hemmer, lemma, stemma, tremor, smegma, Elmer, Selma, Thelma, Mesmer, henna, Jenna, Jenner, penna, senna, Senna, tenner, tenor, Edna, Etna, Gretna, Ventnor, Bremner, Cessna, * ack-emma, pip-emma, dilemma, McKenna, Ravenna, antenna, Siena, sienna, Vienna, Gehenna, Morwenna, duenna, * condemn her, etc.
10.14 dresser, guesser, Hesse, lesser, lessor, stressor, Tessa, TESSA, flexor, sexer, vexer, Elsa, censer, censor, ENSA, fencer, Mensa, sensor, spencer, Spencer, Spenser, tenser, tensor, cleanser, leisure, measure, pleasure, treasure, Cheshire, Escher, flesher, fresher, pressure, thresher, censure, betcha, etcher, fetcher, fletcher, Fletcher, lecher, sketcher, stretcher, lecture, belcher, squelcher, bencher, denture, quencher, trencher, venture, gesture, texture, dredger, edger, hedger, ledger, pledger, * suppressor, compressor, aggressor, addresser, professor, confessor, Vanessa, assessor, successor, possessor, depressor, repressor, Odessa, Alexa, condenser, Walesa, dispenser, extensor, Demelza, cadenza, credenza, displeasure, refresher, dementia, conjecture, adventure, backbencher, debenture, indenture, frontbencher, St Leger, avenger, * hairdresser, processor, indexer, prefecture, thirst-quencher, * decompressor, repossessor, predecessor, Alka-Seltzer®, influenza, made-to-measure, countermeasure, acupressure, architecture, peradventure, misadventure, Bonaventure, * Nebuchadnezzar, * microprocessor, * assess her, refresh her, etc.
Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure;
Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
LORD BYRON
10.15 epic, Vedic, medic, Celtic, peptic, sceptic, septic, hectic, Delphic, Elphick, pelvic, ethic, Smethwick, relic, Berwick, cleric, Derek, derrick, Eric, ferric, Herrick, Merrick, redbrick, Cedric, Ettrick, metric, Prestwick, Sedgewick, Fenwick, Chetnik, ethnic, Selznick, Beswick, Keswick, Belgic, * alembic, prophetic, bathetic, pathetic, balletic, phonetic, acetic, ascetic, athletic, magnetic, Helvetic, hermetic, aesthetic, synthetic, emetic, mimetic, frenetic, genetic, kinetic, splenetic, pyretic, prosthetic, cosmetic, poetic, aseptic, dyspeptic, eupeptic, eclectic, dyslectic, authentic, domestic, majestic, malefic, benefic, angelic, Goidelic, enteric, mesmeric, hysteric, generic, chimeric, Homeric, numeric, symmetric, obstetric, electric, concentric, eccentric, Scalextric®, polemic, alchemic, pandemic, endemic, systemic, totemic, transgenic, Hellenic, irenic, eugenic, dyslexic, pyrexic, forensic, * paramedic, alphabetic, apathetic, parenthetic, Masoretic, anaesthetic, arithmetic, empathetic, energetic, theoretic, sympathetic, synergetic, kinaesthetic, synaesthetic, diabetic, diuretic, cybernetic, dietetic, copacetic, cataleptic, analeptic, antiseptic, narcoleptic, epileptic, neuroleptic, Euro-sceptic, apoplectic, anorectic, dialectic, psychedelic, evangelic, stratospheric, atmospheric, exoteric, hemispheric, esoteric, climacteric, isomeric, tachometric, barometric, parametric, asymmetric, hexametric, telemetric, thermometric, geometric, kilometric, biometric, diametric, psychometric, isometric, dielectric, bisymmetric, optometric, chronometric, volumetric, photometric, ethnocentric, geocentric, egocentric, Eurocentric, academic, epidemic, pathogenic, allergenic, callisthenic, telegenic, oestrogenic, schizophrenic, cryogenic, psychogenic, oncogenic, autogenic, neurasthenic, photogenic, mutagenic, pyrotechnic, polytechnic, geodesic, anorexic, * apologetic, * peripatetic, antipathetic, unsympathetic, diaphoretic, antimagnetic, ferromagnetic, photosynthetic, antiemetic, telekinetic, psychokinetic, antipyretic, alphanumeric, anthropometric, trigonometric, sociometric, hydroelectric, photoelectric, nonacademic, radiogenic, carcinogenic, mediagenic, * electromagnetic, hallucinogenic
10.16 medics, sceptics, ethics, relics, clerics, Derek’s, Eric’s, Hendrix, Essex, Wessex, * appendix, phonetics, ascetics, athletics, magnetics, aesthetics, synthetics, emetics, genetics, kinetics, prosthetics, cosmetics, poetics, domestics, hysterics, obstetrics, electrics, directrix, polemics, eugenics, * paramedics, anaesthetics, diabetics, diuretics, Callanetics, cybernetics, dietetics, homiletics, epileptics, Euro-sceptics, dialectics, atmospherics, biometrics, psychometrics, isometrics, academics, cryogenics, callisthenics, pyrotechnics, polytechnics, etc.
10.17 tepid, eddied, steadied, splendid, fetid, emptied, levied, envied, bellied, gelid, jellied, buried, ferried, serried, jemmied, blessed, frenzied, wretched, * intrepid, three-legged, long-legged, cross-legged, bow-legged, unenvied, potbellied, unburied, * yellow-bellied, etc.
10.18 leopard, peppered, shepherd, Shepard, headed, leaded, shredded, wedded, blended, ended, mended, tended, betted, bettered, fretted, lettered, fettered, sweated, tempted, sheltered, sweltered, centred, dented, entered, scented, festered, pestered, rested, tested, vested, Bedford, Redford, Deptford, Stretford, Telford, Wexford, Chelmsford, severed, method, tethered, weathered, Herod, Edward, westward, tenured, Leonard, Reynard, censored, leisured, measured, treasured, censured, Trenchard, ventured, * remembered, unleaded, hard-headed, bareheaded, red-headed, clear-headed, three-headed, beheaded, bigheaded, pigheaded, light-headed, hot-headed, baldheaded, two-headed, attended, untended, amended, commended, unmended, ascended, pretended, intended, distended, extended, defended, befriended, descended, unfettered, unlettered, indebted, accepted, excepted, attempted, suspected, protected, affected, collected, corrected, connected, expected, detected, infected, elected, reflected, dejected, directed, dissected, undented, contented, fermented, lamented, consented, unscented, accented, self-centred, repented, invented, demented, augmented, attested, contested, untested, molested, congested, flat-chested, invested, requested, sequestered, digested, eisteddfod, unsevered, untethered, northwestward, southwestward, uncensored, unmeasured, uncensured, * level-headed, empty-headed, muddleheaded, recommended, unattended, unintended, undefended, undescended, apprehended, unaccepted, unattempted, disaffected, disconnected, unsuspected, unprotected, unaffected, uncollected, uncorrected, unconnected, unexpected, undetected, uninfected, unelected, unreflected, uninflected, undirected, regimented, represented, discontented, documented, ornamented, unfermented, unlamented, unaccented, unfrequented, redigested, single-breasted, unattested, uncontested, unmolested, double-breasted, uncongested, unrequested, undigested, * unprecedented, unrepresented, undocumented, etc.
A little still she strove, and much repented,
And whispering ‘I will ne’er consent’ – consented.
LORD BYRON
10.19 leopards, shepherds, Edwards, Leonard’s, westwards, * northwestwards, southwestwards, etc.
10.20 wreckage, tentage, vestige, selvedge, Redbridge, Bembridge, Selfridge, ennage, Greenwich, message, presage, * appendage, curettage, percentage, assemblage
10.21 pebble, rebel, treble, Kemble, tremble, Keppel, sepal, Semple, temple, deckle, freckle, heckle, Jekyll, shekel, speckle, medal, meddle, pedal, peddle, reddle, treadle, Weddell, Grendel, Kendal, Lendl, Mendel, Pendle, Rendell, Wendell, fettle, Gretel, kettle, metal, mettle, nettle, petal, settle, septal, rectal, dental, gentle, lentil, mental, rental, festal, vestal, TEFL, helpful, dreadful, fretful, restful, healthful, Grenfell, stressful, vengeful, bevel, devil, level, Neville, revel, Bethel, Ethel, ethyl, methyl, Errol, beryl, Beryl, Cheryl, feral, ferrule, Meryl, peril, federal, tendril, petrel, petrol, spectral, central, ventral, kestrel, dextral, several, general, fennel, kennel, regnal, Cecil, Chessell, nestle, pestle, TESL, trestle, vessel, wrestle, Edsel, pretzel, quetzal, pencil, stencil, bezel, Denzil, special, * assemble, dissemble, resemble, backpedal, prebendal, pudendal, unsettle, resettle, parental, placental, judgmental, unhelpful, forgetful, regretful, respectful, neglectful, eventful, resentful, successful, revengeful, bedevil, split-level, dishevel, imperil, integral, campestral, ancestral, sylvestral, orchestral, commensal, utensil, embezzle, especial, potential, torrential, tangential, credential, sequential, essential, prudential, * gunmetal, daredevil, she-devil, eyelevel, * reassemble, disassemble, sacramental, transcendental, accidental, temperamental, sentimental, elemental, detrimental, regimental, departmental, interdental, instrumental, incidental, incremental, compartmental, Oriental, Occidental, continental, nonjudgmental, monumental, ornamental, fundamental, governmental, supplemental, disrespectful, uneventful, unsuccessful, deferential, preferential, referential, reverential, exponential, evidential, presidential, residential, penitential, existential, pestilential, differential, inferential, quintessential, inessential, influential, confidential, providential, consequential, nonessential, * transcontinental, coincidental, experimental, environmental, nonaccidental, nongovernmental, unsentimental, subcontinental,