THE SOUNDS |E| TO |EI|

This document comprises all collections of words with a stressed syllable beginning with one of the three vowel sounds that come between the consonant sounds |DH| and |F|:

1. |E|     2. |EE|     3. |EI|

1

|E|
as in ex and any

With primary stress on:

first syllable:

AE·r·ie(s) [or ·y/·ies; n;var:cp |AE|;cp EY·r·ie(s) under |AI|]; AE·r·y [adj;var:cp |AE|]; AIR(S); AI·r·y [var:cp |AE|]; A·n·y; A·n·y-BO·d·y; A·n·y-HOW; A·n·y-ONE; A·n·y-THING; A·n·y-WHERE; ATE [var:cp |EI|]; EBB [n]; EBB(ED) [v;l&]; E·b·o·n·y [adj;lit]; E·b·o·n·y [n/adj]; E·dd·y/·ied/·ies; EDGE/E·dg·es; EDGE-BONE(S); E'ER [contraction;lit]; E·ff·i·g·y/·ies; EGG(S) [var:cp |EI|]; E·g·o(s) [var:cp |EE|]; ELSE; ELSE-WHERE; EM·ph·a·s·is/·a-SES; END(S)/EN·d·ed; EN·g·ine(s); EN·q·ui·r·y/·ies [or IN·; var:cp |I|]; ; E·p·ic(s); E|·k·w|i·t·y; E-POCH(S) or E·p·och(s) [var:cp |EE|]; E·r·a(s) [var:cp |EE| and |I|]; ERE [l&]; [A]ES-THETE(S) [var:cp |EE|]; ETCH(ED); E·tch·ing(s); EVE-ry (WHICH WAY); E·v·i·d·ence; EX; E|K·s·|e-CUTE/-CU·t·ed; E|K-S|PLOIT(S) [n;var:cp |SP|]; E|K-S|TANT or E|K·s|t·ant [var:cp |ST|]; E|K-S|TRACT(S) [n]; E·v·er; E·v·er and a-NON [lit]; $F [pron. |EF|]; HEIR(S); $L [pron. |EL|]; $M [pron. |EM|]; $N [pron. |EN|]; $S [pron. |ES|]; $X [pron. |EKS|]

second syllable:

by A·n·y MA·nn·er of MEANS; how-E·v·er; IN-E·ff·a·b·le [var:cp |N|]; in E·ff·i·g·y; IN-E·st·i·m·a·b·le; in E·v·i·d·ence; $no-EL [lit]; po-E·t·ic/·i·c·al; WEEK-END(S) [var:cp |W|]; WHAT-E·v·er [var:cp |T|]; WHER-E·v·er [var:cp |R|]; WHICH-E·v·er [var:cp |T|]

third syllable:

END to END; HOW·s·o-E·v·er [lit]; IN-flu-EN-tial; in the END; OU·b·li-ETTE(S); PRED-il-EC-tion(s) [var:cp |L|]; WHAT·s·o-E·v·er [lit]; WHERE·s·o-E·v·er [lit]

fourth syllable:

BE-all and END-all; your JOUR·n·ey's END [lit]

ninth syllable:

KILL(ED) the GOOSE that LAYS/LAID the GOL·d·en EGGS [var:cp |EI|]

With secondary stress on:

first syllable:

A·n·y-MORE; E·c·o-NO·m·ics [var:cp |EE|]; E·ff·er-VESCE(D); EM·p·y-RE-al [var:cp |P|; lit]; EM·p·y-RE-an [var:cp |P|; lit]; EN·g·i-NEER(S); EN·t·er-TAIN(ED) [l&]; ; ET CE·t·e·r·a; E·v·er-MORE [l&]; ; E|K·s|t·ra-OR·d·i·n·a·r·y or -ORD-'n-A·r·y or -ORD-'n·a·r·y or -OR·d·in-'ry [var:cp |ST|]

second syllable:

po-E·t·ic JU·st·ice; po-E·t·ic LI·c·ense [or ·ence]

fourth syllable:

e|k-S|TRAORD-in-A·r·y [var:cp |AW|]; sub-SI·d·i-A·r·y/·ies [var:see |S|]

fifth syllable:

BE·n·e-FI·c·i-A·r·y/·ies [var:see |F|]

2

|EE|
as in eel, eat and eve

With primary stress on:

first syllable:

$E [pron. |EE|]; EACH; EA·g·er; EAST; EA·st·ern; EA·s·y; EAT/EA·t·en; EEL(S); E'EN [contraction;lit]; [A]E·g·is [see 4th syll.]; E·g·o(s) [var:cp |E|]; EI·th·er [var:cp |AI|]; E|·k·w|al; E-POCH(S) [var:cp |E|]; E·r·a(s) [var:cp |E| and |I|]; [A]ES-THETE(S) [var:cp |E|]; E·th·er; (the) E·th·er [l/f]; EVE [l&]; E·v·en [adj/adv]; E·v·en [n;lit]; E·v·il(s)

second syllable:

UN-EASE [lit]; UN-EA·s·y; UN-E|·k·w|al; UN-E·v·en

third syllable:

AL·t·er E·g·o(s) [var:cp |R|; lit]; em-PLOY-EE(S); ILL at EASE

fourth syllable:

UN·d·er the [A]E·g·is of [lit]

With secondary stress on:

first syllable:

E·c·o-NO·m·ics [var:cp |E|]; E·j·a·c·u-LA·ti·on(s); E-JECT/-JEC·t·ed [var:see |D|]; E-JEC-tions [var:see |D|]

third syllable:

CA·r·i-ES [var:see |K|]

fourth syllable:

BE/WERE/WAS / KEEP/KEPT on an E·v·en KEEL

3

|EI|
as in eight and age

With primary stress on:

first syllable:

$A [pron. |EI|]; A·c·re(s); AGE/A·g·es; A·g·ed; AGED; AITCH-BONE(S) [or $H BONE(S)]; A·p·ri-COT(S) [var:cp |AE|]; $A·si·an(s); ATE [var:cp |E|]; A·th·e-I·s·m; AY[E] [adv;var:cp |AI|; lit or dialectical]; EH; EIGHT; EIGHTH; EIGH·t·i-eth; EIGH·t·y; EGG(S) [var:cp |E|]; $H [pron. |EITSH|]; $H BAR(S); $H BEAM(S); $H=BOMB(S); $H HINGE/HIN·g·es; $H HOUR; $H=SHAPED

second syllable:

cre-ATE/-A·t·ed; cre-A·ti·on(s); cre-A·ti·o·n·ist(s); IN-A·l·i-e·n·a·b·le or -AL-ie·n·a·b·le; li-AISE(D); li-AI·s·on(s) [var:cp |L|]; UN-A·b·le

third syllable:

EIGH·t·y=EIGHT; EIGH·t·y=EIGHTH; FIF·t·y=EIGHT; FIF·t·y=EIGHTH; FOR·t·y=EIGHT; FOR·t·y=EIGHTH; NINE·t·y=EIGHT; NINE·t·y=EIGHTH; SI|K·s|t·y=EIGHT; SI|K·s|t·y=EIGHTH; THIR·t·y=EIGHT; THIR·t·y=EIGHTH; TIT-ill-A·ti·on(s) [var:cp |L|]; TWEN·t·y=EIGHT; TWEN·t·y=EIGHTH

fourth syllable:

a-SSO·c·i-A·ti·on(s); e|k-S|TEN-|j|u-A·ti·on [var:cp |W|]; i-NI·t·i-A·ti·on; ne-GO·t·i-A·ti·on(s) [pron. |-GOH·s·ee-| or |-GOH·sh·ee-|]; pro-NUN·c·i-A·ti·on(s); SE·v·en·t·y=EIGHT; SE·v·en·t·y=EIGHTH

fifth syllable:

in e|k-S|TEN-|j|u-A·ti·on (of) [var:cp |W|]

ninth syllable:

KILL(ED) the GOOSE that LAYS/LAID the GOL·d·en EGGS [var:cp |E|]

With secondary stress on:

first syllable:

A-bi-O·t·ic; A·b·le=BO·d·ied; A-SE|K-s|ual [var:see |S|]; EIGH-TEEN; EIGH-TEENTH

third syllable:

TIT-ill-ATE/-A·t·ed [var:see |T|]

fourth syllable:

a-PPRO·p·ri-ATE/-A·t·ed [v]; ca-LUM-ni-ATE/-A·t·ed; e|k-S|PA-tri-ATE(S) [n; var:see |SP|]; e|k-S|PA-tri-ATE/-A·t·ed [v]; i-NI·t·i-ATE/-A·t·ed; i-NI·t·i-A·t·or(s); ne-GO·t·i-ATE/-A·t·ed [pron. |-GOH·s·ee-| or |-GOH·sh·ee-|]