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abhorrence

aborigine

abscess

absolved

absorbed

abstinence

abundant

acceptable

accessibility

accessible

acclamation

accommodate

accommodation

accomplice

accumulative

accusable

achievable

acknowledgement

acoustic

acquiesce

acquisition

across

adaptability

adaptable

address

addressee

adjectival

admissible

adorable

advantageous

advice (noun)

advisable

advisable

advise (verb)

advisory

aerie, aery

aeroplane

ageing

aggregate

agreeable

algebraical

alienate

all right

allegory

allotted

almighty

amateur

ameliorate

amendable

annihilate

anniversary

anoint

anomaly

antedate

antipodes

antithesis

appropriate

aquatic

archaeology

architect

architecture

aromatic

arraign

ascetic

assassin

assassinate

assessment

attach

attendance

attract

audible

autumn

auxiliary

awful

awkward

bacillus

balloon

beauteous

befitting

beggar

beginning

believable

beneficent

beneficial

benefit

benefited

benevolence

bereavement

besiege

biassed, biased

biscuit

blamable

blossom

bourgeois

breakable

bribable

brilliant

Budgetary

bureaucracy

bureaucratic

business

cabbage

calculate

camouflage

cannot

capricious

career

caress

carpentry

carriage

cassette

casually

catalogue

celestial

cemetery

cemetery

centering

centre, center (US)

certainty

cessation

challengeable

changeable

character

chargeable

charitable

chronology

circuitous

circumference

clairvoyant

coercion

coffee

collapsible

colleague

combustible

comity

commemorate

commissariat

commission

committed

committee

committing

commonali

commotion

communicable

comparable

compel

compelling

competition

comprehensible

conceivable

conceive

concurred

conference

conferred

confidence

confrontable

conscience

conscious

consensus

contempt

contemptible

contestant

control

controllable

controller

convalescent

conversant

convertible

convincible

co-operate

coquette

correspondent

corrigible

corroborate

corruptible

cortege

cough

courageous

cruise

crushable

curable

curriculum

damageable

dearth

debarred

debater

deceit

deceive

decision

defectible

defensible

deference

deferred

deficient

definable

definitely

deity

deliverance

demagogue

demonstrate

demonstrator

dependence

description

desirable

deterred

detestable

development

diagnosis

dialect

dialogue

diaphanous

diarrhoea

dictionary

diesel

differ

differed

differentiate

differing

digestible

dilemma

diminishable

diphthong

disastrous

discernible

disciplinarian

discipline

discrepancy

dissatisfied

dissyllable

divertible

divisible

doctrinaire

drunkenness

dubious

duly

duration

dyeing (dye+ing)

dying (die+ing)

dysentery

earnest

earthiness

eatable

ecstasy

ecumenical

eczema

edible

effeminate

efficient

elegance

eligible

eligible

emancipation

embarrass

embarrassment

emphatic

endurable

enmity

enrol(-ll-)

enrolled

entertaining

envelope

epilogue

equitable

ethereal

etiquette

exaggerate

exaltation

exasperate

excitable

excite

exclamatory

execution

exemplary

exhilarate

expansible

explainable

explanatory

expressible

external

extinguishable

familiar

fascinate

February

fibre

fiend

fiery

flagrant

flamboyant

flammable

forebode

foretell

forfeit

forgivable

forty

fourteen

foyer

freight

frequency

fulfil (-ll-)

fulfillment

fulsome

gaiety

gallery

galloping

gardener

gaseous

gazette

gazetteer

genealogy

generally

generator

geology

goodbye

gorgeous

grammar

grammatical

grandeur

guarantee

guard

gymnasium

gynaecology

haggard

handful

handicapped

handiwork

haphazard

happened

harangue

harass

hearsay

height

heinous

herdsman

hereditary

heresy

hesitancy

heterogeneous

hindrance

hindrance

holiday

homogeneous

honorary

horoscope

hospitable

humanitarianism

humorous

hygiene

hypocrisy

hypocrisy

hysterical

idiosyncrasy

idolatry

ignominious

ignominy

illustrious

imagination

imbalance

immeasurable

imminent

immoderate

immovable

impassable

impenetrable

imperative

imperceptible

impostor

impractical

impressionable

in spite of

inaccessible

inadaptable

inadmissible

inadvisable

inapplicable

inappreciable

inappropriate

inattentive

inaudible

incense

incoagulable

incommunicable

incompatible

inconceivable

inconclusive

inconsiderable

inconvenienced

inconvertible

incurable

indefatigable

indelible

independence

indescribable

indigenous

indigestible

indispensable

indistinguishable

inedible

ineffable

ineffectual

inefficient

inescapable

inexcusable

inexhaustible

inexpressible

infallible

inference

inferred

inferring

infinitesimal

inflammable

ingenious

ingratitude

ingredient

inheritable

inhospitable

injustice

inoperable

instantaneous

instead of

intelligible

interference

interpretable

interrupt

inviable

involuntary

irreconcilable

irreducible

irrelevant

irreparable

irreprehensible

irresistible

Irreversible

isosceles

itinerary

itinerary, itinerant

jackal

javelin

jealousy

jersey

jessamine, jasmine

jeweller

Jubilant

Jubilee

judgement

judgeship

judicious

justifiable

juvenile

laboratory

laborious

labyrinth

languorous

lascivious

laureate

league

leisure

libertarian

licence (n)

license (v)

lieutenant

lineage

liquefy

liquidate

literature

livelihood

lonely

longevity

lovable

lozenge

lustre

machinery

magnificent

maintenance

malignant

malleable

mammal

manageable

manoeuvre

mantelshelf

marketed

marriage

marriageable

marvelled

massacre

mathematician

mathematics

meager

mediaeval

mediocre

mercantile

mercenary

merchandise

merchant

meter (apparatus)

metre

mileage

milieu

millionaire

minstrel

miscarriage

miscellaneous

mischief

misogynist

missionary

modifiable

momentary

momentous

monotonous

monstrous

mountaineer

moustache

movable

munificent

murmur

murmured

murmuring

museum

mustachio

myopic

mysterious

mystery

necessary

necessity

nefarious

negligible

nemesis

niece

nineteen

ninety

ninth

nirvana

nonabsorbent

nonacademic

nonacceptance

nonadjustable

nonaquatic

nonassimilable

nonbreakable

noncoagulable

noncollapsible

noncombustible

noncommercial

noncommunicable

nonconductor

noncontroversial

noncorroding

nondelivery

nonhereditary

nonhistorical

nonirrigated

nonobligatory

notable

noticeable

notoriety

nuisance

obedience

obliterate

obnoxious

obscene

obsequies

obsequious

observable

observance

occasion

occurrence

oculist

offence

offensive

offered

omission

omitted

omniscient

onomatopoeia

ophthalmia

opportunity

oppress

oppressed

outrageous

pageant

palatable

palatial

panacea

panegyric

parade

parallel

parallelogram

pardonable

parsimonious

passageway

passenger

pavilion

peaceable

peasant

peculiar

pedestrian

penetrate

penitent

penniless

pennywise

perceive

perceptible

perennial

performance

perilous

permanent

permissible

permitted

permitting

perseverance

persistence

personal

personal

personality

personnel

persuadable

persuade

persuasive

pester

petroleum

phantasy

phantom

pharmaceutical

phial

phthisis

picturesque

pigeon

pilule

piteous

pitiful

plaintive

planetary

plateau

playful

pleasant

pleasurable

pleasure

plebeian

plebiscite

pleurisy

pneumatic

pneumonia

poetaster

pomegranate

pompous

ponderosity

porcelain

possess

possibility

potatoes

preceding

predictable

preferable

preference

preferred

prejudice

premium

preponderant

preventable

privilege

probable

proceed

proceeding

proclamation

proficient

profitable

programme

pronounceable

proprietor

psalm

pseudonym

pursue

pursuit

putrefy

quagmire

quarrel

quarreled

quarrelsome

quarry

quell

query

questionable

questionnaire

queue

quiescent

quorum

rarely

rateable

reasonable

recede

receivable

receive

recession

reciprocate

recognisable

recommendation

recompense

reconcilable

reconciliatory

recondite

reconnoitre

recurred

recurrence

reducible

referee

reference

referred

referring

reformable

refrigerator

regrettable

rehabilitation

rehearsal

relevant

relief

relievable

religious

reminiscence

reminiscent

remitted

remonstrance

removable

removable

renaissance

repel

repelling

repentance

repentant

repetition

replaceable

replacing

reprehensible

repressible

reprimand

requirement

requital

resistance

respectable

respondent

responsible

restaurant

resurrection

retrievable

revel

reverie

reversible

rhapsody

rhetoric

rheumatism

rhythm

righteous

rigorous

rigour

rogue

roguery

roseate

routine

ruler

sabbath

sabre

sacrificial

sacrilegious

saleable

salutary

sanctimonious

satchel

satellite

satellite

satisfiable

Saturday

saviour

scalapie

scenic

sceptio

sceptre

schedule

schism

scintillating

scire

scissors

sculptor

scythe

secede

secretarial

secretary

seize

seizure

sensible

sentimentalist

separate

separately

separation

septic

sepulchre

sergeant

serviceable

several

shepherd

shibboleth

shield

shoeing

siege

similar

simultaneous

sincerity

sinecure

siphon

sixteen

sixtieth

skeleton

skilful

smotherable

solecism

soliloquy

sombre

somersault

souvenir

sovereign

sovereignty

spasm

spectre

splendour

sponsorship

spontaneity

spontaneous

squalor

squirrel

statesman

stealth

stencil

stillness

stratagem

strategy

stupefy

subservience

subsistence

subterranean

subtle

successful

successfully

sufferance

sufferer

sufficient

suggestion

suicide

suitor

sumptuous

superceede

supercilious

superfluous

superintendent

supersede

supersession

superstition

supposable

suppress

suppressible

suppressor

supremacy

surety

surfeit

surgeon

surgeon

surprise

surrender

susceptible

suspense

sustainable

sustenance

suzerain

syllabus

symmetry

sympathetic

symptom

synonymous

synonyms

synopsis

systematic

systematically

tangible

tapestry

technique

tedious

teetotaler

telepathic

temerity

temperament

temperance

Tempest

tempestuous

templar

temporary

tenable

tenacious

tenor

terrestrial

tetotaller

theatre

theism

thermometer

thesaurus

thievery

threshold

together (but, gather)

tolerable

tolerance

tomato

tongue

tortuous

torturous

tournament

traceable

traceable

tragedy

traitorous

tranquil

tranquillity

transcend

transcendent

transferable

transference

transferred

transient

transmissible

travel

travelled

traveller

travesty

treasurer

treble

tremor

troublous

truly

tuition

twelfil

twelve

umbrella

unacademic

unaccounted

unaffected

unaltered

unannounced

unanswerable

unapproached

unbalanced

unbiassed or biased

uncommercial

uncompromising

unconditional

unconnected

uncontrollable

undeclared

undelivered

undeniable

unequal

unescorted

unexplained

unfamiliar

unique

unmentionable

unparalleled

unrecommended

unreducible

unreplaceable

unscholarly

unsterilized

unsympathetic

unsystematic

untasteful

until

unveil

unwieldy

usable

useful

usurp

vaccinate

vacillate

vacillation

valedictory

valuable

variegated

vegetarian

veil

vengeance

vermilion

veteran

veterinary

veterinary

vicereine

vicious

vicissitude

vilify

village

villainous

vinegar

virtuous

visible

vizier

vocation

vociferate

votary

vouchsafe

vulnerable

weather

weather

weightage

weird

weird

welcome

welfare

wellbeing

whether

wilful

winner

woollen

worshipped

wrought

yacht

yeoman

zealous

zigzag

zoology