Page date 17 October 2011
aberration abrasion
absence presence
absolute obsolete		Vowel
absorb adsorb		"absorb" = draw in like a sponge. "adsorb" is a chemistry term = to attract gas molecules to a surface.
abundant abandoned
access excess excise
accessible excisable
account amount
acorn corn
acts causes
actress cateress
actual actually acutely
adapt adopt		Vowel
addicted dedicated deducted		Vowel
administered administrate		Vowel
administration demonstration
adultery idolatry
advance defence
adventures adventurous
adverse divers diverse		Diverse has two pronunciations "die-" and "div-"
adversity diversity		Diversity has two pronunciations "die-" and "div-"
affirmation confirmation
affranchise franchise
affronted confronted
afresh fresh
agent agency		See also gentleman/men/giant in DO List 2
airplane aeroplane		Vowel. "Aeroplane" used to be pronounced with an initial diphone
airworthy seaworthy		Note the vowel in "seaworthy" remains with its original word, and is not moved forward to the end of the stroke Ar
alcohol alkali alcoholate
algorithm logarithm		algorithm = a logical sequence of questions for a desired conclusion logarithm = mathematical term
aliment ailment element		"aliment" = nourishment
alive live		Vowel
alliance allowance		Vowel
allocation location election
alphabet lifeboat		Vowel
altitude latitude		Vowel. Outline for "longitude" here
amateur mature
amazing amusing		Vowel
analyst/annalist naturalist		Suggestion: for "annalist" you could use two stroke Ens, in a similar way that "immigrate" uses two strokes Ems (see "emigrate" DO List 2)
animal anomaly		Vowel
annotation notation		Position should be sufficient, but inserting dot vowel in "annotation" is helpful
announcement annunciation enunciation		The "m" in "-ment" is omitted. See also pronouncement and renouncement
annual only naturally
another neither
anterior interior		"Anterior" means preceding
anybody nobody		"Any" and "No" always need care wherever they occur – always put vowel on "No" (Except in the short form "nothing")
anxious incautious noxious		The K sound in "anxious" is very lightly sounded, therefore it is not shown in the outline
anyone no-one
anything nothing enough
apathetic pathetic		Vowel
apparently partly
apposite opposite		Vowel
appraise praise
approach bridge
appropriate proper
appropriation preparation
approximate proximate		Vowel
aptness badness pettiness		Similarly apt/bad/petty and aptly/badly. Apt and bad would be safer with the vowel inserted
artist artiste		Vowel
aspersion aspiration
atheism theism
attainment demand		"attainment" is a contraction
audit edit debt
auditor daughter debtor editor		Vowel
auditory dietary
available valuable voluble variable
avaricious voracious
aversion variation
avert avoid evade
avoidance confidence evidence
babyhood boyhood
badly bodily
baffle befall
bankruptcy penalty
balsam blossom
bearer borrower
beautiful delightful pitiful
beerhouse poorhouse		See also "poor pure" DO List3
beeswax biscuits
beside opposite
beware, be aware		"beware" is derived from "be wary"
bicycle bicyclette
birth/berth burial breath
bizarre obscure
brief, number of
British brutish
broadly particularly
burned/burnt brunette		Suggestion: use this outline for burned, but use stroke Tee instead of halving for "burnt" as it is a less frequent word. Burnt can be used as the past tense, but tends to be used more as an adjective.
callousness coalescence
camel chameleon
can could should
carrier courier
cause influence
caused cost influenced
cavalier caviller
cawing echoing
celery salary
censor/sensor censer censure		censor=examine,control sensor=sensing device censer=incense holder censure=disapprove
centre school
chevalier shoveller
chill chilly		Vowel. Chill is sometimes used as an adjective, in archaic writing or poetry
churning turning
city state
clever cultured
collapse eclipse
college knowledge
commandeer commander
commissionaire commissioner		Vowel
comparative operative
compatible computable pitiable
complacent complaisant		complacent = lazy, affable complaisant = courteous See also pleasing pleasant DO List3
concerning consisting
confident evident
consequently secondly
consider construe
considerate considered
consultation consolidation
contest test adjust
convulsion evolution violation
cornet coronet
corporal corporeal
costermonger extraordinary		costermonger = tradesman
creator creature curator
crevasse crevice		Vowel
cupboard keyboard		Vowel
cypress Cyprus		Vowel

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