Collins Rhyming Dictionary. Rosalind Fergusson

feather bed, letterhead, Leatherhead, petrolhead, centre spread, Ethelred, Birkenhead, Peterhead, streets ahead, sleepyhead, Beachy Head, river bed, figurehead, in the red, infrared, pitta bread, interbred, gingerbread, bottle-fed, Holyhead, Holinshed, quadruped, watershed, Portishead, fountainhead, sofa bed, go-ahead, overfed, overhead, soda bread, slugabed, underfed, dunderhead, knucklehead, shovelhead, muttonhead, thoroughbred, newlywed

       When I am dead, I hope it may be said:

       ‘His sins were scarlet, but his books were read.’

      HILAIRE BELLOC

      9.9 beds, dreads, Ed’s, Fred’s, heads, sheds, shreds, spreads, threads, treads, * blackheads, eggheads, skinheads, warheads, flowerbeds, * arrowheads, petrolheads, loggerheads, sofa beds, overheads, newlyweds, etc.

      9.10 chef, clef, deaf, def, eff, F, Geoff, Jeff, Neff, ref, * stone-deaf, tone-deaf, * ASLEF, Brezhnev, Kiev, Josef, * RAF, treble clef, VHF, IVF, Nureyev, UNICEF, * Diaghilev, Prokofiev

      9.11 cleft, deft, Dreft®, eft, heft, left, theft, weft, * bereft

      9.12 beg, Clegg, egg, Eigg, Greg, Greig, keg, leg, Meg, peg, skeg, teg, * unpeg, * blackleg, JPEG, gate-leg, tent peg, nest egg, peg leg, redleg, dogleg, foreleg, clothes peg, nutmeg, bootleg, * Scanderbeg, break a leg, Winnipeg, filibeg

       Fain would I kiss my Julia’s dainty leg,

       Which is as white and hairless as an egg.

      ROBERT HERRICK

      9.13 begs, eggs, dregs, legs, Meg’s, * tent pegs, sheerlegs, forelegs, * daddy-long-legs, etc.

      9.14 dredge, edge, fledge, hedge, kedge, ledge, pledge, Reg, sedge, sledge, veg, wedge, * allege, on edge

      9.15 dredged, edged, fledged, hedged, pledged, wedged, * alleged, unfledged, * gilt-edged, * double-edged, fully fledged

      9.16 bel, bell, Bell, belle, Brel, cel, cell, Del, dell, Dell, dwell, ell, fell, gel, hell, jell, knell, L, Mel, Nell, quell, sell, shell, smell, Snell, spell, swell, tell, well, yell, * lapel, propel, compel, Raquel, Adele, Badel, Patel, unwell, Chanel, quenelle, gazelle, rappel, Ravel, Manuel, Danielle, mademoiselle, cartel, Martel, Carmel, Parnell, Marcel, farewell, Snaefell, pell-mell, Dalziel, respell, retell, presell, resell, rebel, repel, impel, dispel, misspell, expel, Miguel, Fidel, Estelle, befell, indwell, excel, Giselle, Michelle, morel, Morrell, Rochelle, Courtelle®, foretell, Scafell, outsell, Noël, Nobel, boatel, hotel, motel, Moselle, Brunel, * handbell, Maxwell, clamshell, barbell, Cherwell, Harwell, Chartwell, harebell, stairwell, Bakewell, Thelwell, Tencel®, eggshell, speedwell, seashell, inkwell, Bridewell, Sizewell, Oftel, Fontwell, Cromwell, Boswell, bombshell, doorbell, Orwell, Caldwell, Cornwell, cowbell, groundswell, dumbbell, nutshell, bluebell, * Annabel, asphodel, bagatelle, caravel, parallel, aquarelle, Camberwell, caramel, carousel, Appenzell, Gabrielle, chanterelle, ne’er-do-well, béchamel, razor shell, Jezebel, Becquerel, demoiselle, decibel, personnel, clientele, Tinkerbell, Christabel, mirabelle, Isabel, citadel, Zinfandel, William Tell, kiss and tell, Philomel, pimpernel, villanelle, infidel, pipistrelle, wishing well, immortelle, fontanelle, tortoiseshell, cockleshell, bodyshell, Duracell®, go to hell, oversell, photocell, muscatel, Motherwell, undersell, * eau de Javelle, crème caramel, crime passionnel, Aix-la-Chapelle, Mont-Saint-Michel, maître d’hôtel, au naturel

       The danger chiefly lies in acting well;

       No crime’s so great as daring to excel.

      CHARLES CHURCHILL

      9.17 elk, whelk

      9.18 belch, squelch

      9.19 geld, held, meld, quelled, swelled, weld, yelled, * propelled, compelled, upheld, rebelled, repelled, dispelled, expelled, beheld, withheld, excelled, * Danegeld, Ziegfeld, * jet-propelled, single-celled, * unparalleled, etc.

      9.20 elf, Guelph, pelf, self, shelf, * herself, themself, oneself, itself, himself, myself, yourself, ourself

       Man hands on misery to man.

       It deepens like a coastal shelf.

       Get out as early as you can,

       And don’t have any kids yourself.

      PHILIP LARKIN

      9.21 elm, helm, realm, * Anselm, Wilhelm, * overwhelm, underwhelm

      9.22 help, kelp, whelp, yelp

      9.23 belt, Celt, dealt, dwelt, felt, gelt, knelt, melt, pelt, Scheldt, smelt, spelt, svelte, veld, welt, * unbelt, misspelt, * fan belt, heartfelt, seat belt, green belt, life belt, Roosevelt, * safety belt, Bible Belt, Weidenfeld, underfelt, * conveyor belt, Magherafelt

      9.24 health, stealth, wealth, twelfth, * Commonwealth

      9.25 delve, helve, shelve, twelve

      9.26 delves, elves, helves, selves, shelves, twelves, * themselves, yourselves, ourselves

      9.27 bells, cells, Del’s, dwells, Kwells®, Mel’s, sells, shells, smells, tells, Welles, Wells, yells, * lapels, Raquel’s, farewells, Seychelles, rebels, excels, hotels, * Dardanelles, infidels, Tunbridge Wells, Book of Kells, etc.

       ‘What is a church?’ – Our honest sexton tells,

       ‘’Tis a tall building, with a tower and bells.’

      GEORGE CRABBE

      9.28 Clem, crème, em, femme, gem, hem, M, phlegm, REM, Shem, stem, them, * condemn, contemn, ahem, ad rem, a.m., FM, GM, p.m., PM, Yquem, Lib Dem, pro tem, suprême, * brainstem, mayhem, xylem, Ofgem, phloem, modem, apophthegm, La Bohème, ATM, AGM, requiem, Bethlehem, Eminem, chernozem, diadem, IBM, * carpe diem

      9.29 hemp, Kemp, temp

      9.30 dreamt, kempt, tempt, * unkempt, attempt, contempt, undreamt, pre-empt, exempt

      9.31 gems, Ems, hems, stems, Thames, etc.

      9.32 Aisne, Ben, Benn, Bren, den, en, Den, fen, gen, glen, Glenn, Gwen, hen, ken, Ken, Len, men, N, pen, Penn, Rennes, Seine, Taine, ten, then, wen, when, wren, Wren, yen, Zen, * again, Loren, Ardennes, amen, cayenne, Chechen, kaizen, doyenne, Phnom Penh, UN, Duchenne, * admen, playpen, stamen, apemen, cavemen, spacemen, chessmen, pressmen, peahen, he-men, pigpen, binmen, hymen, dolmen, con men, moorhen, nomen, snowmen, stuntmen, rumen, newsmen, * pathogen, allergen, halogen, Adrienne, antigen, acumen, weathermen, regimen, excisemen, mise en scène, histogen, businessmen, Ogaden, born-again, Nurofen®, fountain pen, musclemen, Sun Yatsen, julienne, * cameramen, newspapermen, angry young men, carcinogen, Valenciennes, equestrienne, comedienne, tragedienne, ibuprofen, absit omen, * hallucinogen

       Why are the needle and the pen

       Thought incompatible by men?

      ESTHER LEWIS

      9.33 bench, blench, clench, Dench, drench, French, quench, stench, tench, trench, wench, wrench, * retrench, entrench

      9.34 blenched, clenched, drenched, quenched, wrenched, * unquenched, retrenched, entrenched, * sundrenched

      9.35 bend, blend, Bridgend, end, fend, friend, lend, mend, penned, rend, send, spend, tend, trend, vend, wend, * unbend, append, upend, suspend, unkenned, attend, subtend, contend, offend, amend, commend, ascend, transcend, tail end, Gravesend, depend, impend, dispend, misspend, expend, pretend, intend, distend, extend, defend, befriend, emend, descend, Ostend, portend, forfend, Southend, * fag