16.50 Cheviot, * inebriate, collegiate, * intermediate
16.51 Tuileries, frequencies, decencies, * amenities, etc.
16.52 seasonally, regionally, genially, reasonably, leniently, vehemently, previously, deviancy, leniency, * unreasonably, immediately, obediently, conveniently, obsequiously, immediacy, expediency, * disobediently, inconveniently
16.53 reasonable, seasonable, * unreasonable, unseasonable, remediable, * irremediable
The rhymes in this section have the ‘i’ sound of sit and whistle as their main or final vowel sound. You will find many words ending with a weak ‘i’ sound in other sections (e.g. – a – for frantic, – e – for resin, – o – for horrid).
17.1 bib, crib, dib, fib, Gibb, glib, jib, lib, nib, rib, sib, snib, squib, * ad-lib, damp squib, sparerib, * Carib, sahib, midrib, * memsahib, * women’s lib, * Sennacherib
17.2 bibs, dibs, dribs, fibs, Gibbs, Hibs, nibs, ribs, * ad-libs, spareribs, his nibs, etc.
17.3 Bic®, brick, chick, click, clique, crick, Crick, dick, Dick, flick, hic, hick, kick, lick, Mick, nick, Nick, pic, pick, prick, quick, rick, Rick, shtick, sic, sick, slick, snick, spick, stick, thick, tic, tick, trick, Vic, Wick, wick, wrick, * unpick, matric, unstick, hand-pick, nonstick, Old Vic, * airsick, gearstick, firebrick, cowlick, joystick, oil slick, * Arabic, candlestick, catholic, Catholic, agaric, Catterick, maverick, Alaric, caloric, Scarisbrick, candlewick, Reykjavik, bailiwick, clever Dick, heretic, Menshevik, Metternich, Frederick, rhetoric, turmeric, Leofric, Evo-stik®, fiddlestick, Giggleswick, limerick, Limerick, bishopric, chivalric, biopic, Broderick, Roderick, choleric, politic, Bolshevik, Dominic, Moby Dick, lunatic, Ludovic, * cadaveric, arithmetic, archbishopric, Theodoric
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick,
Jack jump over the candlestick.
NURSERY RHYME
17.4 bricks, chicks, clicks, Dick’s, fix, flicks, Hicks, kicks, Mick’s, Nick’s, mix, nix, pix, pricks, Rick’s, six, sticks, Styx, ticks, tricks, Wicks, * unpicks, unsticks, affix, commix, admix, hand-picks, transfix, M6, prefix, remix, * cervix, Beatrix, gearsticks, joysticks, oil slicks, * candlesticks, Catholics, apteryx, Asterix, eighty-six, heretics, twenty-six, MI6, thirty-six, Weetabix®, fiddlesticks, limericks, fifty-six, sixty-six, ninety-six, politics, Dominic’s, forty-six, lunatics, crucifix, * executrix, * archaeopteryx, etc.
17.5 fixed, mixed, sixte, ’twixt, * affixed, unmixed, transfixed, betwixt, etc.
17.6 clicked, flicked, kicked, licked, nicked, picked, Pict, pricked, strict, ticked, tricked, * unpicked, addict, convict, afflict, conflict, constrict, hand-picked, depict, predict, evict, inflict, restrict, * addict, panicked, Maastricht, relict, verdict, perfect, edict, mimicked, picnicked, district, frolicked, conflict, object, subject, * word-perfect, imperfect, pluperfect, * Benedict, derelict, derestrict, interdict, contradict, etc.
17.7 bitch, ditch, flitch, glitch, hitch, itch, kitsch, Mitch, niche, pitch, rich, snitch, stitch, switch, titch, twitch, which, witch, * unhitch, unstitch, bewitch, enrich, * Harwich, Magwitch, sandwich, Sandwich, Nantwich, backstitch, Redditch, Prestwich, Greenwich, hemstitch, quidditch, spinach, slipstitch, whipstitch, dip switch, Ipswich, Norwich, Bromwich, topstitch, cross stitch, ostrich, Shoreditch, Aldwych, Northwich, Woolwich, Goodrich, * tsarevitch, Middlewich, * Ivanovich, Milosevic, * Rostropovich, Shostakovich, * son-of-a-bitch
A nasty surprise in a sandwich,
A drawing-pin caught in your sock,
The limpest of shakes from a hand which
You’d thought would be firm as a rock.
JAMES FENTON
17.8 bid, chid, did, fid, grid, hid, id, kid, Kidd, lid, mid, quid, rid, Sid, skid, slid, squid, yid, * forbid, undid, amid, Madrid, El Cid, redid, outbid, * canopied, parodied, atrophied, galleried, salaried, katydid, remedied, tertium quid, liveried, pilloried, Winifred, pyramid, propertied, hominid, overbid, overdid, underbid, mutinied, * accompanied, * unaccompanied
17.9 didst, midst
17.10 biff, Cif®, cliff, Cliff, glyph, Griff, if, Jif®, jiff, kif, miff, niff, quiff, riff, Schiff, skiff, sniff, spliff, stiff, tiff, whiff, * skewwhiff, * Radcliffe, Ratcliffe, tariff, mastiff, plaintiff, bailiff, caliph, Cardiff, serif, sheriff, Pecksniff, Heathcliff, Wycliffe, midriff, pontiff, Joseph, Sutcliffe, * anaglyph, hippogriff, hieroglyph, undercliff
17.11 biffed, drift, gift, GIFT, grift, lift, miffed, niffed, rift, shift, shrift, sift, sniffed, swift, Swift, thrift, whiffed, * adrift, uplift, red shift, * airlift, chairlift, stairlift, facelift, makeshift, spendthrift, festschrift, ski lift, spindrift, shoplift, snowdrift
Time, the avenger! unto thee I lift
My hands, and eyes, and heart, and crave of thee a gift.
LORD BYRON
17.12 big, brig, cig, dig, fig, frig, gig, jig, lig, MiG, pig, prig, rig, Rigg, sprig, swig, trig, twig, Whig, wig, * unrig, rejig, * Danzig, Schleswig, earwig, shindig, bigwig, Leipzig, oil rig, Grundig, Ludwig, * periwig, whirligig, infra dig, thimblerig, WYSIWYG, * thingumajig
17.13 Biggs, Briggs, digs, figs, gigs, jigs, pigs, rigs, swigs, twigs, Whigs, wigs, * Bay of Pigs, * syrup of figs, etc.
17.14 bridge, fridge, midge, ridge, smidge, * abridge, * vassalage, anchorage, Anchorage, average, sacrilege, patronage, harbourage, Casterbridge, pasturage, parsonage, Armitage, cartilage, parentage, acreage, beverage, Beveridge, haemorrhage, Breckenridge, heritage, personage, verbiage, hermitage, leverage, Stevenage, privilege, vicarage, pilferage, pilgrimage, pilotage, lineage, orphanage, Fordingbridge, sortilege, brokerage, Coleridge, foliage, Muggeridge, coverage, sewerage, pupillage, tutelage, mucilage
He that complies against his will,
Is of his own opinion still.
SAMUEL BUTLER
17.15 bill, Bill, brill, chill, dill, drill, fill, frill, ghyll, gill, Gill, grill, grille, hill, Hill, ill, Jill, kill, krill, Lil, mill, Mill, nil, Phil, pill, quill, Rhyl, rill, shrill, sill, skill, spill, still, swill, thrill, till, trill, twill, ’twill, will, Will, * McGill, until, Seville, uphill, De Mille, brazil, Brazil, Rainhill, Redhill, Bexhill, Edgehill, deskill, refill, freewill, distil, instil, stock-still, quadrille, downhill, fulfil, goodwill, * handbill, waxbill, Shankill, Catskill, dactyl, pastille, standstill, backfill, landfill, Savile, Sackville, anvil, Granville, Nashville, Ampthill, anthill, Avril, tranquil, Hamill, Tamil, Cahill, Scargill, Cargill, playbill, waybill, cranesbill, ethyl, methyl, Melville, Grenville, treadmill, Denzil, chervil, Churchill, Persil®, Virgil, Jekyll, refill, infill, pistil, pigswill, windmill, windchill, vigil, crossbill, Tocqueville, Knoxville, Bovril®, jonquil, hornbill, sawmill, Cornhill, Orville, Torvill, Bournville, Mobil®, roadkill, Yeovil, Oakville, Tocqueville, molehill, Huntsville, Dullsville, Dunhill, dunghill, foothill, cook-chill, shoebill, spoonbill, * daffodil, Baskerville, Mandeville, Jacksonville, razorbill, Rentokil®, Pentonville, espadrille, peppermill, Selsey Bill, Benny Hill, Clearasil®, whippoorwill, Yggdrasil, minipill, windowsill, fibrefill, Fothergill, Goneril, chlorophyll, vaudeville, watermill, overspill, overkill, codicil, Somerville, Louisville,