Collins Rhyming Dictionary. Rosalind Fergusson

creepiest, sleepiest, weepiest, cheekiest, sneakiest, squeakiest, greediest, neediest, seediest, speediest, weediest, meatiest, beefiest, creamiest, dreamiest, seamiest, steamiest, greasiest, breeziest, easiest, etc.

      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

-i-

      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,