inconsequential, * Popocatépetl, interdepartmental, intercontinental, intergovernmental
Tender-handed stroke a nettle,
And it stings you for your pains;
Grasp it like a man of mettle,
And it soft as silk remains.
AARON HILL
10.22 freckled, heckled, metalled, nettled, settled, nestled, wrestled, Gerald, herald, * assembled, unsettled, bedevilled, Fitzgerald, embezzled, etc.
10.23 pebbles, Eccles, freckles, speckles, Engels, medals, pedals, nettles, petals, lentils, kennels, pencils, * utensils, credentials, essentials, etc.
10.24 Blenheim, denim, * defend him, lent him, etc.
10.25 Beckham, Peckham, Shechem, welcome, Wellcome, Egham, seldom, Streatham, septum, rectum, Eltham, Feltham, Trentham, Bentham, Pelham, vellum, emblem, peplum, bedlam, Meldrum, plectrum, spectrum, Denham, venom, Epsom, Wrexham, jetsam, Chesham, Gresham, Belgium, * unwelcome, addendum, agendum, pudendum, momentum, flagellum, post-bellum, exemplum, electrum, envenom, * referendum, corrigendum, antebellum, cerebellum, interregnum, * send ’em, wrecked ’em, etc.
10.26 Pepin, tenpin, Elgin, cretin, pecten, pectin, Quentin, destine, elfin, Bevin, Kevin, Previn, Levin, Kelvin, Melvin, Welwyn, Devlin, Emlyn, gremlin, Kremlin, Erin, Perrin, Sherrin, eccrine, penguin, Edwin, Selwyn, Lenin, rennin, venin, pepsin, Yeltsin, resin, engine, * Potemkin, San Quentin, progestin, clandestine, predestine, intestine, Helvellyn, Fluellen, Llewellyn, muezzin, * gibberellin, antivenin, vasopressin, Taliesin, * settin’, dressin’, etc.
10.27 ebon, Melbourne, weapon, hempen, beckon, Brecon, Deccan, reckon, Mencken, Megan, deaden, leaden, redden, Seddon, Sneddon, Hebdon, Sheldon, Weldon, Brendan, Hendon, tendon, Dresden, Breton, jetton, threaten, Repton, lectern, Elton, Melton, Skelton, Benton, Denton, Fenton, Kenton, lenten, Trenton, Preston, western, Weston, sextan, sexton, deafen, Stéphane, Bevan, Devon, Evan, heaven, leaven, seven, Severn, Bethan, lengthen, strengthen, leathern, Ellen, felon, Helen, melon, Declan, heron, veteran, chevron, brethren, Kenyan, Kenyon, Emmen, Lemmon, lemon, Yemen, Helpmann, headman, Steadman, Feldman, bellman, Hellman, penman, chessman, desman, pressman, helmsman, freshman, Welshman, Frenchman, henchman, Brennan, Lennon, pennon, tenon, * Tibetan, Avestan, Midwestern, eleven, McKellen, Magellan, rebellion, Trevelyan, * muskmelon, * Armageddon, pademelon, watermelon, philodendron, rhododendron, Agamemnon
And bound on that journey you find your attorney (who started that morning from Devon);
He’s a bit undersized, and you don’t feel surprised when he tells you he’s only eleven.
W. S. GILBERT
10.28 Essen, lessen, lesson, Wesson, Epson, Texan, Stetson®, Belsen, Nelson, Benson, ensign, Jensen, cession, freshen, session, section, flexion, gentian, mention, pension, tension, question, Belgian, * half-nelson, full nelson, profession, confession, oppression, suppression, compression, aggression, progression, procession, obsession, succession, concession, possession, transgression, accession, depression, Depression, repression, impression, expression, discretion, regression, precession, recession, secession, digression, perception, conception, deception, reception, inception, exception, preemption, redemption, exemption, protection, affection, perfection, confection, convection, collection, complexion, correction, connection, projection, subsection, objection, subjection, inspection, detection, defection, refection, infection, election, selection, deflection, reflection, inflection, erection, resection, dejection, ejection, rejection, injection, direction, bisection, dissection, cross-section, suspension, attention, contention, subvention, convention, ascension, Ascension, abstention, detention, pretension, retention, intention, distension, extension, prevention, invention, declension, dissension, dimension, Laurentian, Lawrentian, suggestion, congestion, ingestion, digestion, * self-possession, self-expression, decompression, prepossession, repossession, intercession, dispossession, indiscretion, nonaggression, apperception, self-deception, preconception, interception, misconception, contraception, retrospection, self-protection, retroflexion, recollection, resurrection, Resurrection, self-selection, genuflection, circumspection, reconnection, reinfection, pre-election, re-election, deselection, reselection, redirection, predilection, introspection, imperfection, disaffection, insurrection, disconnection, intersection, interjection, disinfection, vivisection, by-election, apprehension, reprehension, circumvention, reinvention, inattention, intervention, hypertension, hypotension, contravention, comprehension, condescension, self-suggestion, indigestion, * delicatessen, hypercorrection, misapprehension, incomprehension, nonintervention, autosuggestion, * immunosuppression, antivivisection
10.29 beckoned, fecund, reckoned, second, threatened, deafened, leavened, Cleland, Welland, headland, Shetland, wetland, Westland, errand, gerund, reverend, Reverend, Edmund, Redmond, Esmond, Desmond, lessened, freshened, mentioned, questioned, legend, * split-second, unleavened, unmentioned, unquestioned, * aforementioned, * nanosecond, millisecond, microsecond, well-intentioned, undermentioned, etc.
George the First was always reckoned
Vile, but viler George the Second.
WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR
10.30 seconds, Shetlands, wetlands, errands, Edmonds, legends, * Bury St Edmunds, etc.
10.31 tenpins, Jenkins, Emlyn’s, gremlins, penguins, Edwin’s, * intestines, etc.
10.32 weapons, reckons, Megan’s, tendons, Evans, heavens, sevens, melons, lemons, lessons, sessions, Sessions, sections, pensions, questions, * elevens, good heavens, St Helens, rebellions, professions, processions, concessions, possessions, exceptions, connections, objections, reflections, conventions, abstentions, intentions, suggestions, etc.
10.33 peccant, pedant, pendant, pendent, extant, sextant, errant, gerent, entrant, segment, vestment, clement, Clement, pennant, tenant, Tennant, pregnant, regnant, remnant, Besant, Cheshunt, crescent, peasant, pheasant, pleasant, present, sentient, trenchant, * attendant, ascendant, transcendent, dependant, dependent, defendant, intendant, resplendent, descendant, expectant, repentant, contestant, appellant, propellant, flagellant, repellent, expellant, aberrant, deterrent, inherent, knight-errant, vicegerent, re-entrant, inclement, amendment, abetment, revetment, curettement, contentment, resentment, investment, assessment, commencement, refreshment, retrenchment, entrenchment, subtenant, lieutenant, confessant, suppressant, pearlescent, quiescent, depressant, excrescent, senescent, incessant, fluorescent, pubescent, putrescent, unpleasant, consentient, presentient, dissentient, insentient, * independent, disinfectant, unrepentant, decongestant, interpellant, reinvestment, reassessment, sublieutenant, adolescent, acquiescent, effervescent, deliquescent, evanescent, prepubescent, recrudescent, incandescent, iridescent, convalescent, obsolescent, phosphorescent, coalescent, opalescent, juvenescent, luminescent, omnipresent, * interdependent, overdependent, superintendent, antidepressant, preadolescent, * immunosuppressant
10.34 pedants, pendants, sentence, semblance, Terence, entrance, deference, preference, reference, reverence, Reverence, severance, vestments, penance, tenants, remnants, essence, peasants, pheasants, Pleasence, presence, presents, sentience, vengeance, * attendance, attendants, transcendence, dependants, dependence, resplendence, acceptance, repentance, contestants, repellence, resemblance, aberrance, deterrence, remembrance, irreverence, amendments, quiescence, quintessence, excrescence, senescence, fluorescence, pubescence, putrescence, insentience, * independence, nonattendance, adolescence, adolescents, acquiescence, effervescence, deliquescence, evanescence, prepubescence, recrudescence, inflorescence, incandescence, iridescence, convalescence, obsolescence, phosphorescence, coalescence, opalescence, juvenescence, luminescence, omnipresence, * interdependence, overdependence, superintendence, antidepressants, preadolescence, etc.
10.35 seventh, * eleventh
10.36 ebbing, webbing, Epping, stepping, helping, yelping,