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Schirmer's Complete Rhyming Dictionary: For Songwriters

Page 173

by Paul Zollo


  OSH-ING

  joshing

  quashing

  sloshing

  squashing

  swashing

  washing

  Long O-SHUR

  gaucher

  kosher

  OSH-UR

  brainwasher

  dishwasher

  josher

  posher

  swasher

  washer

  whitewasher

  Long O-SHUN

  commotion

  demotion

  devotion

  emotion

  goshen

  laotian

  locomotion

  lotion

  motion

  notion

  ocean

  potion

  promotion

  scotian

  slow-motion

  transocean

  Long O-SHUS

  atrocious

  ferocious

  precocious

  OS-I

  bossy

  drossy

  flossy

  glossy

  mossy

  posse

  OS-IL

  apostle

  colossal

  docile

  fossil

  glossal

  jostle

  wassail

  OS-ING

  bossing

  crisscrossing

  crossing

  dossing

  double-crossing

  glossing

  embossing

  railway crossing

  saucing

  tossing

  Long O-SIS

  arteriosclerosis

  autohypnosis

  carcinosis

  cirrhosis

  diagnosis

  halitosis

  hypnosis

  ichthyosis

  ketosis

  kyphosis

  leucosis

  leukosis

  misdiagnosis

  mitosis

  mononucleosis

  myosis

  necrosis

  nephrosis

  neurosis

  ornithosis

  osmosis

  perosis

  pollinosis

  polyhidrosis

  prognosis

  psychoneurosis

  psychosis

  ptosis

  sclerosis

  scoliosis

  silicosis

  stenosis

  sycosis

  symbiosis

  thrombosis

  trichinosis

  tuberculosis

  verminosis

  virosis

  zymosis

  Long O-SIV

  corrosive

  erosive

  explosive

  implosive

  nonexplosive

  Long O-SNESS

  bellicoseness

  closeness

  grandioseness

  grossness

  jocoseness

  moroseness

  verboseness

  Long O-SO

  amoroso

  doloroso

  mafioso

  so-so

  virtuoso

  OS-OM

  blossom

  opossum

  possum

  Long O-STAL

  coastal

  postal

  Long O-STED

  boasted

  coasted

  ghosted

  hosted

  outboasted

  overroasted

  posted

  roasted

  toasted

  OST-ED

  accosted

  defrosted

  exhausted

  frosted

  OST-IK

  acrostic

  agnostic

  caustic

  diagnostic

  gnostic

  prediagnostic

  prognostic

  Long O-STING

  boasting

  coasting

  ghosting

  hosting

  outboasting

  overroasting

  posting

  roasting

  toasting

  OST-ING

  accosting

  costing

  defrosting

  exhausting

  frosting

  Long O-STLI

  ghostly

  mostly

  OST-RUM

  colostrum

  nostrum

  rostrum

  Long O-STUR

  boaster

  coaster

  ghoster

  poster

  roaster

  roller-coaster

  toaster

  zoster

  OST-UR

  accoster

  defroster

  foster

  Gloucester

  imposter

  impostor

  paternoster

  roster

  zoster

  Long O-SUR

  closer

  engrosser

  grocer

  grosser

  OS-UR

  Chaucer

  crosser

  double-crosser

  embosser

  saucer

  Long O-TA

  Dakota

  iota

  Kadota

  Lakota

  Minnesota

  quota

  Toyota

  Long O-TAIT

  notate

  rotate

  Long O-TAL

  anecdotal

  antidotal

  motile

  sclerotal

  scrotal

  subtotal

  total

  Long O-TED

  bloated

  boated

  coated

  connoted

  demoted

  denoted

  devoted

  doted

  emoted

  floated

  footnoted

  garroted

  gloated

  keynoted

  misquoted

  noted

  outvoted

  parotid

  petticoated

  promoted

  quoted

  sugarcoated

  toted

  undercoated

  unnoted

  voted

  wainscoted

  OT-ED

  allotted

  blotted

  boycotted

  clotted

  counterplotted

  dotted

  garroted

  jotted

  knotted

  parotid

  plotted

  potted

  rotted

  scotted

  slotted

  spotted

  squatted

  swatted

  totted

  trotted

  unspotted

  wainscoted

  yachted

  OT-EN

  begotten

  boughten

  cotton

  forgotten

  gotten

  gratin

  guncotton

  misbegotten

  rotten

  sauerbraten

  tauten

  unforgotten

  Long O-THING

  clothing

  loathing

  underclothing

  Long OT-HOOK

  boathook

  coathook

  OTH-UR

  bother

  forefather

  godfather

  grandfather

  stepfather

  Long O-TI

  coyote

  devotee

  Don-Quixote

  floaty

  goatee

  Quixote

  throaty

  OT-I

  allottee

  clotty

  dotty

  haughty

  karate

  k
notty

  lottie

  naughty

  potty

  snotty

  spotty

  squatty

  zloty

  OT-IJ

  cottage

  frottage

  plottage

  pottage

  wattage

  OT-IK

  aerobiotic

  aeronautic

  antibiotic

  aquatic

  arteriosclerotic

  astronautic

  biotic

  chaotic

  despotic

  dichotic

  erotic

  escharotic

  exotic

  homozygotic

  hypnotic

  ichthyotic

  idiotic

  macrobiotic

  melanotic

  narcotic

  neurotic

  orthotic

  patriotic

  posthypnotic

  prepsychotic

  psychoneurotic

  psychotic

  quixotic

  robotic

  sclerotic

  semiotic

  subnarcotic

  supraglottic

  symbiotic

  zygotic

  zymotic

  Long O-TING

  bloating

  boating

  coating

  connoting

  demoting

  denoting

  devoting

  doting

  emoting

  floating

  footnoting

  garroting

  gloating

  keynoting

  misquoting

  nonvoting

  noting

  outvoting

  promoting

  quoting

  sailboating

  speedboating

  sugarcoating

  toting

  undercoating

  voting

  wainscoting

  OT-ING

  allotting

  blotting

  boycotting

  clotting

  counterplotting

  dotting

  garroting

  globetrotting

  jotting

  knotting

  plotting

  potting

  rotting

  slotting

  spotting

  squatting

  swatting

  totting

  trotting

  wainscoting

  yachting

  OT-ISH

  clottish

  hottish

  schottische

  Scottish

  sottish

  Long O-TIST

  anecdotist

  noticed

  protist

  remotest

  Long O-TIVE

  automotive

  electromotive

  emotive

  promotive

  votive

  OT-L

  Aristotle

  bluebottle

  bottle

  dottle

  epiglottal

  glottal

  mottle

  Nahuatl

  supraglottal

  throttle

  tottle

  twattle

  wattle

  OT-LESS

  clotless

  cotless

  dotless

  knotless

  potless

  rotless

  spotless

  thoughtless

  OT-LI

  hotly

  motley

  overwroughtly

  squatly

  tautly

  Long O-TO

  De-Soto

  koto

  Kyoto

  photo

  telephoto

  toto

  wirephoto

  OT-O

  blotto

  grotto

  legato

  lotto

  motto

  mulatto

  obbligato

  pizzicato

  sotto

  staccato

  vibrato

  OTS-MAN

  Scotsman

  yachtsman

  OT-UM

  autumn

  bottom

  Long O-TUR

  bloater

  boater

  doter

  emoter

  floater

  garroter

 

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