The rhymes in this section have the ‘ee’ sound of breed and teacher as their main or final vowel sound. You can also rhyme some of these words with words ending in -y (e.g. happily, telepathy, capability), which you will find in other sections.
15.1 B, be, Bea, bee, Brie, C, Cree, D, Dee, E, fee, flea, flee, free, G, gee, ghee, glee, he, key, knee, lea, lee, Lee, Leigh, me, mi, P, pea, pee, plea, quay, re, sea, scree, see, she, ski, spree, T, te, tea, tee, the, thee, three, tree, Tree, twee, V, we, wee, whee, ye, Z
Stands the church clock at ten to three?
And is there honey still for tea?
RUPERT BROOKE
15.2 McGee, Dundee, suttee, trustee, McPhee, alee, Tralee, Cherie, Marie, sirree, Capri, agree, buckshee, maquis, grandee, standee, tax-free, banshee, marquee, marquis, draftee, grantee, Grand Prix, Parsee, bargee, payee, JP, HP, AD, bailee, trainee, NB, LP, MP, vendee, settee, esprit, rent-free, étui, ME, lessee, MC, PE, CB, GB, TB, GP, CD, three-D, VD, ET, PT, TT, CV, TV, tee-hee, BC, cc, PC, e.g., yippee, decree, degree, jinni, i.e., ID, IT, Tiree, lychee, t’ai chi, off-key, scot-free, Torquay, Pawnee, Shawnee, foresee, low-key, OD, goatee, toll-free, whoopee, cooee, rupee, bootee, tutee, UV, QC, * mother-to-be, Trincomalee, fiddle-de-dee, bouquet garni, GCSE, RSVP, PAYE, interviewee, on the q.t., WC, * Muhammad Ali
15.3 Bacchae, Yankee, latchkey, Atlee, Crabtree, algae, passkey, larvae, carefree, pear tree, Aintree, Braintree, precis, debris, Elstree, turnkey, fir tree, tepee, kiwi, pewee, gee-gee, squeegee, Frisbee®, prithee, Nike, psyche, pine tree, sightsee, spondee, coffee, toffee, crosstree, Rowntree, Toynbee, trochee, ogee, puttee, bungee, look-see, bootee, shoetree, * antennae, Mycenae, committee, banoffee, Milwaukee, alumnae, Grand Coulee, * Tallahassee, prima facie, subcommittee, Murrumbidgee
15.4 manatee, guarantee, absentee, jamboree, transferee, Anne-Marie, bain-marie, axletree, ratatouille, apogee, Chatterjee, après-ski, addressee, Galilee, Pharisee, appointee, amputee, jalousie, Sadducee, R&B, R&D, Marshalsea, RAC, RIP, maître d’, A&E, HRT, c’est la vie, KGB, ABC, eighty-three, HIV, Cherokee, legatee, devotee, referee, kedgeree, repartee, SAE, escapee, LSD, MSc, MBE, MEP, LED, LCD, Zebedee, Gemini, pedigree, twenty-three, Tennessee, perigee, debauchee, employee, SOB, epopee, MOD, MOT, refugee, fleur-de-lys, verdigris, thirty-three, B&B, Tweedledee, C of E, Peterlee, vis-à-vis, CJD, PhD, VAT, detainee, ESP, CND, GMT, PMT, TNT, BSE, CFC, plc, TLC, BSc, DVD, BBC, PVC, VIP, CID, deportee, TUC, chickadee, disagree, swingletree, fricassee, Winchelsea, chimpanzee, returnee, internee, filigree, fifty-three, sixty-three, retiree, divorcee, inductee, bride-to-be, licensee, Zuider Zee, ITV, Waikiki, ninety-three, wannabe, warrantee, bonhomie, nominee, monoski, water-ski, forty-three, mortgagee, formulae, bourgeoisie, oversea, oversee, OAP, OBE, OTT, Rosie Lee, bumblebee, dungaree, trouble-free, undersea, honeybee, sugar-free, USP, QED, jubilee, dutyfree, * abandonee, examinee, evacuee, chinoiserie, Thermopylae, minutiae
There was an old lady of Winchelsea,
Who said, ‘If you needle or pin shall see,
On the floor of my room,
Sweep it up with the broom!’
That exhaustive old lady of Winchelsea!
EDWARD LEAR
15.5 Beeb, dweeb, glebe, grebe, * Delibes, Antibes
15.6 dweebs, grebes, Thebes
15.7 beak, bleak, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, eek, eke, freak, geek, Greek, leak, leek, meek, peak, Peake, peek, peke, pique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, tweak, weak, week, wreak, * unspeak, oblique, batik, pratique, antique, Lalique, Tajik, technique, bespeak, critique, triptyque, mystique, midweek, bezique, physique, off-peak, boutique, Mustique, unique, * speedfreak, pipsqueak, forepeak, houseleek, newspeak, * Martinique, Chesapeake, fenugreek, stickybeak, hide-and-seek, Dominique, ortanique, Mozambique, tongue-in-cheek, * téléphérique
And I seem to find the happiness I seek
When we’re out together dancing cheek-to-cheek.
IRVING BERLIN
15.8 beaks, breeks, cheeks, freaks, shrieks, speaks, Weekes, weeks, * idée fixe, * Macgillicuddy’s Reeks, etc.
15.9 beach, beech, bleach, breach, breech, each, leach, Leach, leech, peach, pleach, preach, reach, screech, speech, teach, * unteach, impeach, beseech, * Wisbech, horseleech, outreach, * overreach
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
T. S. ELIOT
15.10 beached, bleached, preached, reached, * unbleached, impeached, beseeched, etc.
15.11 bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, creed, deed, Eid, feed, freed, Gide, greed, he’d, heed, knead, lead, lied, mead, Meade, Mede, need, plead, read, Reade, reed, Reed, Reid, screed, seed, she’d, skied, speed, steed, swede, Swede, tweed, Tweed, we’d, weed, * agreed, proceed, succeed, concede, stampede, accede, Rashid, Candide, reread, impede, indeed, misdeed, mislead, inbreed, misread, precede, recede, secede, exceed, high-speed, Godspeed, outbreed, OD’d, * Flamsteed, handfeed, knapweed, ragweed, flaxseed, airspeed, fairlead, hayseed, rapeseed, breast-feed, birdseed, Siegfried, seaweed, weak-kneed, drip-feed, lip-read, chickweed, linseed, mind-read, sight-read, bindweed, Lockheed, crossbreed, hogweed, pondweed, knotweed, knock-kneed, force-feed, groundspeed, oilseed, nosebleed, duckweed, spoonfeed, proofread, * guaranteed, Ganymede, antecede, aniseed, refereed, centipede, retrocede, invalid, interbreed, intercede, millipede, chicken feed, bottle-feed, cottonseed, waterweed, overfeed, underfeed, tumbleweed, Runnymede, bugleweed, supersede, * velocipede
Who to himself is law, no law doth need,
Offends no law, and is a king indeed.
GEORGE CHAPMAN
15.12 beads, breeds, deeds, Leeds, needs, reeds, tweeds, weeds, * succeeds, misdeeds, * nosebleeds, proceeds, * centipedes, invalids, etc.
15.13 beef, brief, chief, fief, grief, leaf, reef, sheaf, thief, * Sharif, massif, debrief, belief, relief, naïf, corned beef, roast beef, O’Keeffe, motif, * kerchief, sneak thief, tea leaf, wheatsheaf, fig leaf, flyleaf, * handkerchief, bas-relief, Tenerife, neckerchief, interleaf, disbelief, misbelief, leitmotif, overleaf, cloverleaf, unbelief, * apéritif
15.14 gigue, Grieg, league, * fatigue, intrigue, renege, * blitzkrieg, sitzkrieg, colleague
15.15 liege, siege, * besiege
15.16 prestige, * noblesse oblige
15.17 Beale, creel, deal, Deal, eel, feel, he’ll, heal, heel, keel, Keele, Kiel, kneel, Lille, meal, Neil, peal, peel, Peel, reel, seal, she’ll, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steel, Steele, stele, teal, veal, we’ll, weal, wheal, wheel, zeal, * appeal, allele, Camille, schlemiel, anneal, chenille, conceal, unseal, congeal, Bastille, Castile, square deal, genteel, Emil, Cecile, reseal, repeal, misdeal, reveal, ordeal, O’Neill, Lucille, * cartwheel, selfheal, treadwheel, gearwheel, freewheel, sweetmeal, wheatmeal, piecemeal, printwheel, millwheel, pinwheel, fishmeal, flywheel, cogwheel, allheal, Mobile, oatmeal, wholemeal, bonemeal, newsreel, * blastocoel, deshabille, stainless steel, daisywheel, rectocele, Ferris wheel, Estoril, three-course meal, cystocele, imbecile, glockenspiel, cockatiel, commonweal, cochineal, Dormobile®, snowmobile, Popemobile, underseal, * Achilles heel, * automobile
15.18 field, Field, healed, heeled, kneeled, pealed, peeled, reeled, sealed, shield, squealed, Weald, wheeled, wield, yield, * appealed, afield, unhealed, annealed, concealed, unsealed, congealed, well-heeled, three-wheeled, resealed, repealed, revealed, high-heeled, four-wheeled, low-heeled, two-wheeled, * Hatfield, Anfield, Cranfield, Mansfield, airfield, hayfield, Wakefield, Masefield, Sheffield, Enfield, greenfield, midfield, infield, Winfield, Springfield, Lichfield, windshield, minefield, cornfield, outfield, brownfield, oilfield, Schofield, snowfield, Oldfield, coalfield, Nuffield, gumshield, * battlefield, Macclesfield, Dangerfield, chesterfield, Chesterfield, Sellafield, Beaconsfield, Petersfield, ill-concealed, Copperfield, Butterfield, Somerfield, Huddersfield, unconcealed, unrevealed, * Sutton Coldfield
15.19 deals, eels, feels, heels, meals, Neil’s, seals, wheels, * appeals, conceals, congeals, reveals, * Galashiels, jellied eels, meals on wheels, imbeciles, etc.
When love congeals
It soon reveals
The faint aroma of performing seals,
The double crossing of a pair of heels.
LORENZ HART
15.20 beam, bream, Bream, Cheam, cream, deem, dream, gleam, Nîmes, ream, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, team, teem, theme, * abeam, agleam, Karim, upstream, raceme, blaspheme, regime, redeem, esteem, extreme, midstream, ice cream, onstream, downstream, supreme, * centime, harem, airstream, daydream, mainstream, jetstream, Brylcreem®, slipstream, millstream, whitebeam, bireme, trireme, crossbeam, hornbeam, morpheme, Coldstream, phoneme, sunbeam, bloodstream, Gulf Stream, moonbeam, * academe, self-esteem, Ibrahim, single cream, disesteem, quinquereme, kibbutzim, clotted cream, monotreme, double cream
But what is man in his own proud esteem?
Hear him, himself the poet and the theme.
WILLIAM COWPER
15.21 beamed, dreamed, gleamed, screamed, seemed, steamed, streamed, teemed, * undreamed, unstreamed, blasphemed, redeemed, esteemed, * unredeemed, etc.
15.22 beams, dreams, reams, Rheims, schemes, seams, teams, etc.
15.23 bean, been, clean, dean, Dean, e’en, gean, gene, Gene, glean, green, Greene, Jean, Kean, keen, lean, mean, mien, Nene, peen, preen, queen, Queen, scene, screen, seen, sheen, Sheene, skean, spleen, teen, wean, zine
Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?
I’ve been to London to see the Queen.
NURSERY RHYME
15.24 lateen, umpteen, Devine, Levine, ravine, subvene, convene, baleen, unclean, careen, marine, tureen, latrine, McQueen, Janine, obscene, unseen, machine, Rabin, nankeen, sateen, canteen, shagreen, Racine, Maxine, Harbin, sardine, Martine, Amin, Nadine, James Dean, eighteen, jade green, Céline, French bean, terrine, Benin, thirteen, preteen, shebeen, beguine, fifteen, sixteen, trephine, spring-clean, serene, big screen, between, demean, cuisine, nineteen, dry-clean, widescreen, poteen, broad bean, fourteen, small screen, foreseen, Slovene, Justine, routine, * mujaheddin, aquamarine, ultramarine, vending machine, knitting machine, washing machine, sewing machine, nouvelle cuisine, Palaeocene, Oligocene
15.25 has-been, caffeine, Kathleen, gangrene, gamine, vaccine, fanzine, Charlene, Marlene, guanine, Aileen, scalene, dentine, Hellene, Essene, benzene, benzine, theine, Christine, pristine, Sistine, Springsteen, Crimplene®, windscreen, quinine, strychnine, Eileen, Irene, styrene, flyscreen, glycine, lysine, Nicene, hygiene, Tolkien, tontine, colleen, Colleen, morphine, Pauline, chlorine, Doreen, Maureen, Noreen, fluorine, purine, soybean, codeine, Roedean, protein, smokescreen, bromine, sunscreen, butene, Lutine, * epinephrine, Benedictine, polystyrene, diamorphine, * norepinephrine
15.26 atropine, carrageen, Aberdeen, gabardine, carotene, galantine, trampoline, Jacqueline, Magdalene, naphthalene, gasoline, Vaseline®, tambourine, saccharine, Gadarene, Nazarene, tangerine, Dramamine®, anthracene, Damascene, magazine, Balanchine, aniline, Trasimene, Plasticine®, Halloween, mangosteen, Argentine, margarine, tartrazine, langoustine, crepe de Chine, grenadine, Geraldine, gelatine, seventeen, eglantine, clementine, mescaline, nectarine, pelerine, evergreen, Gretna Green, Bethnal Green, melamine, mezzanine, kerosene, phenazine, fedayeen, Bellarmine, jellybean, pethidine, velveteen, ethylene, methylene, Terylene®, Emmeline, ephedrine, Benzedrine®, epicene, Bernardine, Germolene®, creatine, reconvene, neoprene, Eocene, libertine, nicotine, guillotine, brigantine, brilliantine, Byzantine, intervene, Cymbeline, Windolene®, figurine, Listerine®, glycerine, Hippocrene, silver screen, wintergreen, histamine, limousine, kidney bean, Philippine, Ghibelline, village green, in-between, indigene, iodine, thiamine, tyrosine, isoprene, Miocene, Pliocene, Pleistocene, Constantine, Florentine, quarantine, Josephine, contravene, bottle green, bombazine, olivine, polythene, propylene, olive green, Holocene, oncogene, toluene, tourmaline, soya bean, Ovaltine®, dopamine, overseen, aubergine, bowling green, go-between, haute cuisine, butter bean, runner bean, submarine, putting green, unforeseen, subroutine, wolverine, fullerene, supervene, glutamine, * papaverine, amphetamine, adenosine, promethazine, acetylene, methionine, scopolamine, glucosamine, * betacarotene, polyethylene, antihistamine, nitroglycerine, dryopithecine, catecholamine, polypropylene, antisubmarine, * benzodiazepine, oxyacetylene, australopithecine, trinitrotoluene, buckminsterfullerene, * polytetrafluoroethylene
15.27 cleaned, fiend, gleaned, preened, screened, weaned, * unscreened, unweaned, machined, etc.
15.28 umpteenth, eighteenth, thirteenth, fifteenth, sixteenth, nineteenth, fourteenth, * seventeenth
15.29 beans, Dean’s, greens, jeans, Jean’s, Keynes, means, queens, Queens, scenes, screens, teens, * latrines, sardines, baked beans, Justine’s, * Grenadines, clementines, Milton Keynes, smithereens, limousines, Philippines, aubergines, full of beans, New Orleans, * amphetamines, * antihistamines, etc.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep.
ROBERT FROST
15.30 beep, bleep, cheap, cheep, creep, deep, heap, Jeep®, keep, leap, neap, neep, peep, reap, seep, sheep, sleep, steep, Streep, sweep, veep, weep, * asleep, équipe, knee-deep, bo-peep, * scrapheap, slagheap, upkeep, upsweep, * chimney sweep, oversleep, * Uriah Heep
15.31 beeps, bleeps, creeps, heaps, neaps, neeps, Pepys, sweeps, weeps, etc.
15.32 cease, crease, fils, fleece, geese, grease, Greece, lease, Nice, niece, peace, piece, Rees, Rhys, * apiece, Matisse, police, sublease, cerise, caprice, Dumfries, De Vries, Denise, MacNeice, pastis, cassis, pelisse, Bernice, surcease, degrease, release, decrease, increase, decease, obese, Cochise, coulisse, * hairpiece, Makepeace, tailpiece, neckpiece, headpiece, set piece, chesspiece, workpiece, earpiece, Greenpeace, eyepiece, timepiece, codpiece, crosspiece, showpiece, mouthpiece, * mantelpiece, ambergris, masterpiece, centrepiece, chersonese, verdigris, re-release, predecease, chimneypiece, altarpiece, War and Peace, frontispiece, * Peloponnese, archdiocese
Abou Ben Adhem (may his tribe increase!)
Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace.
LEIGH HUNT
15.33 beast, ceased, creased, east, feast, Geest, greased, least, piste, priest, yeast, * uncreased, batiste, artiste, Far East, archpriest, Near East, released, decreased, increased, deceased, northeast, southeast, modiste, * beanfeast, * arriviste, hartebeest, re-released, wildebeest, unreleased, etc.
15.34 fiche, leash, niche, quiche, * unleash, pastiche, Dalglish, rime riche, schottische, postiche, corniche, * hashish, baksheesh, * microfiche, nouveau riche
15.35 beat, beet, bleat, cheat, cleat, Crete, eat, feat, feet, fleet, Fleet, gîte, gleet, greet, heat, leat, leet, lied, meat, meet, mete, neat, peat, Pete, pleat, seat, sheet, skeet, sleet, street, suite, sweet, teat, treat, tweet, wheat, * compete, petite, complete, accrete, conceit, unseat, flat feet, Magritte, maltreat, en suite, dead beat, preheat, reheat, reseat, repeat, defeat, effete, delete, elite, deplete, replete, secrete, discreet, discrete, excrete, retreat, ill-treat, entreat, mistreat, deceit, receipt, gamete, crabmeat, factsheet, heartbeat, mainsheet, deadbeat, Benfleet, helpmeet, spreadsheet, worksheet, aesthete, sweetmeat, freesheet, pigmeat, mincemeat, bystreet, high street, time sheet, offbeat, Longleat, concrete, forefeet, Northfleet, forcemeat, horsemeat, broadsheet, browbeat, downbeat, groundsheet, wholewheat, upbeat, drumbeat, buckwheat, dustsheet, bushmeat, * pentathlete, decathlete, * parakeet, Paraclete, Masorete, marguerite, Marguerite, Harley Street, exegete, meadowsweet, incomplete, bittersweet, indiscreet, indiscrete, trick-or-treat, window seat, spirochaete, driver’s seat, obsolete, polychaete, lorikeet, Downing Street, overeat, overheat, sugar beet, superheat, * Carnaby Street, oligochaete
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgement Seat.
RUDYARD KIPLING
15.36 beats, cheats, eats, Keats, Pete’s, pleats, seats, sheets, streets, sweets, * athletes, backstreets, heartbeats, sweetmeats, etc.
15.37 heath, Heath, Keith, Leith, Meath, ’neath, Reith, sheath, teeth, wreath, * bequeath, beneath, Monteith, * milk teeth, eyeteeth, buckteeth, * Bexleyheath, Cowdenbeath, underneath, * B’nai B’rith
15.38 breathe, Meath, seethe, sheathe, teethe, wreathe, * unsheathe, enwreath, inbreathe, bequeath, * Pontypridd
15.39 breve, cleave, eve, Eve, greave, grieve, heave, leave, Neave, Niamh, peeve, reeve, reive, sheave, sleeve, Steve, thieve, vive, we’ve, weave, Yves, * upheave, aggrieve, perceive, conceive, achieve, Rajiv, French leave, qui vive, khedive, believe, relieve, bereave, reprieve, retrieve, inweave, deceive, receive, naive, * wayleave, shirtsleeve, sick leave, Congreve, * apperceive, make-believe, Tel Aviv, Genevieve, semibreve, preconceive, interleave, interweave, misconceive, disbelieve, oversleeve, undeceive, * recitative, overachieve, underachieve
O what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practise to deceive!
SIR WALTER SCOTT
15.40 grieved, heaved, peeved, thieved, * aggrieved, perceived, conceived, achieved, believed, relieved, bereaved, reprieved, deceived, received, long-sleeved, broad-leaved, short-sleeved, * preconceived, interleaved, misconceived, disbelieved, unrelieved, undeceived, etc.
15.41 beeves, eaves, Eve’s, Greaves, grieves, heaves, Jeeves, leaves, Reeves, sheaves, sleeves, thieves, * achieves, believes, deceives, receives, * Hargreaves, shirtsleeves, sneak thieves, tea leaves, Greensleeves, wheatsheaves, fig leaves, flyleaves, * Anne of Cleves, Genevieve’s, semibreves, etc.
15.42 bees, bise, breeze, cheese, Cleese, ease, fleas, fees, freeze, frieze, he’s, keys, knees, lees, peas, please, seas, seize, she’s, skis, sleaze, sneeze, squeeze, tease, Tees, these, trees, T’s, tweeze, wheeze, etc.
He’d fly through the air with the greatest of ease,
A daring young man on the flying trapeze.
GEORGE LEYBOURNE
15.43 appease, trapeze, trustees, Belize, valise, cerise, Marie’s, agrees, unfreeze, chemise, Denise, unease, marquise, trainees, MPs, Kirklees, Burmese, CDs, DTs, degrees, refreeze, deepfreeze, striptease, displease, reprise, disseise, disease, Chinese, Maltese, Louise, rupees, * Senegalese, Peloponnese, Dodecanese, Abdul-Aziz, éminence grise, GCSEs, etc.
15.44 Andes, axes, Ganges, heartsease, Ares, Aries, caries, lares, pear trees, rabies, scabies, tabes, stapes, Hades, bases, testes, menses, herpes, stirpes, Surtees, fir trees, Hermes, Xerxes, Ceres, series, faeces, theses, species, gee-gees, pine trees, crises, Pisces, * Cervantes, dolmades, penates, Pilates, Antares, Mercedes, Achates, Euphrates, oases, Orestes, Apelles, Waldenses, Laertes, subspecies, committees, Achilles, Antilles, meninges, pyrites, synopses, litotes, psychoses, prognoses, neuroses, * Ecclesiastes, Mithridates, rarae aves, Albigenses, Holofernes, Artaxerxes, Boanerges, miniseries, Archimedes, diabetes, ecospecies, bona fides, diagnoses, etc.
15.45 Maccabees, absentees, Androcles, Damocles, Anne-Marie’s, Gabonese, Japanese, manganese, Cantonese, antifreeze, Rameses, Javanese, Balinese, Faeroese, sanies, facies, apices, matrices, Cherokees, expertise, Nepalese, Heracles, Vietnamese, Lebanese, Celebes, Hebrides, Pericles, Héloïse, refugees, journalese, vertices, Hercules, legalese, Viennese, Pekinese, helices, Cyclades, Sinhalese, Milanese, Pyrenees, indices, Hyades, Pleiades, Siamese, Guyanese, Taiwanese, Sporades, Socrates, Congolese, novelese, Sophocles, chalk and cheese, cortices, vortices, Portuguese, gourmandise, vocalise, Togolese, overseas, OAPs, codices, dungarees, Sudanese, Ulysses, * cheval-de-frise, cantharides, Los Angeles, analyses, evacuees, Empedocles, Hesperides, appendices, parentheses, antipodes, officialese, Themistocles, Pheidippides, Euripides, Thucydides, Praxiteles, Xenocrates, Hippocrates, anopheles, isosceles, Xenophanes, Demosthenes, Diogenes, hypotheses, computerese, * Alcibiades, Aristophanes, Mephistopheles, Eratosthenes, etc.
16.1 freebie, hebe, Hebe, Phoebe, creepy, sleepy, tepee, weepy, beaky, cheeky, cliquey, creaky, freaky, geeky, Leakey, leaky, peaky, sneaky, squeaky, streaky, beady, Edie, greedy, needy, reedy, seedy, speedy, tweedy, weedy, wieldy, Beattie, Beatty, meaty, peaty, sleety, sweetie, treaty, fealty, beastie, yeasty, beefy, leafy, Revie, Lethe, Leahy, Ely, freely, Greeley, Healey, Keeley, Lely, mealie, mealy, steely, stele, wheelie, feebly, cheaply, deeply, steeply, bleakly, meekly, treacly, weakly, weekly, neatly, sweetly, Wheatley, beastly, Eastleigh, Priestley, priestly, briefly, chiefly, Keighley, seemly, cleanly, keenly, meanly, queenly, measly, Queensberry, Petrie, kiwi, pewee, beamy, creamy, dreamy, Mimi, preemie, REME, seamy, see me, steamy, beanie, Heaney, genie, Jeannie, meanie, Queenie, Rene, Sweeney, teeny, tweeny, weeny, fleecy, greasy, breezy, cheesy, easy, queasy, sleazy, sneezy, wheezy, teensy, specie, Vichy, peachy, preachy, screechy, Fiji, gee-gee, squeegee, * tzatziki, Kon-Tiki, Malpighi, Carnegie, Respighi, Macready, unwieldy, graffiti, Tahiti, entreaty, Haiti, Donleavy, sapele, Swahili, obliquely, uniquely, naively, serenely, obscenely, routinely, completely, discreetly, unseemly, extremely, supremely, tahini, bambini, tankini, Martini®, Bellini, Cellini, Fellini, Bernini, bikini, Selene, linguine, Irene, Mycenae, Rossini, Orsini, zucchini, Houdini, Puccini, Assisi, Tbilisi, uneasy, Zambezi, Medici, Luigi, * speakeasy, * cock-a-leekie, Nefertiti, Matabele, touchy-feely, Lamborghini, Agostini, Pasolini, Paganini, Cherubini, fettucine, teeny-weeny, Rossellini, Boccherini, Borromini, Toscanini, Mussolini, easy-peasy, teensy-weensy, maharishi, etc.
16.2 Gaea, freer, Leah, Mia, ria, Ria, rhea, Rhea, seer, Shiah, skier, Thea, Zia, * trachea, Korea, Maria, sharia, Chaldea, sangria, García, Medea, IKEA, spiraea, Crimea, Nicaea, tortilla, cornea, urea, Sofia, Sophia, Euboea, rupiah, Judaea, Lucía, * Landseer, sightseer, * Galatea, ratafia, Dorothea, mausolea, trattoria, pizzeria, Caesarea, Cytherea, mamma mia, Tanzania, panacea, Nicosia, overseer, Boadicea, Kampuchea, * Cassiopeia, pharmacopoeia, Arimathea, Tia Maria®, Ave Maria, peripeteia, Laodicea, Andalucía, * onomatopoeia, * free her, see her, etc.
16.3 Sheba, beeper, bleeper, cheaper, creeper, deeper, Dnieper, keeper, leaper, peeper, reaper, sleeper, steeper, sweeper, weeper, * amoeba, Bathsheba, Beersheba, barkeeper, park keeper, gamekeeper, gatekeeper, beekeeper, greenkeeper, peacekeeper, tree creeper, innkeeper, timekeeper, minesweeper, shopkeeper, doorkeeper, scorekeeper, storekeeper, housekeeper, goalkeeper, book-keeper, zoo keeper, * Arequipa, wicketkeeper, * bleep her, keep her, etc.
When we were a soft amoeba, in ages past and gone,
Ere you were the Queen of Sheba, or I King Solomon.
ARTHUR SHIPLEY
16.4 beaker, bleaker, leaker, meeker, seeker, sika, sleeker, sneaker, speaker, Speaker, squeaker, streaker, tikka, tweaker, weaker, eager, leaguer, meagre, Riga, Seeger, Vega, * paprika, self-seeker, Guernica, eureka, loudspeaker, Antigua, beleaguer, intriguer, Swarfega®, * Tanganyika, Frederica, Costa Rica, overeager, * seek her, intrigue her, etc.
16.5 bleeder, Breda, breeder, cedar, Creda, feeder, kneader, leader, Leda, lieder, Ouida, pleader, reader, seeder, speeder, weeder, fielder, Kielder, wielder, yielder, beater, beta, cheater, cheetah, Dieter, eater, fetor, greeter, heater, litre, meeter, meter, metre, neater, Peta, Peter, pleater, praetor, Rita, Streeter, sweeter, teeter, theta, tweeter, Vita, zeta, Dniester, Easter, keister, quaestor, deemster, teamster, * succeeder, Aïda, valeta, Anita, granita, Juanita, raita, partita, repeater, Evita, excreta, Demeter, Ryvita, pineta, Lolita, saltpetre, ureter, two-seater, northeaster, southeaster, * bandleader, cheerleader, ringleader, mind-reader, sight-reader, loss leader, stockbreeder, mouthbreeder, proofreader, newsreader, midfielder, infielder, outfielder, anteater, eggbeater, beefeater, windcheater, tripmeter, wattmeter, toadeater, voltmeter, ohmmeter, * al-Qaeda, Etheldreda, interceder, copyreader, altimeter, taximeter, nanometre, arboreta, Margarita, decalitre, decametre, centilitre, decilitre, centimetre, decimetre, señorita, hectolitre, hectometre, Eid-ul-Fitr, kilometre, millilitre, millimetre, micrometre, dolce vita, honey-eater, Sandinista, * follow-my-leader, olla podrida, Bhagavad-Gita, * feed her, meet her, etc.
Here lies that peerless paper peer Lord Peter,
Who broke the laws of God and man and metre.
JOHN GIBSON LOCKHART
16.6 briefer, reefer, FIFA, Eva, beaver, Beaver, Cheever, cleaver, diva, fever, griever, Hever, leaver, lever, reiver, Siva, viva, weaver, weever, ether, breather, either, neither, * Recife, perceiver, achiever, transceiver, believer, retriever, Geneva, deceiver, receiver, school-leaver, Aretha, Ibiza, bequeather, * cantilever, basketweaver, disbeliever, nonbeliever, unbeliever, Unilever, * overachiever, under-achiever, * debrief her, leave her, etc.
16.7 dealer, feeler, healer, heeler, Keeler, Keillor, kneeler, Leila, peeler, sealer, selah, Sheila, squealer, stealer, vealer, velar, wheeler, Wheeler, feebler, beagler, Ziegler, Libra, Ypres, Phaedra, Kenya, senior, * appealer, concealer, three-wheeler, tequila, revealer, cathedra, urethra, Monsignor, * wheeler-dealer, Philomela, * enfant terrible, ex cathedra, tetrahedra, polyhedra, savoir-vivre, joie de vivre, * heal her, steal her, etc.
16.8 beamer, creamer, dreamer, femur, lemur, Lima, reamer, schema, schemer, screamer, seamer, steamer, streamer, Beena, cleaner, Ena, Gina, gleaner, greener, keener, leaner, Lena, meaner, Meena, Nina, screener, Sheena, Tina, weaner, Wiener, Zena, * blasphemer, oedema, redeemer, Redeemer, Robina, subpoena, convener, Athena, tahina, arena, farina, marina, Marina, Sabrina, Catriona, Katrina, pashmina, Martina, tsarina, Medina, Edwina, Messina, retsina, verbena, Christina, Melina, Selina, Serena, demeanour, hyena, Ribena®, Hygena, Molina, Cortina, Georgina, Rowena, novena, euglena, * daydreamer, pipe cleaner, * emphysema, terza rima, Iwo Jima, Hiroshima, carabiner, Pasadena, cavatina, ballerina, Palestrina, Agrippina, Angelina, Ballymena, casuarina, scarlatina, Argentina, St Helena, semolina, Messalina, intervener, signorina, Philomena, Wilhelmina, Filipina, misdemeanour, concertina, contravener, ocarina, Thomasina, * ottava rima, Gewürztraminer, * Herzegovina, * esteem her, screen her, etc.
16.9 greaser, Lisa, pizza, Caesar, freezer, geezer, geyser, Pisa, pleaser, seizer, sneezer, squeezer, teaser, visa, freesia, seizure, Esher, Beecher, bleacher, creature, feature, Meacher, Nietzsche, preacher, screecher, teacher, * degreaser, releaser, Teresa, Theresa, El Gîza, Malteser, Louisa, amnesia, nemesia, godetia, Belisha, Phoenicia, magnesia, Helvetia, Venetia, montbretia, Ossetia, Portlaoise, aubrietia, Rhodesia, Lucretia, procedure, besieger, * crowd-pleaser, schoolteacher, * Ebenezer, Mona Lisa, Melanesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, Austronesia, Polynesia, alopecia, paraplegia, tetraplegia, aquilegia, hemiplegia, quadriplegia, * Hispano-Suiza, * release her, reach her, etc.
16.10 Greenock, Taoiseach
16.11 greenstick, Friedrich, Dietrich, scenic, beatnik, seasick, peachick, * amoebic, comedic, acetic, anaemic, phonemic, ischaemic, glycaemic, toxaemic, irenic, hygienic, amnesic, strategic, * orthopaedic, unhygienic, geodesic, analgesic, nonstrategic, paraplegic, tetraplegic, hemiplegic, quadriplegic, * encyclopedic, * hyperglycaemic, hypoglycaemic
16.12 prefix, Felix, helix, Friedrich’s, remix, phoenix, beatniks, peachicks, etc.
16.13 fetid, Enid, * Aeneid, bikinied
16.14 beaded, heeded, needed, pleaded, seeded, fielded, shielded, wielded, yielded, cheated, heated, metered, treated, feasted, Seaford, levered, leeward, Leeward, seaward, eastward, featured, * beleaguered, unheeded, unneeded, succeeded, conceded, unseeded, impeded, receded, exceeded, unheated, untreated, conceited, reheated, repeated, defeated, depleted, ill-treated, northeastward, southeastward, * unimpeded, overheated, undefeated, etc.
16.15 seawards, eastwards, * northeastwards, southeastwards
16.16 seepage, leakage, leafage, cleavage
16.17 feeble, Keble, peepul, people, sepal, steeple, faecal, Jekyll, treacle, beagle, eagle, legal, regal, Segal, Spiegl, beadle, Cheadle, needle, wheedle, beetle, betel, fetal, gleeful, heedful, needful, peaceful, evil, shrieval, weevil, lethal, equal, prequel, sequel, penal, renal, venal, diesel, easel, teasel, weasel, * tracheal, pineal, corneal, enfeeble, illegal, spread-eagle, viceregal, Threadneedle, deceitful, medieval, retrieval, primeval, coeval, upheaval, cathedral, unequal, adrenal, * tradespeople, townspeople, porbeagle, * perineal, laryngeal, pharyngeal, meningeal, centripetal, Evel Knievel, tetrahedral, hexahedral, octahedral, polyhedral, duodenal, * oesophageal, Till Eulenspiegel
16.18 Peebles, beagles, eagles, needles, Needles, Beatles, beetles, easels, measles, teasels, weasels, * Gleneagles, * pins and needles, etc.
16.19 prelim, Leitrim, * heal him, meet him, etc.
16.20 geum, Liam, sebum, caecum, Secombe, Edom, freedom, Needham, sedum, fiefdom, Cheetham, coelom, velum, Greenham, plenum, threesome, besom, Heysham, Evesham, Beecham, * Lyceum, museum, pinetum, cerebrum, pyrethrum, * mausoleum, Colosseum, Erechtheum, Atheneum, perineum, propylaeum, coliseum, arboretum, equisetum, duodenum, dirigisme, * peritoneum, * see ’em, teach ’em, etc.
You’re the top! You’re the Coliseum,
You’re the top! You’re the Louvre Museum.
COLE PORTER
16.21 wheelspin, Deakin, Wrekin, sheepskin, sealskin, lead-in, Evelyn, sequin, teach-in, * Kosygin, Dunedin, * seekin’, readin’, etc.
16.22 Behan, eon, Ian, Leon, lien, paean, peon, Theban, cheapen, deepen, steepen, beacon, deacon, pecan, weaken, Egan, Keegan, Regan, vegan, Bredon, Eden, Sweden, Weedon, wealden, Neasden, beaten, Beaton, Beeton, Cretan, eaten, Eaton, Eton, Keaton, neaten, Seaton, Seton, sweeten, wheaten, chieftain, eastern, Easton, even, Leven, Stephen, Ethan, heathen, Whelan, Libran, daemon, demon, freeman, Freeman, Leman, seaman, semen, Eastman, Cheeseman, liegeman, Gleason, Nielsen, Nilsson, Pisan, reason, season, treason, Friesian, lesion, Grecian, legion, region, * plebeian, Korean, Chaldean, Andean, Tarpeian, Circean, Aegean, Fijian, Nemean, Linnean, Piscean, Crimean, Nicaean, Strontian, Orphean, Taurean, Augean, protean, Euboean, Judaean, archdeacon, mohican, Mohican, Antiguan, unbeaten, uneaten, Nuneaton, Cleckheaton, Genevan, breakeven, Kesteven, Ibizan, Van Diemen, pentstemon, Philemon, policeman, unreason, adhesion, artesian, Cartesian, Ephesian, inhesion, Rhodesian, cohesion, Tahitian, completion, accretion, concretion, Phoenician, Haitian, Helvetian, deletion, depletion, repletion, secretion, excretion, Venetian, Ossetian, collegian, Galwegian, Glaswegian, Norwegian, * browbeaten, * Jacobean, Maccabean, Aramaean, Tanzanian, Atlantean, Caribbean, Manichaean, Achillean, Galilean, Kampuchean, Erechtheion, Hebridean, Periclean, empyrean, Herculean, Aeschylean, Tyrolean, Pyrenean, Sisyphean, Mycenaean, Sophoclean, Odyssean, European, Puerto Rican, Costa Rican, Mozambican, cotyledon, weather-beaten, overeaten, Tudorbethan, decahedron, tetrahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, polyhedron, cacodemon, Lacedaemon, Melanesian, Indonesian, Micronesian, Austronesian, Polynesian, Diocletian, * antipodean, Archimedean, Laodicean, epicurean, Epicurean, Terpsichorean, Pythagorean, Elizabethan, dodecahedron
Good King Wenceslas looked out,
On the feast of Stephen;
When the snow lay round about,
Deep and crisp and even.
JOHN MASON NEALE
16.23 cheapened, deepened, fecund, weakened, sweetened, eland, Zealand, Zeeland, Priestland, Cleveland, Greenland, Friesland, Queensland, reasoned, seasoned, weasand, * unsweetened, New Zealand, unseasoned, etc.
16.24 eons, Ian’s, beacons, deacons, vegans, chieftains, evens, Stephens, heathens, demons, Siemens, reasons, seasons, legions, regions, * plebeians, Koreans, Orleans, Van Diemen’s, adhesions, deletions, secretions, * Jacobeans, Europeans, New Orleans, etc.
16.25 piquant, secant, needn’t, sealant, frequent, treatment, easement, decent, puissant, recent, regent, * cosecant, infrequent, agreement, maltreatment, ill-treatment, achievement, bereavement, concealment, appeasement, impeachment, indecent, impuissant, malfeasant, allegiant, * antecedent, disagreement, * overachievement, underachievement
16.26 credence, grievance, sequence, * impedance, agreements, achievements, malfeasance, allegiance, * antecedence, etc.
Sure, deck your lower limbs in pants;
Yours are the limbs, my sweeting.
You look divine as you advance –
Have you seen yourself retreating?
OGDEN NASH
16.27 being, fleeing, seeing, skiing, beeping, bleeping, creeping, keeping, leaping, peeping, reaping, sleeping, sweeping, weeping, creaking, leaking, reeking, seeking, shrieking, sneaking, speaking, squeaking, streaking, beading, bleeding, breeding, feeding, kneading, leading, pleading, reading, speeding, weeding, Fielding, wielding, yielding, beating, cheating, eating, fleeting, greeting, heating, Keating, meeting, seating, sheeting, sweeting, bee sting, feasting, briefing, reefing, grieving, heaving, leaving, sleeving, thieving, weaving, breathing, seething, teething, ceiling, dealing, Ealing, feeling, healing, Keeling, kneeling, peeling, sealing, shieling, squealing, stealing, wheeling, weakling, beagling, needling, reedling, seedling, wheedling, Riesling, key ring, G-string, beeswing, beaming, dreaming, gleaming, scheming, screaming, seeming, steaming, streaming, teeming, cleaning, gleaning, keening, leaning, meaning, screening, weaning, evening, ceasing, fleecing, greasing, leasing, freezing, pleasing, seizing, sneezing, squeezing, teasing, wheezing, preaching, reaching, screeching, teaching, * agreeing, unseeing, unsleeping, safekeeping, self-seeking, nonspeaking, fatiguing, intriguing, reneging, unheeding, proceeding, succeeding, rereading, misleading, inbreeding, preceding, receding, exceeding, unyielding, competing, completing, repeating, defeating, retreating, debriefing, perceiving, achieving, believing, deceiving, receiving, bequeathing, appealing, unfeeling, concealing, congealing, Darjeeling, self-sealing, freewheeling, revealing, redeeming, convening, unmeaning, self-cleaning, spring-cleaning, demeaning, policing, unceasing, decreasing, increasing, unleashing, beseeching, far-reaching, nonteaching, besieging, * wellbeing, sightseeing, peacekeeping, timekeeping, shopkeeping, housekeeping, book-keeping, breastfeeding, lip-reading, mind-reading, sight-reading, stockbreeding, forcefeeding, spoonfeeding, proofreading, * water-skiing, human being, self-defeating, overeating, overheating, unbelieving, wheeler-dealing, unappealing, unrevealing, intervening, overweening, overreaching, * overachieving, underachieving, etc.
I had a dove and the sweet dove died;
And I have thought it died of grieving:
O, what could it grieve for? Its feet were tied,
With a silken thread of my own hand’s weaving.
JOHN KEATS
16.28 beings, sweepings, greetings, meetings, beestings, leavings, dealings, feelings, seedlings, gleanings, leanings, meanings, evenings, * proceedings, etc.
16.29 Leavis, penis, thesis, tmesis, aegis, Regis, * kinesis, mimesis, prosthesis, Lyme Regis, * in extremis, exegesis, enuresis, diuresis, Bognor Regis, * diaphoresis, telekinesis, * amniocentesis
16.30 Phoebus, rebus, negus, Negus, foetus, grievous, naevus, Stevas, treeless, sleepless, heedless, needless, seedless, weedless, leafless, sleeveless, heelless, wheelless, dreamless, seamless, ceaseless, speechless, oestrus, seamstress, Remus, genus, heinous, venous, Venus, cheapness, steepness, bleakness, meekness, weakness, neatness, sweetness, keenness, greenness, meanness, Croesus, rhesus, Jesus, specious, * Antaeus, Aeneas, Linnaeus, Piraeus, boletus, quietus, Miletus, Malvinas, Silenus, Maecenas, uniqueness, completeness, discreetness, facetious, Lucretius, egregious, * Maccabaeus, Manichaeus, Nicodemus, Polyphemus, polysemous, intravenous, * see us, believe us, etc.
When I talk, and you are heedless,
I will show no anger needless.
JONATHAN SWIFT
16.31 deist, theist, * defeatist, elitist, extremist, machinist, hygienist, * encyclopedist
16.32 freest, cheapest, deepest, steepest, bleakest, meekest, sleekest, weakest, neatest, sweetest, briefest, feeblest, greenest, leanest, meanest, etc.
16.33 cheapish, sheepish, Swedish, fiendish, cliquish, freakish, peevish, squeamish, cleanish, greenish
16.34 fleapit, eaglet, leaflet, secret, egret, peewit, refit, remit, resit, eejit, * albeit, howbeit, so be it, * keep it, clean it, etc.
16.35 expletive, adhesive, cohesive, * self-adhesive
16.36 freebies, Phoebe’s, sweeties, treatise, wheelies, weeklies, faeces, theses, species, gee-gees, * subspecies, * heebie-jeebies, Archimedes, diabetes, ecospecies, etc.
16.37 creepers, jeepers, peepers, sleepers, weepers, beakers, sneakers, speakers, cedars, leaders, fielders, litres, metres, Peters, Rita’s, Beavers, cleavers, levers, dealers, peelers, dreamers, cleaners, creases, pieces, tweezers, creatures, features, beaches, peaches, teachers, * loudspeakers, fajitas, repeaters, Evita’s, * gamekeepers, goalkeepers, cheerleaders, ringleaders, beefeaters, believers, school-leavers, * nonbelievers, misdemeanours, etc.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
SAYING
16.38 eagerly, legally, meagrely, regally, easterly, gleefully, peacefully, lethally, equally, weaselly, reasonably, peaceably, feasibly, heatedly, eastwardly, frequently, evenly, grievously, heedlessly, needlessly, ceaselessly, Queensberry, eatery, thievery, sealery, Tuileries, breviary, creamery, beanery, deanery, denary, greenery, plenary, scenery, venery, deaconry, peony, frequency, decency, recency, regency, Regency, deity, creepily, sleepily, cheekily, sneakily, greedily, speedily, dreamily, breezily, easily, secretly, fleetingly, seemingly, pleasingly, sheepishly, fiendishly, peevishly, feverishly, secrecy, * illegally, northeasterly, southeasterly, deceitfully, agreeably, conceivably, unreasonably, appreciably, conceitedly, repeatedly, infrequently, unevenly, facetiously, secretory, excretory, catenary, machinery, centenary, patisserie, rotisserie, archdeaconry, infrequency, indecency, naivety, amenity, hygienically, strategically, misleadingly, exceedingly, appealingly, revealingly, unceasingly, decreasingly, increasingly, obesity, * inconceivably, unbelievably, irretrievably, irredeemably, intermediary, bicentenary, tercentenary, tricentenary, spontaneity, * simultaneity, homogeneity, etc.
I like your moral and machinery;
Your plot, too, has such scope for scenery.
LORD BYRON
16.39 Greenlander, schemata, Queenborough, sweetener, easterner, reasoner, * New Zealander
16.40 sepia, creepier, sleepier, weepier, cheekier, sneakier, squeakier, greedier, media, needier, seedier, speedier, weedier, meatier, meteor, beefier, Celia, Delia, creamier, dreamier, seamier, steamier, senior, taenia, greasier, breezier, easier, freesia, * Karelia, Amelia, camellia, Cecilia, Cordelia, Cornelia, lobelia, Ophelia, anaemia, ischaemia, pyaemia, toxaemia, uraemia, Bohemia, leukaemia, proscenia, asthenia, gardenia, Armenia, Slovenia, trapezia, amnesia, Silesia, * cyclopedia, multimedia, psychedelia, academia, septicaemia, myasthenia, neurasthenia, schizophrenia, * encyclopedia, Melanesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, Austronesia, analgesia, paraesthesia, anaesthesia, kinaesthesia, synaesthesia, hypaesthesia, Polynesia, aqua regia, * hyperglycaemia, hypoglycaemia, hyperaesthesia, etc.
16.41 keepable, readable, eatable, beatable, treatable, breathable, cleanable, reasonable, seasonable, peaceable, feasible, freezable, seizable, squeezable, reachable, teachable, seasonal, regional, medial, genial, menial, venial, Oedipal, vehicle, meaningful, * agreeable, foreseeable, unspeakable, unreadable, unbeatable, untreatable, uneatable, repeatable, unbreathable, perceivable, conceivable, achievable, believable, retrievable, receivable, resealable, redeemable, amenable, unreasonable, unseasonable, appreciable, depreciable, unreachable, unteachable, impeachable, procedural, Ezekiel, remedial, congenial, strategical, * disagreeable, unforeseeable, unrepeatable, inconceivable, irretrievable, unachievable, unbelievable, irredeemable, inappreciable, unimpeachable, endometrial, uncongenial
16.42 medium, tedium, Sealyham, helium, premium, rhenium, caesium, * mycelium, nobelium, proscenium, selenium, ruthenium, trapezium, magnesium, technetium, lutetium, collegium, * endothelium, epithelium, florilegium
16.43 Peterman, Peterson, Stephenson, Stevenson, oestrogen, median, Reithian, Delian, Pelion, Fenian, Friesian, Nietzschean, * comedian, tragedian, Promethean, chameleon, Hegelian, Mendelian, cornelian, Bohemian, Athenian, Armenian, Tyrrhenian, Slovenian, artesian, Cartesian, Silesian, collegian, * Archimedean, Magdalenian, Melanesian, Indonesian, Micronesian, Austronesian, Polynesian, * Aristotelian, Mephistophelean
16.44 mediant, deviant, lenient, * obedient, submediant, expedient, ingredient, convenient, * disobedient, inexpedient, inconvenient
16.45 deviance, deviants, lenience, * obedience, expedience, ingredients, convenience, * disobedience, inexpedience, inconvenience, etc.
16.46 deepening, weakening, sweetening, reasoning, seasoning, * unreasoning, etc.
16.47 Daedalus, leaderless, featureless, eagerness, meagreness, treasonous, feebleness, evenness, tedious, devious, previous, Delius, Peleus, genius, Theseus, Regius, Oedipus, Aeschylus, meaningless, creepiness, sleepiness, greediness, speediness, dreaminess, greasiness, easiness, seasickness, squeamishness, * unevenness, Asclepius, Prometheus, Boethius, Aurelius, Cornelius, obsequious, abstemious, arsenious, ingenious, egregious, uneasiness, * contumelious, homogeneous, * heterogeneous, etc.
16.48 egotist, legalist, re-enlist, egoist, * anaesthetist, medievalist
16.49 creepiest, sleepiest, weepiest, cheekiest, sneakiest, squeakiest, greediest, neediest, seediest, speediest, weediest, meatiest, beefiest, creamiest, dreamiest, seamiest, steamiest, greasiest, breeziest, easiest, etc.
16.50 Cheviot, * inebriate, collegiate, * intermediate
16.51 Tuileries, frequencies, decencies, * amenities, etc.
16.52 seasonally, regionally, genially, reasonably, leniently, vehemently, previously, deviancy, leniency, * unreasonably, immediately, obediently, conveniently, obsequiously, immediacy, expediency, * disobediently, inconveniently
16.53 reasonable, seasonable, * unreasonable, unseasonable, remediable, * irremediable