf
iece \es\ cease, crease, fleece,
grease, Greece, kris, lease, Nice, aperitif, Capitol Reef, Vinson Massif
niece, peace, piece Great Barrier Reef
Santa Cruz de Tenerife
apiece, Bernice, Burmese, camise,
caprice, cassis, cerise, chemise, ief2 \ev\ see eave1
Chinese, Clarice, Cochise, codpiece,
coulisse, crosspiece, decease, iefless \e-flss\ briefless, leafless
decrease, degrease, Denise, Dumfries,
earpiece, Elise, eyepiece, Felice, iefly \e-fle\ briefly, chiefly
fieldpiece, grandniece, hairpiece,
headpiece, heelpiece, increase, Janice, ieg1 \eg\ see igue
lend-lease, Matisse, Maurice,
mouthpiece, nosepiece, obese, one- ieg2 \ig\ see ig
piece, pastis, pelisse, police, re-lease,
release, seapiece, shankpiece, iege1 \ e j \ liege, siege
showpiece, sidepiece, stringpiece, besiege, prestige
sublease, surcease, tailpiece, Therese,
timepiece, toepiece, two-piece, valise, iege2 \ezh\ see ige1
workpiece
ieger \e-jar\ see edure
afterpiece, altarpiece, Amboinese,
Annamese, Assamese, Balinese, iek \ek\ see eak1
Brooklynese, Cantonese, centerpiece,
Chersonese, chimneypiece, diocese, iel1 \el\ see eal2
directrice, ex libris, expertise,
Faeroese, frontispiece, mantelpiece, iel2 \I-al\ see ial
masterpiece, Nipponese, Pekinese,
Pekingese, Portugese, predecease, iela \el-a\ see ella
rerelease, S„o Luis, Siamese,
Sinhalese, timed-release, verdigris ield \eld\ bield, field, keeled, shield,
weald, wheeled, wield, yield
archdiocese, computerese,
Dodecanese, officialese, telegraphese, afield, airfield, backfield, brickfield,
Vietnamese coalfield, cornfield, downfield,
Enfield, four-wheeled, Garfield,
educationese goldfield, grainfield, infield,
Masefield, midfield, minefield,
iecer \e-ssr\ see easer1 outfield, playfield, Sheffield,
Smithfield, snowfield, Springfield,
ied1 \ed\ see eed subfield, unsealed, upfield, well-
heeled, windshield, Winfield
ied2 \et\ see eat1
battlefield, broken-field, chesterfield,
ied3 \id\ see ide1 Chesterfield, color-field, Huddersfield,
track-and-field, unaneled
ieda \ed-s\ see eda
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at
ief1 \ef\ beef, brief, chief, fief, grief, eal2
kef, leaf, lief, reef, sheaf, thief
ielder \el-dsr\ fielder, shielder,
belief, debrief, endleaf, enfeoff, wielder, yielder
flyleaf, loose-leaf, massif, motif, naif,
O'Keefe, relief, sharif, sherif, shinleaf infielder, outfielder

bas-relief, cloverleaf, disbelief, ields \eldz\ South Shields
handkerchief, leatherleaf, neckerchief, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,

and -s forms of verbs, listed at ield

ieler \e-lar\ see ealer

ieless 182

ieless \I-l9s\ see ilus ierial \ir-e-sl\ seeerial
ieling1 \e-bn\ see elin ierian \ir-e-9n\ seeerian1
ieling2 \e-lirj\ see eeling ierly \ir-le\ see early1
iem1 \e-am\ see eum1 ierre1 \ir\ see eer2
iem2 \I-3m\ see iam ierre2 \er\ see are4
ien \en\ see ine3
iers \irz\ Algiers, Pamirs
ience \I-9ns\ see iance —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,

iend \end\ see end and -s forms of verbs, listed at eer

iendless \en-tas\ see endless iersman \irz-man\ see eersman
iery \I-9-re\ see iary1
iendliness \en-le-n9s\ see ies1 \ez\ see eze
endliness ies2 \e\ see ee1
ies3 \es\ see iece
iendly \en-le\ see endly iesel1 \e-zal\ see easel
iene \en\ see ine3 iesel2 \e-sal\ see ecil1
iener1 Xe-narX see eaner
iener2 \e-ne\ see ini1 ieseling \ez-lirj\ see esling
ienic \en-ik\ see enic2 iesian \e-zhan\ see esian1

ienics \en-iks\ see enics iesis \I-9-s3s\ see iasis
ienie \e-ne\ see ini1
ienist \e-nast\ see inist2 iesling \ez-lirj\ see esling
iennes \en\ see en1 iest \est\ see east1

ient \I-9nt\ see iant iester \e-stsr\ see easter

ieper \e-par\ see eeper iestley \est-le\ see eastly
ier1 \ir\ see eer2
ier2 \e-ar\ see eer1 iestly \est-le\ see eastly
ier3 \ir\ see ire1
iet \i-at\ diet, fiat, quiet, riot, striate,
ierate \ir-9t\ see irit Wyatt

ierce \irs\ Bierce, birse, fierce, disquiet, unquiet
pierce, Pierce, tierce ietal \I-3t-3l\ parietal, societal,
varietal
transpierce
iere1 \er\ see are4 ieter \I-3t-9r\ dieter, quieter, rioter
iere2 \ir\ see eer2 proprietor
iered \ird\ see eard1
ieria \ir-e-9\ see eria1 ietor \I-9t-9r\ see ieter

iety \I-9t-e\ piety
anxiety, dubiety, impiety, nimiety,

propriety, satiety, sobriety, society,
Society, variety

183 ific

contrariety, impropriety, inebriety, ife2 \ef\ see ief
insobriety, notoriety
ifeless M-ftasN lifeless, strifeless,
ietzsche \e-che\ see eachy wifeless

ieu \xi\ see ew1 iter \i-far\ see ipher

ieur \ir\ see eer2 iferous \if-3r-as\ coniferous,
floriferous, lactiferous, luciferous,
iev \ef\ see ef1 pestiferous, somniferous,
splendiferous, vociferous
ievable \e-v3-bal\ see eivable
carboniferous, luminiferous,
ieval \e-val\ evil, shrieval, weevil odoriferous, salutiferous,
coeval, khedival, medieval, primeval, seminiferous, soporiferous,
sudoriferous
reprieval, retrieval, upheaval
iff \if\ biff, cliff, glyph, if, iff, jiff,
ieve1 \iv\ see ive2 kif, miff, quiff, riff, Riff, skiff, sniff,
spiff, spliff, stiff, syph, tiff, whiff
ieve2 \ev\ see eave1
Er Rif, midriff, Plovdiv, triglyph,
ieved \evd\ see eaved what-if, Wycliffe

ievement \ev-mant\ see evement anaglyph, bindle stiff, hieroglyph,
hippogriff, logogriph, petroglyph
iever \e-var\ beaver, cleaver, fever,
griever, leaver, reaver, reiver, weaver iffany \if-a-ne\ see iphony

achiever, believer, conceiver, iffe \if\ see iff
deceiver, enfever, perceiver, receiver,
reliever, retriever, upheaver iffed \ift\ see ift

school-leaver, transceiver iffen \if-an\ see iffin
cantilever, disbeliever, misbeliever,
misconceiver, unbeliever iffey \if-e\ see iffy
overachiever, underachiever
iffian \if-e-an\ Riffian
ievish \e-vish\ see eevish Pecksniffian

ievo \e-vo\ see evo iffin \if-9n\ griffin, griffon, stiffen,
tiffin
ievous \e-vas\ see evous
iffish \if-ish\ sniffish, stiffish
ieze \ez\ see eze
iffle \if-sl\ piffle, riffle, skiffle,
if1 \if\ see iff sniffle, whiffle, Wiffle

if2 \ef\ see ief1 iffler \if-lar\ riffler, sniffler, whiffler

ife1 \If \ fife, Fife, knife, life, rife, iffness \if-nas\ stiffness, swiftness
strife, wife
iffon \if-an\ see iffin
alewife, drawknife, fishwife, flick-
knife, goodwife, half-life, housewife, iffy \if-e\ iffy, cliffy, jiffy, Liffey,
jackknife, loosestrife, lowlife, midlife, sniffy, spiffy
nightlife, oldwife, penknife, pro-life,
true-life, wakerife, whole-life, wildlife ific \if-ik\ glyphic
calcific, febrific, horrific, magnific,
afterlife, antilife, Duncan Phyfe,
nurse-midwife, pocketknife, right-to- pacific, Pacific, prolific, salvific,
life, Yellowknife specific, terrific, vivific

ifical 184

anaglyphic, beatific, calorific, igamy \ig-3-me\ bigamy, digamy
colorific, felicific, frigorific, polygamy
hieroglyphic, honorific, scientific,
soporific, sudorific, tenebrific igan1 \i-gan\ ligan, tigon
igan2 \ig-an\ see iggin
prescientific
igand \ig-and\ brigand, ligand
ifical \if-i-kal\ magnifical, pontifical
igas \i-g3s\ seeygous
ificate \if-i-kat\ certificate, igate \ig-at\ see igot1
pontificate
ige1 \ezh\ siege
ificent \if-9-sant\ magnificent, prestige
omnificent noblesse oblige

ifle \i-fsl\ rifle, stifle, trifle ige2 \ e j \ see iege1

ifling \I-flirj\ rifling, stifling, trifling igel \ij-9l\ see igil

ift \ift\ drift, gift, grift, lift, rift, shift, igenous \ij-3-nas\ see iginous
shrift, sift, squiffed, swift, Swift, thrift
igeon \ij-an\ seeygian
adrift, airlift, blueshift, downshift,
face-lift, festschrift, forklift, iger \I-gsr\ tiger
frameshift, gearshift, Great Rift, braunschweiger
makeshift, redshift, shoplift,
snowdrift, spendthrift, spindrift, igerent \ij-rant\ belligerent,
spoondrift, unshift, uplift, upshift refrigerant

—also -ed forms of verbs listed at iff cobelligerent

ifter \if-tar\ drifter, snifter, swifter iggan \ig-an\ see iggin
sceneshifter, shape-shifter, shoplifter
iggard \ig-ard\ niggard, triggered
ifth \ith\ see ith2 —also -ed forms of verbs listed at

iftness \if-nas\ see iffness igger

ifty \if-te\ drifty, fifty, nifty, shifty, igged \igd\ twigged, wigged
thrifty, wifty bewigged, cat-rigged, square-rigged
periwigged
fifty-fifty, LD50 —also -ed forms of verbs listed at ig

ig \ig\ big, brig, dig, fig, gig, Grieg, igger \ig-ar\ bigger, chigger, digger,
grig, jig, pig, prig, rig, sprig, swig, jigger, rigger, rigor, snigger, swigger,
trig, twig, vig, Whig, wig, zig, trigger, vigor, vigour

bagwig, bigwig, bushpig, earwig, ditchdigger, outrigger, rej igger,
hedgepig, lime-twig, renege, shindig, reneger, square-rigger
unrig
thimblerigger
caprifig, infra dig, jury-rig, periwig,
thimblerig, whirligig, WYSIWYG, iggered \ig-ard\ see iggard
Zagazig
iggery \ig-a-re\ piggery, priggery,
thingamajig Whiggery

iga1 \e-ga\ Riga, Vega, viga iggie \ig-e\ see iggy
Antigua, omega, quadriga
iggin \ig-an\ biggin, piggin, wigan
iga2 \l-gs\ see aiga balbriggan

igamous \ig-9-m3s\ bigamous
polygamous

185 igilant

iggish \ig-ish\ biggish, piggish, ightful \It-f3l\ frightful, rightful,
priggish, Whiggish spiteful, sprightful

iggle \ig-al\ giggle, higgle, jiggle, delightful, despiteful, foresightful,
niggle, sniggle, squiggle, wiggle, insightful
wriggle
ightie \lt-e\ see ite2
iggler \ig-tar\ giggler, higgler,
niggler, wiggler, wriggler ightily \it-3l-e\ flightily, mightily

iggy \ig-e\ biggie, piggy, twiggy ightiness \It-e-nas\ flightiness,
igh \I\ see y1 mightiness
ighed \Id\ see ide1
almightiness
ighland M-lsndX highland, Highland,
island, Thailand ighting \It-irj\ see iting

Long Island, Rhode Island ightless \it-tas\ flightless, lightless,
Staten Island sightless
Prince Edward Island
ightly \It-le\ brightly, knightly,
ighlander \i-lan-d3r\ highlander, lightly, nightly, rightly, sightly,
slightly, sprightly, tightly, tritely,
islander '%, whitely

%.. contritely, finitely, forthrightly,
fortnightly, midnightly, outrightly,
ighlands \Manz\ Highlands politely, unsightly, uprightly

Virgin Islands eruditely, impolitely, reconditely

ighly \Me\ see yly ightment Mt-msntX see itement

ighness \i-nas\ see inus1 ightning \It-nirj\ lightning,
tightening
ight \It\ see ite1
belt-tightening
ightable Mt-a-balX see itable1 —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
ighten
ighted \it-sd\ blighted, sighted,
whited ightn't \lt-3nt\ see itant

attrited, benighted, clear-sighted, ighton \it-9n\ see ighten
farsighted, foresighted, longsighted,
nearsighted, sharp-sighted, ights \Its\ lights, nights, tights
shortsighted, skylighted, united footlights, houselights, weeknights
Dolomites, Golan Heights
unrequited —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
—also -edforms of verbs listed at
ite1 and -s forms of verbs, listed at ite1

ighten \It-3n\ brighten, Brighton, ightsome Mt-ssnA lightsome
chitin, chiton, frighten, heighten, delightsome
lighten, tighten, titan, Titan, triton,
Triton, whiten ighty \It-e\ see ite2

enlighten igian \ij-9n\ see ygian

ightener \It-nsr\ brightener, igid \ij-sd\ Brigid, frigid, rigid
lightener, tightener, whitener
igil \ij-al\ Rigel, sigil, strigil, vigil
ightening \It-nirj\ see ightning residual
ighter \it-ar\ see iter1
igilant Xij-a-lantX vigilant
acidulent

igine 186

igine \ij-a-ne\ polygyny ignon \in-yan\ see inion
aborigine
ignor \e-nyar\ see enior
iginous \ij-s-n9s\ caliginous, igo1 \I-go\ Sligo
fuliginous, indigenous, polygynous,
vertiginous prurigo
vitiligo
igion \ij-an\ see ygian igo2 \e-go\ see ego

igious \ij-as\ litigious, prestigious, igoe \e-go\ see ego
prodigious, religious igon \I-gan\ see igan1

irreligious igor \ig-ar\ see igger

igit \ij-3t\ see idget igorous \ig-ras\ rigorous, vigorous
igot1 \ig-at\ bigot, frigate, gigot,
igitte \ij-at\ see idget spigot
igot2 \ik-at\ see icket
iglet \ig-lat\ piglet, wiglet
igm1 \im\ see im1 igour \ig-ar\ see igger
igm2 \Im\ see ime1
igrapher Xig-ra-fsrX calligrapher,
igma \ig-ma\ sigma, stigma epigrapher, polygrapher, serigrapher
enigma, kerygma
igraphist \ig-ra-fsst\ calligraphist,
igment \ig-mant\ figment, pigment epigraphist, polygraphist
ign \In\ see ine1
igraphy \ig-ra-fe\ calligraphy,
ignable M-na-balX see inable epigraphy

ignancy \ig-nan-se\ benignancy, pseudepigraphy
malignancy igua \e-gs\ see iga1

ignant \ig-nant\ benignant, igue \eg\ gigue, Grieg, league
indignant, malignant blitzkrieg, colleague, fatigue,
igned \Ind\ see ind1
garigue, intrigue, squeteague
igneous \ig-ne-as\ igneous, wampumpeag
ligneous
igner \i-nar\ see iner1 iguer \e-gar\ see eager

igness \ig-nss\ bigness, Cygnus iguous \ig-y9-was\ ambiguous,
contiguous, exiguous
ignet \ig-nat\ see ygnet
unambiguous
igning \I-nin\ see ining
igured \ig-ard\ see iggard
ignity \ig-nst-e\ dignity ii \ i \ seey1
indignity, malignity
iing \e-irj\ see eeing
ignly \In-le\ see inely1
ija \e-js\ see egia
ignment \In-m3nt\ alignment,
assignment, confinement, ijah \I-ja\ Elijah
consignment, enshrinement, steatopygia
refinement
iji \e-je\ Fiji, squeegee
nonalignment, realignment ijl \I1\ see lie1

187 ilch

ijn \In\ see ine1 ikes \Iks\ yikes
—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
ijssel \I-S3\ see isal
and -s forms of verbs, listed at ike
ik1 \ik\ see ick ikey \I-ke\ see ike1
ikh \ek\ see eak1
ik2 \ek\ see eak iki1 \ik-e\ see icky
iki2 \e-ke\ see eaky
ika1 \e-ks\ pika, theca
areca, eureka, Frederica, Fredericka, iking \I-kirj\ liking, striking, Viking
shunpiking
paprika, Topeka —also -ing forms of verbs listed at
Costa Rica, Dominica, oiticica,
ike2
Tanganyika ikker \ik-ar\ see icker1
bibliotheca iky \I-ke\ see ike1
il1 \il\ see ill
ika2 \I-ka\ see ica1 il2 \el\ see e a r
iia1 \il-a\ see ilia
ike1 \I-ke\ crikey, Nike, Psyche, iia2 \ e - b \ see ela1
spiky iia3 \I-b\ Lila

ike2 \ik\ bike, caique, dike, fyke, Delilah
haik, hike, like, mike, Mike, pike,
psych, shrike, sike, spike, strike, trike, ilae \i-le\ see yly
tyke
Mage \I-lij\ mileage, silage
alike, belike, catlike, childlike, ilah \i-ta\ see iia3
clocklike, dislike, fly-strike, garpike,
godlike, handspike, hitchhike, ilament \il-9-mant\ filament
homelike, Klondike, lifelike, mislike, habiliment
pealike, prooflike, push-bike, rampike, monofilament
restrike, scalelike, sheaflike, shunpike,
suchlike, ten-strike, turnpike, unlike, ilar \I-lsr\ dialer, filar, flier, hilar,
Updike, Vandyke, warlike, wifelike, miler, smiler, stylar, styler, tiler, Tyler
winglike
beguiler, bifilar, compiler, defiler,
berrylike, businesslike, fatherlike, freestyler, profiler, rottweiler,
ladylike, look-alike, machinelike, stockpiler
marlinespike, marlinspike, minibike,
motorbike, rubberlike, Scafell Pike, ilary \il-a-re\ see illary
soundalike, thunderstrike, womanlike,
workmanlike ilate \I-bt\ see Not

unsportsmanlike ilbe \il-be\ see ilby

iked1 \ikt\ liked, piked, spiked ilbert \il-bart\ filbert, gilbert, Gilbert
vandyked
—also -ed forms of verbs listed at ilby \il-be\ trilby
astilbe
ike2
ilch1 \ilk\ see ilk
iked2 \I-kad\ see ycad

iken \I-ksn\ see ichen1

iker \I-kar\ biker, diker, duiker,
hiker, piker, spiker, striker

disliker, hitchhiker, shunpiker
minibiker

ilch 188

ilch2 \ilch\ filch, milch, zilch pensile, profile, puerile, quartile,
quintile, redial, reptile, resile, retrial,
ild1 \Hd\ mild, piled, wild, Wilde revile, sandpile, scissile, sectile,
brainchild, godchild, grandchild, senile, servile, sessile, stabile,
stockpile, sundial, tactile, tensile,
hog-wild, man-child, pantiled, textile, turnstile, typestyle, unpile,
Rothschild, schoolchild, self-styled, utile, vagile, virile, woodpile,
stepchild worthwhile

—also -ed forms of verbs listed at afebrile, airmobile, Anglophile,
ile1 chamomile, contractile, crocodile,
discophile, domicile, endostyle,
ild2 \il\ see ill epistyle, erectile, extensile,
Francophile, Gallophile, halophile,
ild3 \ilt\ see ilt homophile, hypostyle, infantile,
interfile, juvenile, low-profile,
ild4 \ild\ see illed mercantile, oenophile, otherwhile,
pedophile, percentile, peristyle,
ilda \il-ds\ Hilda, tilde, Wilda prehensile, projectile, protractile,
pulsatile, reconcile, refractile,
ilde1 \il-da\ see ilda retractile, self-denial, Slavophile,
spermophile, technopile, thermopile,
ilde2 \Hd\ see ild1 turophile, urostyle, versatile, vibratile,
xenophile
ilder1 \il-dsr\ builder, gilder, guilder,
wilder ailurophile, amphiprostyle,
audiophile, bibliophile, electrophile,
bewilder, boatbuilder, shipbuilder, fluviatile, Germanophile, heterophile,
upbuilder Italophile, nucleophile

bodybuilder, jerry-builder ile2 \il\ see ill

ilder2 \Il-dar\ milder, wilder, Wilder ile3 \e-le\ see eely

ilding \il-dirj\ building, gilding, ile4 \el\ see eal2
hilding
ile5 \il-e\ see illy1
abuilding, outbuilding, shipbuilding
bodybuilding Mead \il-e-ad\ see iliad
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at
illed ileage \I-lij\ see ilage

ildish \Il-dish\ childish, wildish ileal \il-e-al\ see ilial1

ildly \fld-le\ childly, mildly, wildly ileless \Il-l3s\ guileless, pileless,
smileless
ile1 \fl\ aisle, bile, dial, faille, file,
guile, I'll, isle, Kyle, lisle, Lyle, mile, Her1 \ e - b r \ see ealer
Nile, phial, pile, rile, roil, smile, spile,
stile, style, tile, trial, vial, vile, viol, iler2 \I-lar\ see ilar
while, wile
iles \Ilz\ Giles, Miles, Niles
abseil, aedile, agile, anile, argyle, Wade-Giles
Argyll, audile, awhile, axile, beguile, British Isles, Western Isles
Blue Nile, Carlyle, compile, condyle,
cross-file, de Stijl, decile, defile, ileum \il-e-3m\ see ilium
denial, docile, ductile, enisle, ensile,
erewhile, erstwhile, espial, exile, iley \I-le\ see yly
febrile, fictile, fissile, flexile, fragile,
freestyle, futile, genial, gentile, ilford \il-fard\ Milford, Wilford
gracile, habile, hairstyle, Kabyle,
labile, life-style, meanwhile, mistrial,
mobile, motile, nubile, pantile, penile,

189 ility

ili1 \il-e\ see illy1 iliment Xil-a-msntX see ilament

Hi2 \e-le\ see eely iling1 \I-lirj\ filing, piling, spiling,
styling, tiling
ilia1 \il-e-a\ Celia, cilia
Cecelia, Cecilia, Massilia hairstyling
Anglophilia, basophilia, coprophilia,
iling2 \e-lirj\ see eeling
hemophilia, juvenilia, necrophilia,
neophilia, pedophilia, sensibilia ilion1 Xil-yarA see illion

memorabilia ilion2 \il-e-an\ see ilian1

ilia2 \il-ya\ Brasilia, sedilia ilious1 \il-e-9s\ punctilious
bougainvillea, sensibilia supercilious
memorabilia materfamilias, paterfamilias

ilia3 \el-ys\ see elia ilious2 \il-yas\ bilious
atrabilious, supercilious
iliad \il-e-ad\ Gilead, Iliad
balm of Gilead ilip \il-ap\ see illip

ilial \il-e-al\ filial, ileal ilitant \il-3-tant\ militant
familial, unfilial rehabilitant

ilian1 \il-e-an\ Gillian, Ilian, Lillian ility \il-at-e\ ability, agility, anility,
Basilian, reptilian civility, debility, docility, ductility,
Abbevillian, crocodilian, preexilian, facility, fertility, fragility, futility,
gentility, gracility, hostility, humility,
vespertilian lability, mobility, motility, nobility,
nubility, scurrility, sectility, senility,
ilian2 Xil-ysrA see illion stability, sterility, suability, tactility,
tranquility, utility, vagility, virility
ilias \il-e-9s\ see ilious1
actability, affability, arability,
iliate \il-e-st\ ciliate audibility, bearability, biddability,
affiliate breathability, brushability, capability,
changeability, coilability, contractility,
ilic \il-ik\ killick countability, credibility, crossability,
acrylic, allylic, Cyrillic, dactylic, culpability, curability, cutability,
disability, disutility, drapability,
exilic, idyllic, sibylic drillability, drinkability, durability,
amphiphilic, Anglophilic, dyeability, edibility, equability,
erectility, fallibility, feasibility,
hemophilic, necrophilic, pedophilic, fishability, fiammability, flexibility,
postexilic, zoophilic forgeability, formability, frangibility,
friability, gullibility, imbecility,
bibliophilic immobility, inability, incivility,
indocility, infantility, infertility,
ilica \il-i-ks\ silica instability, inutility, juvenility,
basilica laudability, leachability, legibility,
liability, likability, livability,
ilican \il-i-kan\ see ilicon mailability, meltability, miscibility,
movability, mutability, notability,
ilicon \il-i-kan\ Millikan, silicon, packability, placability, plausibility,
spillikin playability, portability, possibility,

basilican
ferrosilicon

ilience \il-yans\ see illiance

iliency Vl-yan-seA see illiancy

ilient \il-ysnt\ brilliant
resilient

ility 190

potability, pregnability, prehensility, extractibility, extrudability,
printability, probability, puerility, fashionability, fatigability, filterability,
readability, risibility, roadability, fissionability, formidability,
salability, sensibility, sewability, habitability, heritability, illegibility,
shareability, sociability, solubility, immiscibility, immovability,
solvability, spreadability, immutability, impalpability,
squeezability, stainability, impassability, impassibility,
stretchability, tenability, testability, impeccability, implacability,
traceability, treatability, tunability, implausibility, impossibility,
usability, vendability, versatility, impregnability, impressibility,
viability, visibility, volatility, improbability, improvability,
washability, wearability, wettability, inaudibility, incapability, incredibility,
workability indelibility, inductibility, ineffability,
infallibility, infeasibility,
absorbability, acceptability, inflammability, inflexibility,
accessibility, accountability, infrangibility, infusibility,
adaptability, adjustability, insensibility, insolubility, insurability,
admirability, admissibility, intangibility, invincibility, invisibility,
adoptability, adorability, advisability, irascibility, irritability,
affectability, agreeability, alterability, knowledgeability, machinability,
amenability, amiability, amicability, maintainability, manageability,
appealability, applicability, marketability, merchantability,
approachability, assumability, measurability, modulability,
attainability, automobility, availability, navigability, negligibility,
believability, collapsibility, nonflammability, openability,
combustability, comparability, operability, opposability, palatability,
compatibility, compensability, penetrability, perceptibility,
compressability, computability, perdurability, perfectibility,
conceivability, conductability, performability, perishability,
confirmability, contemptibility, permeability, permissibility,
contractibility, controllability, pleasurability, practicability,
convertibility, corrigibility, preferability, presentability,
corruptibility, cultivability, preservability, preventability,
damageability, decidability, processibility, programmability,
deductibility, defeasibility, punishability, reasonability,
defensibility, delectability, refundability, reliability, renewability,
demonstrability, deniability, repeatability, reputability, resistibility,
dependability, desirability, respectability, responsibility,
destructibility, detachability, retrievability, reusability, reversability,
detectability, deterrability, salvageability, separability,
detonability, digestibility, dilatability, severability, serviceability,
dispensability, disposability, suggestability, supportability,
dissociability, dissolubility, suppressibility, survivability,
distensibility, distractibility, susceptibility, sustainability,
divisibility, educability, electability, tolerability, trafficability,
eligibility, employability, transferability, translatability,
enforceability, equitability, erasability, transmissibility, transplantability,
erodability, exchangeability, transportability, unflappability,
excitability, excludability, unthinkability, untouchability,
exhaustibility, expansibility, variability, violability, vulnerability,
expendability, explosibility, weatherability
exportability, extensibility,

191 ill

alienability, analyzability, incommunicability,
assimilability, codifiability, incomprehensibility,
commensurability, communicability, incontrovertibility, indefatigability,
comprehensibility, decomposability, indistinguishability, ineradicability,
deliverability, discriminability, interoperability, irreconcilability,
disrespectability, distinguishability, irreproducibility
enumerability, exceptionability,
hypnotizability, illimitability, ilium \il-e-am\ cilium, ileum, ilium,
impenetrability, imperishability, Ilium, milium, trillium
impermeability, impermissibility,
imponderability, impracticability, beryllium
impressionability, inaccessibility, penicillium
inadmissibility, inadvisability,
inalterability, inapplicability, ilk \ilk\ bilk, ilk, milch, milk, silk
incalculability, incombustibility, buttermilk, liebfraumilch
incomparability, incompatibility,
incompressibility, inconceivability, ilker \il-kar\ bilker, milker
incontestability, inconvertibility,
incorrigibility, incorruptibility, ilky \il-ke\ milky, silky
indefeasibility, indefensibility,
indefinability, indestructibility, ill \il\ bill, Bill, brill, chill, dill, drill,
indigestibility, indispensability, fill, frill, gill, grill, grille, hill, ill, Jill,
indissolubility, indivisibility, kill, krill, mil, mill, mille, nil, nill, Phil,
indomitability, indubitability, pill, prill, quill, rill, shill, shrill, sild,
ineducability, ineffaceability, sill, skill, spill, squill, still, swill, thill,
ineligibility, ineluctability, thrill, til, till, trill, twill, vill, will, Will
inevitability, inexhaustibility,
inexplicability, inexpressibility, anthill, backfill, bluegill, Brazil,
inextricability, inheritability, Catskill, Churchill, cranesbill,
insatiability, inseparability, crossbill, de Mille, dentil, deskill,
insociability, insusceptibility, distill, doorsill, downhill, duckbill,
intelligibility, interchangeability, dullsville, dunghill, foothill, freewill,
intolerability, invariability, fulfill, goodwill, Granville, gristmill,
invulnerability, irreducibility, handbill, hawksbill, hornbill,
irreformability, irrefutability, Huntsville, instill, Knoxville, lambkill,
irremovability, irrepealability, landfill, limekiln, manille, Melville,
irreplaceability, irrepressibility, molehill, mudsill, Nashville, no-till,
irreproachability, irresistibility, playbill, quadrille, refill, roadkill,
irresponsibility, irretrievability, sawmill, self-will, Seville, sheathbill,
irreversibility, irrevocability, shoebill, sidehill, sigil, spadille,
maneuverability, manipulability, spoonbill, stabile, standstill, stockstill,
negotiability, polarizability, storksbill, T-bill, treadmill, unreal,
recognizability, recoverability, until, uphill, vaudeville, waxbill,
rectifiability, reprehensibility, waybill, windchill, windmill
reproducibility, substitutability,
unacceptability, unaccountability, Brazzaville, chlorophyll, daffodil,
understandability, undesirability, deshabille, de Toqueville, dishabille,
verifiability escadrille, espadrille, Evansville,
fiberfill, Francophil, Hooverville,
biocompatability, biodegradability, Jacksonville, Libreville, Louisville,
differentiability, inalienability, minimill, overfill, overkill, overspill,
incommensurability, razorbill, rototill, tormentil, verticil,
windowsill, whippoorwill, winter-kill,
Yggdrasil

acidophil, ivorybill, minoxydil,
Nizhni Togil, run-of-the-mill

I'll 192

I'll \I1\ see ile1 Brynhild, engild, gold-filled,
goodwilled, rebuild, self-willed,
ilia1 \e-ys\ barilla, cuadrilla spoonbilled, unbuild, unskilled,
banderilla, quesadilla upbuild, wergild

Ilia2 \il-9\ scilla, Scylla, squilla, villa, jerry-build, overbuild, semiskilled
Willa —also -edforms of verbs listed at ill

ancilla, Aquila, Attila, axilla, illedness \il-ngs\ see ilness
Camilla, cedilla, chinchilla, flotilla,
gorilla, guerrilla, manila, Manila, illein \il-an\ see illon
megillah, papilla, perilla, Priscilla,
scintilla, vanilla iller \il-ar\ biller, chiller, driller,
filler, giller, griller, hiller, killer,
camarilla, cascarilla, granadilla, miller, Miller, pillar, schiller, spiller,
potentilla, sabadilla, sapodilla, swiller, thriller, tiller, triller
sarsaparilla
axillar, distiller, fulfiller, painkiller,
ilia3 \e-a\ see ia1 pralltriller, von Schiller

ilia4 \el-ya\ see elia caterpillar, lady-killer, Rototiller
—also -erforms of adjectives listed
ilia5 \e-l9\ see ela1 at\\\

illable \il-3-bal\ billable, drillable, illery \il-re\ pillory
fillable, spillable, syllable, tillable artillery, distillery

disyllable, refillable, trisyllable illes \il-ez\ see illies
decasyllable, monosyllable,
octosyllable, polysyllable illet \il-at\ billet, fillet, millet, rillet,
hendecasyllable skillet, willet

illage \il-ij\ grillage, millage, pillage, distillate
spillage, tillage, village
illful \il-fal\ skillful, willful
no-tillage, permillage unskillful
Greenwich Village
illi1 \il-e\ see illy1
illah \il-a\ see ilia2
illi2 \e-le\ see eely
illain \il-sn\ see illon
illian1 \il-e-9n\ see ilian1
illar \il-ar\ see iller
illian2 \il-yan\ see illion
illary \il-a-re\ Hilary, Hillary,
phyllary illiance \il-yans\ brilliance
resilience
codicillary
illiancy \il-y9n-se\ brilliancy
iIlate \il-9t\ see illet resiliency

ille1 \il\ see ill illiant \il-y9nt\ see ilient

ille2 \ e \ see ee1 illick \il-ik\ see ilic

ille3 \el\ see eal2 illie \il-e\ see illy1

illea \il-y9\ see ilia2 illies \il-ez\ willies
Achilles, Antilles
illed \ild\ build, dilled, drilled, gild, Greater Antilles, Lesser Antilles
gilled, guild, skilled, twilled, willed Netherlands Antilles

193 iloquy

—also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns illous \il-as\ see illus
listed at illy1
illow1 \il-a\ see ilia2
illikan \il-i-kan\ see ilicon
illow2 \il-6\ see illo1
illikin \il-i-kan\ see ilicon
illowy \il-3-we\ billowy, pillowy,
illin1 \il-3m\ see ilium willowy

illin2 \il-an\ see illon ills \ilz\ Black Hills, no-frills
Alban Hills
illing \il-irj\ billing, drilling, filling, —also -s, -'s, and -s' forms of nouns,
killing, milling, schilling, shilling,
skilling, twilling, willing and -s forms of verbs, listed at ill

fulfilling, spine-chilling, unwilling ilium \il-3m\ chillum
—also -ing forms of verbs listed at\\\ vexillum

illion \il-ysn\ billion, jillion, Lillian, illus \il-as\ Phyllis, villous, Willis
million, pillion, trillion, zillion bacillus, lapillus
amaryllis
caecilian, Castilian, centillion, toga virilis
civilian, cotillion, decillion, modillion,
nonillion, octillion, pavilion, postilion, illy1 \il-e\ Billie, billy, Chile, chili,
quadrillion, Quintilian, quintillion, chilly, dilly, filly, frilly, gillie, hilly,
reptilian, septillion, sextillion, illy, Lillie, lily, Lily, Millie, really,
toubillion, vaudevillian, vermilion Scilly, silly, stilly, Willie, Willy

crocodilian, Maximilian, preexilian, bacilli, Caerphilly, daylily, fusilli,
quindecillion, sexdecillion, guidwillie, hillbilly
tredecillion, undecillion, vespertilian,
vigintillion piccalilli, rockabilly, willy-nilly

duodecillion, novemdecillion, illy2 \il-le\ shrilly, stilly
octodecillion, septendecillion
iln1 \il\ see ill
quattuordecillion
iln2 \iln\ kiln, Milne
illip \il-ap\ fillip, Philip
ilne \iln\ see iln2
illis \il-9s\ see illus
ilo1 \I-16\ milo, Milo, phyllo, silo
illium \il-e-9m\ see ilium
ilo2 \e-lo\ helo, kilo, phyllo
illness \il-n9s\ chillness, illness, Iloilo
shrillness, stillness
ilom M-larrA see ilum
illo1 \il-6\ billow, pillow, willow
Negrillo, tornillo iloquence \il-3-kwans\
Amarillo, armadillo, cigarillo, grandiloquence, magniloquence

coyotillo, peccadillo, tamarillo iloquent \il-3-kwant\ grandiloquent,
magniloquent
illo2 \e-6\ see io2
iloquist \il-9-kwast\ soliloquist,
illon \il-9n\ billon, Dylan, Uilleann, ventriloquist
villain, villein
iloquy \il-a-kwe\ soliloquy,
tefillin ventriloquy
penicillin
amoxycillin

illory \il-re\ see illery