OWD.
OWD.
OWD.
Crowd, see OUD.
OWE.
OWE.
OWE.
Owe, see OW.
OWL.
OWL.
OWL.
(As in "cowl"), rhymes growl, owl, fowl, howl, prowl, scowl, fowl, &c. (As in "bowl"), rhymes soul, hole, goal, dole.
OWN.
OWN.
OWN.
(As in "brown"), rhymes town, clown, crown, down, drown, frown, gown, adown, renown, embrown, noun. (As in "thrown"), rhymes shown, blown, tone, bone, moan, own, etc.
OWSE.
OWSE.
OWSE.
Bowse,¶ rouse, see OUSE.
OWTH.
OWTH.
OWTH.
Growth, oath, both.
OWZE
OWZE
OWZE
Blowze, browse, rouse, spouse, carouse, touse,§ espouse, the verbs to house, mouse, etc., and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in OW.
OX.
OX.
OX.
Ox, box, fox, equinox, orthodox, heterodox, the plurals of nouns and third persons singular present tense of verbs in OCK.
OY.
OY.
OY.
Boy, buoy,¶ coy, employ, cloy, joy, toy, alloy, annoy, convoy, decoy, destroy, enjoy, employ.
OYNT.
OYNT.
OYNT.
Aroynt,† see OINT.
OYLE.
OYLE.
OYLE.
Scroyle,† see OIL.
OYNE.
OYNE.
OYNE.
Royne,† see OIN.
OZ.
OZ.
OZ.
(As in "poz"), rhymes was. (As in "coz"), rhymes buzz.
OZE.
OZE.
OZE.
Gloze, see OSE.
U.
U.
U.
Ormolu,|| few, adieu,|| lieu, || through, do, true, too.
UB.
UB.
UB.
Cub, club, dub, chub, drub,§ grub, hub,§ rub, snub,§ shrub, tub.
UBE.
UBE.
UBE.
Cube, tube.
UCE.
UCE.
UCE.
Truce, sluice, spruce, deuce, conduce, deduce, induce, introduce, puce, produce, seduce, traduce, juice, reduce, use, abuse, profuse, abstruse, disuse, excuse, misuse, obtuse, recluse.
UCH.
UCH.
UCH.
Much, touch, such, see UTCH.
UCK.
UCK.
UCK.
Buck, luck, pluck, suck, struck, tuck, truck, duck.
UCT.
UCT.
UCT.
Conduct, deduct, instruct, obstruct, aqueduct. The preterites and participles of verbs in UCK.
UD.
UD.
UD.
Bud, scud, stud, mud, cud, blood, flood. ["Suds" rhymes plurals of nouns and third person present singular of verbs in UD.]
UDE.
UDE.
UDE.
Rude, crude, prude, allude, conclude, delude, elude, exclude, exude, snood,† include, intrude, obtrude, seclude, altitude, fortitude, gratitude, interlude, latitude, longitude, magnitude, multitude, solicitude, solitude, vicissitude, aptitude, habitude, ingratitude, inaptitude, lassitude, plenitude, promptitude, servitude, similitude, lewd, feud, brood, etc., and the preterities and participles of verbs in EW, UE, etc.
UDGE.
UDGE.
UDGE.
Judge, drudge, grudge, trudge, adjudge, prejudge, fudge,§ smudge, nudge, budge,§ sludge.*
UE.
UE.
UE.
True, hue, see EW, OO, etc.
UFF.
UFF.
UFF.
Buff, cuff, chuff,§ bluff, huff, gruff, luff,¶ puff, snuff, stuff, ruff, rebuff, counterbuff, rough, tough, enough, slough (cast skin), chough, etc.
UFT.
UFT.
UFT.
Tuft, rhymes the preterites and participles of verbs in UFF.
UG.
UG.
UG.
Lug,§ bug, dug, drug, hug, jug, rug, slug, smug,§ snug, mug, shrug, pug.
UGH.
UGH.
UGH.
Pugh (old form of "pooh"), see OO.
UGUE.
UGUE.
UGUE.
Fugue,¶ no rhyme.
UHL.
UHL.
UHL.
Buhl,|| see ULE, OOL.
UICE.
UICE.
UICE.
Sluice, see USE.
UIDE.
UIDE.
UIDE.
Guide, see IDE.
UILD.
UILD.
UILD.
Guild, see ILD.
UILT.
UILT.
UILT.
Guilt, see ILT.
UINT.
UINT.
UINT.
Squint, see INT.
UISE.
UISE.
UISE.
(As in "guise"), see ISE. (As in "bruise"), see USE.
UISH.
UISH.
UISH.
Cuish,† see ISH.
UIT.
UIT.
UIT.
Fruit, bruit,† suit, see OOT, UTE.
UKE.
UKE.
UKE.
Duke, puke,† rebuke, fluke,§ chibouque,|| etc.
UL, and ULL.
UL, and ULL.
UL, and ULL.
(As in "cull"), rhymes dull, gull, hull, lull, mull, null, trull,† skull, annul, disannul. (As in "full"), rhymes wool, bull, pull, bountiful, fanciful, sorrowful, dutiful, merciful, wonderful, worshipful, and every word ending in ful, having the accent on the ante-penultimate.
ULCH.
ULCH.
ULCH.
Mulch,¶ gulch.†
ULE.
ULE.
ULE.
Mule, pule,† Yule, rule, overrule, ridicule, misrule, fool, tool, buhl.|| [Gules, heraldic term, rhymes plural of nouns, and third person singular present of verbs in ULE, etc.]
ULF.
ULF.
ULF.
Gulf, no rhyme.
ULGE.
ULGE.
ULGE.
Bulge, indulge, divulge, etc.
ULK.
ULK.
ULK.
Bulk, hulk, skulk, sulk.
ULM.
ULM.
ULM.
Culm,¶ no rhyme.
ULP.
ULP.
ULP.
Gulp, sculp, pulp, ensculp.§
ULSE.
ULSE.
ULSE.
Pulse, repulse, impulse, expulse, convulse, insulse.†
ULT.
ULT.
ULT.
Result, adult, exult, consult, indult, occult, insult, difficult, catapult,|| etc.
UM.
UM.
UM.
Crum,† chum,§ drum, glum,§ gum, hum, mum,§ scum, plum, sum, swum, thrum,¶ thumb, dumb, succumb come, become, overcome, burdensome,cumbersome, frolicsome, humoursome, quarrelsome, troublesome, encomium, opium, etc.
UMB.
UMB.
UMB.
Dumb, thumb, crumb. See UM.
UME.
UME.
UME.
Fume, plume, assume, consume, perfume, resume, presume, deplume, room, doom, tomb, rheum.
UMP.
UMP.
UMP.
Bump, pump, jump, lump, plump, rump, stump, trump, thump, clump.
UN.
UN.
UN.
Dun, gun, nun, pun, run, sun, shun, tun, stun, spun, begun, son, won, ton, done, one, none, undone.
UNCE.
UNCE.
UNCE.
Dunce, once, etc.
UNCH.
UNCH.
UNCH.
Bunch, punch, hunch, lunch, munch, scrunch,§ crunch.§
UNCT.
UNCT.
UNCT.
Defunct, disjunct, rhymes preterites and participles of verbs in UNK.
UND.
UND.
UND.
Fund, refund, preterites of verbs in UN, etc.
UNE.
UNE.
UNE.
June, tune, untune, jejune, prune, croon, hewn, swoon, moon, soon, etc.
UNG.
UNG.
UNG.
Bung, clung, dung, flung, hung, rung, strung, sung, sprung, slung, stung, swung, wrung, unsung, young, tongue, among.
UNGE.
UNGE.
UNGE.
Plunge, sponge, expunge, etc.
UNK.
UNK.
UNK.
Drunk, bunk,§ hunk,§ sunk, shrunk, stunk, punk,† trunk, slunk, funk,§ chunk,* monk. [Hunks,§ rhymes plural of nouns and third person singular present of verbs in UNK.
UNT.
UNT.
UNT.
Brunt, blunt, hunt, runt, grunt, front, etc., and (?) wont (to be accustomed).
UOR.
UOR.
UOR.
Fluor,¶ rhymes four, bore, roar.
UP.
UP.
UP.
Cup, sup, pup, dup,† up.
UPT.
UPT.
UPT.
Abrupt, corrupt, interrupt, the participles and preterites of verbs in UP, etc.
UR.
UR.
UR.
Blur, cur, bur, fur, slur, spur, concur, demur, incur, her, whirr, err, sir, stir, fir, sepulchre, etc.
URB.
URB.
URB.
Curb, disturb, verb, herb, etc.
URCH.
URCH.
URCH.
Church, lurch, birch, perch, search, smirch.§
URD.
URD.
URD.
Curd, absurd, bird, gird,§ word, and the preterites and participles of verbs in UR and IR.
URE.
URE.
URE.
Cure, pure, dure, lure, sure, abjure, allure, assure, demure, conjure, endure, manure, inure, insure, immature, immure, mature, obscure, procure, secure, adjure, calenture, coverture, epicure, investiture, forfeiture, furniture, miniature, nourriture, overture, portraiture, primogeniture, temperature, poor, moor, etc.
URF.
URF.
URF.
Turf, scurf, serf, surf, etc.
URGE.
URGE.
URGE.
Purge, urge, surge, scourge, thaumaturge, gurge,† verge, diverge, etc.
URK.
URK.
URK.
Lurk, Turk, work, irk,† jerk, perk, quirk, mirk.
URL.
URL.
URL.
Churl, curl, furl, hurl, purl,§ uncurl, unfurl, earl, girl, twirl, pearl, etc.
URM.
URM.
URM.
Turm,|| see ERM.
URN.
URN.
URN.
Burn, churn, spurn, turn, urn, return, overturn, tern, discern, earn, sojourn, adjourn, rejourn.
URP.
URP.
URP.
Usurp, chirp, extirp, discerp, etc.
URR.
URR.
URR.
Purr, see UR.
URSE.
URSE.
URSE.
Nurse, curse, purse, accurse, disburse, imburse, reimburse, worse, verse, hearse, disperse, etc.
URST.
URST.
URST.
Burst, curst, durst, accurst, thirst, worst, first, versed, etc.
URT.
URT.
URT.
Blurt,§ hurt, spurt,§ dirt, shirt, flirt, squirt, wort,¶ vert,¶ etc.
US, or USS.
US, or USS.
US, or USS.
Pus,¶ us, thus, buss,§ truss, discuss, incubus, overplus, arquebus,† cuss,§ amorous, boisterous, clamorous, credulous, dangerous, ungenerous, generous, emulous, abulous, frivolous, hazardous, idolatrous, infamous, miraculous, mischievous, mountainous, mutinous,necessitous, numerous, ominous, perilous, poisonous, populous, prosperous, ridiculous, riotous, ruinous, scandalous, scrupulous, sedulous, traitorous, treacherous, tyrannous, venomous, vigorous, villanous, adventurous, adulterous, ambiguous, blasphemous, dolorous, fortuitous, gluttonous, gratuitous, incredulous, lecherous, libidinous, magnanimous, obstreperous, odoriferous, ponderous, ravenous, rigorous, slanderous, solicitous, timorous, valorous, unanimous, calamitous.
USE
USE
USE
(As in the noun "use") rhymes disuse, abuse, deuce, truce, sluice, juice, loose, goose, noose, moose. (As in "muse") rhymes the verb use, abuse, loose, choose, shoes, amuse, diffuse, excuse, infuse, misuse, peruse, refuse, suffuse, transfuse, accuse, bruise, and the plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in EW and UE, etc.
USH
USH
USH
(As in "blush") rhymes brush, crush, gush, flush, rush, lush,† tush, frush,† hush. (As in "bush") rhymes push, etc.
USK.
USK.
USK.
Busk,†; tusk, dusk, husk, musk.
USP.
USP.
USP.
Cusp,† no rhyme.
UST.
UST.
UST.
Bust, crust, dust, just, must, lust, rust, thrust, trust, adjust, disgust, distrust, intrust, mistrust, robust, unjust, the preterites and participles of verbs in US, USS, etc.
UT, or UTT.
UT, or UTT.
UT, or UTT.
But, butt, cut, hut, gut, glut, jut, nut, shut, strut, englut, rut, scut,†; slut, smut, abut, and soot.(?)
UTCH.
UTCH.
UTCH.
Hutch, crutch, Dutch, much, such, touch, etc.
UTE.
UTE.
UTE.
Brute, lute, flute, mute, acute, compute, confute, dispute, dilute, depute, impute, minute, pollute, refute, salute, absolute, attribute, contribute, constitute, destitute, dissolute, execute, institute, persecute, prosecute, resolute, substitute, fruit, bruit,† suit, recruit, boot, etc., soot(?).
UTH.
UTH.
UTH.
Azimuth,¶ rhymes doth.
UX.
UX.
UX.
Dux,|| crux,|| lux,|| flux, reflux. The plurals of nouns and third persons singular of verbs in UCK.
Y.
Y.
Y.
Fly, affy,† aby,† see IE, IGH, etc.
YB.
YB.
YB.
Syb, see IB.
YM.
YM.
YM.
Sym,† see IM.
YMN.
YMN.
YMN.
Hymn, see IM.
YMPH.
YMPH.
YMPH.
Nymph, lymph, etc.
YN.
YN.
YN.
Baudekyn,† see IN.
YNE.
YNE.
YNE.
Anodyne, see INE.
YNX.
YNX.
YNX.
Lynx, rhymes plurals of nouns and third persons present singular of verbs in INK.
YP.
YP.
YP.
Gyp,§ hyp,§ see IP.
YPE.
YPE.
YPE.
Type, see IPE.
YPH.
YPH.
YPH.
Hieroglyph,|| see IFF.
YPSE.
YPSE.
YPSE.
Apocalypse,|| see IPSE.
YRE.
YRE.
YRE.
Lyre, pyre, byre,* see IRE.
YRRH.
YRRH.
YRRH.
Myrrh, her, err, sir, cur, etc.
YSM.
YSM.
YSM.
Abysm, cataclysm, schism, etc.
YST.
YST.
YST.
Amethyst, analyst, cyst, see IST.
YVE.
YVE.
YVE.
Gyve, see IVE.
YX.
YX.
YX.
Sardonyx, pyx, fix, rhymes plural of nouns and third persons singular present of verbs in ICK.
YZE.
YZE.
YZE.
Analyze, see ISE.