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General Service List

Overview The GSL, or General Service List, is a list of words which were chosen because they were thought

to be of greatest 'general' use to learners of English. How frequently they occur in English was one

factor which was considered when selecting the words. The original list was compiled by Michael

West in 1953. There were several problems with this list, and it was substantially revised in 1995

by John Bauman and Brent Culligan.

The original 1953 list had exactly 2000 headwords. Each of these headwords represented a word

family (e.g. 'you' is the headword of the family 'your, yours, yourself'). Bauman and Culligan found

that many words included in the word family should, in fact, be separate headwords (e.g.

previously 'efficient' was included under the headword 'effect', but now these are two separate

headwords). By separating out some of these words, the number of words in Bauman and

Culligan's version of the GSL expanded from 2000 to 2284 headwords.

There are around 600,000 word families in the English language, more than twice the number of

the next biggest language, German. However, although the GSL has fewer than 3,000 word

families, it covers around 80% of all words in written texts (90% of words in spoken English). It was

used as the basis of EFL course books, dictionaries, and graded readers for many years. This list is

also important for anyone using the AWL (Academic Word List). When compiling the AWL, Averil

Coxhead excluded the words from the GSL. However, many of these words are still good academic

words which students need to recognise and be able to use. Examples are example, difference,

although, purpose, comparison, intend, introduction, experiment. If you focus your vocabulary

study only on the AWL, you may be missing some important and more common words from the

GSL.

GSL (by frequency) Below are the 2284 words in the General Service List (GSL). This list is in frequency order, which is

the way the words are presented by Bauman. This format is probably more useful for study than

an alphabetical list.

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1 69975 the

2 39175 be been, is, are, was, were, am

3 36432 of

4 28872 and

5 26800 a an

6 26190 to

7 21338 in

8 20033 he him, his

9 12458 have has, had

10 11247 it

11 10790 that

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12 9495 for

13 8555 they

14 8516 I me, my

15 7289 with within, without

16 7254 as

17 6976 not

18 6742 on

19 6164 she her, hers

20 5377 at

21 5307 by

22 5146 this these

23 4931 we us, our, ours

24 4695 you your, yours, yourself

25 4389 do does, did, done

26 4383 but

27 4371 from

28 4204 or

29 3560 which whichever

30 3480 one

31 3062 would

32 3002 all

33 2903 will willing, willingly, unwilling

34 2851 there

35 2793 say says, said, saying

36 2678 who whoever,

whom

37 2378 make makes, made, making, maker

38 2333 when whenever

39 2218 can could

40 2203 more moreover

41 2199 if

42 2149 no nobody,

nowhere

43 2132 man mankind men, manhood

44 2099 out

outline,

outside,

outward

45 2035 other otherwise others

46 1986 so

47 1965 what whatever

48 1940 time times, timely

49 1895 up

50 1849 go goes, gone

51 1816 about

52 1794 than

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53 1790 into

54 1782 could can

55 1773 state states, stated, stating, statement

56 1751 only

57 1698 new news,

newspaper newly

58 1673 year years, yearly

59 1618 some

60 1586 take takes, took, taken, taking

61 1577 come comes, came, coming

62 1575 these this

63 1531 know knowledge knows, knew, knowing

64 1520 see sees, seen, seeing

65 1512 use uses, used, using, useful,

usefulness, useless, user

66 1488 get gets, got

67 1430 like likely likes, liked, liking, unlike

68 1377 then

69 1361 first

70 1348 any

71 1315 work

works, worked, working,

workings, worker, workman,

workshop, workmanship

72 1314 now nowadays

73 1307 may

74 1303 such

75 1270 give gift gives, given, gave, giving

76 1239 over overcome,

overflow

77 1225 think thinks, thought, thinking, thinker

78 1203 most mostly

79 1179 even

80 1086 find finds, found, finding

81 1077 day daily, daylight days

82 1070 also

83 1070 after

84 1036 way ways, wayside

85 1030 many

86 1022 must

87 1021 look looks, looked, looking

88 1018 before

89 1018 great greatcoat, greatly, greatness

90 1017 back backward backbone, background

91 987 through throughout

92 957 long

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93 949 where wherever

94 937 much

95 915 should shall

96 906 well

97 905 people

98 903 down

99 895 own ownership owns, owned, owning, owner

100 889 just justice justly, unjust, unjustly

101 883 because

102 879 good

103 878 each

104 864 those

105 853 feel feels, felt, feeling

106 853 seem seems, seemed, seeming

107 849 how however

108 847 high

height,

heighten,

highway

109 835 too

110 835 place places, placed, placing

111 833 little

112 832 world worldwide, worldly, worldliness

113 797 very

114 792 still stillness

115 789 nation native,

international nations, national

116 784 hand

handkerchief,

handle,

handshake,

handwriting

hands, handy

117 780 old old-fashioned older, oldest

118 774 life live lives

119 771 tell tells, told, telling

120 768 write writes, wrote, writing

121 768 become becomes, became, becoming

122 761 here

123 755 show shows, shown, showing, showy

124 745 house houses, household, householder,

housewife

125 731 both

126 730 between

127 723 need necessary,

necessity

needs, needed, needing, needless,

needy

128 719 mean meantime,

meanwhile meant, meaning, means

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129 711 call calls, called, calling

130 710 develop develops, developed, developing,

development

131 707 under underneath

132 705 last

133 704 right rightly

134 703 move moves, movement

135 702 thing things

136 700 general generally

137 697 school schools

138 697 never

139 690 same

140 690 another

141 681 begin begins, began, begun, beginning,

beginnings

142 680 while whilst

143 678 number numerous numbers

144 672 part particle parts, partly, partial, partially

145 668 turn turns, turning

146 664 real realise really, reality

147 662 leave leaves, leaving

148 660 might

149 654 want wants, wanted, wanting

150 645 point points, pointed, pointer

151 639 form forms, formed, forming

152 639 off

153 638 child childhood children, childish, childlike

154 634 few

155 632 small smallness

156 629 since

157 627 against

158 614 ask asks, asked, asking

159 611 late lately later

160 611 home

homecoming,

homemade,

homework

homes, homely

161 605 interest interesting

162 605 large largely

163 601 person personal, personally

164 600 end ending, endless

165 596 open opens, opened, opening, openly

166 590 public publicly

167 589 follow follows, followed, following

168 588 during

169 584 present presence presents, presented, presenting

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170 583 without with, within

171 580 again

172 577 hold holds, held, holding, holder

173 568 govern governor governs, governed, governing,

government, governments

174 567 around

175 565 possible impossible possibly, possibility

176 564 head headache,

headdress heads, headed, heading

177 563 consider considers, considered, considering

178 560 word words

179 560 programme programmes

180 560 problem problems

181 552 however how

182 552 lead leadership leads, led, leading, leader, leaders

183 548 system systems, systematic,

systematically

184 546 set sets, setting

185 539 order orders, orderly

186 539 eye eyes, eyeing, eyed

187 538 plan plans, planned, planning

188 534 run runs, ran, running, runner

189 534 keep keeps, kept, keeping, keeper

190 534 face faces

191 534 fact facts

192 534 group groups

193 533 play plays, played, playing, player,

playground, plaything

194 531 stand stands, standing, stood

195 529 increase increases, increased, increasing

196 529 early earliness

197 528 course

198 527 change changes, changed, changing

199 523 help helps, helped, helper, helpful,

helpless

200 522 line lines

201 521 city citizen cities

202 513 put puts, putting

203 511 close closes, closing, closed

204 506 case cases

205 504 force forces, forcing, forced

206 501 meet meets, met, meeting

207 501 once

208 501 water watercourse, waterfall,

waterpipe, waterproof, waterway,

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waterworks, watery

209 498 upon

210 496 war wars

211 496 build builds, built, building

212 496 hear hears, hearing, heard, hearer

213 496 light lighten lights, lighter, lightly, lightness

214 495 unite union, unit,

unity unites, united, uniting

215 493 live life lived, living

216 492 every

everybody,

everyday,

everyone,

everything,

everywhere

217 491 country countries

218 490 bring brings, bringing, brought

219 490 centre centres, center

220 489 let

221 488 side sides, sideways

222 487 try trial tries, tried, trying

223 486 provide provides, provided, providing

224 484 continue continues, continued, continuing,

continuous, continuously

225 482 name names, nameless, namely

226 481 certain certainty certainly

227 480 power powerful

228 479 pay pays, paying, paid, unpaid,

payment

229 473 result results

230 473 question questions

231 471 study student studies, studying, studied

232 468 woman women

233 464 member membership members

234 463 until till

235 461 far faraway, farther, farthest

236 460 night tonight nights, goodnight

237 458 always

238 458 service servant, serve services, servicing, serviced

239 458 away

240 457 report reports, reported, reporting,

reporter

241 454 something

242 453 company companies

243 452 week weekday,

weekend weeks, weekly

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244 451 church

245 451 toward towards

246 451 start starts, started, starting

247 449 social society socially

248 445 room rooms

249 443 figure figures

250 441 nature natural, naturally

251 440 though although

252 438 young youngster

253 437 less lessen

254 434 enough

255 433 almost

256 432 read reads, reading, reader

257 426 include inclusive includes, included, including

258 424 president presidents

259 423 nothing

260 419 yet

261 418 better

262 417 big

263 413 boy boys

264 412 cost costs

265 412 business businesslike,

businessman businesses

266 411 value valuable values, valueless

267 409 second seconds, secondhand, secondly

268 407 why

269 406 clear clears, cleared, clearing, clearly,

clearness

270 405 expect expects, expected, expecting,

expectation

271 405 family families

272 401 complete completion completes, completed,

completing

273 401 act action, active acts, acted, acting, activity,

activities

274 401 sense sensitive senses, senseless, insensible,

sensation, sensible, sensibly

275 400 mind minds, minded, minding

276 399 experience experiences, experienced

277 396 art artist, artists, artistic

278 395 next

279 395 near nearly

280 394 direct direction,

director

directs, directed, directing,

directly

281 393 car cars

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282 393 law laws, lawful, unlawful, lawfully,

unlawfully, lawless

283 387 industry industries, industrial

284 386 important importance

285 381 girl girls

286 379 god gods, goddess, godfather,

godmother

287 378 several

288 377 matter matters

289 376 usual usually

290 373 rather

291 371 per

292 369 often

293 369 kind unkind, kindly, kindness

294 369 among amongst

295 368 white whiten

296 365 reason reasonable reasons

297 365 action act, active actions

298 364 return returns, returned, returning

299 364 foot feet, football, foothold, footpath,

footprint, footstep, footnote

300 360 care cares, cared, caring, careful,

careless

301 360 simple simplicity simply

302 359 within with, without

303 358 love lovely loves, loved, lovable, lover, loving,

lovingly

304 358 human humans

305 355 along

306 353 appear appearance,

disappear appears, appeared, appearing

307 353 doctor doctors

308 353 believe belief believes, believed, believing

309 352 speak speech speaks, speaker

310 351 active act, action actively

311 351 student study students

312 350 month months, monthly

313 349 drive drives, drove, driven

314 348 concern concerns, concerned, concerning

315 348 best

316 348 door doors

317 346 hope hopes, hoped, hopeful, hopeless

318 345 example examples

319 345 inform informs, informed, informing,

information

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320 344 body bodies, bodily, bodyguard

321 344 ever everlasting

322 343 least

323 343 probable probably, probability

324 343 understand understands, understood,

understanding

325 342 reach reaches, reached, reaching

326 340 effect effective effects

327 339 different difference differently

328 337 idea ideas

329 337 whole wholly

330 335 control controls, controlled, controlling

331 333 condition conditions

332 333 field fields

333 333 pass past passes, passed, passing

334 333 fall falls, fell, fallen,

335 332 note notebook notes, noted, notepaper

336 332 special specially

337 332 talk talked, talking, talks

338 331 particular particularly

339 330 today

340 329 measure measures, measured, measuring,

measurement, measurements

341 328 walk walks, walked, walking

342 328 teach teaches, taught, teaching,

teachings, teacher

343 327 low lower, lowland

344 327 hour hours, hourly

345 326 type types, typed, typing, typewriter,

typewrite, typist

346 326 carry carries, carrying, carried

347 324 rate rates

348 324 remain remains, remained, remaining

349 324 full

350 323 street streets

351 323 easy easily

352 323 although though

353 321 record records, recorded, recording

354 321 sit sits, sat, sitting

355 320 determine determines, determining,

determined, determination

356 315 level levels

357 313 local locally

358 312 sure surely

359 312 receive receipt receives, received, receiving,

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receiver

360 311 thus

361 309 moment momentary moments

362 308 spirit spirits

363 308 train trains, trained, training

364 308 college colleges

365 307 religion religions, religious

366 307 perhaps

367 306 music musician musical, musicals

368 306 grow growth grows, growing, grown

369 305 free freedom frees, freed, freeing, freely

370 304 cause causes, caused, causing

371 302 serve servant, service serves, served, serving

372 302 age ages

373 302 book books

374 302 board boards

375 302 recent recently

376 301 sound sounds

377 301 office officer, official offices

378 300 cut cuts, cutting

379 299 step steps

380 297 class classification,

classify

381 297 TRUE truth truly

382 297 history

383 296 position positions

384 296 above

385 295 strong strength,

strengthen strongly

386 294 friend friendly,

friendship friends

387 293 necessary necessity, need necessarily, unnecessary

388 292 add adds, adding, added

389 292 court courts, courtyard

390 291 deal deals, dealt, dealer, dealing,

dealings

391 290 tax taxes, taxed, taxing

392 289 support supports, supporting, supported

393 286 party parties

394 286 whether

395 285 either

396 285 land landlord lands, landed, landing

397 285 material materials

398 285 happen happens, happened, happening

399 285 education educate, educational

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educator

400 284 death dead deaths, deathbed

401 284 agree disagree agrees, agreed, agreeing,

agreement

402 283 arm arms, armour, unarmed

403 282 mother motherhood,

motherly mothers

404 282 across

405 281 quite

406 281 anything

407 281 town towns

408 281 past pass

409 281 view views

410 281 society social societies

411 280 manage manages, managed, managing,

management, manager

412 280 answer answers, answering, answered

413 280 break breaks, broke, breaking, breakage

414 279 organise

organises, organising, organised,

organisation, organizes,

organized, organizing,

organization

415 277 half halve

416 276 fire fires, firing

417 276 lose loss loses, losing, lost

418 275 money

419 275 stop stops, stopped, stopping,

stoppage, stopper

420 275 actual actually

421 274 already

422 274 effort

423 273 wait waiter waits, waited, waiting

424 273 department departments

425 273 able ability

426 272 political politician,

politics politically

427 271 learn learns, learned, learning

428 271 voice voices

429 269 air

430 269 together

431 269 shall should

432 269 cover covers, covered, covering

433 269 common commonly, uncommon,

commonsense

434 268 subject subjects

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435 266 draw draws

436 265 short shorten shortly, shortness

437 265 wife wives

438 265 treat treats, treated, treating

439 263 limit limits, limitation

440 262 road roads, roadside

441 262 letter letters

442 260 colour colours, colouring, color, colors,

coloring

443 260 behind

444 258 produce product,

production produces, produced, producing

445 258 send sends, sent, sending

446 258 term terms

447 257 total totals, totally

448 256 university universities

449 254 rise rises, rose, risen, rising

450 254 century centuries

451 253 success succeed successes

452 253 minute minutes

453 251 remember remembers, remembered,

remembering

454 250 purpose purposes

455 250 test testing, tests, tested

456 248 fight fights, fighter

457 247 watch watches, watched, watching,

watchful, watchfulness

458 247 situation situations

459 246 south

southeast, southeastern,

southern, southward, southwest,

southwestern

460 246 ago

461 245 difference different differences

462 245 stage stages

463 244 father fathers

464 243 table tables

465 242 rest rests, rested, resting

466 242 bear bears, bearing

467 240 entire entirely

468 240 market markets

469 240 prepare prepares, prepared, preparing,

preparation

470 240 explain explains, explained, explaining,

explanation

471 239 offer offers, offering, offered

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472 239 plant plants, planter

473 238 charge charges, charged, charging

474 238 ground grounds, groundwork

475 238 west western

476 237 picture pictures

477 237 hard harden hardness

478 234 front

479 233 lie liar lies, lied, lying

480 232 modern modernise

481 231 dark darken darkness

482 230 surface surfaces

483 230 rule ruled, rules, ruling

484 230 regard disregard regards, regarded, regarding,

regardless

485 229 dance dances, danced, dancing

486 229 peace peaceful

487 227 observe observes, observed, observing

488 227 future

489 227 wall walls

490 225 farm farms

491 225 claim claims, claimed, claiming

492 225 firm firmly, firmness

493 223 operation operate,

operator operations

494 223 further

495 223 pressure press pressures, pressured, pressuring

496 222 property

497 222 morning mornings

498 222 amount

499 221 top

500 221 outside out, outline,

outward

501 221 piece pieces

502 221 sometimes

503 220 beauty beautiful, beautifully

504 220 trade trades, trading, trader, tradesman

505 220 fear fears, feared, fearful, fearless

506 220 demand demands, demanded, demanding

507 220 wonder wonders, wondered, wondering,

wonderful, wonderfully

508 219 list lists

509 219 accept accepts, accepted, accepting

510 218 judge judges, judgment

511 218 paint paints, painted, painter, painters

512 217 mile miles, mileage, milestone

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513 217 soon sooner

514 215 responsible responsibility

515 214 allow allowance allows, allowed, allowing

516 214 secretary secretaries

517 214 heart hearts

518 213 union unit, unite,

unity unions

519 213 slow slowly, slowness

520 213 island islands

521 213 enter entrance enters, entered, entering

522 213 drink drinks, drunk, drank, drinking

523 212 story stories

524 211 experiment experiments, experimental,

experimentally

525 211 stay stays, stayed, staying

526 210 paper

527 210 space spaced, spacing, spaces

528 210 apply application applies, applied, applying

529 209 decide decision,

decisive

decides, deciding, decided,

decidedly

530 208 share shares, shared, sharing

531 207 desire desires, desiring, desired

532 207 spend spends, spent, spending

533 207 sign signal,

signature signs

534 206 therefore

535 206 various variety variously

536 206 visit visitor visits, visiting

537 205 supply supplies, supplying, supplied

538 205 officer office, official officers

539 205 doubt doubts, doubted, doubting,

doubtful, doubtless

540 204 private

541 204 immediate immediately

542 204 wish wishes, wished, wishing

543 204 contain contains, contained, containing,

container

544 204 feed feeds, fed, feeding

545 204 raise raises, raised, raising

546 204 describe description described, describes, describing

547 203 ready

548 203 horse horses, horseback, horseman,

horseshoe

549 202 son sons

550 202 exist existence exists, existed, existing

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551 202 north northern northeast, northwest, northwards

552 201 suggest suggestion suggests, suggested, suggesting

553 200 station stations

554 200 effective effect effectively

555 199 food

556 199 deep deepen, depth deeply

557 198 wide widen, width

558 197 alone

559 196 character characters

560 195 english

561 196 happy happily

562 196 critic critics, critical

563 195 unit union, unite,

unity units

564 195 product produce,

production products

565 195 respect disrespect respects, respected, respecting,

respectful

566 195 drop drops, dropped, dropping

567 195 nor

568 195 fill fills, filled, filling

569 194 cold coldly, coldness

570 193 represent representative represents, represented,

representing

571 193 sudden suddenly

572 192 basic base, basis

573 192 kill kills, killed, killing

574 191 fine finely, fineness

575 191 trouble troubles, troubled, troublesome

576 191 mark marks, marked, marking

577 191 single singly

578 190 press pressure

579 189 heavy heavily

580 189 attempt attempts

581 189 origin original, originality, originally

582 189 standard standards, standardise

583 188 everything

every,

everyday,

everyone,

everybody,

everywhere

584 188 committee committees

585 188 moral immoral, immorality, morality,

morally

586 187 black

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587 186 red redden

588 186 bad badly, badness

589 186 earth earthly, earthworm, earthy

590 185 accord

591 185 else elsewhere

592 185 mere merely

593 184 die dies, died, dying

594 184 remark remarks, remarked, remarking

595 184 basis base, basic

596 184 except exception excepting

597 183 equal equally, equality

598 183 east

599 183 event eventful, uneventful

600 183 employ employee

employs, employing, employed,

unemployed, employer,

employers, employment

601 183 defence defend,

defendant defense

602 183 smile smiles, smiled, smiling

603 183 river rivers

604 183 improve improves, improved, improving,

improvement, improvements

605 182 game games

606 181 detail details, detailed

607 181 account accounts, accounted, accounting

608 181 cent cents

609 181 sort

610 180 reduce reduction reduces, reduced, reducing

611 180 club clubs

612 180 buy buys, buying, bought

613 180 attention attend,

attentive

614 180 ship ships, shipbuilding, shipment,

shipper, shipwreck

615 179 decision decide, decisive decisions

616 178 wear wears, wore, worn

617 178 inside

618 178 win wins, won, winning

619 178 suppose

620 178 ride rides, riding, rode

621 177 operate operation,

operator operates, operated, operating

622 177 realise real

realises, realised, realising,

realisation, realize, realizes,

realized, realizing, realization

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623 177 sale salesman sales

624 177 choose choice chooses, chose, chosen, choosing

625 177 park parks

626 177 square

627 176 vote votes, voted, voting, voter

628 176 price prices

629 176 district districts

630 175 dead death

631 175 foreign foreigner

632 175 window windows

633 175 beyond

634 174 direction direct, director directions

635 174 strike strikes, struck, striking

636 174 instead

637 173 trial try trials

638 173 practice practical practise, practises, practised,

practising

639 173 catch catches

640 172 opportunity opportunities

641 172 likely like unlikely

642 170 recognise recognition

recognises, recognised,

recognising, recognize,

recognizing, recognized

643 170 permit permission permits, permitted, permitting

644 170 serious seriously

645 170 attack attacks

646 170 floor floors

647 168 association associations

648 168 spring springs, sprang, sprung

649 167 lot

650 167 stock stocks

651 167 lack lacks, lacked, lacking

652 167 hair

653 167 science scientific,

scientist sciences

654 166 relation relate, relative relations

655 166 profession professions, professional

656 166 pattern patterns

657 165 quick quickly, quickness

658 164 medical medicine medicals, medically

659 165 influence influential influences, influenced, influencing

660 165 occasion occasions, occasional, occasionally

661 165 machine machinery machines

662 164 compare comparison compares, compared, comparing

663 163 husband

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664 163 blue

665 163 international nation

666 162 fair unfair, fairly, unfairly

667 162 especially especial

668 162 indeed

669 162 imagine imaginary,

imaginative

imagines, imagined, imagining,

imagination

670 162 surprise surprises, surprising, surprisingly

671 162 average

672 161 official office, officer officials, officially

673 161 temperature

674 161 difficult difficulty

675 160 sing song sings, sang, sung, singer, singers

676 160 hit hits

677 160 tree trees

678 160 race races

679 160 police policeman

680 160 touch touches, touched, touching

681 159 relative relate, relation relatives

682 159 throw throws, thrown, threw, throwing

683 159 quality qualities

684 159 former formerly

685 158 pull pulls, pulled, pulling

686 157 chance chances

687 157 prove proof proves, proved, proving

688 157 argue argues, argued, arguing,

argument, arguments

689 157 settle settled, settles, settling,

settlement, settler

690 156 growth grow growths

691 156 date dates

692 156 heat heating

693 155 save safe, safety saves, saving, saved

694 155 performance perform performances

695 155 count counts, counting, counted

696 155 production produce,

product

697 154 listen listened, listens, listening, listener

698 152 main mainly, mainland

699 154 pick picked, picks, picking, peck

700 154 size sizes

701 152 cool coolly, coolness

702 152 army armies

703 152 patient patience patients, patiently

704 151 combine combines, combining, combined,

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combination

705 151 summer

706 151 hall halls

707 151 slight slightly

708 151 command commands

709 151 enjoy enjoys, enjoyed, enjoying,

enjoyable, enjoyment

710 151 length lengthen

711 150 proper properly, improper, improperly

712 150 express expression expresses, expressed, expressing

713 150 health heal healthy

714 150 chief chiefly

715 149 evening

716 149 store stores, stored, storing

717 149 language languages

718 148 degree degrees

719 148 lay lays, laid

720 147 current currents

721 147 gun guns, gunboat, gunner,

gunpowder

722 147 dog dogs

723 147 hotel hotels

724 147 strange strangely, strangeness, stranger

725 147 separate separation separately

726 146 boat boats

727 146 fail failure fails, failed, failing

728 146 clean cleanly, cleanness

729 146 dress dresses

730 146 anyone

731 146 gain gains, gained, gaining

732 146 pain pains, painful, painfully

733 145 object objection objects, objected, objecting

734 145 knowledge know

735 145 depend dependence,

dependent

depends, depended, depending,

dependant

736 145 relate relation,

relative relates, related, relating

737 145 below

738 144 dollar dollars

739 144 advance advanced

740 144 shape shapes, shaped, shaping,

shapeless

741 144 arrange arranges, arranged, arranging,

arrangement, arrangements

742 144 population

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743 144 yes

744 144 sell sells, sold, selling, seller

745 144 mention mentioned, mentions, mentioning

746 144 dry dryly, dryness

747 144 check checks, checked, checking

748 144 poet poets, poetry, poetic

749 143 sleep sleeps, slept, sleeping, sleepless,

sleepiness

750 143 join joint joins, joined

751 143 hot hotly

752 143 bed bedroom beds, bedding

753 143 electric electrician electricity

754 143 dream dreams, dreamy

755 142 due

756 142 season seasons

757 142 manner manners

758 142 fit fits, fitting, fitness

759 142 left

760 141 progress progresses, progressed

761 141 neither

762 141 strength strengthen,

strong

763 140 notice notices, noticed, noticing,

noticeable

764 140 finish finishes, finished, finishing

765 140 opinion opinions

766 140 bill bills

767 140 western west westerns

768 140 truth TRUE truthful, truthfulness

769 138 wrong wrongly

770 138 travel travels, travelled, travelling

771 138 suit suits, suited

772 137 bank banks

773 137 exact exactly

774 137 honour honourable, dishonour,

dishonourable

775 137 brother brothers

776 136 quiet quieten, quietly, quietness

777 136 marry marriage marries, marrying, married

778 136 corner corners

779 135 handle

hand,

handkerchief,

handshake,

handwriting

handles

780 135 danger dangerous

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781 135 hospital hospitals

782 135 pool pools

783 135 promise promised

784 135 blood bleed

785 135 shoot shot, shoots, shooting

786 135 scene scenery scenes

787 134 literature literary

788 134 arrive arrived, arrives, arriving, arrival

789 134 film films

790 133 base basic, basis bases, based, basing

791 133 freedom free

792 133 bar bars

793 133 maybe

794 133 hang hangs, hanged, hung, hanging

795 133 suffer suffers, suffering, sufferer

796 133 manufacture manufactures

797 132 frequent frequency

798 132 rock rocks, rocked, rocking

799 132 loss lose losses

800 131 burn burns, burned, burnt, burning

801 131 sun

suns, sunbeam, sunburnt,

sunlight, sunny, sunrise, sunset,

sunshine

802 131 audience audiences

803 130 essential essence essentially

804 130 glass glasses, glassy

805 130 prevent prevention prevents, preventing, preventive

806 130 poem poems

807 130 poor poverty

808 130 inch inches

809 129 song sing songs

810 129 skill skills, skilled, skilful, skilfully

811 129 post postage, postal, postman,

postmaster

812 129 popular popularly, popularity

813 129 radio radios

814 129 animal animals

815 128 conscious consciousness, unconscious,

unconsciously, unconsciousness

816 128 worth worthless, worthwhile

817 128 eat eats, ate, eaten, eating

818 128 election elect elections, electorate

819 128 faith faiths, faithful, faithfully

820 128 wave waves, waved, waving, wavy

821 128 murder

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822 128 model models

823 128 forget forgets, forgot, forgetting,

forgotten, forgetful, forgetfulness

824 127 extend

extension,

extensive,

extent

extends, extended, extending

825 127 edge

826 127 distance distant distances

827 127 memory memorial, memorise

828 127 recommend recommends, recommended,

recommending, recommendation

829 126 division divide divisions

830 126 staff

831 126 leg legs

832 126 discussion discuss discussions

833 126 address addresses

834 126 fly flies, flew, flying

835 125 dependent depend,

dependence dependents

836 125 ball balls

837 125 shake shakes, shaken, shaking

838 125 frame framework frames

839 125 extreme extremes, extremely

840 124 engineer engine engineers, engineering

841 124 thick thicken thickly, thickness

842 124 comfort discomfort comforting, comfortable,

uncomfortable

843 124 latter

844 124 camp camps, camped, camping

845 124 oil oily

846 124 discover discovery discovers, discovering, discovered,

discoverer

847 124 examine examines, examined, examining,

examination, examinations

848 123 difficulty difficult difficulties

849 123 tooth teeth

850 123 middle

851 123 choice choose choices

852 123 refer reference referring, referred, refers

853 123 enemy enemies

854 123 practical practice practically

855 122 marriage marry marriages

856 122 bridge bridges

857 122 declare declares, declared, declaring,

declaration

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858 122 lady ladies

859 122 cross crosses, crossing, crossings

860 122 daily day, daylight

861 122 afternoon afternoons

862 121 attend attention,

attentive attends, attended, attending

863 121 director direct,

direction directors

864 121 balance balances, balancing, balanced

865 121 wash washes, washed, washing

866 121 capital capitals

867 120 speed

868 120 block blocks

869 120 citizen city citizens

870 119 mouth mouths, mouthful

871 119 hill hills, hillside, hilly

872 118 green

873 118 please pleasant,

pleasure pleases, pleased, pleasing

874 118 motor motors

875 118 agency agent agencies

876 118 encourage courage encourages, encouraged,

encouraging, encouragement

877 118 governor govern governors

878 117 worry worrying, worries, worried

879 117 affair affairs

880 117 shoulder shoulders

881 117 bright brighten

882 116 mass

883 116 sample samples

884 116 pretty prettily, prettiness

885 116 repeat repetition repeats, repeated, repeating

886 115 roll rolls, rolled, rolling, roller

887 115 push pushed, pushing, pushes

888 115 trip trips

889 115 council councils

890 115 clothe cloth clothes, clothing

891 115 parent parents, parental

892 115 forward forwards

893 114 sharp sharpen sharply

894 114 straight straighten

895 113 gas gases

896 113 weight weigh weights

897 113 discuss discussion discusses, discussed, discussing

898 113 fix fixes, fixed, fixing

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899 113 load

900 112 master

masters, mastered, mastering,

masterful, masterly, masterpiece,

mastery

901 112 whatever what

902 112 round roundabout

903 112 rapid rapidly, rapidity

904 112 laugh laughter laughs, laughed, laughing,

laughable

905 111 finger fingers

906 111 spot spots, spotted, spotless

907 110 propose proposes, proposed, proposing

908 110 shop shops, shopkeeper, shopkeeping

909 110 broad breadth,

broadcast

910 110 replace replaces, replaced, replacing,

irreplaceable

911 110 reply replies, replied, replying

912 110 extent

extend,

extensive,

extension

extents

913 109 lock locks, locked, locking, unlock

914 109 employee employ employees

915 109 ahead

916 109 sight

917 109 spread spreads, spreading

918 109 wind winds, winding

919 109 approve disapprove approves, approved, approving,

approval

920 109 destroy destruction,

destructive destroys, destroyed, destroying

921 108 none

922 108 pound pounds

923 108 fame famous

924 108 importance important

925 107 reflect reflection reflects, reflecting, reflected

926 107 advantage advantages

927 107 match matches

928 107 regular regularly, regularity, irregular,

irregularly, irregularity

929 107 wage wages

930 107 refuse refuses, refused, refusing, refusal

931 107 existence exist

932 106 hardly

933 106 perform performance performs, performed, performing,

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performer, performers

934 106 title titles

935 105 tend tends, tended, tending, tendency

936 105 exercise exercises, exercised

937 105 thin thinly, thinness

938 105 coat coats, overcoat

939 105 bit bite

940 105 mountain mountains, mount, mountainous

941 105 youth youths, youthful

942 104 behavior behave

943 104 newspaper new, news newspapers

944 104 secret secrecy secrets

945 104 ability able

946 104 sea seas, seaman, seaport

947 104 soft soften softness, softly

948 104 justice just

949 104 reasonable reason reasonableness, reasonably

950 104 circle circular circles

951 104 solid solidly

952 104 page pages

953 103 weapon weapons

954 103 fast

955 103 representative represent representatives

956 103 search searches, searched, searching

957 103 pure purely, purity, impure, impurity

958 103 escape escapes, escaped, escaping

959 102 crowd crowds

960 102 stick sticks, sticky

961 101 telephone telephones

962 101 avoid avoidance avoids, avoided, avoiding,

unavoidable, unavoidably

963 101 garden gardens, gardener

964 101 favour favor, favourable, favourably

965 101 news new,

newspaper

966 101 unless

967 100 dinner dine dinners

968 100 someone

969 100 signal sign, signature signals

970 100 yard yards

971 100 ideal

972 100 warm warmth warmly

973 100 miss misses, missed, missing

974 100 shelter

975 100 soldier soldiers

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976 99 article articles

977 99 cry cries, cried, crying

978 99 captain captains

979 99 familiar

980 99 seat seats

981 99 guest guests

982 98 weak weaken weakness

983 98 excite excites, excited, exciting,

excitement

984 98 king kingdom kings

985 98 everyone

every,

everyday,

everybody,

everything,

everywhere

986 98 wine wines

987 97 hole holes

988 97 duty

989 97 beat beats, beating

990 97 perfect perfection perfectly, imperfect, imperfectly

991 97 bottom bottoms

992 97 compose composition composes, composed, composing,

composer

993 97 battle battles

994 97 expense expensive expenses

995 97 cattle

996 96 flow overflow flows, flowing, flowed

997 95 kitchen kitchens

998 95 dust duster, dusty

999 95 bottle bottles

1000 94 admit admission admits, admitted, admitting

1001 94 tear tears, tore, torn, tearing

1002 94 tire tires, tiring, tired

1003 94 expression express expressions

1004 93 exception except exceptions

1005 93 application apply applications

1006 93 belong belongs, belonged, belonging

1007 93 rich riches

1008 93 failure fail failures

1009 93 struggle struggles

1010 93 instrument instruments, instrumental

1011 93 variety various

1012 93 narrow narrowly

1013 92 theatre theatrical theatres, theater, theaters

1014 92 collection collect, collections

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collector

1015 92 rain rains, rained, raining, rainy

1016 92 review reviews, reviewed, reviewing

1017 92 preserve preserves, preserved, preserving,

preservation

1018 92 leadership lead

1019 91 clay

1020 91 daughter daughters

1021 91 fellow fellowship fellows

1022 91 swing swings, swung, swinging

1023 91 thank thanks, thankful

1024 90 library librarian libraries

1025 90 fat fatten fatness, fatty

1026 90 reserve reserves, reserved, reserving

1027 89 tour tours, tourist

1028 89 nice nicely

1029 89 warn warns, warned, warning

1030 89 ring ringed

1031 89 bitter bitterness

1032 89 chair chairman chairs

1033 89 yesterday

1034 89 scientific science,

scientist scientifically

1035 88 flower flowers

1036 88 wheel wheels

1037 88 solution solve solutions

1038 88 aim aims, aimed, aiming, aimless

1039 88 gather gathers, gathered, gathering

1040 88 invite invited, invites, inviting, invitation

1041 88 moreover more

1042 88 fresh

1043 88 forest forests

1044 87 winter winters, wintry

1045 87 box boxes

1046 87 belief believe beliefs

1047 87 ordinary extraordinary ordinarily

1048 87 impossible possible impossibility

1049 87 print prints, printed, printing, printer

1050 87 grey gray

1051 87 taste tastes, tasted, tasting, tasteless

1052 87 lip lips

1053 87 speech speak speeches

1054 87 reference refer references, referenced,

referencing

1055 86 stain stains

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1056 86 connection connect connections, connexion,

connexions

1057 86 otherwise other

1058 86 stretch stretches, stretched, stretching

1059 86 knife knives

1060 86 village villages

1061 86 blow blows, blowing, blew

1062 85 mistake mistakes, unmistakably

1063 85 sweet sweeten sweetly

1064 85 shout shouts, shouted, shouting

1065 85 divide division divides, divided, dividing

1066 85 guard guards

1067 85 worse worsen

1068 85 exchange exchanges, exchanged,

exchanging

1069 85 rare rarely

1070 84 commercial commerce

1071 84 request requests

1072 84 appoint appoints, appointing, appointed,

appointment, appointments

1073 84 agent agency agents

1074 83 dependence depend,

dependent

1075 83 bird birds

1076 83 wild wildly

1077 83 motion

1078 83 guess guesses, guessing, guessed

1079 83 neighbour neighbourhood neighbours, neighbouring

1080 82 seed seeds

1081 82 fashion fashionable

1082 82 loan loans

1083 82 correct correction corrects, corrected, correcting,

correctly, incorrect

1084 81 plain plainly

1085 81 mail

1086 81 retire retires, retired, retiring,

retirement

1087 81 opposite oppose,

opposition opposites

1088 81 prefer preference prefers, preferred, preferring,

preferable, preferably

1089 81 safe safety, save

1090 81 evil

1091 81 double

1092 81 wood wooden woods, wooded

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1093 80 empty

1094 80 baby babies

1095 80 advise advice advises, advised, advising

1096 80 content discontent contented

1097 80 sport sports, sporting, sportsman

1098 80 lift lifts

1099 80 literary literature

1100 80 curious curiously, curiosity

1101 80 tie ties, tied, tying

1102 80 flat flatten

1103 80 message messenger messages

1104 80 neck necks, necklace, necktie

1105 79 hate hates, hated, hating, hateful

1106 79 dirt dirty

1107 79 delight delightful, delightfully

1108 79 trust trusts, trusted, trusting, entrust,

trustee

1109 79 nobody no, nowhere

1110 79 valley valleys

1111 79 tool tools

1112 78 presence present

1113 78 cook cooks, cooked, cooking, cookery

1114 78 railroad rail railroads

1115 78 minister ministers

1116 78 coffee

1117 78 brush brushes

1118 78 beside besides

1119 78 collect collection,

collector collects, collected, collecting

1120 77 guide guides

1121 77 luck unlucky, unluckily

1122 77 profit

1123 77 lord lords

1124 77 everybody

every,

everyday,

everyone,

everything,

everywhere

1125 77 prison prisons, prisoner, imprison

1126 77 cloud clouds, cloudy

1127 77 slave slavery slaves

1128 77 chairman chair chairperson, chairwoman

1129 76 soil

1130 76 distinguish distinguishes, distinguishing,

distinguished

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1131 76 introduce introduction introduces, introduced,

introducing

1132 76 urge urges, urged, urging

1133 76 blind blinds, blinded, blinding

1134 75 arise arises, arose, arising

1135 75 upper uppermost

1136 75 curve curves, curving, curved

1137 75 membership member

1138 75 key keys

1139 75 entertain entertains, entertained,

entertaining, entertainment

1140 75 soul souls

1141 75 neighbourhood neighbour neighbourhoods

1142 74 friendly friend,

friendship

1143 74 pair pairs

1144 74 stone stones

1145 74 lean leans, leaned, leant, leaning

1146 74 protect protection protects, protected, protecting

1147 74 advertise advertises, advertised,

advertising, advertisement

1148 74 mystery mysterious

1149 73 welcome welcomes, welcomed, welcoming

1150 73 knee kneel knees

1151 73 jump jumps, jumped, jumping

1152 73 snake snakes

1153 73 stream streams

1154 73 avenue avenues

1155 73 brown

1156 73 disease diseases, diseased

1157 73 hat hats

1158 73 excellent excellence excellently

1159 72 formal formally, formality

1160 72 snow snowy

1161 72 sheet sheets

1162 72 somehow

1163 72 unity union, unite,

unit

1164 72 sky skies

1165 72 rough roughly, roughness

1166 72 smooth smoothly, smoothness

1167 72 weather

1168 72 steady steadily

1169 72 threaten threat threatens, threatening,

threatened

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1170 72 depth deep, deepen

1171 71 oppose opposite,

opposition opposes, opposed, opposing

1172 71 deliver delivery delivers, delivering, delivered

1173 71 ancient

1174 71 pray prays, prayed, praying, prayer

1175 71 adopt adoption adopts, adopted, adopting

1176 71 birth

1177 71 appearance appear,

disappear appearances

1178 71 universe universal

1179 71 busy busily

1180 71 hurry hurries, hurried, hurrying

1181 71 coast coasts

1182 71 forth

1183 70 smell smells, smelled, smelling

1184 70 furnish furniture furnishes, furnished, furnishing

1185 70 female females

1186 70 hide hides, hid, hiding

1187 70 wire wireless

1188 70 proposal proposals

1189 70 ought

1190 70 victory victories, victorious

1191 69 quarter quarters

1192 69 engine engineer engines

1193 69 customer custom

1194 69 waste wastes, wasted, wasting,

wasteful, wastefulness

1195 69 fool fools, foolish, foolishness

1196 69 intend intention intends, intended, intending

1197 69 intention intend intentional, intentionally,

intentions

1198 69 desk desks

1199 69 politics political,

politician

1200 69 passage passenger passages

1201 69 lawyer lawyers

1202 68 root roots

1203 68 climb climbed, climbs, climbing

1204 68 metal metals

1205 68 gradual gradually

1206 68 hunt hunts, hunting, hunted, hunter,

hunters

1207 68 protection protect

1208 68 satisfy satisfactory, satisfies, satisfied, satisfying

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satisfaction,

dissatisfaction,

dissatisfy

1209 68 roof roofs

1210 68 branch branches

1211 68 pleasure pleasant,

please displeasure

1212 68 witness witnesses

1213 68 loose loosen loosely

1214 67 nose noses

1215 67 mine mineral mines, miner

1216 67 band bands

1217 67 aside

1218 67 risk risks, risked, risking, risky

1219 67 tomorrow

1220 67 remind reminds, reminding, reminded

1221 67 ear ears

1222 67 fish fisherman

1223 67 shore shores

1224 66 operator operate,

operation operators

1225 66 civilize civilization

1226 66 being

1227 66 silent silently

1228 66 screen screens, screened, screening

1229 66 bind bound binds, binding

1230 66 earn earns, earned, earning, earnings

1231 66 pack package packs, packed, packing, packet

1232 66 colony colonies, colonist, colonise,

colonised, colonial

1233 66 besides beside

1234 66 slip slippery slips, slipped, slipping

1235 66 cousin cousins,

1236 66 scale scales

1237 66 relief relieve

1238 66 explore explores, explored, exploring

1239 66 stem stems

1240 65 brain brains

1241 65 musician music musicians

1242 65 defend defendant,

defence defends, defended, defending

1243 65 bend bends, bending, bent

1244 65 somebody

1245 65 shadow shade shadows, shadowy

1246 64 mix mixture mixes, mixed, mixing

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1247 64 smoke smokes, smoked, smoker, smoky

1248 64 description describe descriptions

1249 64 fruit

1250 64 guilt guilty, guiltless

1251 64 yield yields, yielding

1252 64 sensitive sense

1253 64 salt

1254 64 pale paleness

1255 64 sweep sweeps, swept, sweeping

1256 64 completion complete completions

1257 64 throat throats

1258 64 agriculture agricultural

1259 64 admire admires, admiring, admired,

admiration

1260 63 gentle gentleman gentleness, gently

1261 63 dozen

1262 63 particle part particles

1263 63 pleasant please,

pleasure unpleasant

1264 63 bay bays

1265 63 cup cups

1266 63 competition compete,

competitor competitions

1267 63 moon moonlight moons

1268 63 terrible terribly

1269 63 strip

1270 63 mechanic mechanism mechanics, mechanical,

mechanically

1271 63 shock shocks, shocked, shocking

1272 63 conversation conversational

1273 63 angle angles

1274 62 tall

1275 62 plenty plentiful

1276 62 star stars

1277 62 yellow yellowness

1278 62 sick sickness

1279 62 thorough thoroughly

1280 62 absolute absolutely

1281 62 succeed success succeeds, succeeded, succeeding,

successful, successfully

1282 61 surround surrounds, surrounded,

surrounding, surroundings

1283 61 proud pride proudly

1284 61 dear dearly

1285 61 card cards

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1286 61 lake lakes

1287 61 breath breathe

1288 61 afraid

1289 61 silence

1290 61 onto

1291 60 shoe shoes, shoed

1292 60 somewhere

1293 60 chain chains

1294 60 slide slides, slid, sliding

1295 60 copy copies, copying, copied

1296 60 machinery machine

1297 60 wake awake wakes, woke, waking

1298 60 severe

1299 60 pocket pockets

1300 60 bone bones

1301 59 honest honesty honestly

1302 59 freeze freezes, froze, freezing

1303 59 dictionary dictionaries

1304 59 calm calmly, calmness

1305 59 swim swims, swam, swum, swimming

1306 59 ice icy

1307 59 male males

1308 59 skin skins

1309 59 crack cracks, cracking, cracked

1310 59 rush rushes, rushed, rushing

1311 59 wet

1312 58 meat

1313 58 commerce commercial

1314 58 joint join joints, jointly

1315 58 gift give gifts

1316 58 host hosts, hostess

1317 58 suspect suspicion,

suspicious suspects, suspected, suspecting

1318 58 path paths

1319 58 uncle uncles

1320 58 afford affords, affording, afforded

1321 58 instant instantly

1322 58 satisfactory

satisfy,

satisfaction,

dissatisfaction,

dissatisfy

1323 58 height heighten, high,

highway

1324 58 track tracks, tracked, tracking

1325 58 confidence confident,

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confidential

1326 58 grass grassy

1327 57 suggestion suggest suggestions

1328 57 favourite favourites

1329 57 breakfast

1330 57 apart

1331 57 chest

1332 57 entrance enter entrances

1333 57 march marches, marching, marched

1334 57 sink sinks

1335 57 northern north northerly

1336 57 iron

1337 57 alive

1338 57 ill illness

1339 57 bag bags

1340 57 disturb disturbs, disturbed, disturbing,

disturbance

1341 57 native natives

1342 57 bedroom bed bedrooms

1343 57 violent violence violently

1344 57 beneath

1345 57 pause pauses

1346 57 tough

1347 56 substance substances

1348 56 threat threaten threats

1349 56 charm charms, charmed, charming

1350 56 absence absent

1351 56 factory factories

1352 56 spite

1353 56 meal meals

1354 56 universal universe universals

1355 56 accident accidents, accidental, accidentally

1356 56 highway height, high,

heighten highways

1357 56 sentence sentences

1358 56 liberty

1359 55 wise wisdom wisely

1360 55 noise noises, noisy

1361 55 discovery discover discoveries

1362 55 tube tubes

1363 55 flash flashes, flashed, flashing

1364 55 twist twists, twisted, twisting

1365 55 fence fences

1366 55 childhood child

1367 55 joy joyful

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1368 55 sister sisters

1369 54 sad sadden sadly, sadness

1370 54 efficiency efficient

1371 54 disappear appear,

appearance

disappears, disappeared,

disappearing

1372 54 defeat defeats, defeated, defeating

1373 54 extensive

extend,

extension,

extent

extensively

1374 54 rent rents, renting, rented

1375 54 comparison compare comparisons

1376 54 possess possession,

possessor possesses, possessed, possessing

1377 54 grace graceful

1378 54 flesh

1379 54 liquid

1380 54 scientist science,

scientific scientists

1381 54 ease eases, easing, eased

1382 53 heaven heavenly

1383 53 milk milky

1384 53 sympathy sympathetic sympathise, sympathises

1385 53 rank ranks

1386 53 restaurant restaurants

1387 53 frequency frequent frequencies

1388 53 angry anger

1389 53 shade shadow shades, shady

1390 53 accuse accuses, accused, accusing

1391 53 necessity necessary,

need necessities

1392 53 knock knocks, knocked, knocking

1393 53 loud loudly

1394 53 permanent permanently, impermanent

1395 53 row rows, rowed, rowing

1396 53 lovely love

1397 53 confuse confusion confuses, confused, confusing

1398 52 gold golden

1399 52 frighten fright frightens, frightened, frightening

1400 52 solve solution solves, solved, solving

1401 52 grave graves, gravestone

1402 52 salary salaries, salaried

1403 52 photograph photography photographic

1404 52 advice advise

1405 52 abroad

1406 51 wound wounds, wounding, wounded

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1407 51 virtue virtuous

1408 51 dare daring

1409 51 queen queens

1410 51 extra

1411 51 attract attraction,

attractive attracts, attracted, attracting

1412 50 numerous number

1413 50 pink

1414 50 gate gates, gateway

1415 50 expensive expense

1416 50 shut shuts, shutting

1417 50 chicken chickens

1418 50 forgive forgives, forgave, forgiveness

1419 50 holy holiness

1420 50 wooden wood

1421 49 prompt promptly, promptness

1422 49 crime criminal crimes

1423 49 sorry sorrow sorrowful, sorrowfully

1424 49 republic republics

1425 49 anger angry

1426 49 visitor visit visitors

1427 49 pile piles

1428 49 violence violent

1429 49 steel

1430 49 wing wings

1431 49 stair stairs, staircase

1432 49 partner partners

1433 49 delay delays, delayed, delaying

1434 49 gentleman gentle gentlemen

1435 48 pour pours, poured, pouring

1436 48 confusion confuse

1437 48 damage damaged

1438 48 kick kicks, kicked, kicking

1439 48 safety safe, save

1440 48 burst bursts

1441 48 network networks, networked, networking

1442 48 resistance resist

1443 48 screw screws, screwed, screwing

1444 48 pride proud

1445 48 till until

1446 47 hire hires, hired, hiring

1447 47 verb verbs

1448 47 preach preaches, preached, preaching,

preacher

1449 47 clerk clerks

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1450 47 everywhere

every,

everyday,

everyone,

everything,

everybody

1451 47 anyway

1452 47 fan fans

1453 47 connect connection connects, connecting, connected

1454 47 egg eggs

1455 47 efficient efficiency efficiently

1456 47 grain grains

1457 46 calculate calculation,

calculator calculates, calculated, calculating

1458 46 drag drags, dragged, dragging

1459 46 opposition oppose,

opposite

1460 46 worship worships, worshipped,

worshipping

1461 46 arrest arrested, arrests, arresting

1462 46 discipline disciplines

1463 46 string strings

1464 46 harbour harbours, harbor, harbors

1465 46 camera cameras

1466 46 mechanism mechanic mechanisms

1467 46 cow cows

1468 46 grand

1469 46 funny fun

1470 46 insurance insure

1471 46 reduction reduce reductions

1472 46 strict strictly

1473 46 lesson lessons

1474 46 tight tighten tightly

1475 45 sand sandbank, sandhill, sandy

1476 45 plate plates

1477 45 qualify qualification qualifies, qualified, qualifying

1478 45 elsewhere else

1479 45 mad madly, madman, madmen,

madness

1480 45 interference interfere

1481 45 pupil pupils

1482 45 fold folds, folded, folding

1483 45 royal royalty royals

1484 45 valuable value valuables

1485 45 whisper whispers, whispering, whispered

1486 45 anybody

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1487 45 hurt hurts, hurting

1488 45 excess excessive

1489 44 quantity quantities

1490 44 fun funny

1491 44 mud muddy

1492 44 extension

extend,

extensive,

extent

extensions

1493 44 recognition recognize

1494 44 kiss kisses, kissed, kissing

1495 44 crop crops

1496 44 sail sailor sails, sailed, sailing

1497 44 attractive attract,

attraction

1498 44 habit habits

1499 44 relieve relief relieves, relieved, relieving

1500 44 wisdom wise

1501 44 persuade persuasion persuades, persuaded, persuading

1502 43 certainty certain uncertainty

1503 43 cloth clothe cloths

1504 43 eager eagerly

1505 43 deserve deserves, deserved, deserving

1506 43 sympathetic sympathy sympathetically

1507 43 cure cures, cured, curing

1508 43 trap traps, trapped, trapping, trapper

1509 43 puzzle puzzles, puzzled, puzzling

1510 43 powder powdery

1511 43 raw rawness

1512 43 mankind man

1513 43 glad gladly

1514 43 blame blames, blamed, blaming

1515 43 whenever when

1516 43 anxiety anxious

1517 42 bus buses

1518 42 tremble trembles

1519 42 sacred sacrifice

1520 42 fortunate fortune fortunately

1521 42 glory glorious, gloriously

1522 42 golden gold

1523 42 neat neatly, neatness

1524 42 weekend week, weekday weekends

1525 42 treasury treasure

1526 42 overcome over, overflow overcomes, overcame,

overcoming

1527 42 cat cats

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1528 42 sacrifice sacred sacrifices

1529 42 complain complaint complains, complained,

complaining

1530 42 elect election elects, elected, electing

1531 41 roar roars, roared, roaring

1532 41 sake

1533 41 temple temples

1534 41 self selfish

1535 41 compete competition,

competitor competes, competed, competing

1536 41 nurse nursery nurses

1537 41 stuff

1538 41 stomach stomachs

1539 41 peculiar peculiarly

1540 41 repair repairs, repaired, repairing

1541 41 storm storms, stormy

1542 41 ton

1543 41 desert deserts, deserted

1544 41 allowance allow

1545 41 servant serve, service servants

1546 41 hunger hungry

1547 41 conscience

1548 41 bread

1549 41 crash crashes, crashed, crashing

1550 40 tip tips, tipped, tipping

1551 40 strengthen strength,

strong

strengthens, strengthened,

strengthening

1552 40 proof prove proofs

1553 40 generous generosity, generously

1554 40 sir

1555 40 tonight night

1556 40 whip whips

1557 40 tongue tongues

1558 40 mill mills, miller

1559 40 merchant merchants

1560 40 coal

1561 40 ruin ruins

1562 40 introduction introduce introductions

1563 40 courage encourage courageous

1564 40 actor actress actors

1565 40 belt belts

1566 39 stir stirs, stirred, stirring

1567 39 package pack

1568 39 punish punishes, punished, punishing,

punishment

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1569 39 reflection reflect reflections

1570 39 breathe breath breathing

1571 39 anywhere

1572 39 amuse amuses, amused, amusing,

amusement

1573 39 dull dullness

1574 39 fate

1575 39 net nets

1576 39 fellowship fellow fellowships

1577 39 fault faultless, faulty

1578 39 furniture furnish

1579 39 beam beams

1580 39 pencil pencils

1581 39 border borders

1582 39 disappoint disappoints, disappointed,

disappointing, disappointment

1583 38 flame flames, flaming

1584 38 joke jokes

1585 38 bless blesses, blessing, blessed

1586 38 corn

1587 38 shell shells

1588 38 tempt tempts, tempter, temptation

1589 38 supper suppers

1590 38 destruction destroy,

destructive

1591 38 dive dives, diving, diver

1592 38 anxious anxiety

1593 38 shine shines, shone, shining

1594 38 cheap cheaply

1595 38 dish dishes

1596 38 distant distance distantly

1597 38 greet greeting

1598 37 flood floods

1599 37 excuse excuses

1600 37 insect insects

1601 37 ocean oceans

1602 37 ceremony ceremonies, ceremonial,

ceremonious

1603 37 decrease decreases, decreased, decreasing

1604 37 prize prizes

1605 37 harm harmful, harmless

1606 37 insure insurance insures, insured, insuring

1607 37 verse verses

1608 37 pot pots

1609 37 sincere sincerely

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1610 36 cotton

1611 36 leaf leafless, leafy

1612 36 rub rubs, rubbed, rubbing

1613 36 medicine medical medicines

1614 36 stroke strokes

1615 36 bite bit bites

1616 36 lung lungs

1617 36 lonely loneliness

1618 36 admission admit admissions

1619 36 stupid stupidity, stupidly

1620 36 scratch scratches, scratched, scratching

1621 36 composition compose compositions

1622 36 broadcast breadth, broad

1623 36 drum drums

1624 36 resist resistance resists, resisting, resisted

1625 36 neglect neglects, neglected

1626 35 absent absence

1627 35 passenger passage passengers

1628 35 adventure adventures

1629 35 beg begs, begging, begged, beggar

1630 35 pipe pipes

1631 35 beard beards

1632 35 bold boldly

1633 35 meanwhile mean,

meantime

1634 35 devil devils

1635 35 cheer cheerful, cheerfully

1636 35 nut nuts

1637 35 split splits, splitting

1638 35 melt melts, melted, melting

1639 35 swear swears, swearing, swore, sworn

1640 35 sugar

1641 35 bury buries, buried, burying, burial

1642 35 wipe wipes, wiped, wiping

1643 35 faint faints, fainted, fainting, faintly,

faintness

1644 35 creature creatures

1645 35 tail tails

1646 35 wealth wealthy

1647 34 earnest

1648 34 translate translation,

translator translates, translated, translating

1649 34 suspicion suspect,

suspicious suspicions

1650 34 noble nobleman, nobleness, nobly

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1651 34 inquiry inquire inquiries

1652 34 journey journeys

1653 34 hesitate hesitation hesitates, hesitated, hesitating

1654 34 extraordinary ordinary extraordinarily

1655 34 borrow borrows, borrowed, borrowing

1656 34 owe owes, owed, owing

1657 34 funeral funerals

1658 34 ambition ambitious ambitions

1659 34 mixture mix mixtures

1660 34 slope slopes, sloped, sloping

1661 34 criminal crime criminals

1662 34 seldom

1663 34 map maps

1664 34 spin spins, spinning, spun

1665 34 praise praises, praised, praising

1666 34 spare

1667 33 plough ploughed, ploughs, ploughing,

plows, plowed, plowing

1668 33 telegraph

1669 33 barrel barrels

1670 33 straighten straight straightens, straightening,

straightened

1671 33 scarce scarcity, scarcely

1672 33 lunch lunches

1673 33 slavery slave

1674 33 creep creeps

1675 33 sweat

1676 33 gay gaiety gaily

1677 33 stiff stiffen stiffly, stiffness

1678 33 brave bravery bravely

1679 33 seize seizes, seized, seizing

1680 33 convenient convenience

1681 33 horizon horizontal horizons

1682 33 moderate moderation moderately

1683 33 complicate complication complicates, complicated,

complicating

1684 33 dig digs, dug, digging

1685 33 curse curses

1686 33 weigh weight weighs, weighed, weighing

1687 33 priest priests

1688 33 excessive excess excessively

1689 33 quarrel quarrels, quarrelled, quarrelling,

quarrelsome

1690 32 widow widower widows

1691 32 modest modesty modestly

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1692 32 dine dinner dines, dining

1693 32 politician political,

politics politicians

1694 32 custom customer

1695 32 educate education,

educator

educates, educating, educated,

uneducated

1696 32 salesman sale salesmen

1697 32 nail nails

1698 32 tap taps, tapped, tapping

1699 32 eastern easterly

1700 32 possession possess,

possessor possessions

1701 32 satisfaction

satisfy,

satisfactory,

dissatisfaction,

dissatisfy

1702 32 behave behavior behaves, behaved, behaving

1703 32 mercy merciful, merciless

1704 31 scatter scatters, scattered, scattering

1705 31 objection object objectionable

1706 31 silver silvery

1707 31 tent tents

1708 31 saddle saddles

1709 31 wrap wraps, wrapped, wrapping,

wrapper

1710 31 nest nests

1711 31 grind grinds, grindstone

1712 31 spell spells, spelled, spelling

1713 31 plaster

1714 31 arch arched, archway

1715 31 swell swells, swelled, swelling

1716 31 friendship friend, friendly friendships

1717 31 bath bathe baths

1718 30 bundle bundles

1719 30 grateful

1720 30 crown crowns

1721 30 boundary boundaries

1722 30 nowhere no, nobody

1723 30 asleep

1724 30 clock clocks, clockwork

1725 30 boil boils, boiled, boiling, boiler

1726 30 altogether

1727 30 lend lends, lent

1728 30 holiday holidays

1729 30 precious

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1730 30 wander wanders, wandered, wandering

1731 30 ugly

1732 30 reputation reputations

1733 30 ticket tickets

1734 30 pretend pretense pretends, pretending, pretended

1735 30 dismiss dismisses, dismissed, dismissing,

dismissal

1736 30 delicate delicately

1737 29 despair despairs, despaired, despairing

1738 29 awake wake awoke, awaking

1739 29 tea

1740 29 FALSE

1741 29 fortune fortunate fortunes

1742 29 cap caps

1743 29 thread threads

1744 29 haste hasten hasty, hastily

1745 29 bare

1746 29 shirt shirts

1747 29 bargain bargains

1748 28 leather

1749 28 rail railroad rails, railway

1750 28 butter

1751 28 dot dots

1752 28 inquire inquiry inquires, inquired, inquiring

1753 28 warmth warm

1754 28 decisive decide,

decision decisively

1755 28 vessel vessels

1756 28 pity

1757 28 steam steamer, steamship

1758 28 pin pins

1759 28 bound bind bounded, bounds

1760 28 companion companionship companions

1761 28 toe toes

1762 28 reward rewards, rewarded, rewarding

1763 28 forbid forbids, forbidden

1764 28 wherever where

1765 28 tower towers

1766 27 bathe bath bathed, bathes

1767 27 lodge lodges, lodging, lodged

1768 27 swallow swallowed, swallowing, swallows

1769 27 multiply multiplication multiplies, multiplied, multiplying

1770 27 bow bows, bowing, bowed

1771 27 kingdom king kingdoms

1772 27 garage garages

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1773 27 permission permit

1774 27 pump pumps, pumped, pumping

1775 27 prevention prevent

1776 27 urgent urgently

1777 27 aunt aunts

1778 27 zero

1779 27 idle idleness, idly

1780 27 fever fevers, feverish, feverishly

1781 27 christmas

1782 27 regret regrets, regretted, regretting

1783 26 jaw jaws

1784 26 soap soapy

1785 26 pronounce pronunciation pronounces, pronounced,

pronouncing, mispronounce

1786 26 empire empires

1787 26 bowl bowls

1788 26 outline out, outside,

outward

1789 26 organ organs

1790 26 imitation imitate

1791 26 caution cautious

1792 26 mineral mine minerals

1793 26 disagree agree disagrees, disagreed, disagreeing,

disagreement

1794 26 blade blades

1795 26 trick tricks

1796 26 treasure treasury treasurer, treasurers

1797 26 immense

1798 25 convenience convenient inconvenience, inconvenient

1799 25 disapprove approve disapproves, disapproved,

disapproving, disapproval

1800 25 destructive destroy,

destruction destructively

1801 25 fork forks

1802 25 noon

1803 25 ownership own

1804 25 tune tunes

1805 25 polish polishes, polished, polishing

1806 25 poison poisonous

1807 25 shame shames, shamed, shaming,

shameful, shameless

1808 25 loyalty loyal

1809 25 cottage cottages

1810 25 astonish astonishes, astonished,

astonishing, astonishment

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1811 25 shave shaves, shaved, shaving

1812 25 feather feathers

1813 25 sauce sauces

1814 25 lid lids

1815 25 debt debts

1816 25 fade fades, faded, fading

1817 25 confess confession confesses, confessed, confessing

1818 25 classification class, classify

1819 24 descend descendant,

descent descends, descended, descending

1820 24 cape capes

1821 24 mild mildly, mildness

1822 24 clever

1823 24 envelope envelopes

1824 24 invention invent,

inventor inventions

1825 24 sheep

1826 24 splendid splendidly

1827 24 stamp stamps

1828 24 float floats, floating, floated

1829 24 brick bricks

1830 24 rice

1831 24 businessman business,

businesslike

businessmen, businesswoman,

businesswomen

1832 24 backward back

1833 24 qualification qualify qualifications

1834 24 artificial

1835 24 attraction attract,

attractive

1836 24 lamp lamps

1837 24 curl curls, curling, curled, curly

1838 23 shower showers

1839 23 elder

1840 23 bunch bunches

1841 23 bell bells

1842 23 steer steers, steered, steering

1843 23 flavor

1844 23 spit spits, spat, spitting

1845 23 rob robs, robbed, robbing

1846 23 cream

1847 23 interrupt interruption interrupts, interrupted,

interrupting

1848 23 pen pens

1849 23 weave weaves, wove, woven

1850 23 orange oranges

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1851 23 rescue rescues, rescued, rescuing

1852 23 crush crushes, crushed, crushing

1853 23 humble humbly

1854 23 fancy fanciful

1855 23 decay decays, decaying, decayed

1856 23 polite politely, politeness

1857 23 tribe tribes

1858 22 bleed blood bleeds

1859 22 coin coins

1860 22 fond

1861 22 autumn

1862 22 classify class,

classification classified, classifying

1863 22 omit omits, omitted, omitting

1864 22 loyal loyalty

1865 22 needle needles

1866 22 lessen less lessens, lessened, lessening

1867 22 complaint complain complaints

1868 22 pad pads, padded, padding

1869 22 steep

1870 22 skirt skirts

1871 22 curtain curtains

1872 22 calculation calculate,

calculator

1873 22 laughter laugh

1874 22 solemn solemnly

1875 22 grease greasy

1876 22 interfere interference interferes, interfered, interfering

1877 22 explode explosion explodes, exploded, exploding

1878 22 fasten fastener

1879 21 flag flags

1880 21 resign resigned, resigns, resigning,

resignation

1881 21 postpone

1882 21 patience patient

1883 21 boast boasts, boasting, boasted,

boastful

1884 21 rope ropes

1885 21 envy envies, envied, envious

1886 21 aeroplane airplane, aeroplanes, airplanes

1887 21 rid rids

1888 21 shield shields, shielded, shielding

1889 21 veil veils

1890 21 kneel knee kneels, kneeled, kneeling

1891 21 tray trays

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1892 21 explosive explosively

1893 21 brass

1894 21 taxi taxis

1895 21 wax

1896 21 duck ducks

1897 21 button buttons, buttoned, buttoning,

unbutton

1898 21 invent invention,

inventor invents, invented, inventing

1899 20 remedy remedies

1900 20 bush bushes

1901 20 thunder

1902 20 weaken weak weakens, weakened, weakening

1903 20 poverty poor

1904 20 scrape scrapes, scraped, scraping

1905 20 arrow arrows

1906 20 tender tenderly, tenderness

1907 20 cruel cruelly, cruelty

1908 20 soften soft softens, softening, softened

1909 20 mouse mice

1910 20 hay

1911 20 anyhow

1912 20 alike

1913 20 circular circle

1914 20 juice juicy

1915 20 shelf shelves

1916 20 bake bakes, baked, baking

1917 20 hatred

1918 20 cautious caution cautiously

1919 19 basket baskets

1920 19 wreck wrecked, wrecking, wreckage

1921 19 width wide, widen

1922 19 confident confidence,

confidential confidents

1923 19 log logs

1924 19 heap heaps

1925 19 suck sucks, sucked, sucking

1926 19 ladder ladders

1927 19 gap gaps

1928 19 obey obedience,

obedient obeyed, obeys, obeying

1929 19 hut huts

1930 19 axe axes

1931 19 translation translate,

translator translations

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1932 19 collar collars

1933 19 delivery deliver deliveries

1934 19 reproduce reproduction reproduces, reproduced,

reproducing

1935 19 confession confess confessions

1936 19 pan pans

1937 19 prejudice prejudiced, unprejudiced

1938 19 voyage voyages

1939 19 tobacco

1940 18 simplicity simple

1941 18 paste pastes, pasted, pasting

1942 18 cake cakes

1943 18 elephant elephants

1944 18 ribbon ribbons

1945 18 harvest

1946 18 ashamed

1947 18 cave caves

1948 18 customary

1949 18 thief thieves

1950 18 damp

1951 18 sew sews, sewing, sewn

1952 18 rust rusty

1953 18 separation separate separations

1954 18 waiter wait waiters, waitress, waitresses

1955 18 pet pets

1956 18 straw straws

1957 18 upset upsets, upsetting

1958 18 towel towels

1959 18 refresh refreshing, refreshed, refreshes,

refreshment, refreshments

1960 17 essence essential

1961 17 fur

1962 17 ambitious ambition

1963 17 defendant defend,

defence defendants

1964 17 daylight daily, day

1965 17 dip dips, dipped, dipping

1966 17 suspicious suspect,

suspicion suspiciously

1967 17 imaginary imaginative,

imagine

1968 17 ash

1969 17 carriage carriages

1970 17 educator educate,

education educators

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1971 17 saw saws, sawed, sawn, sawdust,

sawmill

1972 17 stove stoves

1973 17 rubber

1974 17 rug rugs

1975 17 misery miserable

1976 17 awkward awkwardly, awkwardness

1977 17 rival rivalry rivals

1978 16 roast roasting, roasted

1979 16 deed deeds

1980 16 preference prefer preferences

1981 16 explosion explode explosions

1982 16 theatrical theatre theatrically

1983 16 cultivate cultivation,

cultivator cultivates, cultivating, cultivated

1984 16 collector collect,

collection collectors

1985 16 miserable misery miserably

1986 16 wrist wrists

1987 16 rabbit rabbits

1988 16 accustom

1989 16 tide tides, tidal

1990 16 insult insults, insulted, insulting

1991 16 thumb thumbs

1992 16 lump lumps

1993 16 annoy annoyance annoyed, annoys, annoying

1994 16 toy toys

1995 16 heal health heals, healed, healing

1996 16 shallow shallowness

1997 16 repetition repeat repetitions

1998 16 soup

1999 15 whistle whistles, whistling

2000 15 scenery scene

2001 15 apple apples

2002 15 offence offend offense

2003 15 cork corkscrew

2004 15 ripe ripen

2005 15 temper

2006 15 sore

2007 15 pinch pinches

2008 15 diamond diamonds

2009 15 razor razors

2010 15 imaginative imaginary,

imagine imaginatively

2011 15 hook hooks

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2012 15 copper

2013 15 landlord land landlords

2014 14 influential influence influentially

2015 14 rot rots, rotted, rotting

2016 14 hollow hollows

2017 14 enclose enclosure encloses, enclosed, enclosing

2018 14 harden hard hardens, hardened, hardening

2019 14 wicked wickedly, wickedness

2020 14 stiffen stiff stiffens, stiffening, stiffened

2021 14 silk silkworm, silky

2022 14 upright

2023 14 selfish self

2024 14 stripe striped

2025 14 pig pigs

2026 14 inward inwards, inwardly

2027 14 excellence excellent

2028 14 rake rakes, raking, raked

2029 14 purple

2030 14 hasten haste hastens, hastened, hastening

2031 14 shorten short shortens, shortened, shortening

2032 14 applause applaud

2033 14 ache aches

2034 14 apology apologies

2035 14 knot knots

2036 14 nephew nephews

2037 14 cushion cushions, cushioned

2038 14 drown drowns, drowning, drowned

2039 14 nursery nurse nurseries

2040 14 pint pints

2041 14 fierce fiercely

2042 13 imitate imitation imitates, imitated, imitating

2043 13 aloud

2044 13 gaiety gay

2045 13 robbery robberies

2046 13 tighten tight tightens, tightened, tightening

2047 13 perfection perfect imperfection

2048 13 scorn scornful

2049 13 whoever who, whom

2050 13 trunk trunks

2051 13 wool woolen woollen, woolly

2052 13 sailor sail sailors

2053 13 competitor compete,

competition competitors

2054 13 moonlight moon

2055 13 deer

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2056 13 bean beans

2057 13 everyday

every,

everybody,

everyone,

everything,

everywhere

2058 13 drawer drawers

2059 13 disregard regard disregards, disregarded,

disregarding

2060 12 nowadays now

2061 12 patriotic

2062 12 tin tins, tinned

2063 12 penny pennyworth

2064 12 cage cages

2065 12 pardon pardoned, pardons, pardoning,

unpardonable

2066 12 lately late

2067 12 offend offence offends, offended, offending

2068 12 coarse

2069 12 spoil spoils, spoilt, spoiling

2070 12 horizontal horizon horizontally

2071 12 sting stings, stung

2072 12 ditch ditches

2073 12 librarian library librarians

2074 12 meantime mean,

meanwhile

2075 12 cough coughs, coughed, coughing

2076 12 deaf deafen

2077 12 sword swords

2078 12 messenger message messengers

2079 12 vain vainly

2080 12 castle castles

2081 12 elastic elasticity

2082 12 comb combs

2083 12 rod rods

2084 11 widen wide, width widens, widened, widening

2085 11 sorrow sorry

2086 11 inventor invent,

invention inventors

2087 11 cliff cliffs

2088 11 umbrella umbrellas

2089 11 interruption interrupt interruptions

2090 11 merry merrily

2091 11 gallon gallons

2092 11 conquest conquer, conquests

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conqueror

2093 11 headache head,

headdress headaches

2094 11 tailor tailors

2095 11 bucket buckets

2096 11 scent

2097 11 signature sign, signal signatures

2098 11 cart carts

2099 11 darken dark darkens, darkened, darkening

2100 11 sometime

2101 11 applaud applause applauds, applauding, applauded

2102 11 underneath under

2103 11 hello

2104 11 pretence pretend pretences, pretense, pretenses

2105 11 descent descend,

descendant descents

2106 11 conquer conqueror,

conquest conquers, conquered, conquering

2107 11 framework frame frameworks

2108 11 confidential confidence,

confident confidentially

2109 11 adoption adopt adoptions

2110 11 disgust disgusts, disgusted, disgusting

2111 11 waist waists, waistcoat

2112 11 momentary moment momentarily

2113 11 receipt receive receipts

2114 10 pearl pearls

2115 10 ray rays

2116 10 lazy

2117 10 limb limbs

2118 10 grammatical grammar

2119 10 beast beasts

2120 10 monkey monkeys

2121 10 jewel jewels

2122 10 persuasion persuade

2123 10 obedience obedient, obey

2124 10 sock socks

2125 10 vowel vowels

2126 10 hammer hammers, hammered, hammering

2127 10 inn

2128 10 chimney chimneys

2129 10 dissatisfaction dissatisfy

2130 10 annoyance annoy

2131 10 ornament ornaments

2132 10 honesty honest

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2133 10 outward out, outside,

outline

2134 10 sharpen sharp sharpens, sharpening, sharpened

2135 10 handkerchief

hand, handle,

handshake,

handwriting

handkerchiefs

2136 9 greed greedy, greedily

2137 9 heavenly heaven

2138 9 thirst thirsty

2139 9 niece nieces

2140 9 spill spills, spilling

2141 9 loaf loaves

2142 9 wheat

2143 9 worm worms

2144 9 secrecy secret

2145 9 rude rudely, rudeness

2146 9 heighten height, high,

highway

heightens, heightened,

heightening

2147 9 flatten flat

2148 9 loosen loose loosens, loosened, loosening

2149 9 cheese

2150 9 rivalry rival rivalries

2151 9 royalty royal royalties

2152 9 discontent content discontented

2153 9 complication complicate complications

2154 9 fright frighten

2155 9 indoor indoors

2156 9 flour

2157 9 actress actor actresses

2158 8 congratulation congratulate congratulations

2159 8 ounce ounces

2160 8 fry fries, fried, frying

2161 8 everlasting ever

2162 8 goat goats

2163 8 ink inky

2164 8 disappearance appear,

disappear disappearances

2165 8 reproduction reproduce

2166 8 thicken thick thickens, thickening, thickened

2167 8 avoidance avoid

2168 8 spoon spoons, spoonful

2169 8 strap straps

2170 8 deceive deceit deceives, deceived, deceiving

2171 7 lengthen length

2172 7 revenge

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2173 7 correction correct corrections

2174 7 descendant descend,

descent descendants

2175 7 hesitation hesitate hesitations

2176 7 spade spades

2177 7 basin basins

2178 7 weed weeds

2179 7 omission omissions

2180 7 old-fashioned old

2181 7 bicycle bicycles

2182 7 breadth broad,

broadcast

2183 7 photography photograph photographs

2184 7 coward cowardice cowardly

2185 7 mat mats

2186 7 rejoice rejoices, rejoiced, rejoicing

2187 7 cheat cheats, cheated, cheating

2188 7 congratulate congratulation congratulates, congratulated,

congratulating

2189 7 discomfort comfort discomforts, discomforted,

discomforting

2190 7 enclosure enclose enclosures

2191 7 attentive attend,

attention attentively

2192 7 paw paws

2193 6 overflow over,

overcome, flow

overflows, overflowed,

overflowing

2194 6 dissatisfy dissatisfaction dissatisfies, dissatisfied,

dissatisfying

2195 6 multiplication multiply

2196 6 whichever which

2197 6 tidy tidies, tidied, tidying

2198 6 bribe bribery bribes, bribing, bribed

2199 6 mend mends, mended, mending

2200 6 stocking stockings

2201 6 feast feasts, feasting

2202 6 nuisance nuisances

2203 6 thorn thorns

2204 6 tame

2205 5 inclusive include inclusively

2206 5 homemade

home,

homecoming,

homework

2207 5 handwriting hand, handle,

handshake,

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handkerchief

2208 5 chalk

2209 5 sour

2210 5 slippery slip

2211 5 procession processions

2212 5 ripen ripe ripens, ripened, ripening

2213 5 jealous jealousy

2214 5 jealousy jealous

2215 5 liar lie

2216 5 homecoming

home,

homemade,

homework

homecomings

2217 5 barber barbers

2218 5 whiten white whitens, whitening, whitened

2219 5 berry berries

2220 5 lighten light lightens, lightened, lightening

2221 5 pigeon pigeons

2222 5 hinder hindrance hinders, hindered, hindering

2223 4 bravery brave

2224 4 baggage

2225 4 noun nouns

2226 4 amongst among

2227 4 grammar grammatical

2228 4 cultivation cultivate,

cultivator

2229 4 companionship companion

2230 4 rubbish

2231 4 modesty modest

2232 4 woolen wool

2233 4 deepen deep, depth deepens, deepened, deepening

2234 4 pastry pastries

2235 4 cupboard cupboards

2236 4 quart quarts, quarterly, headquarters

2237 4 canal canals

2238 4 notebook note notebooks

2239 4 deceit deceive deceits, deceitful

2240 3 parcel parcels

2241 3 brighten bright brightens, brightened

2242 3 moderation moderate

2243 3 punctual punctuality, punctually

2244 3 hurrah

2245 3 lipstick

2246 3 uppermost upper

2247 3 fatten fat fattens, fattened, fattening

2248 3 conqueror conquer, conquerors

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conquest

2249 2 hindrance hinder hindrances

2250 2 cowardice coward

2251 2 obedient obedience,

obey obediently

2252 2 saucer saucers

2253 2 madden maddens, maddened, maddening

2254 2 scold scolds, scolded, scolding

2255 2 weekday week, weekend weekdays

2256 2 rotten

2257 2 disrespect respect disrespects, disrespected,

disrespecting, disrespectful

2258 1 widower widow

2259 1 deafen deaf deafens, deafening, deafened

2260 1 donkey donkeys

2261 1 businesslike business,

businessman unbusinesslike

2262 1 motherhood mother,

motherly

2263 1 sadden sad saddens, saddened, saddening

2264 1 handshake

hand, handle,

handkerchief,

handwriting

handshakes

2265 1 calculator calculate,

calculation

2266 1 headdress head,

headache headdresses

2267 1 scissors

2268 1 translator translate,

translation

2269 1 possessor possess,

possession possessors

2270 1 shilling shillings

2271 1 redden red reddens, reddened, reddening

2272 1 motherly mother,

motherhood

2273 0 whose

2274 0 cultivator cultivate,

cultivation

2275 0 whom who, whoever

2276 0 homework

home,

homemade,

homecoming

2277 0 electrician electric electricians

2278 0 oar oars

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2279 0 bribery bribe

2280 0 sweeten sweet sweetens, sweetened, sweetening

2281 0 sow sows, sown, sowing

2282 0 pronunciation pronounce

2283 0 beak beaks

2284 0 plural