reship, equip, nonslip, nondrip, round trip, outstrip, * landslip, handgrip, catnip, flagship, parsnip, starship, clerkship, hardship, harelip, hairgrip, airstrip, airship, mayorship, pay slip, day trip, spaceship, felt-tip, headship, friendship, turnip, Worsnip, circlip, worship, sheep-dip, steamship, wing tip, fillip, Philip, gymslip, film strip, kinship, kingship, Ruislip, sideslip, lightship, oxlip, gossip, longship, horsewhip, warship, lordship, wardship, courtship, cowslip, township, rosehip, bunyip, gunship, judgeship, bullwhip, wood chip, julep, tulip, Q-ship, troopship, * trusteeship, * battleship, captainship, Gaza Strip, partnership, marksmanship, craftsmanship, draughtsmanship, chairmanship, paperclip, statesmanship, salesmanship, gamesmanship, ladyship, sailing ship, membership, censorship, lectureship, penmanship, fellowship, bursarship, workmanship, kirby grip, speakership, leadership, readership, dealership, chieftainship, seamanship, re-equip, fingertip, filter tip, brinkmanship, skinny-dip, pillowslip, fibre-tip, biochip, microchip, scholarship, sponsorship, consulship, comradeship, rocket ship, authorship, horsemanship, sportsmanship, swordsmanship, ownership, showmanship, mother ship, toodle-pip, tutorship, viewership, stewardship, studentship, * companionship, commandership, dictatorship, curatorship, relationship, acquaintanceship, electorship, directorship, professorship, self-censorship, apprenticeship, receivership, musicianship, discipleship, co-ownership, conductorship, instructorship, one-upmanship, * championship, managership, admiralship, magistrateship, landownership, chancellorship, cardinalship, guardianship, partisanship, emperorship, treasurership, generalship, premiership, editorship, presidentship, residentship, deputyship, Möbius strip, ministership, principalship, silicon chip, citizenship, laureateship, Freudian slip, governorship, * ambassadorship, librarianship, executorship, proprietorship, associateship, custodianship, * entrepreneurship, * interrelationship
17.44 chips, clips, Cripps, drips, hips, lips, Phipps, pips, Pip’s, quips, ships, sips, snips, strips, thrips, tips, trips, whips, zips, * unclips, unzips, ellipse, eclipse, equips, * Mendips, felt-tips, wing tips, fillips, Philips, Philip’s, gymslips, film strips, tin snips, horsewhips, warships, lordships, * amidships, athwartships, * fingertips, filter tips, Mr Chips, fish and chips, pillowslips, scholarships, rocket ships, * relationships, apprenticeships, apocalypse, etc.
17.45 chipped, clipped, crypt, dipped, dripped, flipped, gripped, nipped, ripped, script, shipped, sipped, skipped, slipped, stripped, tipped, whipped, * unclipped, conscript, unzipped, decrypt, encrypt, equipped, outstripped, close-lipped, * transcript, harelipped, prescript, Egypt, typescript, conscript, horsewhipped, cork-tipped, postscript, subscript, * manuscript, well-equipped, filtertipped, ill-equipped, nondescript, unequipped, eucalypt, superscript, etc.
17.46 bliss, Bliss, Chris, diss, Diss, hiss, kiss, kris, miss, Miss, piss, sis, Swiss, this, * abyss, amiss, near miss, dehisce, remiss, dismiss, * cannabis, avarice, ambergris, Salamis, Charteris, armistice, artifice, Artemis, emphasis, precipice, edifice, benefice, reminisce, emesis, Nemesis, genesis, Genesis, berberis, chrysalis, liquorice, clitoris, hit-and-miss, synthesis, prejudice, diocese, cockatrice, orifice, cowardice, * Annapolis, metastasis, catalysis, paralysis, analysis, dialysis, Persepolis, ephemeris, mons veneris, parenthesis, diaeresis, antithesis, psoriasis, archdiocese, Acropolis, necropolis, metropolis, hypothesis, hydrolysis, autolysis, * Minneapolis, sui generis, overemphasis, underemphasis, epididymis, photosynthesis, satyriasis, megalopolis, electrolysis, metamorphosis, * Indianapolis, psychoanalysis, microanalysis, haemodialysis, annus mirabilis, parthenogenesis, annus horribilis, elephantiasis
You must remember this,
A kiss is still a kiss.
HERMAN HUPFELD
17.47 bisque, brisk, disc, disk, fisc, frisk, risk, whisk, * asterisk, tamarisk, basilisk, obelisk, compact disc, floppy disk
17.48 crisp, lisp, wisp, * will-o’-the-wisp
17.49 cist, cyst, fist, gist, grist, hissed, hist, kissed, list, Liszt, missed, mist, pissed, schist, tryst, twist, whist, wist, wrist, * unkissed, assist, persist, subsist, consist, delist, demist, enlist, dismissed, encyst, insist, desist, resist, exist, * naturalist, nationalist, rationalist, capitalist, separatist, federalist, negativist, relativist, liberalist, minimalist, militarist, spiritualist, Oliver Twist, positivist, structuralist, monetarist, * sensationalist, materialist, imperialist, traditionalist, industrialist, * conversationalist, Congregationalist, educationalist, individualist, agriculturalist, horticulturalist, etc.
17.50 bish, Bysshe, dish, fish, Frisch, Gish, pish, squish, swish, Trish, wish, * Irish, boyish, * Cavendish, damselfish, angelfish, babyish, jellyfish, feverish, silverfish, gibberish, lickerish, liverish, spinsterish, kittenish, minidish, killifish, tomboyish, butter dish, cuttlefish, womanish, * impoverish
17.51 bit, Brit, chit, fit, flit, git, grit, hit, it, kit, knit, lit, mitt, nit, pit, Pitt, quit, Schmidt, shit, sit, skit, slit, spit, split, Split, squit, tit, twit, whit, Whit, wit, writ, zit, * unfit, alit, unlit, de Witt, acquit, commit, permit, submit, admit, unknit, transmit, refit, keep-fit, relit, resit, befit, mishit, emit, remit, legit, tight-knit, op. cit., outwit, omit, close-knit, * aquavit, candlelit, apposite, manumit, favourite, baby-sit, megabit, preterite, Messerschmitt, benefit, definite, plebiscite, deficit, requisite, Jesuit, perquisite, recommit, resubmit, readmit, retransmit, Hindemith, hypocrite, infinite, Inuit, opposite, composite, floruit, conduit, Duraglit®, counterfeit, Photofit®, Chuzzlewit, cuckoo spit, * Plantagenet, banana split, Identikit®, indefinite, prerequisite, * lickety-split, overcommit
Do not adultery commit;
Advantage rarely comes of it.
ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH
17.52 bits, blitz, Blitz, fits, Fitz, Fritz, glitz, grits, its, it’s, mitts, nits, pits, quits, Ritz, Spitz, splits, tits, wits, zits, * St Kitts, submits, admits, Berlitz, Biarritz, befits, emits, * St Moritz, megabits, benefits, Jesuits, slivovitz, hypocrites, Horowitz, opposites, Austerlitz, etc.
17.53 Frith, kith, myth, pith, smith, Smith, with, fifth, * therewith, wherewith, Penrith, herewith, forthwith, outwith, * Asquith, blacksmith, Kenneth, zenith, wordsmith, Edith, Griffith, tinsmith, Gwyneth, Highsmith, Sopwith, locksmith, songsmith, Grossmith, goldsmith, Goldsmith, gunsmith, Judith, tunesmith, * Hammersmith, Arrowsmith, eightieth, Ladysmith, Meredith, megalith, twentieth, thirtieth, Hindemith, silversmith, fiftieth, sixtieth, ninetieth, monolith, coppersmith, fortieth, * Aberystwyth, Merioneth, * seventieth
17.54 div, give, live, sieve, spiv, Viv, * forgive, relive, outlive, * palliative, decorative, meditative, vegetative, legislative, speculative, innovative, figurative, iterative, illustrative, imitative, operative, quantitative, qualitative, nominative, ulcerative, cumulative, * collaborative, imaginative, evaluative, commemorative, degenerative, investigative, deliberative, alliterative, administrative, manipulative, corroborative, inoperative, cooperative, postoperative, authoritative, denominative, vituperative, remunerative, adjudicative, communicative, * unimaginative, uncooperative, unremunerative, uncommunicative
Far and few, far and few,
Are the lands where the Jumblies live;
Their heads are green, and their hands are blue,
And they went to sea in a sieve.
EDWARD LEAR
17.55 ablative, narrative, laxative, additive, transitive, adjective, calmative, negative, sedative, tentative, relative, genitive, sensitive, ergative, purgative, secretive, fricative, privative, fixative, primitive, combative, locative, vocative, cognitive, positive, talkative, formative, normative, causative, curative, putative, lucrative, nutritive, punitive, fugitive, * comparative, declarative, preparative, reparative, intransitive, rebarbative, preventative, correlative, contemplative, imperative, competitive, repetitive, insensitive, consecutive, executive, conservative, Conservative, preservative, superlative, affirmative, alternative, interpretive, appreciative, predicative, indicative, explicative, derivative, initiative, prohibitive, definitive, infinitive, acquisitive,