I had a dove and the sweet dove died;
And I have thought it died of grieving:
O, what could it grieve for? Its feet were tied,
With a silken thread of my own hand’s weaving.
JOHN KEATS
16.28 beings, sweepings, greetings, meetings, beestings, leavings, dealings, feelings, seedlings, gleanings, leanings, meanings, evenings, * proceedings, etc.
16.29 Leavis, penis, thesis, tmesis, aegis, Regis, * kinesis, mimesis, prosthesis, Lyme Regis, * in extremis, exegesis, enuresis, diuresis, Bognor Regis, * diaphoresis, telekinesis, * amniocentesis
16.30 Phoebus, rebus, negus, Negus, foetus, grievous, naevus, Stevas, treeless, sleepless, heedless, needless, seedless, weedless, leafless, sleeveless, heelless, wheelless, dreamless, seamless, ceaseless, speechless, oestrus, seamstress, Remus, genus, heinous, venous, Venus, cheapness, steepness, bleakness, meekness, weakness, neatness, sweetness, keenness, greenness, meanness, Croesus, rhesus, Jesus, specious, * Antaeus, Aeneas, Linnaeus, Piraeus, boletus, quietus, Miletus, Malvinas, Silenus, Maecenas, uniqueness, completeness, discreetness, facetious, Lucretius, egregious, * Maccabaeus, Manichaeus, Nicodemus, Polyphemus, polysemous, intravenous, * see us, believe us, etc.
When I talk, and you are heedless,
I will show no anger needless.
JONATHAN SWIFT
16.31 deist, theist, * defeatist, elitist, extremist, machinist, hygienist, * encyclopedist
16.32 freest, cheapest, deepest, steepest, bleakest, meekest, sleekest, weakest, neatest, sweetest, briefest, feeblest, greenest, leanest, meanest, etc.
16.33 cheapish, sheepish, Swedish, fiendish, cliquish, freakish, peevish, squeamish, cleanish, greenish
16.34 fleapit, eaglet, leaflet, secret, egret, peewit, refit, remit, resit, eejit, * albeit, howbeit, so be it, * keep it, clean it, etc.
16.35 expletive, adhesive, cohesive, * self-adhesive
16.36 freebies, Phoebe’s, sweeties, treatise, wheelies, weeklies, faeces, theses, species, gee-gees, * subspecies, * heebie-jeebies, Archimedes, diabetes, ecospecies, etc.
16.37 creepers, jeepers, peepers, sleepers, weepers, beakers, sneakers, speakers, cedars, leaders, fielders, litres, metres, Peters, Rita’s, Beavers, cleavers, levers, dealers, peelers, dreamers, cleaners, creases, pieces, tweezers, creatures, features, beaches, peaches, teachers, * loudspeakers, fajitas, repeaters, Evita’s, * gamekeepers, goalkeepers, cheerleaders, ringleaders, beefeaters, believers, school-leavers, * nonbelievers, misdemeanours, etc.
Finders keepers, losers weepers.
SAYING
16.38 eagerly, legally, meagrely, regally, easterly, gleefully, peacefully, lethally, equally, weaselly, reasonably, peaceably, feasibly, heatedly, eastwardly, frequently, evenly, grievously, heedlessly, needlessly, ceaselessly, Queensberry, eatery, thievery, sealery, Tuileries, breviary, creamery, beanery, deanery, denary, greenery, plenary, scenery, venery, deaconry, peony, frequency, decency, recency, regency, Regency, deity, creepily, sleepily, cheekily, sneakily, greedily, speedily, dreamily, breezily, easily, secretly, fleetingly, seemingly, pleasingly, sheepishly, fiendishly, peevishly, feverishly, secrecy, * illegally, northeasterly, southeasterly, deceitfully, agreeably, conceivably, unreasonably, appreciably, conceitedly, repeatedly, infrequently, unevenly, facetiously, secretory, excretory, catenary, machinery, centenary, patisserie, rotisserie, archdeaconry, infrequency, indecency, naivety, amenity, hygienically, strategically, misleadingly, exceedingly, appealingly, revealingly, unceasingly, decreasingly, increasingly, obesity, * inconceivably, unbelievably, irretrievably, irredeemably, intermediary, bicentenary, tercentenary, tricentenary, spontaneity, * simultaneity, homogeneity, etc.
I like your moral and machinery;
Your plot, too, has such scope for scenery.
LORD BYRON
16.39 Greenlander, schemata, Queenborough, sweetener, easterner, reasoner, * New Zealander
16.40 sepia, creepier, sleepier, weepier, cheekier, sneakier, squeakier, greedier, media, needier, seedier, speedier, weedier, meatier, meteor, beefier, Celia, Delia, creamier, dreamier, seamier, steamier, senior, taenia, greasier, breezier, easier, freesia, * Karelia, Amelia, camellia, Cecilia, Cordelia, Cornelia, lobelia, Ophelia, anaemia, ischaemia, pyaemia, toxaemia, uraemia, Bohemia, leukaemia, proscenia, asthenia, gardenia, Armenia, Slovenia, trapezia, amnesia, Silesia, * cyclopedia, multimedia, psychedelia, academia, septicaemia, myasthenia, neurasthenia, schizophrenia, * encyclopedia, Melanesia, Indonesia, Micronesia, Austronesia, analgesia, paraesthesia, anaesthesia, kinaesthesia, synaesthesia, hypaesthesia, Polynesia, aqua regia, * hyperglycaemia, hypoglycaemia, hyperaesthesia, etc.
16.41 keepable, readable, eatable, beatable, treatable, breathable, cleanable, reasonable, seasonable, peaceable, feasible, freezable, seizable, squeezable, reachable, teachable, seasonal, regional, medial, genial, menial, venial, Oedipal, vehicle, meaningful, * agreeable, foreseeable, unspeakable, unreadable, unbeatable, untreatable, uneatable, repeatable, unbreathable, perceivable, conceivable, achievable, believable, retrievable, receivable, resealable, redeemable, amenable, unreasonable, unseasonable, appreciable, depreciable, unreachable, unteachable, impeachable, procedural, Ezekiel, remedial, congenial, strategical, * disagreeable, unforeseeable, unrepeatable, inconceivable, irretrievable, unachievable, unbelievable, irredeemable, inappreciable, unimpeachable, endometrial, uncongenial
16.42 medium, tedium, Sealyham, helium, premium, rhenium, caesium, * mycelium, nobelium, proscenium, selenium, ruthenium, trapezium, magnesium, technetium, lutetium, collegium, * endothelium, epithelium, florilegium
16.43 Peterman, Peterson, Stephenson, Stevenson, oestrogen, median, Reithian, Delian, Pelion, Fenian, Friesian, Nietzschean, * comedian, tragedian, Promethean, chameleon, Hegelian, Mendelian, cornelian, Bohemian, Athenian, Armenian, Tyrrhenian, Slovenian, artesian, Cartesian, Silesian, collegian, * Archimedean, Magdalenian, Melanesian, Indonesian, Micronesian, Austronesian, Polynesian, * Aristotelian, Mephistophelean
16.44 mediant, deviant, lenient, * obedient, submediant, expedient, ingredient, convenient, * disobedient, inexpedient, inconvenient
16.45 deviance, deviants, lenience, * obedience, expedience, ingredients, convenience, * disobedience, inexpedience, inconvenience, etc.
16.46 deepening, weakening, sweetening, reasoning, seasoning, * unreasoning, etc.
16.47 Daedalus, leaderless, featureless, eagerness, meagreness, treasonous, feebleness, evenness, tedious, devious, previous, Delius, Peleus, genius, Theseus, Regius, Oedipus, Aeschylus, meaningless, creepiness, sleepiness, greediness, speediness, dreaminess, greasiness, easiness, seasickness, squeamishness, * unevenness, Asclepius, Prometheus, Boethius, Aurelius, Cornelius, obsequious, abstemious, arsenious, ingenious, egregious, uneasiness, * contumelious, homogeneous, * heterogeneous, etc.
16.48 egotist, legalist, re-enlist,