INK.
INK.
INK.
Ink, think, wink, drink, blink, brink, chink, clink, link, pink, shrink, sink, slink, stink, bethink, forethink, skink,† swink.†
INQUE.
INQUE.
INQUE.
Cinque, appropinque, see INK.
INSE.
INSE.
INSE.
Rinse, see INCE.
INT.
INT.
INT.
Dint, mint, hint, flint, lint, print, squint, asquint, imprint, sprint,¶ quint.¶
INTH.
INTH.
INTH.
Plinth,¶ hyacinth, labyrinth.||
INX.
INX.
INX.
Minx,§ sphinx,|| jinks,§ plural of nouns, and third person singular present of verb in INK.
IP.
IP.
IP.
Chip, lip, hip, clip, dip, drip, lip, nip, sip, rip, scrip, ship, skip, slip, snip, strip, tip, trip, whip, equip, eldership, fellowship, workmanship, rivalship, and all words in SHIP with the accent on the antepenultimate.
IPE.
IPE.
IPE.
Gripe, pipe, ripe, snipe, type, stripe, wipe, archetype, prototype.
IPSE.
IPSE.
IPSE.
Eclipse. Rhymes, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense in IP.
IQUE.
IQUE.
IQUE.
Oblique, clique,|| critique,|| bézique,|| antique, pique,|| see EAK.
IR, see UR. IRCH, see URCH. IRD, see URD.
IR, see UR. IRCH, see URCH. IRD, see URD.
IR, see UR. IRCH, see URCH. IRD, see URD.
IRE.
IRE.
IRE.
Fire, dire, hire, ire, lyre, mire, quire, sire, spire, squire, wire, tire, attire, acquire, admire, aspire, conspire, desire, inquire, entire, expire, inspire, require, retire, transpire, pyre, gipsire,† gire.†
IRGE, see ERGE.
IRGE, see ERGE.
IRGE, see ERGE.
IRK.
IRK.
IRK.
Dirk, firk,§ kirk, stirk,* quirk,§ shirk, work, burke, murk.
IRL.
IRL.
IRL.
Girl, whirl,* twirl, curl, furl, churl, thirl,* etc.
IRM.
IRM.
IRM.
Firm, affirm, confirm, infirm, worm, term, chirm,† etc.
IRP.
IRP.
IRP.
Chirp, see URP.
IRR.
IRR.
IRR.
Whirr, skirr,§ see UR.
IRST, See URST. IRT, see URT.
IRST, See URST. IRT, see URT.
IRST, See URST. IRT, see URT.
IRTH.
IRTH.
IRTH.
Birth, mirth, earth, dearth, worth.
IS, pronounced like IZ.
IS, pronounced like IZ.
IS, pronounced like IZ.
Is, his, whiz.
ISS.
ISS.
ISS.
Bliss, miss, hiss, kiss, this, abyss, amiss, submiss, dismiss, remiss, wis,† Dis, spiss.†
ISC.
ISC.
ISC.
Disc, whisk, risk, see ISK.
ISE, see ICE and IZE.
ISE, see ICE and IZE.
ISE, see ICE and IZE.
ISH.
ISH.
ISH.
Dish, fish, wish, cuish,† pish,§ squish.§
ISK.
ISK.
ISK.
Brisk, frisk, disc, risk, whisk, basilisk, tamarisk.
ISM.
ISM.
ISM.
Chrism, solecism, anachronism, abysm, schism, syllogism, witticism, criticism, organism, heroism, prism, egotism, cataclysm.
ISP.
ISP.
ISP.
Crisp, wisp, lisp.
IST.
IST.
IST.
Fist, list, mist, twist, wrist, assist, consist, desist, exist, insist, persist, resist, subsist, alchemist, amethyst, anatomist, antagonist, annalist, evangelist, eucharist, exorcist, herbalist, humorist, oculist, organist, satirist, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in ISS, etc.
IT.
IT.
IT.
Bit, Cit,§ hit, fit, grit, flit, knit, pit, quit, sit, split, twit, wit, chit,§ whit, writ, admit, acquit, commit, emit, omit, outwit, permit, remit, submit, transmit, refit, benefit, perquisite.
ITCH.
ITCH.
ITCH.
Ditch, pitch, rich, which, flitch, itch, stitch, switch, twitch, witch, bewitch, niche, enrich, fitch.
ITE, and IGHT.
ITE, and IGHT.
ITE, and IGHT.
Bite, cite, kite, blite, mite, quite, rite, smite, spite, trite, white, write, contrite, disunite, despite, indite, excite, incite, invite, polite, requite, recite, unite, reunite, aconite, appetite, parasite, proselyte, expedite, blight, benight, bright, fight, flight, fright, height, light, knight, night, might, wight, plight, right, tight, slight, sight, spright, wight, affright, alight, aright, foresight, delight, despite, unsight, upright, benight, bedight,† oversight, height, accite,§ pight.§
ITH.
ITH.
ITH.
Pith, smith, frith,* sith.† ("With" has strictly no rhyme.)
ITHE.
ITHE.
ITHE.
Hithe, blithe, tithe, scythe, writhe, lithe.
ITS.
ITS.
ITS.
Quits, rhymes plural of nouns, and third person singular, present of verbs in IT.
IVE.
IVE.
IVE.
(As in "five"), rhymes dive, alive, gyve, hive, drive, rive, shrive, strive, thrive, arrive, connive, contrive, deprive, derive, revive, survive. (As in "give"), rhymes live, sieve, fugitive, positive, sensitive, etc.
IX.
IX.
IX.
Fix, six, mix, nix,§ affix, infix, prefix, transfix, intermix, crucifix, etc., and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in ICK.
IXT.
IXT.
IXT.
Betwixt. Rhymes, the preterites and participles of verbs in IX.
ISE, and IZE.
ISE, and IZE.
ISE, and IZE.
Prize, wise, rise, size, guise, disguise, advise, authorise, canonise, agonise,§ chastise, civilise, comprise, criticise, despise, devise, enterprise, excise, exercise, idolise, immortalise, premise, revise, signalise, solemnise, surprise, surmise, suffice, sacrifice, sympathise, tyrannise, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in IE or Y.
O
O
O
Mo',† calico, bo,§ portico, go, ago, undergo, ho, though, woe, adagio,¶ seraglio,|| owe, beau, crow, lo, no, fro',† so.
OACH.
OACH.
OACH.
Broach, coach, poach, abroach, approach, encroach, reproach, loach.
OAD, see ODE.
OAD, see ODE.
OAD, see ODE.
OAF.
OAF.
OAF.
Oaf,† loaf.
OAK.
OAK.
OAK.
Cloak, oak, croak, soak, joke, see OKE.
OAL, see OLE. OAM, see OME. OAN, see ONE.OAP, see OPE. OAR, see ORE. OARD, seeORD. OAST, see OST. OAT, see OTE.
OAL, see OLE. OAM, see OME. OAN, see ONE.OAP, see OPE. OAR, see ORE. OARD, seeORD. OAST, see OST. OAT, see OTE.
OAL, see OLE. OAM, see OME. OAN, see ONE.OAP, see OPE. OAR, see ORE. OARD, seeORD. OAST, see OST. OAT, see OTE.
OAL, see OLE. OAM, see OME. OAN, see ONE.
OAP, see OPE. OAR, see ORE. OARD, see
ORD. OAST, see OST. OAT, see OTE.
OATH.
OATH.
OATH.
Oath, loath, both, see OTH.
OAVES.
OAVES.
OAVES.
Loaves, groves, roves, cloves, etc.
OAX.
OAX.
OAX.
Hoax, coax, rhymes plural of nouns, and third person singular present of verbs in OKE.
OB.
OB.
OB.
Cob, fob,§ bob, lob, hob, nob, mob, knob, sob, rob, throb, cabob,|| swab,¶ squab.§
OBE.
OBE.
OBE.
Globe, lobe, probe, robe, conglobe.
OCE, see OSE.
OCE, see OSE.
OCE, see OSE.
OCH.
OCH.
OCH.
Loch,* epoch, see OCK.
OCHE.
OCHE.
OCHE.
Caroche,|| gauche.||
OCK.
OCK.
OCK.
Block, lock, cock, clock, crock, dock, frock, flock, knock, mock, rock, shock, stock, sock, brock, hough.
OCT.
OCT.
OCT.
Concoct, rhymes the preterites and participles of verbs in OCK.
OD.
OD.
OD.
Cod, clod, God, rod, sod, trod, nod, plod, odd, shod, quod,§ pod, wad, quad,§ odd, hod, tod.*
ODE.
ODE.
ODE.
Bode, ode, code, mode, rode, abode, corrode, explode, forebode, commode, incommode, episode, à-la-mode,|| road, toad, goad, load, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in OW, OWE.
ODGE.
ODGE.
ODGE.
Dodge,§ lodge, Hodge, podge,§ bodge.†
OE.
OE.
OE.
(As in "shoe"), rhymes OO. (As in "toe"), rhymes foe, doe, roe, sloe, mistletoe, OWE and OW.
OFF.
OFF.
OFF.
Doff, off, scoff, cough, etc.
OFT.
OFT.
OFT.
Oft, croft, soft, aloft, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in OFF, etc.
OG.
OG.
OG.
Hog, bog, cog,† dog, clog, fog, frog, log, jog,§ agog,§ Gog, prog,§ quog,* shog,§ tog,§ pollywog,* dialogue, epilogue, synagogue, catalogue, pedagogue.
OGE.
OGE.
OGE.
Gamboge, rouge.
OGUE.
OGUE.
OGUE.
(As in "rogue"), rhymes vogue, prorogue, collogue,* disembogue. (As in "catalogue"), rhymes OG.
OH.
OH.
OH.
Oh, rhymes OW and OWE.
OICE.
OICE.
OICE.
Choice, voice, rejoice.
OID.
OID.
OID.
Void, avoid, devoid, asteroid, alkaloid, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in OY.
OIF.
OIF.
OIF.
Coif,¶ no rhyme.
OIGN.
OIGN.
OIGN.
Coign,|| rhymes OIN.
OIL.
OIL.
OIL.
Oil, boil, coil, moil, soil, spoil, toil, despoil, embroil recoil, turmoil, disembroil.
OIN.
OIN.
OIN.
Coin, join, subjoin, groin, loin, adjoin, conjoin, disjoin, enjoin, foin,† proin,† purloin, rejoin.
OINT.
OINT.
OINT.
Oint, joint, point, disjoint, anoint, appoint, aroint,† disappoint, counterpoint.¶
OIR.
OIR.
OIR.
(As in "choir"), rhymes IRE, but the foreign sound, as in "devoir," "reservoir," is nearer AR, but must not be so rhymed. "Coir" is a dissyllable.
OISE.
OISE.
OISE.
Poise, noise, counterpoise, equipoise, etc., and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in OY. ["Turquoise" would rhyme with plurals of AH, etc.]
OIST.
OIST.
OIST.
Hoist, moist, foist,§ the preterites and participles of verbs in OICE.
OIT.
OIT.
OIT.
Doit,§ exploit, adroit, quoit, etc.
OKE.
OKE.
OKE.
Broke, choke, smoke, spoke, stroke, yoke, bespoke, invoke, provoke, revoke, cloak, oak, soak.
OL.
OL.
OL.
Alcohol, loll,§ doll, extol, capitol, Moll, Poll, etc.
OLD.
OLD.
OLD.
Old, bold, cold, gold, hold, mold, scold, sold, told, behold, enfold, unfold, uphold, withhold, foretold, manifold, marigold, preterites and participles of verbs in OLL, OWL, OLE, and OAL.
OLE.
OLE.
OLE.
Bole, dole, jole, hole, mole, pole, sole, stole, whole, shoal, cajole, girandole,|| condole, parole,|| patrole,|| pistole,|| console,|| aureole,|| vole,* coal, foal, goal, bowl, roll, scroll, toll, troll, droll, poll, control, enrol, soul, etc.
OLL.
OLL.
OLL.
(As in "loll"), rhymes OL. (As in "droll"), rhymes OLE.
OLN.
OLN.
OLN.
Stol'n, swoln.
OLP.
OLP.
OLP.
Holp,† golpe.¶
OLT.
OLT.
OLT.
Bolt, colt, jolt, holt, dolt,§ revolt, thunderbolt, moult.
OLVE.
OLVE.
OLVE.
Solve, absolve, resolve, convolve, involve, devolve, dissolve, revolve.
OM.
OM.
OM.
OM is by general consent degraded to UM; Tom, from, Christendom, aplomb.|| But for "whom," see OOM.
OMB.
OMB.
OMB.
(As in "tomb"), see OOM. (As in "comb"), see OME, clomb. (As in "bomb"), see UM. "Rhomb" has no rhyme. (As in "aplomb"||), see OM.
OME.
OME.
OME.
Dome, home, mome, foam, roam, loam.
OMP.
OMP.
OMP.
Pomp, swamp, romp.
OMPT.
OMPT.
OMPT.
Prompt, preterite and participle of romp.
ON.
ON.
ON.
(As in "don"), rhymes on, con, upon, anon, bonne;|| (as in "won"), rhymes ton, fun, done, etc. [By some,"gone," "hone," and other like words are so pronounced as to rhyme with "on."]
ONCE.
ONCE.
ONCE.
(As in "sconce"), rhymes response, etc. (As in "once"), rhymes dunce, etc.
ONCH.
ONCH.
ONCH.
Conch, jonque.¶
OND.
OND.
OND.
Pond, bond, fond, beyond, abscond, correspond, despond, diamond, vagabond, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in ON.
ONDE.
ONDE.
ONDE.
Blonde,|| rhymes OND.
ONE.
ONE.
ONE.
Prone, bone, drone, throne, alone, stone, tone, lone, zone, atone, enthrone, dethrone, postpone, grown, flown, disown, thrown, sown, own, loan, shown, overthrown, groan, blown, moan, known, cone, loan, etc. [With regard to "gone" and "shone," some pronounce them so that they rhyme with "one" others so that the first rhymes with "lawn," and the second with "prone."]
ONG.
ONG.
ONG.
(As in "long"), rhymes prong, song, thong, strong, throng, wrong, along, belong, prolong. (As in "among"), rhymes hung, tongue, etc.
ONGE.
ONGE.
ONGE.
Sponge, see UNGE.
ONGUE, see UNG.
ONGUE, see UNG.
ONGUE, see UNG.
ONK.
ONK.
ONK.
(As in "monk"), rhymes "drunk." (As in "conk"§), rhymes jonque.¶
ONQUE.
ONQUE.
ONQUE.
Jonque,¶ see ONK.
ONSE.
ONSE.
ONSE.
Response, sconce, ensconce.
ONT.
ONT.
ONT.
(As in "font"), rhymes want. (As n "front"), rhymes punt, etc. [The abbreviated negatives, won't, don't, rhyme together.]
OO.
OO.
OO.
Coo, woo, shoe, two, too, who, do, ado, undo, through, you, true, blue, flew, stew, etc. See O, UE, EW, etc.
OOCH, see OACH.
OOCH, see OACH.
OOCH, see OACH.
OOD.
OOD.
OOD.
(As in "brood"), rhymes mood, food, rood, feud, illude, etc., the preterites and participles of verbs in OO, and EW, UE, etc. (As in "wood"), rhymes good, hood, stood, withstood, understood, could, would, brotherhood, livelihood, likelihood, neighbourhood, widowhood. (As in "blood"), rhymes flood, cud, mud, etc.
OOF.
OOF.
OOF.
Hoof, proof, roof, woof, aloof, disproof, reproof, behoof.
OOH.
OOH.
OOH.
Pooh,§ rhymes EW, etc.
OOK.
OOK.
OOK.
Book, brook, cook, crook, hook, look, rook, shook, took, mistook, undertook, forsook, stook,* betook.
OOL.
OOL.
OOL.
Cool, fool, pool, school, stool, tool, befool, spool,† buhl,|| pule, rule.
OOM.
OOM.
OOM.
Gloom, groom, loom, room, spoom,† bloom, doom, tomb, entomb, whom, womb, plume, spume, etc.
OON, see UNE.
OON, see UNE.
OON, see UNE.
Boon, soon, moon, noon, spoon, swoon, buffoon, lampoon, poltroon, tune, prune, coon,§ June, hewn, dune,* shalloon, dragoon.
OOP.
OOP.
OOP.
Loop, poop, scoop, stoop, troop, droop, whoop, coop, hoop, soup, group, dupe.
OOR.
OOR.
OOR.
(As in "boor"), rhymes poor, moor, tour,|| amour,paramour,|| contour, pure, sure, your, etc. (As in "door"), rhymes floor, bore, pour, etc.
OOSE.
OOSE.
OOSE.
Goose, loose, juice, truce, deuce, noose, use, profuse, seduce, etc.
OOT.
OOT.
OOT.
(As in "root"), rhymes boot, coot, hoot, loot,|| shoot, toot,§ suit, fruit, lute, impute, etc. (As in "foot"), rhymes put. [It is difficult to say whether "soot" should rhyme "root" or "but," the pronunciation so varies.]
OOTH.
OOTH.
OOTH.
(As in "booth"), rhymes smooth, soothe, etc. (As in "tooth"), rhymes youth, uncouth, truth.
OOVE.
OOVE.
OOVE.
Groove, see OVE.
OOZE.
OOZE.
OOZE.
Ooze, noose, whose, choose, lose, use, abuse, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in EW, UE.
OP.
OP.
OP.
Chop, hop, drop, crop, fop,§ top, pop, prop, flop,§ shop, slop sop, stop, swop,§ underprop.
OPE.
OPE.
OPE.
Hope, cope, mope, grope, pope, rope, scope, slope, trope, aslope, elope, interlope, telescope, heliotrope, horoscope, antelope, etc., and ope, contracted in poetry for open.
OPH.
OPH.
OPH.
Soph,¶ see OFF.
OPT.
OPT.
OPT.
Adopt, rhymes with the preterites and participles of verbs in OP, etc.
OQUE.
OQUE.
OQUE.
Equivoque, see OAK.
OR.
OR.
OR.
Or, for, creditor, counsellor, competitor, emperor, ancestor, ambassador, progenitor, conspirator, conqueror, governor, abhor, metaphor, bachelor, senator, etc., and every word in OR having the accent on the last, or last syllable but two, pour, bore, tore, boar, hoar, war, corps,|| tor.*
ORB.
ORB.
ORB.
Orb, sorb,¶ corb.†
ORCE, see ORSE.
ORCE, see ORSE.
ORCE, see ORSE.
ORCH.
ORCH.
ORCH.
Scorch, torch, porch, etc.
ORD.
ORD.
ORD.
(As in "cord"), rhymes lord, record, accord, abhorr'd, hoard, board, aboard, ford, afford, sword, and the preterites and participles of verbs in OAR, ORE. (As in "word"), rhymes bird, stirred, absurd, erred, curd, etc.
ORDE.
ORDE.
ORDE.
Horde, see ORD.
ORE.
ORE.
ORE.
Bore, core, gore, lore, more, ore, pore, score, shore, snore, sore, store, swore, tore, wore, adore, afore, ashore, deplore, explore, implore, restore, forebore, foreswore, heretofore, hellebore, sycamore, albicore, boar, oar, roar, soar, four, door, floor, o'er, orator, senator, abhor.
ORGE.
ORGE.
ORGE.
George, gorge, disgorge, regorge, forge.
ORK.
ORK.
ORK.
Ork,† cork, fork, stork, pork.
ORLD.
ORLD.
ORLD.
World, rhymes with the preterites and participles of verbs in URL and IRL.
ORM.
ORM.
ORM.
(As in "form"), rhymes storm, conform, deform, inform,perform, reform, misinform, uniform, multiform, transform. (As in "worm"), rhymes "term," ERM.
ORN.
ORN.
ORN.
Born, corn, morn, horn, scorn, thorn, adorn, suborn, unicorn, sorn,¶ capricorn, shorn, torn, worn, lorn, forlorn, lovelorn, sworn, foresworn, overborne, foreborne, mourn.
ORP.
ORP.
ORP.
Thorp,* rhymes ARP.
ORPS.
ORPS.
ORPS.
Corps,|| rhymes ORE.
ORPSE.
ORPSE.
ORPSE.
Corpse, rhymes plurals of nouns, and preterites and participles of verbs in ARP.
ORSE.
ORSE.
ORSE.
Horse, endorse, unhorse, force, remorse, coarse, course, torse,† morse,† corse, etc.
ORST, see URST.
ORST, see URST.
ORST, see URST.
ORT.
ORT.
ORT.
Short, sort, exhort, consort, distort, extort, resort retort, snort, mort,|| wart, fort, port, court, report.
ORTS.
ORTS.
ORTS.
Orts,† plural of nouns, and third person singular present of verbs in ORT.
ORTH.
ORTH.
ORTH.
(As in "north"), rhymes fourth. (As in "worth"), rhymes birth, earth, &c.
OSE.
OSE.
OSE.
(As in "jocose"), rhymes close, dose, morose, gross, engross, verbose. (As in "pose"), rhymes close, dose, hose, chose, glose, froze, nose, prose, those, rose, compose, depose, disclose, dispose, discompose, expose, impose, enclose, interpose, oppose, propose, recompose, repose, suppose, transpose, arose, presuppose, foreclose, etc., and the plurals of nouns and apostrophised preterites and participles of verbs in OW, OE, O, etc. (As in "lose"), rhymes use, etc. See OOZE, USE.
OSH.
OSH.
OSH.
Bosh,§ wash, &c.
OSM.
OSM.
OSM.
Microcosm,|| no rhyme.
OSQUE, OSK.
OSQUE, OSK.
OSQUE, OSK.
Mosque,|| kiosk.||
OSS.
OSS.
OSS.
Boss, cross, dross, moss, loss, across, albatross, doss,§ emboss.
OST.
OST.
OST.
(As in "cost"), rhymes frost, lost, accost, etc., and the preterites and participles of words in OSS. (As in "ghost"), rhymes post, most, coast, and second person singular present of verbs in OW, as ow'st. (As in "dost"), rhymes UST.
OT.
OT.
OT.
Clot, cot, blot, got, hot, jot, lot, knot, not, plot, pot, scot, shot, polyglot, sot,§ spot, apricot, trot, rot, grot, begot, forgot, allot, complot, yacht, quat,§ melilot, counterplot.
OTCH.
OTCH.
OTCH.
Botch,§ notch, crotch,† blotch, Scotch, watch.
OTE.
OTE.
OTE.
Note, vote, lote,† mote, quote, rote, wrote, smote, denote, tote,* promote, remote, devote, anecdote, antidote, boat, coat, bloat, doat, float, gloat, goat, oat, overfloat, afloat, throat, moat.
OTH.
OTH.
OTH.
(As in "broth"), rhymes cloth, froth, troth, wrath. (As in "both"), rhymes loth, sloth, oath, growth. ["Moth" has no rhyme, though at times pronounced to rhyme "cloth."]
OTHE.
OTHE.
OTHE.
Clothe, loathe (with "s" added rhymes "oaths;" though "clothes," the noun, in comic verse may rhyme with "snows," being colloquially spoken "clo's").
OU.
OU.
OU.
(As in "thou"), see OW. (As in "you"), see OO.
OUBT.
OUBT.
OUBT.
Doubt, see OUT.
OUC.
OUC.
OUC.
Caoutchouc, rhymes book.||
OUCH.
OUCH.
OUCH.
Couch, pouch, vouch, slouch,§ avouch, crouch.
OUCHE.
OUCHE.
OUCHE.
Cartouche,|| buche.¶
OUD.
OUD.
OUD.
Shroud, cloud, loud, proud, aloud, crowd, o'er-shroud, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in OW.
OUGH has various pronunciations; see OFF, OW,OWE, OCK, O, EW, and UFF.
OUGH has various pronunciations; see OFF, OW,OWE, OCK, O, EW, and UFF.
OUGH has various pronunciations; see OFF, OW,
OWE, OCK, O, EW, and UFF.
OUGE.
OUGE.
OUGE.
(As in "rouge"), rhymes gamboge.
OUGHT.
OUGHT.
OUGHT.
Bought, thought, ought, brought, forethought, fought, nought, sought, wrought, besought, bethought, methought, aught, naught, caught, taught, &c.
OUL.
OUL.
OUL.
(As in "foul"), see OWL. (As in "soul"), see OLE.
OULD.
OULD.
OULD.
Mould, fold, old, cold, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in OWL, OLL, and OLE.
OULT.
OULT.
OULT.
Moult. See OLT.
OUN.
OUN.
OUN.
Noun, see OWN.
OUNCE.
OUNCE.
OUNCE.
Bounce,§ flounce, renounce, pounce, ounce, denounce, pronounce.
OUND.
OUND.
OUND.
(As in "bound"), rhymes found, mound, ground, hound, pound, round, sound, wound (verb), abound, aground, around, confound, compound, expound, profound, rebound, resound, propound, surround, etc., and the preterites and participles of verbs in OWN. (As in "wound"—the noun), rhymes preterites and participles of verbs in OON, UNE. etc.
OUNG.
OUNG.
OUNG.
Young, see UNG.
OUNT.
OUNT.
OUNT.
Count, mount, fount, amount, dismount, remount, surmount, account, discount, miscount, account.
OUP.
OUP.
OUP.
Stoup,† group, see OOP.
OUPH, or OUPHE.
OUPH, or OUPHE.
OUPH, or OUPHE.
Ouphe or ouph,† see OOF.
OUQUE.
OUQUE.
OUQUE.
Chibouque,|| see UKE.
OUR.
OUR.
OUR.
(As in "hour"), rhymes lour, sour, our, scour, deflow'r, devour, bow'r, tow'r, etc. (As in "pour"), rhymes bore, more, roar, pour, war, etc. (As in "tour"), rhymes your, amour,|| contour, pure, etc.
OURGE.
OURGE.
OURGE.
Scourge, rhymes URGE.
OURN.
OURN.
OURN.
(As in "adjourn"), rhymes URN. (As in "mourn"), rhymes ORN.
OURNE.
OURNE.
OURNE.
Bourne,† rhymes ORN.
OURS.
OURS.
OURS.
(As in "ours"), rhymes the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in OUR and OW'R. (As in "yours"), rhymes the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in URE, OOR, etc.
OURSE.
OURSE.
OURSE.
Course, see ORSE.
OURT.
OURT.
OURT.
Court, see ORT.
OURTH.
OURTH.
OURTH.
Fourth, see ORTH.
OUS.
OUS.
OUS.
Nous,§ house, mouse, chouse,§ douse,§ etc.
OUSE.
OUSE.
OUSE.
(As in "house"—noun), rhymes nous.§ (As in "spouse"), rhymes browze, and plural of nouns and third persons singular present of verbs in OW.
OUST.
OUST.
OUST.
Joust,† rhymes UST.
OUT.
OUT.
OUT.
Bout, stout, out, clout, pout, gout, grout, rout, scout, shout, tout,§ snout,§ spout, stout, sprout, trout, about, devout, without, throughout, doubt, redoubt, misdoubt, drought, &c.
OUTH.
OUTH.
OUTH.
(As in "mouth"—noun), rhymes south, drouth, etc. (As in "youth"), rhymes truth. (As in "mouth"—verb), no rhyme.
OVE.
OVE.
OVE.
(As in "wove"), rhymes inwove, interwove, hove, alcove, clove, grove, behove, rove, stove, strove, throve, drove. (As in "dove"), rhymes love, shove, glove, above. (As in "move"), rhymes approve, disprove, disapprove, improve, groove, prove, reprove, etc.
OW.
OW.
OW.
(As in "now"), rhymes bow, how, mow, cow, brow, sow, vow, prow, avow, allow, trow, disallow, endow, bough, plough, slough (mire), thou, etc. (As in "blow"), rhymes stow, crow, bow, flow, glow, grow, know, low, mow, row, show, sow, strow, slow, snow, throw, below, bestow, foreknow, outgrow, overgrow, overflow, overthrow, reflow, foreshow, go, no, toe, foe, owe, wo, oh, so, lo, though, hoe, ho, ago, forego, undergo, dough, roe, sloe, and sew.