rj, rjd.—­Merge, merged, charge, charged, urge, urged. rd.—­Card, cord, curd, herd, ford, ward, bird. rdz, rdst.—­Cards, card’st, herds, herd’st, cords, cord’st. rk.—­Bark, jerk, dirk, cork, lurk, work. rks, rkst.—­Barks, bark’st, lurks, lurk’st. rl.—­Marl, curl, whirl, pearl, whorl, snarl. rlz, rlst.—­Curls, curl’st, whirls, whirl’st, twirls, twirl’st. rld, rldst.—­ Curled, curl’d’st, whirled, whirl’d’st, snarled, snarl’d’st. rm.—­Arm, term, form, warm, storm, worm, sperm. rmz, rmst.—­Arms, arm’st, fbrms, form’st. rmd, rmdst.—­Armed, arm’d’st, formed, form’d’st. rn.—­Barn, warn, scorn, worn, earn, turn. rnz, rnst.—­Turns, turn’st, scorns, scorn’st. rnd, rndst.—­Turned, turn’d’st, scorned, scorn’d’st. rt.—­Dart, heart, pert, sort, girt, dirt, hurt. rts, rtst.—­Darts, dart’st, girts, girt’st, hurts, hurt’st. rch, rchd.—­Arch, arched, perch, perched.

sk.—­Ask, scab, skip, risk, skum, bask, husk. sks.—­Asks, tasks. risks, whisks, husks. skd, skst.—­Asked, ask’st, risked, risk’st, husked, husk’st. sp, sps.—­Gasp, gasps, rasp, rasps, crisp, crisps.

spd.—­Gasped, lisped, crisped, wisped, cusped. st, sts.—­Mast, masts, nest, nests, fist, fists. sw.—­Swim, swell, swill, swan, sweet, swing, swam. str.—­Strap, strip, strop, stress, strut, strife, strew.

tl.—­Rattle, nettle, whittle, bottle, hurtle, scuttle. tlz, tlst.—­Rattles, rattl’st, nettles, nettl’st. tld, tldst.—­Rattled, rattl’d’st, settled, settl’d’st. ts, tst.—­Bat, bat’st, bets, bet’st, pits, pit’st, dots, dot’st. tw.—­Twin, twirl, twice, tweed, twist, twelve, twain. tr.—­Trap, trip, trot, tress, truss, trash, try, truce, trice. vz, vst.—­Gives, giv’st, loves, lov’st, saves, sav’st.

zm, zmz.—­Chasm, chasms, prism, prisms. zl.—­Dazzle, frizzle, nozzle, puzzle. zlz, zld.—­Dazzles, dazzled, frizzles, frizzled. sht.—­Dashed, meshed, dished, rushed, washed. shr.—­Shrank, shred, shrill, shrunk, shrine, shroud, shrew. thd.—­Bathed, sheathed, soothed, smoothed, wreathed. thz, thzt.—­Bathes, Bath’st, sheathes, sheath’st.

ngz, ngst.—­Hangs, hang’st, brings, bring’st. ngd, ngdst.—­Hanged, hang’d’st., stringed, string’d’st. nks, nkst.—­Thanks, thank’st, thinks, think’st. nkd, nkdst.—­Thanked, thank’d’st, kinked, kink’d’st. dth, dths.—­Width, widths, breadth, breadths. kld, kldst.—­Circled, circl’d’st, darkle, darkl’d’st. kl, klz.—­Circle, circles, cycle, cycles. lj, ljd.—­Bilge, bilged, bulge, bulged, indulge, indulged. lb, lbz.—­Alb, albs, bulb, bulbs. lk, lks, lkst, lkdst.—­Milk, milks, milk’st, milk’d’st.

lm, lmz.—­Elm, elms, whelm, whelms, film, films. lp, lpd, lpst, lpdst.—­Help, helped, help’st, help’d’st. lv, lvz, lvd.—­Valve, valves, valved, delve, delves, delved. lch, lchd.—­Belch, belched, filch, filched, gulch, gulched. lth, lth —­Health, healths, tilth, tilth

mf, mfs.—­Nymph, nymphs, triumph, triumphs. gth, gths.—­Length, lengths, strength, strengths. rb, rbz, rbd, rbst, rbdst.—­Curb, curbs, curbed, curb’st, curb’d’st. rf, rfs, rfst, rfdst.—­Dwarf, dwarfs, dwarf’st, dwarf’d’st. rv, rvz, rvst, rvd, rvdst.—­Curve, curves, curv’st, curved, curv’d’st. rth, rths.—­Birth, births, girth, girths, hearth, hearths. rp, rps, rpd, rpst, rpdst.—­Harp, harps, harped, harp’st, harp’d’st. rs, rst.—­Nurse, nursed, verse, versed, course, coursed.