Collins Rhyming Dictionary. Rosalind Fergusson
Wandsworth, Duckworth, Lulworth, Woolworth, * afterbirth, pennyworth, Kenilworth, Middle-earth, Illingworth, Solway Firth, down-to-earth, Butterworth, Shuttleworth
One for sorrow, two for mirth.
Three for a wedding, four for a birth.
TRADITIONAL RHYME
11.27 curve, derv, Merv, nerve, perv, serve, swerve, verve, * unnerve, Deneuve, subserve, conserve, observe, deserve, preserve, reserve, hors d’oeuvre
11.28 curved, served, swerved, * unnerved, conserved, observed, deserved, preserved, reserved, * well-preserved, unobserved, undeserved, unreserved
11.29 blurs, errs, firs, furs, furze, hers, Meuse, purrs, Sirs, spurs, stirs, * occurs, masseuse, chanteuse, coiffeuse, chartreuse, recurs, prefers, * saboteurs, amateurs, secateurs, Betelgeuse, connoisseurs, etc.
12.1 Furby®, Herbie, herby, Kirby, Kirkby, chirpy, jerky, murky, perky, quirky, turkey, Turkey, Fergie, lurgy, birdie, nerdy, Purdy, sturdy, wordy, Thursday, Bertie, dirty, flirty, Gertie, qwerty, shirty, thirty, Kirsty, thirsty, furphy, Murphy, scurfy, surfie, turfy, curvy, nervy, scurvy, Turvey, earthy, worthy, Berlei, Burghley, burly, curly, early, girlie, Hurley, pearly, Shirley, surly, twirly, thirdly, worldly, curtly, firstly, earthly, firmly, Burnley, sternly, tersely, blurry, firry, furry, Vyrnwy, Fermi, wormy, Burney, Ernie, ferny, Gurney, journey, Kearney, Circe, mercy, Percy, Chertsey, curtsy, furzy, jersey, Jersey, kersey, Mersey, Guernsey, Hershey, clergy, * Euterpe, unworthy, superbly, absurdly, unworldly, overtly, unearthly, perversely, adversely, conversely, attorney, * bloodthirsty, airworthy, blameworthy, praiseworthy, seaworthy, Galsworthy, roadworthy, noteworthy, trustworthy, newsworthy, * untrustworthy, * Albuquerque, hurdy-gurdy, vinho verde, olde worlde, topsyturvy, creditworthy, taxidermy, diathermy, arsy-versy, controversy, dramaturgy, metallurgy, hurly-burly, Curly Wurly, otherworldly, etc.
I’m Burlington Bertie, I rise at ten-thirty.
WILLIAM HARGREAVES
12.2 Berber, Thurber, chirper, Sherpa, burka, circa, Gurkha, lurker, shirker, smirker, worker, burger, burgher, birder, Gerda, girder, herder, murder, purdah, Schroeder, curter, Goethe, perter, squirter, surfer, fervour, server, swerver, Bertha, Eartha, further, murther, curler, pearler, purler, twirler, whirler, burglar, gurgler, hurdler, Koestler, stirrer, oeuvre, verdure, Burma, firmer, Irma, Sturmer, murmur, wormer, burner, earner, learner, Lerner, Myrna, Smyrna, sterner, turner, Turner, Verner, Werner, yearner, bursa, cursor, bursar, mercer, Mercer, purser, Ursa, Persia, lurcher, nurture, percher, searcher, merger, perjure, purger, scourger, urger, verger, * usurper, mazurka, Roberta, perverter, subverter, converter, McWhirter, asserter, Alberta, inverter, deserter, observer, Minerva, deserver, preserver, transferor, chef-d’oeuvre, deferrer, referrer, hors d’oeuvre, taverna, returner, precursor, disperser, rehearser, immerser, vice versa, coercer, inertia, researcher, demerger, * networker, tear-jerker, field worker, steelworker, mill worker, outworker, homeworker, woodworker, hamburger, Pressburger, beefburger, cheeseburger, Limburger, frankfurter, windsurfer, timeserver, * metalworker, ironworker, Ethelburga, vegeburger, Luxembourger, terra firma, Annapurna, afterburner, gutta-percha, * hurt her, serve her, etc.
12.3 Turkic, Lerwick, * acerbic, allergic, synergic, lysergic, * hypodermic, taxidermic, metallurgic, * poikilothermic, homoiothermic
12.4 turbid, dirtied, fervid, learned, cursed, curtsied, * perfervid, accursed
12.5 herded, murdered, worded, spurted, squirted, Burford, furthered, earthward, murmured, Bernard, gurnard, nurtured, * averted, perverted, converted, concerted, inverted, inserted, deserted, diverted, * extroverted, introverted, disconcerted, unconverted, etc.
12.6 earthwards, Bernard’s
12.7 Burbage, herbage, wordage
12.8 burble, gerbil, Froebel, herbal, verbal, purple, circle, burgle, Fergal, gurgle, curdle, girdle, hurdle, dirndl, hurtle, kirtle, myrtle, Myrtle, turtle, hurtful, chervil, serval, dermal, thermal, colonel, journal, kernel, sternal, vernal, Hirsel, Persil®, Purcell, tercel, kursaal, Herschel, tertial, Virgil, * nonverbal, encircle, transferral, deferral, referral, fraternal, maternal, paternal, eternal, internal, external, infernal, diurnal, hibernal, nocturnal, succursal, transversal, dispersal, reversal, rehearsal, commercial, inertial, * Bracegirdle, * semicircle, panty girdle, epidermal, geothermal, sempiternal, coeternal, universal, mangelwurzel, infomercial, controversial, noncommercial, * uncontroversial
12.9 burbles, gerbils, Goebbels, circles, hurdles, thermals, * rehearsals, commercials, etc.
12.10 serfdom, earldom, Bertram, Burnham, sternum, irksome, * laburnum, viburnum, nasturtium, * reductio ad absurdum, * heard ’em, learn ’em, etc.
12.11 Turpin, firkin, gherkin, jerkin, Perkin, Irvine, Mervyn, Merlin, Irwin, Gershwin, ermine, Jermyn, vermin, urchin, virgin, * Dick Turpin, Dunfermline, determine, * predetermine, * workin’, learnin’, etc.
12.12 bourbon, Durban, turban, urban, Bergen, Jürgen, burden, guerdon, Burton, certain, curtain, Girton, Merton, Kirsten, earthen, burthen, Kirwan, Burman, german, German, Herman, Hermon, sermon, Sherman, workman, Bergman, Perlman, herdsman, churchman, Vernon, person, worsen, Curzon, Persian, tertian, version, burgeon, Spurgeon, sturgeon, surgeon, * suburban, unburden, disburden, uncertain, Albertan, Macpherson, aspersion, aversion, perversion, subversion, conversion, submersion, assertion, dispersion, recursion, incursion, excursion, Cistercian, reversion, inversion, immersion, insertion, desertion, exertion, diversion, coercion, * Spitsbergen, barperson, chairperson, layperson, salesperson, sportsperson, spokesperson, unperson, * Ardnamurchan, overburden, retroversion, extroversion, self-assertion, reconversion, interspersion, introversion, * animadversion, overexertion
Like the ancient Medes and Persians,
Always by his own exertions
He subsisted on those hills.
EDWARD LEAR
12.13 burdened, curtained, Bertrand, * unburdened, * overburdened, etc.
12.14 serpent, verdant, fervent, servant, Derwent, versant, merchant, Merchant, urgent, * advertent, observant, conferment, deferment, preferment, interment, adjournment, internment, discernment, disbursement, conversant, dispersant, convergent, resurgent, detergent, emergent, insurgent, divergent, * maidservant, manservant, * inadvertent, unobservant, reimbursement
12.15 serpents, servants, merchants, * observance, detergents, convergence, emergence, resurgence, insurgence, insurgents, divergence, * inadvertence, re-emergence, etc.
12.16 curbing, burping, chirping, kerbing, jerking, lurking, shirking, working, erlking, herding, wording, flirting, hurting, shirting, skirting, squirting, bursting, thirsting, surfing, curving, Irving, serving, swerving, berthing, birthing, Worthing, curling, hurling, sterling, Stirling, swirling, whirling, circling, gurgling, hurdling, earthling, nursling, erring, Goering, purring, shirring, stirring, whirring, squirming, Groening, burning, churning, earning, kerning, learning, turning, yearning, cursing, nursing, Pershing, birching, churching, lurching, searching, merging, purging, surging, urging, verging, * perturbing, disturbing, usurping, hard-working, nonworking, converting, deserting, unswerving, unnerving, observing, self-serving, deserving, preserving, unearthing, encircling, occurring, conferring, unerring, recurring, inferring, confirming, concerning, returning, discerning, conversing, dispersing, rehearsing, converging, emerging, * networking, tear-jerking, woodworking, windsurfing, kitesurfing, timeserving, heart-searching, * metalworking, teleworking, disconcerting, undeserving, etc.
Keep the home-fires burning,
While your hearts are yearning.
LENA GUILBERT FORD
12.17 workings, servings, earthlings, purse-strings,