Miscellaneous Word Families With Silent Letters

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MISC. FAMILIES FAMILIES WITH SILENT LETTERS pps. 958-961 SILENT B "LAM" "JAM "KOHM" "WOOM" "TOOM" "TOOM stohn" "LIM" "KLYHM" "KLYM mur" "THUM" "KRUM" "PLUM" "PLUM mur" "suh KUM" "DUM" "NUM" "BAHM" "BAHM mur" "DET" "D'OW't "D'OW't fuul "SUT tul" "suh PEE nuh"

lamb (5.30)

lambs

a door jamb

comb (5.65) honeycomb womb tomb tombstone

limb (6.95) climb (5.80) climber

thumb (9.15) crumb

plumb plumber succumb

combs

debt (12.50) doubt (11.55) doubtful (13.10) subtle subpoena

combing

climbed

climbing

thumbed

thumbing

plumbed

plumbing

succumbed dumber numbed bombed

succumbing dumbest numbing bombing

wombs tombs limbs climbs climbers thumbs crumbs plumbs plumbers succumbs

dumb (9.90) numb bomb bomber

combed

numbs bombs bombers debts doubts

doubtless (13.30) subtlety subpoenas

indebted doubted doubtfully subtleties

indebtedness undoubtedly doubtlessly

SILENT W "AN sur" "HOO" "SOHRD" "SOHRD FYHT" "SOHRD fish" "RAP" "RING" "REK" "RAYTH" "RATH" "REEK" "REETH" "REN" "RENCH" "RES sul" "RECH" "RIG gul" "HOHL" "RING kul" "RIST" "RIT" "RYHT" "RYHT urz" "RHYT" "KAHRT ryht" "RYHTH" "RAWNG"

answer (6.45) who (2.30) sword (10.65)

answers (8.30) whom ()

answered (8.90) answering (8.10) whose (10.30)

swords

swordfight swordfish

wrap (11.65) wring wreck (11.75)

wraps

wrings

wrapped wrung

wraith wrath wreak wreath wren wrench wrestle wretch wriggle

wrecks wraiths wrathful wreaks wreaths wrens wrenches wrestles wretches wriggles

whole (5.10)

wholly (16.40)

wrinkle writ

wrinkles wrists writs

write (5.35) writers (7.35)

writes (7.90) writers (7.90)

written ()

wrights

wrought (16.95)

wrist (8.45)

wright Cartwright writhe

wrong (4.85)

wrecking

wrecker

wreaking wrenched wrestling

wrestler

wretched (18.05) wriggling wholesome wrinkled

writhes wrongs

Difficulty Levels on Scale of 1.00 to 21.00 are placed inside parentheses ( ). Homophones: lamb/lam climb/clime climb/clime plumb/plum bomb/balm sword/soared wrap/rap wrapped/rapt/rapped wring/ring wrung/rung wrecks/Rex wreak/reek whole/hole wholly/holy /holey writs/Ritz write/rite/right

Spelling Demons: subtle subpoena indebted

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MISC. FAMILIES FAMILIES WITH SILENT LETTERS pps. 958-961 SILENT G "NAHRL "NASH" "NAT" "NAW" "NYH-SS" "NOHM" "NOH sis" "NAH stik" "NOO" "SYHN" "uh SYHN" "ded ZYHN" "ree ZYHN" "REE SYH'n" "kun SYH'n" "koh SYH'n "EN sin" "uh LYHN" "muh LYHN" "buh NYH'n" "uh RAYN" "kam PAY'n" "DAYN" "pay'n WAH'r" "fee LAY mee'n yoh'n "RAYN" "SAH vrun" "FOH run" "kuh LOHN" "sham PAYn" "im PYOON" "flem" "PAY'r uh dyh'm" "POY'n yunt" "Vee'n YET "See'n YOH'r" "See'n YOO'r "luh ZAH'n yuh"

gnarl

gnash gnat gnaw

gnarled gnashes gnats gnaws

gnarr gnashing gnawing

gneiss gnome

gnomes gnosis (Cf. diagnosis & diagnostic) Gnostic" (Cf. agnostic & agnosticism) gnu gnus sign (5.80) signs signed assign assigns assigned design (10.25) designs designer resign resigns resigning re-sign re-signs re-signing consign consigns consigning cosign cosigns cosigning signpost high signs ensign ensigns align aligns nonaligned malign maligned benign tumor arraign arraigns arraigned campaign campaigns campaigned deign deigns deigned peignoir filet mignon reign (16.75) reigns reigning sovereign sovereigns sovereignty foreign (14.90) foreigner cologne colognes champagne champagnes impugn impugns impugned phlegm phlegmatic paradigm paradigms poignant poignancy vignettte signor signora signore seigneur seignior monseigneur lasagna messeigneurs

SILENT K "NAK" knack "NAK kur" knacker "NAHK wurst" knackwurst "NAP" knap "NAP sak" knapsack "NAHR" knarr "NAHRL" knarl knave "NAYV" "NEED" knead "NEE" knee (6.60) "NEEL" kneel

gnarly

knell "NELL" knit (10.50) "NIT" "NAHB" knob "DOH'r NAH'b" doorknob "NAHK" knock (7.50) "NAHT" knot (7.20) "NOWT" knout "NUK kul" knuckle "NOH" know (2.80) "NOO" knew (5.10) "NOHN" known (6.70)

signal signature assignment designation resignation consignment cosigner alignment malignant arraignment

impugning

signorina monsignor monsignors

"un NOH'n" unknown knowledge (12.30) "NAH lij" "NIK kurz" knickers "NIK nak" knickknack  "NYHF" knife (4.75) "NYH'f-ss knifes "HYH'v-z knives (9.05) knight "NYHT" "NYH't huud knighthood NAH’k-ss knocks / Knox NOH’z knows (6.25)

Homophones: gnash/Nash gnu/new/knew sign/sine deign/Dane reign/rain/rein knap/nap knave/nave knead/need kneel/Neal/Neil know/no knows/no's/nose gnome/Nome knight/night knit/nit gneiss/nice knot/not

Difficulty Levels on Scale of 1.00 to 21.00 are placed inside parentheses ( ). Spelling Demons: knowledge foreign sovereign

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MISC. FAMILIES FAMILIES WITH SILENT LETTERS pps. 958-963 SILENT H "AH nur" "AH nur b'l" "diss AH nur b'l" "AH nur" "AH nur b'l" "diss AH nur b'l" "AH ness't" "AH ness't lee" "AH ness tee" "ohr DURvz" "GOHST" "AF gan" "af GAN iss TAN" "uh GAST" "GAST lee" "GET toh" "spuh GET tee" "GOOL" "GAH nuh" "DING ee" "sil oo ET" "WOH'R-F" "WOH'r-v'z "YAHT" "KAHN" "RYH noh" "ryh NAH sir us" "tur REE'ss" "TAH muss" "TAH'm sun" "TYH'm"

honor (9.45) honors honorable (14.60) honorably dishonorable dishonorably honour honours honourable honourably dishonourable dishonourably honest (7.30) "KAK key" honestly (10.25) "kahr TOOM" honesty (10.25) "kyh YAM" hors d'oeuvres "room" ghost (11.20) "room uh TOY'd"

Afghan Afghanistan aghast ghastly ghetto

spaghetti ghoul Ghana

dinghy silhouette wharf wharfs or wharves

yacht khan rhino rhinoceros Therese Thomas Thompson

honored (12.45)

honoring

honoured

honouring

khacki Khartoum Khayyam, Omar rheum rheumatoid arthritis "roo MAT ik" rheumatic fever "ROO muh tizm" rheumatism "RAH'm buss" rhombus rhomb "RUM buh rhumba "RYH'm" rhyme "Rith'm" rhythm "ROO bah'r-b" rhubarb "GUR kinz" gherkins "G'ee" ghee "ROH doh den drun"1 rhododendron "BUR'g Carol Burgher and Carl Burgh "ROH'n" Rhone "RYH'n Rhine "RYH'n stoh'n" rhinestone "OH'm bray" hombre "TEM'z" Thames "tur REE suh" Theresa "TAH'm kins" Thompkins "TOH muh SEE nuh" Thomasina

thyme

SILENT L (See p. 244 for the silent l in -lk words such as talk, walk, folk, yolk.) "AH'm" "KAH'm" "PAH'm" "PAH'm iss tree" "PAH'm mur" "BAH"m "KWAH'm" "SAH'm" "AH'mun'd "SAM mun" "SAV" "HAV" "KAV" "HOH'm-z "MAL kum" "STAH'k hoh'm "LING kun"

alm

calm (9.35) palm (8.65)

alms calms palms

calmed palmed

calmer Palmer

palmistry Arnold Palmer

balm qualm psalm almond salmon (11.65) salve

halve calve Sherlock Holmes Malcolm X Stockholm Lincoln

qualms psalms almonds salves halves calves

salved halved calved

salving halving calving

SILENT M "NEM mah niks"

mnemonics

SILENT N "kuhn DEM" "DAM" "SAH lum"

condemn (17.50) damn solemn (18.00)

condemned damned

condemnation damnation solemnity

Homophones: khan/con nix/nicks balm/bomb balm/bomb burg/berg/burgh burger/Burgher burger/Burgher thyme/time thyme/time damn/dam damn/dam halve/have balm/bomb honor (Am.)/honour (Am.)/honour (Br.) honorable (Am.)/honourable (Br.) (Br.)

Spelling Demons: honest spaghetti dinghy yacht silhouette khacki hors d’oeuvres

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MISC. FAMILIES FAMILIES WITH SILENT LETTERS pps. 958-963 SILENT P "SAHM" "noo MOHN yuh" "noo MAT ik" "SOO doh" "SOO doh nim" "SOO doh · "SHAW" "SYH" "sohr RYH uh siss" "SYHk" "SYHk" or "SYH kee" "SYH kik" "SYH koh" "syh KAH luh jee" "syh KAH luh jist" "SYH koh path" "syh KAH tik" "syh KYH uh tree" "syh KYH uh trist" "SYH kee AT rick" "TAYR uh dak til" "tur ID oh FYHT" "TOH luh mee" "TOH luh MAY ik" "toh MAYN" "ree SEET" "KOO" "KOO DAY tah" "KOO duh GRAH" "KOH'R" "ree SEET"

psalm

psalms

pneumonia pneumatic pseudo pseudonym pseudoscientific

pshaw psi psoriasis psych psyche psychic psycho

psychology (20.10) psychologist psychopath psychotic psychiatry

psychiatrist psychiatric pterodactyl pteridophyte Ptolemy Ptolemaic ptomaine poisoning receipt book receipts

coup coup d'etat coup de grace

corps receipt (17.60)

receipts (17.95)

Homophones: pshaw/Shaw ptomaine/toe mane coup/coo corps/core Difficulty Levels on Scale of 1.00 to 21.00 are placed inside parentheses ( ). Spelling Demons: pneumonia psychologist psychiatric psychiatrist ptomaine corps

X-RATED FAMILIES Xmas

Please say “Christmas”—not “Ex-muss.” “Ex-muss.” This abbreviation came about as the result of an early Christian practice of abbreviating the name of Christ with just the first letter of Christ as it is written in the Cyrillic alphabet, which looks something like this: {hbcnjc .

x-ray

This was coined by the man who discovered the rays, W. K. Roentgen. Some scientists still call them the Roentgen Roentgen rays. I prefer the simple simple x-ray.

The rest of the "x" words really should be be "zee" words because the "x" has the sound of the letter z. xylophone xenophobia xenia xenium xerography

ZYH loh fohn ZEE no FOH bee yuh ZEE nee yuh ZEE nee yum Zeer RAH gruh fee

xylocaine xenomania xenial xerox Xerxes

ZYH loh kayn ZEE no MAY nee yuh ZEE nee yul ZEER ahks Zurk zeez

There are over 100 words beginning with x that we have omitted. They are all scientific scientific or technical words. With the exceptions of Xmas and x-ray they all start with the sound of ZEE.

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