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Adjectives ending in y sorry, ready, only, necessary, military, likely, happy, easy, early 1000 Words with a certain ending
Words beginning with a vowel but don't use the "an" article user, use, usage, university, universe, unity, unit, union, uniform 145 Special words
Most common verbs in English would, will, see, may, know, have, do, can, be 1000 Combined data
Words ending in -ly that are not adverbs unlikely, supply, only, lovely, likely, family, early, daily, apply 2159 Words with a certain ending
Adjectives ending in -er proper, other, lower, latter, later, higher, further, former, better 970 Words with a certain ending
Nouns whose plural doesn't end in -s woman, media, man, foot, fish, fig., child, chairman, aircraft 500 Words with a certain ending
Words with a silent h human, huge, hour, hotel, honest, home, historic, himself, herself 58 Words with a particular phonetical beginning
Adverbs not ending in -ly well, up, then, so, out, now, not, more, just 500 Words with a certain ending
Most common nouns in English year, world, work, way, time, man, life, government, day 1000 Words of a certain type
Words ending in -tion that are not nouns sanction, question, position, petition, mention, function, caution, apportion, anti-abortion 759 Words with a certain ending
Verbs ending in -en widen, weaken, tighten, threaten, strengthen, open, listen, happen, frighten 544 Words with a certain ending
Verbs ending in -ss press, pass, miss, guess, express, discuss, cross, assess, address 397 Words with a certain ending

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