EAL.
EAL.
EAL.
Deal, heal, reveal, meal, peal, seal, steal, teal, veal, weal, squeal,§ leal,* zeal, repeal, conceal, congeal, repeal, anneal, appeal, wheal,* eel, heel, feel, keel, kneel, peel, reel, steal, wheel. [Real is a dissyllable, and therefore does not count here.]
EALD.
EALD.
EALD.
Weald,* see IELD.
EALM.
EALM.
EALM.
Realm, elm, whelm.
EALTH.
EALTH.
EALTH.
Health, wealth, stealth, commonwealth, etc.
EAM.
EAM.
EAM.
Bream, cream, gleam, seam, scream, stream, team, beam, dream, enseam,† scheme, theme, blaspheme, extreme, supreme, deem, teem, beseem, misdeem, esteem, disesteem, redeem, seem, beteem,† etc.
EAMT.
EAMT.
EAMT.
Dreamt, exempt, attempt, empt,† etc.
EAN.
EAN.
EAN.
Bean, clean, dean, glean, lean, mean, wean, yean, demean, unclean, convene, demesne, intervene, mien, hyen,† machine, keen, screen, seen, skean,† green, spleen, between, careen, teen,† foreseen, serene, obscene, terrene, queen, spleen, etc.
EANS.
EANS.
EANS.
Means, rhymes plural of nouns, and third persons singular present of verbs, in EAN, EEN, ENE.
EANSE.
EANSE.
EANSE.
Cleanse, plural of nouns, and third person singular present of verbs, in EN.
EANT, see ENT. EAP, see EEP. EAR see EER and AIR.
EANT, see ENT. EAP, see EEP. EAR see EER and AIR.
EANT, see ENT. EAP, see EEP. EAR see EER and AIR.
EARCH.
EARCH.
EARCH.
Search, perch, research, church, smirch,† etc.
EARD.
EARD.
EARD.
(As in "heard"), heard, herd, sherd,† etc., the preterites and participles of verbs in ER, UR, etc. (As in "beard"), beard, feared, revered, weird, preterites and participles of verbs in EAR, ERE, etc.
EARL.
EARL.
EARL.
Earl, pearl, girl, curl,† churl, whirl, purl,§ furl, etc.
EARN, see ERN. EARSE, see ERSE. EART, see ART.
EARN, see ERN. EARSE, see ERSE. EART, see ART.
EARN, see ERN. EARSE, see ERSE. EART, see ART.
EARTH.
EARTH.
EARTH.
Earth, dearth, birth, mirth, worth, Perth, berth, etc.
EASE (sounded EACE. For hard "s," see EEZE).
EASE (sounded EACE. For hard "s," see EEZE).
EASE (sounded EACE. For hard "s," see EEZE).
Cease, lease, release, grease, decease, decrease, increase, release, surcease, peace, piece, niece, fleece, geese, frontispiece, apiece, etc.
EAST.
EAST.
EAST.
East, feast, least, beast, priest, the preterites and participles of verbs in EASE (sounded EACE).
EAT.
EAT.
EAT.
(As in "bleat"), bleat, eat, feat, heat, meat, neat, seat, treat, wheat, beat, cheat, defeat, estreat, escheat, entreat, retreat, obsolete, replete, concrete, complete, feet, fleet, greet, meet, sheet, sleet, street, sweet, discreet. (As in "great"), great, hate, bate, wait, tête.||
EATH.
EATH.
EATH.
(As in "breath"), breath, death, saith, Elizabeth, etc., and antiquated third person singular present, accented on the antipenult,e.g., "encountereth." (As in "heath"), heath, sheath, teeth, wreath, beneath.
EATHE.
EATHE.
EATHE.
Breathe, sheathe, wreathe, inwreathe, bequeathe, seethe, etc.
EAU.
EAU.
EAU.
Beau,|| bureau,|| though, go, show, doe, etc.
EAVE.
EAVE.
EAVE.
Cleave, heave, interweave, leave, weave, bereave, inweave, receive, conceive, deceive, perceive, eve, grieve, sleeve, thieve, aggrieve, achieve, believe, disbelieve, relieve, reprieve, retrieve.
EB, and EBB.
EB, and EBB.
EB, and EBB.
Web, neb,* ebb, bleb,† etc.
ECK, and EC.
ECK, and EC.
ECK, and EC.
Beck, peck, neck, check, fleck, deck, speck, wreck, hypothec,|| spec,§ geck.§
EKS.
EKS.
EKS.
I'fecks,§ third person singular of verbs and plural of nouns in ECK.
ECT.
ECT.
ECT.
Sect, affect, correct, incorrect, collect, deject, detect, direct, disrespect, disaffect, dissect, effect, elect, eject, erect, expect, indirect, infect, inspect, neglect, object, project, protect, recollect, reflect, reject, respect, select, subject, suspect, architect, circumspect, direct, intellect, the preterites and participles of verbs in ECK, etc.
ED.
ED.
ED.
Bed, bled, fed, fled, bred, Ted, red, shred, shed, sped, wed, abed, inbred, misled, said, bread, dread, dead, head, lead, read, spread, thread, tread, behead, o'erspread, and the preterites and participles of verbs, which, when the "éd" (pronounced) is added, have the accent on the antepenultimate [e.g., vanishéd; but see Chap. VIII.]
EDE.
EDE.
EDE.
Glede, rede,† brede,† discede, see EED, EAD.
EDGE.
EDGE.
EDGE.
Edge, wedge, fledge, hedge, ledge, pledge, sedge, allege, kedge,¶ privilege, sacrilege, sortilege, etc.
EE.
EE.
EE.
Bee, free, glee, knee, see, three, thee, tree, agree, decree, degree, disagree, flee, foresee, o'ersee, pedigree, he, me, we, she, be, jubilee, lee, ne,† sea, plea, flea, tea, key, cap-à-pie,|| gree,† dree,† calipee.
EECE, see EASE. EECH, see EACH.
EECE, see EASE. EECH, see EACH.
EECE, see EASE. EECH, see EACH.
EED.
EED.
EED.
Creed, deed, indeed, bleed, breed, feed, heed, meed, need, reed, speed, seed, steed, weed, proceed, succeed, exceed, knead, read, intercede, precede, recede, concede, impede, supersede, bead, lead, mead, plead, etc.
EEF, see IEF. EEK, see EAK. EEL, see EAL.EEM, see EAM. EEN, see EAN.
EEF, see IEF. EEK, see EAK. EEL, see EAL.EEM, see EAM. EEN, see EAN.
EEF, see IEF. EEK, see EAK. EEL, see EAL.
EEM, see EAM. EEN, see EAN.
EEP.
EEP.
EEP.
Creep, deep, sleep, keep, peep, sheep, steep, sweep, weep, asleep, cheap, heap, neap,¶ etc.
EER.
EER.
EER.
(As in "beer"), beer, deer, fleer,† geer, jeer, peer, mere, leer, sheer, steer, sneer, cheer, veer, pickeer, domineer, cannoneer, compeer, engineer, mutineer, pioneer, privateer, charioteer, chanticleer, career, mountaineer, fere,† here, sphere, adhere, cohere, interfere, persevere, revere, austere, severe, sincere, hemisphere, &c.; ear, clear, dear, fear, here, near, sear, smear, spear, tear, rear, year, appear, besmear, bandolier,† disappear, endear, auctioneer. (As in "e'er"), ne'er, ARE, AIR, etc.
EESE, see EEZE. EET, see EAT. EETH, seeEATH. EETHE, see EATHE. EEVE, see EAVE.
EESE, see EEZE. EET, see EAT. EETH, seeEATH. EETHE, see EATHE. EEVE, see EAVE.
EESE, see EEZE. EET, see EAT. EETH, see
EATH. EETHE, see EATHE. EEVE, see EAVE.
EEVES.
EEVES.
EEVES.
Eeaves, rhymes plural of nouns, and third person singular present of verbs in EEVE, IEVE, etc.
EEZE.
EEZE.
EEZE.
Breeze, freeze, wheeze, sneeze, squeeze, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in EE, cheese, leese,† these, ease, appease, disease, displease, tease, seize, etc., and the plurals of nouns in EA, EE, etc.
EF.
EF.
EF.
Clef,¶ nef,† semibref,¶ kef,|| deaf, etc.
EFT.
EFT.
EFT.
Cleft, left, theft, weft, bereft, etc.
EG, and EGG.
EG, and EGG.
EG, and EGG.
Egg, leg, beg, peg, Meg, keg.
EGE.
EGE.
EGE.
Renege,§ see EAGUE.
EGM.
EGM.
EGM.
Phlegm, apothegm, parapegm, diadem, etc.
EGN.
EGN.
EGN.
Thegn,|| vain, mane, etc.
EH.
EH.
EH.
Eh? rhymes A, AY, EY, EIGH.
EIGH, see AY. EIGHT, see ATE and ITE. EIGN,see AIN. EIL, see EEL and AIL. EIN, seeAIN. EINT, see AINT. EIR, see ARE.
EIGH, see AY. EIGHT, see ATE and ITE. EIGN,see AIN. EIL, see EEL and AIL. EIN, seeAIN. EINT, see AINT. EIR, see ARE.
EIGH, see AY. EIGHT, see ATE and ITE. EIGN,see AIN. EIL, see EEL and AIL. EIN, seeAIN. EINT, see AINT. EIR, see ARE.
EIGH, see AY. EIGHT, see ATE and ITE. EIGN,
see AIN. EIL, see EEL and AIL. EIN, see
AIN. EINT, see AINT. EIR, see ARE.
EIRD.
EIRD.
EIRD.
Weird, see EARD.
EIT, see EAT. EIVE, see EAVE. EIZE,
EIT, see EAT. EIVE, see EAVE. EIZE,
EIT, see EAT. EIVE, see EAVE. EIZE,
see EEZE. EKE, see EAK.
EL, and ELL.
EL, and ELL.
EL, and ELL.
Ell, dwell, fell, hell, knell, quell, sell, bell, cell, mell,† dispel, foretell, excel, compel, befell, yell, well, tell, swell, spell, smell, shell, parallel, sentinel, infidel, citadel, refel, repel, rebel, impel, expel, asphodel, petronel,† calomel, muscatel.
ELD.
ELD.
ELD.
Held, geld, withheld, upheld, beheld, eld,§ etc., the preterites and participles of verbs in EL, ELL.
ELF.
ELF.
ELF.
Elf, delf, pelf,§ self, shelf, himself, etc.
ELK.
ELK.
ELK.
Elk, kelk,† whelk, etc.
ELM.
ELM.
ELM.
Elm, helm, realm, whelm, overwhelm, etc.
ELP.
ELP.
ELP.
Help, whelp, kelp,* yelp, etc.
ELT.
ELT.
ELT.
Belt, gelt,|| melt, felt, welt,¶ smelt, pelt, dwelt, dealt.
ELVE.
ELVE.
ELVE.
Delve, helve, shelve, twelve, etc.
ELVES.
ELVES.
ELVES.
Elves, themselves, etc., the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in ELVE.
EM.
EM.
EM.
Gem, hem, stem, them, diadem, stratagem, anadem, kemb,† phlegm, condemn, contemn, etc.
EME, see EAM.
EME, see EAM.
EME, see EAM.
EMN.
EMN.
EMN.
Condemn, contemn, gem, hem, them. See EM, etc.
EMPT.
EMPT.
EMPT.
Tempt, exempt, attempt, contempt, dreamt.
EN.
EN.
EN.
Den, hen, fen, ken, men, pen, ten, then, when, wren, denizen. [Hyen§ rhymes EEN.]
ENCE.
ENCE.
ENCE.
Fence, hence, pence, thence, whence, defence, expense, offence, pretence, commence, abstinence, circumference, conference, confidence, consequence, continence, benevolence, concupiscence, difference, diffidence, diligence, eloquence, eminence, evidence, excellence, impenitence, impertinence, impotence, impudence, improvidence, incontinence, indifference,indigence, indolence, inference, intelligence, innocence, magnificence, munificence, negligence, omnipotence, penitence, preference, providence, recompense, reference, residence, reverence, vehemence, violence, sense, dense, cense, condense, immense, intense, propense, dispense, suspense, prepense, incense, frankincense.
ENCH.
ENCH.
ENCH.
Bench, drench, retrench, quench, clench, stench, tench, trench, wench, wrench, intrench, blench.†
END.
END.
END.
Bend, mend, blend, end, fend,† lend, rend, send, spend, tend, vend, amend, attend, ascend, commend, contend, defend, depend, descend, distend, expend, extend, forefend, impend, mis-spend, obtend, offend, portend, pretend, protend, suspend, transcend, unbend, apprehend, comprehend, condescend, discommend, recommend, reprehend, dividend, reverend, friend, befriend, and the preterites and participles of verbs in EN, etc.
ENDS.
ENDS.
ENDS.
Amends, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in END.
ENE, see EAN.
ENE, see EAN.
ENE, see EAN.
ENGE.
ENGE.
ENGE.
Avenge, revenge, no rhyme.
ENGTH.
ENGTH.
ENGTH.
Length, strength, etc.
ENS.
ENS.
ENS.
Lens, plural of nouns, and third person singular present of verbs, in EN.
ENT
ENT
ENT
Bent, lent, rent, pent, scent, sent, shent,† spent, tent, vent, went, blent, cement, brent,† hent,† absent, meant, ascent, assent, attent, augment, cement, content, consent, descent, dissent, event, extent, foment, frequent, indent, intent, invent, lament, mis-spent, o'erspent, present, prevent, relent, repent, resent, ostent, ferment, outwent, underwent, discontent, unbent, circumvent, represent, abstinent, accident, accomplishment, admonishment, acknowledgment, aliment, arbitrement, argument, banishment, battlement, blandishment, astonishment, armipotent, bellipotent, benevolent, chastisement, competent, complement, compliment, confident, continent, corpulent, detriment, different, diligent, disparagement, document, element, eloquent, eminent, equivalent, establishment, evident, excellent, excrement, exigent, experiment, firmament, fraudulent, government, embellishment, imminent, impenitent, impertinent, implement, impotent, imprisonment, improvident, impudent, incident, incompetent, incontinent, indifferent, indigent, innocent, insolent, instrument, irreverent, languishment, ligament, lineament, magnificent, management, medicament,malecontent, monument, negligent, nourishment, nutriment, occident, omnipotent, opulent, ornament, parliament, penitent, permanent, pertinent, president, precedent, prevalent, provident, punishment, ravishment, regiment, resident, redolent, rudiment, sacrament, sediment, sentiment, settlement, subsequent, supplement, intelligent, tenement, temperament, testament, tournament, turbulent, vehement, violent, virulent, reverent.
ENTS.
ENTS.
ENTS.
Accoutrements, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in ENT.
EP.
EP.
EP.
Step, nep, skep,* rep, demirep,§ etc.
EPE.
EPE.
EPE.
Clepe,† keep, reap, etc.
EPT.
EPT.
EPT.
Accept, adept, except, intercept, crept, sept,* slept, wept, kept, etc.
ER, and ERR.
ER, and ERR.
ER, and ERR.
Her, sir, fir, burr, cur, err, aver, defer, infer, deter, inter, refer, transfer, confer, prefer, whirr, administer, waggoner, islander, arbiter, character, villager, cottager, dowager, forager, pillager, voyager, massacre, gardener, slanderer, flatterer, idolater, provender, theatre, amphitheatre, foreigner, lavender, messenger, passenger, sorcerer, interpreter, officer,mariner, harbinger, minister, register, canister, chorister, sophister, presbyter, lawgiver, philosopher, artrologer, loiterer, prisoner, grasshopper, astronomer, sepulchre, thunderer, traveller, murderer, usurer.
ERCH, see EARCH. ERCE, see ERSE. IERCE,see ERSE. ERD, see EARD. ERE, see EER.
ERCH, see EARCH. ERCE, see ERSE. IERCE,see ERSE. ERD, see EARD. ERE, see EER.
ERCH, see EARCH. ERCE, see ERSE. IERCE,
see ERSE. ERD, see EARD. ERE, see EER.
ERF.
ERF.
ERF.
Serf, turf, surf, scurf, etc.
ERGE.
ERGE.
ERGE.
Verge, absterge,† emerge, immerge, dirge, urge, purge, surge.
ERGUE.
ERGUE.
ERGUE.
Exergue,† burgh.
ERM.
ERM.
ERM.
Term, firm, worm, etc.
ERN.
ERN.
ERN.
Fern, stern, discern, hern,† concern, learn, earn, yearn, quern,* dern,† burn, turn, etc.
ERNE.
ERNE.
ERNE.
Eterne,† see ERN.
ERP.
ERP.
ERP.
Discerp,† see IRP.
ERSE.
ERSE.
ERSE.
Verse, absterse, adverse, averse, converse, disperse, immerse, perverse, reverse, asperse, intersperse, universe, amerce, coerce, hearse, purse, curse, etc.
ERT.
ERT.
ERT.
Wert, advert, assert, avert, concert, convert, controvert, desert, divert, exert, expert, insert, invert, pervert, subvert, shirt, dirt, hurt, spurt,§ etc.
ERTH.
ERTH.
ERTH.
Berth, birth, mirth, earth, worth, etc.
ERVE.
ERVE.
ERVE.
Serve, nerve, swerve, preserve, deserve, conserve, observe, reserve, disserve, subserve, curve, etc.
ES, ESS, or ESSE.
ES, ESS, or ESSE.
ES, ESS, or ESSE.
Yes, bless, dress, cess,* chess, guess, less, mess, press, stress, acquiesce, access, address, assess, compress, confess, caress, depress, digress, dispossess, distress, excess, express, impress, oppress, possess, profess, recess, repress, redress, success, transgress, adultress, bashfulness, bitterness, cheerfulness, comfortless, comeliness, dizziness, diocess, drowsiness, eagerness, easiness, ambassadress, emptiness, evenness, fatherless, filthiness, foolishness, forgetfulness, forwardness, frowardness, fruitfulness, fulsomeness, giddiness, greediness, gentleness, governess, happiness, haughtiness,heaviness, idleness, heinousness, hoariness, hollowness, holiness, lasciviousness, lawfulness, laziness, littleness, liveliness, loftiness, lioness, lowliness, manliness, masterless, mightiness, motherless, motionless, nakedness, neediness, noisomeness, numberless, patroness, peevishness, perfidiousness, pitiless, poetess, prophetess, ransomless, readiness, righteousness, shepherdess, sorceress, sordidness, spiritless, sprightliness, stubbornness, sturdiness, surliness, steadiness, tenderness, thoughtfulness, ugliness, uneasiness, unhappiness, votaress, usefulness, wakefulness, wantonness, weaponless, wariness, willingness, wilfulness, weariness, wickedness, wilderness, wretchedness, drunkenness, childishness, duresse,|| cesse.†
ESE, see EEZE.
ESE, see EEZE.
ESE, see EEZE.
ESH.
ESH.
ESH.
Flesh, fresh, refresh, thresh, afresh, nesh,† mesh.
ESK, and ESQUE.
ESK, and ESQUE.
ESK, and ESQUE.
Desk, grotesque, burlesque, arabesque, picturesque, moresque, etc.
EST.
EST.
EST.
Best, chest, crest, guest, jest, nest, pest, quest, rest, test, vest, lest, west, arrest, attest, bequest, contest, detest, digest, divest, invest, palimpsest,¶ alcahest,|| infest, molest, obtest, protest, request, suggest, unrest, interest, manifest, breast, abreast, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in ESS.
ET.
ET.
ET.
Bet, get, jet, fret, let, met, net, set, wet, whet, yet, debt, abet, beget, beset, forget, regret, alphabet, amulet, anchoret, cabinet, epithet, parapet, rivulet, violet, coronet, parroquet, basinet, wagonette,|| cadet, epaulette, piquette, sweat, threat, etc.
ETCH.
ETCH.
ETCH.
Fetch, stretch, wretch, sketch, etc.
ETE.
ETE.
ETE.
Effete, see EAT.
ETH.
ETH.
ETH.
Elizabeth, see EATH.
ETTE.
ETTE.
ETTE.
Rosette, silhouette,|| wagonette,|| cassolette,|| bet, etc.
EVE, see EAVE.
EVE, see EAVE.
EVE, see EAVE.
EUCE.
EUCE.
EUCE.
Deuce, see USE.
EUD.
EUD.
EUD.
Feud, rude, mood, stewed, etc.
EUM.
EUM.
EUM.
Rheum, see OOM, UME.
EUR.
EUR.
EUR.
Amateur,|| connoisseur,|| bon-viveur.||
EW.
EW.
EW.
Blew, chew, dew, brew, drew, flew, few, grew, new, knew, hew, Jew, mew,† view, threw, yew, crew, slew, anew, askew, bedew, eschew, renew, review, withdrew, screw, interview, emmew,† clue, due, cue, glue, hue, rue, sue, true, accrue, ensue, endue, imbue, imbrue, pursue, subdue, adieu, purlieu,|| perdue,|| residue, avenue, revenue, retinue, through, pooh, you. [News takes plural of nouns, and third person singular present of verbs, of this class.]
EWD.
EWD.
EWD.
Flewd,§ lewd, screwed, see UDE.
EWN.
EWN.
EWN.
Hewn, see UNE.
EX.
EX.
EX.
Sex, vex, annex, convex, complex, perplex, circumflex, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in EC, ECK.
EXT.
EXT.
EXT.
Next, pretext, and the preterites and participles of verbs in EX.
EY.
EY.
EY.
(As in "prey"), rhymes AY, A. (As in "key"), rhymes EE, EA.
EYNE.
EYNE.
EYNE.
Eyne,§ rhymes INE.
I.
I.
I.
I.
I.
I.
Alibi,|| alkali,|| try, eye, high, bye, vie, etc.
IB.
IB.
IB.
Bib, crib, squib, drib,§ glib,§ nib, rib.
IBE.
IBE.
IBE.
Bribe, tribe, kibe,† scribe, ascribe, describe, superscribe, prescribe, proscribe, subscribe, transcribe, inscribe, imbibe, diatribe.
IC.
IC.
IC.
Catholic, splenetic, heretic, arithmetic, brick, etc.
ICE.
ICE.
ICE.
Ice, dice, mice, nice, price, rice, spice, slice, thrice, trice, splice, advice, entice, vice, device, concise, precise, paradise, sacrifice, etc.
ICHE and ICH, see ITCH.
ICHE and ICH, see ITCH.
ICHE and ICH, see ITCH.
ICK.
ICK.
ICK.
Brick, sick, chick, kick, lick, nick, pick, quick, stick, thick, trick, arithmetic, choleric, catholic, heretic, rhetoric, splenetic, lunatic, politic.
ICT.
ICT.
ICT.
Strict, addict, afflict, convict, inflict, contradict, Pict, etc. The preterites and participles of verbs in ICK, etc.
ID.
ID.
ID.
Bid, chid, hid, kid, lid, slid, rid, bestrid, pyramid, forbid, quid,§ squid, katydid,|| etc.
IDE.
IDE.
IDE.
Bide, chide, hide, gride,† glide, pride, ride, slide, side, nide,† stride, tide, wide, bride, abide, guide, aside, astride, beside, bestride, betide, confide, decide, deride, divide, preside, provide, subside, misguide, subdivide, etc., the preterites and participles of verbs in IE, IGH, and Y.
IDES.
IDES.
IDES.
Ides, besides, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in IDE, etc.
IDGE.
IDGE.
IDGE.
Bridge, ridge, midge, fidge,§ abridge, etc.
Bridge, ridge, midge, fidge,§ abridge, etc.
Bridge, ridge, midge, fidge,§ abridge, etc.
IDST.
IDST.
IDST.
Midst, amidst, didst, etc., the second persons singular of the present tense of verbs in ID.
IE, or Y.
IE, or Y.
IE, or Y.
By, buy, cry, die, dry, eye, fly, fry, fie, hie, lie, pie, ply, pry, rye, shy, sly, spy, sky, sty, tie, try, vie, why, ally, apply, awry, bely, comply, decry, defy, descry, deny, imply, espy, outvie, outfly, rely, reply, supply, untie, amplify, beautify, certify, crucify, deify, dignify, edify, falsify, fortify, gratify, glorify, indemnify, justify,magnify, modify, mollify, mortify, pacify, petrify, purify, putrify, qualify, ratify, rectify, sanctify, satisfy, scarify, signify, specify, stupefy, terrify, testify, verify, vilify, vitrify, vivify, prophesy, high, nigh, sigh, thigh. [Such words as "lunacy," "polygamy," "tyrrany," cannot well be used, as it is difficult to get the "y" sound without over-accentuating it.]
IECE, see EASE.
IECE, see EASE.
IECE, see EASE.
IED.
IED.
IED.
Pied, side, sighed, rhymes with preterites and participles of verbs in Y or IE.
IEF.
IEF.
IEF.
Grief, chief, fief,† thief, brief, belief, relief, reef, beef, leaf, sheaf, etc.
IEGE.
IEGE.
IEGE.
Liege, siege, assiege, besiege.
IELD.
IELD.
IELD.
Field, yield, shield, wield, afield, weald,* and the preterites and participles of verbs in EAL.
IEN, see EEN.
IEN, see EEN.
IEN, see EEN.
IEND.
IEND.
IEND.
(As in "fiend"), rhymes preterites and participles of verbs in EAN, EEN. (As in "friend"), rhymes END.
IER.
IER.
IER.
Pier, bier, tier, rhymes EER.
IERCE.
IERCE.
IERCE.
Fierce, pierce, tierce.
IEST.
IEST.
IEST.
Priest, rhymes EAST. ("Diest," second person singular present, at times pronounced as a monosyllable, rhymes "spiced," etc.)
IEVE.
IEVE.
IEVE.
(As in "sieve"), rhymes "give," see IVE. (As in "grieve"), rhymes EVE, EAVE.
IEU, IEW.
IEU, IEW.
IEU, IEW.
Lieu,|| review, rhyme EW, UE, etc.
IEZE.
IEZE.
IEZE.
Frieze, rhymes EEZE, etc.
IF, IFF.
IF, IFF.
IF, IFF.
If, skiff, stiff, whiff, cliff, sniff,§ tiff,§ hieroglyph.
IFE.
IFE.
IFE.
Rife, fife, knife, wife, strife, life.
IFT.
IFT.
IFT.
Gift, drift, shift, lift, rift, sift, thrift, adrift, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in IFF.
IG.
IG.
IG.
Big, dig, gig, fig, pig, rig,§ sprig, twig, swig,§ grig,* Whig, wig, jig, prig.
IGE.
IGE.
IGE.
Oblige, no rhyme.
IGH, see IE. IGHT, see ITE.
IGH, see IE. IGHT, see ITE.
IGH, see IE. IGHT, see ITE.
IGM.
IGM.
IGM.
Paradigm, rhymes IME.
IGN, see INE. IGUE, see EAGUE.
IGN, see INE. IGUE, see EAGUE.
IGN, see INE. IGUE, see EAGUE.
IKE.
IKE.
IKE.
Dike, like, pike, spike, strike, alike, dislike, shrike, glike.†
IL, ILL.
IL, ILL.
IL, ILL.
Bill, chill, fill, drill, gill, hill, ill, kill, mill, pill, quill, rill, shrill, fill, skill, spill, still, swill,§ thrill, till, trill, will, distil, fulfil, instil, codicil, daffodil.
ILCH.
ILCH.
ILCH.
Filch, milch.
ILD.
ILD.
ILD.
(As in "child"), rhymes mild, wild, etc., the preterites and participles of verbs of one syllable in ILE, or of more syllables, provided the accent be on thelast. (As in "gild"), rhymes build, rebuild, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in ILL.
ILE.
ILE.
ILE.
Bile, chyle,¶ file, guile, isle, mile, pile, smile, stile, style, tile, vile, while, awhile, compile, revile, defile, exile, erewhile, reconcile, beguile, aisle. [There is also the "eel" sound, as in imported words like bastile,|| pastile,|| rhyming with EEL, EAL.]
ILGE.
ILGE.
ILGE.
Bilge, no rhyme.
ILK.
ILK.
ILK.
Milk, silk, bilk,§ whilk,* etc.
ILN.
ILN.
ILN.
Kiln, no rhyme.
ILT.
ILT.
ILT.
Gilt, jilt, built, quilt, guilt, hilt, spilt, stilt, tilt, milt.
ILTH.
ILTH.
ILTH.
Filth, tilth, spilth, etc.
IM.
IM.
IM.
Brim, dim, grim, him, rim, skim, slim, trim, whim, prim, limb, hymn, limn.
IMB.
IMB.
IMB.
(As in "limb"), rhymes IM. (As in "climb"), rhymes IME.
IME.
IME.
IME.
Chime, time, grime,§ climb, clime, crime, prime, mime, rhyme, slime, thyme, lime, sublime.
IMES.
IMES.
IMES.
Betimes, sometimes, etc. Rhymes the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in IME.
IMN, see IM.
IMN, see IM.
IMN, see IM.
IMP.
IMP.
IMP.
Imp, limp, pimp,§ gimp, jimp.
IMPSE.
IMPSE.
IMPSE.
Glimpse. Rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in IMP.
IN, INN.
IN, INN.
IN, INN.
Bin, chin, din, fin, gin, grin, in, inn, kin, pin, shin, sin, spin, skin, linn,* thin, twin, tin, win, within, javelin, begin, whin, baldachin,† cannikin.
INC.
INC.
INC.
Zinc, rhymes INK.
INCE.
INCE.
INCE.
Mince, prince, since, quince, rinse, wince, convince, evince.
INCH.
INCH.
INCH.
Clinch, finch, winch, pinch, inch.
INCT.
INCT.
INCT.
Instinct, distinct, extinct, precinct, succinct, tinct,† &c., and the preterites and participles of certain verbs in INK, as linked, pinked, &c.
IND.
IND.
IND.
(As in "bind"), find, mind, blind, kind, grind, rind, wind, behind, unkind, remind, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in INE, IGN, etc. (As in "rescind"), preterites and participles of verbs in IN.
INE.
INE.
INE.
Dine, brine, mine, chine, fine, line, nine, pine, shine, shrine, kine, thine, trine, twine, vine, wine, whine, combine, confine, decline, define, incline, enshrine, entwine, opine, recline, refine, repine, superfine, interline, countermine, undermine, supine, concubine, porcupine, divine, sign, assign, consign, design, eyne,† condign, indign.† [There is also the short "ine," as in "discipline," rhyming IN.]
ING.
ING.
ING.
Bring, sing, cling, fling, king, ring, sling, spring, sting, string, ging,† swing, wing, wring, thing, etc., and the participles of the present tense in ING, with the accent on the antepenultimate, as "recovering."
INGE.
INGE.
INGE.
Cringe, fringe, hinge, singe, springe, swinge,§ tinge, twinge, infringe.