Collins Rhyming Dictionary. Rosalind Fergusson

see,

       On the floor of my room,

       Sweep it up with the broom!’

       That exhaustive old lady of Winchelsea!

      EDWARD LEAR

      15.5 Beeb, dweeb, glebe, grebe, * Delibes, Antibes

      15.6 dweebs, grebes, Thebes

      15.7 beak, bleak, cheek, chic, clique, creak, creek, eek, eke, freak, geek, Greek, leak, leek, meek, peak, Peake, peek, peke, pique, reek, seek, shriek, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, Speke, squeak, streak, teak, tweak, weak, week, wreak, * unspeak, oblique, batik, pratique, antique, Lalique, Tajik, technique, bespeak, critique, triptyque, mystique, midweek, bezique, physique, off-peak, boutique, Mustique, unique, * speedfreak, pipsqueak, forepeak, houseleek, newspeak, * Martinique, Chesapeake, fenugreek, stickybeak, hide-and-seek, Dominique, ortanique, Mozambique, tongue-in-cheek, * téléphérique

       And I seem to find the happiness I seek

       When we’re out together dancing cheek-to-cheek.

      IRVING BERLIN

      15.8 beaks, breeks, cheeks, freaks, shrieks, speaks, Weekes, weeks, * idée fixe, * Macgillicuddy’s Reeks, etc.

      15.9 beach, beech, bleach, breach, breech, each, leach, Leach, leech, peach, pleach, preach, reach, screech, speech, teach, * unteach, impeach, beseech, * Wisbech, horseleech, outreach, * overreach

       Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?

       I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.

      T. S. ELIOT

      15.10 beached, bleached, preached, reached, * unbleached, impeached, beseeched, etc.

      15.11 bead, Bede, bleed, breed, cede, creed, deed, Eid, feed, freed, Gide, greed, he’d, heed, knead, lead, lied, mead, Meade, Mede, need, plead, read, Reade, reed, Reed, Reid, screed, seed, she’d, skied, speed, steed, swede, Swede, tweed, Tweed, we’d, weed, * agreed, proceed, succeed, concede, stampede, accede, Rashid, Candide, reread, impede, indeed, misdeed, mislead, inbreed, misread, precede, recede, secede, exceed, high-speed, Godspeed, outbreed, OD’d, * Flamsteed, handfeed, knapweed, ragweed, flaxseed, airspeed, fairlead, hayseed, rapeseed, breast-feed, birdseed, Siegfried, seaweed, weak-kneed, drip-feed, lip-read, chickweed, linseed, mind-read, sight-read, bindweed, Lockheed, crossbreed, hogweed, pondweed, knotweed, knock-kneed, force-feed, groundspeed, oilseed, nosebleed, duckweed, spoonfeed, proofread, * guaranteed, Ganymede, antecede, aniseed, refereed, centipede, retrocede, invalid, interbreed, intercede, millipede, chicken feed, bottle-feed, cottonseed, waterweed, overfeed, underfeed, tumbleweed, Runnymede, bugleweed, supersede, * velocipede

       Who to himself is law, no law doth need,

       Offends no law, and is a king indeed.

      GEORGE CHAPMAN

      15.12 beads, breeds, deeds, Leeds, needs, reeds, tweeds, weeds, * succeeds, misdeeds, * nosebleeds, proceeds, * centipedes, invalids, etc.

      15.13 beef, brief, chief, fief, grief, leaf, reef, sheaf, thief, * Sharif, massif, debrief, belief, relief, naïf, corned beef, roast beef, O’Keeffe, motif, * kerchief, sneak thief, tea leaf, wheatsheaf, fig leaf, flyleaf, * handkerchief, bas-relief, Tenerife, neckerchief, interleaf, disbelief, misbelief, leitmotif, overleaf, cloverleaf, unbelief, * apéritif

      15.14 gigue, Grieg, league, * fatigue, intrigue, renege, * blitzkrieg, sitzkrieg, colleague

      15.15 liege, siege, * besiege

      15.16 prestige, * noblesse oblige

      15.17 Beale, creel, deal, Deal, eel, feel, he’ll, heal, heel, keel, Keele, Kiel, kneel, Lille, meal, Neil, peal, peel, Peel, reel, seal, she’ll, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steel, Steele, stele, teal, veal, we’ll, weal, wheal, wheel, zeal, * appeal, allele, Camille, schlemiel, anneal, chenille, conceal, unseal, congeal, Bastille, Castile, square deal, genteel, Emil, Cecile, reseal, repeal, misdeal, reveal, ordeal, O’Neill, Lucille, * cartwheel, selfheal, treadwheel, gearwheel, freewheel, sweetmeal, wheatmeal, piecemeal, printwheel, millwheel, pinwheel, fishmeal, flywheel, cogwheel, allheal, Mobile, oatmeal, wholemeal, bonemeal, newsreel, * blastocoel, deshabille, stainless steel, daisywheel, rectocele, Ferris wheel, Estoril, three-course meal, cystocele, imbecile, glockenspiel, cockatiel, commonweal, cochineal, Dormobile®, snowmobile, Popemobile, underseal, * Achilles heel, * automobile

      15.18 field, Field, healed, heeled, kneeled, pealed, peeled, reeled, sealed, shield, squealed, Weald, wheeled, wield, yield, * appealed, afield, unhealed, annealed, concealed, unsealed, congealed, well-heeled, three-wheeled, resealed, repealed, revealed, high-heeled, four-wheeled, low-heeled, two-wheeled, * Hatfield, Anfield, Cranfield, Mansfield, airfield, hayfield, Wakefield, Masefield, Sheffield, Enfield, greenfield, midfield, infield, Winfield, Springfield, Lichfield, windshield, minefield, cornfield, outfield, brownfield, oilfield, Schofield, snowfield, Oldfield, coalfield, Nuffield, gumshield, * battlefield, Macclesfield, Dangerfield, chesterfield, Chesterfield, Sellafield, Beaconsfield, Petersfield, ill-concealed, Copperfield, Butterfield, Somerfield, Huddersfield, unconcealed, unrevealed, * Sutton Coldfield

      15.19 deals, eels, feels, heels, meals, Neil’s, seals, wheels, * appeals, conceals, congeals, reveals, * Galashiels, jellied eels, meals on wheels, imbeciles, etc.

       When love congeals

       It soon reveals

       The faint aroma of performing seals,

       The double crossing of a pair of heels.

      LORENZ HART

      15.20 beam, bream, Bream, Cheam, cream, deem, dream, gleam, Nîmes, ream, scheme, scream, seam, seem, steam, stream, team, teem, theme, * abeam, agleam, Karim, upstream, raceme, blaspheme, regime, redeem, esteem, extreme, midstream, ice cream, onstream, downstream, supreme, * centime, harem, airstream, daydream, mainstream, jetstream, Brylcreem®, slipstream, millstream, whitebeam, bireme, trireme, crossbeam, hornbeam, morpheme, Coldstream, phoneme, sunbeam, bloodstream, Gulf Stream, moonbeam, * academe, self-esteem, Ibrahim, single cream, disesteem, quinquereme, kibbutzim, clotted cream, monotreme, double cream

       But what is man in his own proud esteem?

       Hear him, himself the poet and the theme.

      WILLIAM COWPER

      15.21 beamed, dreamed, gleamed, screamed, seemed, steamed, streamed, teemed, * undreamed, unstreamed, blasphemed, redeemed, esteemed, * unredeemed, etc.

      15.22 beams, dreams, reams, Rheims, schemes, seams, teams, etc.

      15.23 bean, been, clean, dean, Dean, e’en, gean, gene, Gene, glean, green, Greene, Jean, Kean, keen, lean, mean, mien, Nene, peen, preen, queen, Queen, scene, screen, seen, sheen, Sheene, skean, spleen, teen, wean, zine

       Pussycat, pussycat, where have you been?

       I’ve been to London to see the Queen.

      NURSERY RHYME

      15.24 lateen, umpteen, Devine, Levine, ravine, subvene, convene, baleen, unclean, careen, marine, tureen, latrine, McQueen, Janine, obscene, unseen, machine, Rabin, nankeen, sateen, canteen, shagreen, Racine, Maxine, Harbin, sardine, Martine, Amin, Nadine, James Dean, eighteen, jade green, Céline, French bean, terrine, Benin, thirteen, preteen, shebeen, beguine, fifteen, sixteen, trephine, spring-clean, serene, big screen, between, demean, cuisine, nineteen, dry-clean, widescreen, poteen, broad