THE SOUNDS |A| TO |AW|
This document comprises all collections of words with a stressed syllable
beginning with one of the six vowel sounds that come before
the consonant sound |B|:
1. |A|
2. |AE|
3. |AH|
4. |AI|
5. |AU|
6. |AW|
1
|A|
as in up and oven (and err)
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
( EAR·l·y;
EARN(ED);
EARTH(S)/EAR·th·ed;
(the) $EARTH;
EARTH-ly [l&];
ERR(ED);
HERB(S) [var: cp |H|1]; )
O·n·ion(s);
O·th·er;
O·th·er-WISE;
O·v·en(s); O·v·en-WARE;
U·g·ly;
UN- [prefix as in UN-A·b·le and UN-DO];
UN·c·le(s);
UN·d·er;
UN·d·er-GROUND [adj/n];
UN-guent(s) [l&];
UN-TO or UN·t·o [lit];
UP;
U·pp·er;
UP-RIGHT;
UP-SET(S) [n];
UP-STAIRS;
( UR·ch·in(s);
URGE(D);
UR·g·ent; ) US;
U·sh·er(ed/s);
UT-MOST; U·tt·er-MOST [lit]
second syllable:
ACT UP [ and all other one-syllable infinitives, present or past tenses
and participles followed by UP as adverb ];
BRING/BROUGHT UN·d·er [ and all other one-syllable
infinitives, present or past tenses and participles followed by
UN·d·er as adverb ];
DAM(MED) UP [l/f];
( di-UR·n·al [l/f]; )
DRESS(ED) / ( EARTH / )
GEAR(ED) UP; GIRD/GIRT UP [lit];
GIVE/GAVE UP (the GHOST);
have/had O·th·er FISH to FRY;
JUMPED=UP [adj];
RUB(BED) UP(; UN-EARTH(ED) );
WELL UP (in);
WELL(ED) UP
third syllable:
AC·t·ed UP [ and all other two-syllable infinitives, present or past
tenses and participles followed by UP as adverb ];
BOL·st·er(ed) UP;
BU·ck·le(d) UN·d·er
[ and all other two-syllable infinitives,
present or past tenses and participles followed by UN·d·er
as adverb ];
CO·tt·on(ed) UP to;
CO·z·y/·ied UP to [or ·s·];
( EAR·th·ed UP; )
GIR·d·ed UP [lit];
GI·v·en UP (the GHOST);
RUB(BED) you UP (the RIGHT / WRONG WAY)
fourth syllable:
HOLD/HELD your HEAD(S) UP
With secondary stress on:
first syllable:
UN-a-BA·t·ed or U·n·a-;
UN-a-LLOYED or U·n·a- [lit];
UN-a-SHAMED or U·n·a-;
UN-a-SHA·m·ed-ly or U·n·a- [l/f];
UN-BI·dd·en [lit];
UN-BRI·d·led [lit];
$UN·c·le $SAM [lit];
UN-CRU·sh·a·b·le [l&];
UN·d·er the [A]E·g·is of [lit];
UN·d·er-GIRD/GIR·d·ed;
UN·d·er-GROUND [adv];
UN-DY-ing [lit];
UN-EARTH(ED);
UN-HA·ll·owed [l&];
UN-HO·l·y [l&];
UN-MAN(NED) [lit];
UN-QUI-et [lit];
UN-RA·v·el([l]ed);
UN-re-QUI·t·ed [lit];
UN-SU·ll·ied [lit];
UN-TOLD [lit];
UN-|J|U·s·u-al or -|J|U·s·u·|w|·al
or -|J|US'-|w|al or -|J|U·su·al;
UN-VERSED in [l/f];
UP-HOLD/-HELD;
UP to the HILT;
UP to the MARK;
U·sh·er(ed) IN / OUT [v+adv]
third syllable:
TURN(ED) the O·th·er CHEEK
2
|AE| (ASH)
as in act and animal
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
AB-sent [adj/prep];
A·cc·l·i-MATE/-MA·t·ed [var: cp
|K|2];
A·cc·u·r·ate;
A·c·o-LYTE(S) [l&];
ACT(S)/AC·t·ed;
A·c·u·m·en
[var: cp |K|2];
ADD/A·dd·ed;
A·dd·ict(s);
A-DDRESS/-DDRE·ss·es [n; var: cp
|D|2];
A-DEPT (at / in) [adj;
var: cp |D|2];
A-DEPT(S) or A·d·ept(s) [n];
AD-mi·r·a·b·le;
A-DULT [adj; var: cp |D|2];
A-DULT(S) [n; var: cp |D|2];
AD-ver-TIZE(D)
[or -TISE(D)];
AD-ver-TIZE-ment(s) [or -TISE-]
[var: cp |T| and
|V|];
AE·r·ie(s) [or ·y/·ies;
var: cp |E|1 and
|I|1; cp
EY·r·ie(s) under
|AI|1; n];
AE·r·y [var: cp
|E|1; adj];
AI·r·y [var: cp |E|1];
A-FFLU-ent or A·ff·lu|·w·|ent;
$A·f·ri·c·an(s);
AF·t·er [var: cp |AH|1;
used in alliterative phrases of the type X AF·t·er X,
such as A·c·re AF·t·er A·c·re or
GE·n·e-RA·ti·on AF·t·er
GE·n·e-RA·ti·on];
AF·t·er-ward(s) or AF·t·e'·w·ard(s)
[var: cp |AH|];
A·gg·ran-DIZE-ment(s) [or -DISE-]
[var: cp |D|3 and
|G|2];
AL·g·e·b·ra;
A-LLY/-LLIED/-LLIES [var: cp |L|2];
A·m·a-TO·r·y or
A·m·a·t·o·r·y or ·tr'y [lit];
AM-bi-ance [or -ence] [lit];
AN [if stressed];
A·n·a-LYZE(D) or
AN-'l-YZE(D)
[or -(L)YSE(D)];
A·n·a-P[A]EST(S);
AN·c·i-LLA·r·y/·ies
[var: cp |S|2];
AND [if stressed; used in alliterative phrases of the type X AND
X, such as a-NO·th·er AND a-NO·th·er];
AN-gle(s);
A·n·i·m·al(s);
A·n·i·m·ate;
A·nn·als or ANN-als;
AN·sw·er(ed/s)
[var: cp |AH|2];
AN·sw·e·r·èd
[poetic var: cp |AH|1];
AN-thro-POID(S);
AN·t·i-PODE;
A·pp·le(s);
A·pp·li·c·a·b·le
[var: cp |P|2];
A·p·ri-COT(S) [var: cp
|EI|1];
A·qu·i-LINE or ·i·l·ine;
ASH;
ASH/A·sh·es;
A·s·i-NINE or AS-'n-INE;
ASK(ED)
[var: cp |AH|1];
A·sk·èd [poetic var:
cp |AH|1];
AUNT(S)
[var: cp |AH|1];
A·v·a-TAR(S)
[var: cp |T|3]
second syllable:
IN-A·n·i·m·ate;
me-AN·d·er(ed/s);
pi-A·n·o(s);
pi-A·n·ist(s)
[var: cp |P|1];
re-AC-tion(s);
re-AC-tio-NA·r·y or -tio·n·a·r·y
or -tion'-ry;
re-A·l·i·t·y;
WHERE-AS [var: cp |R|2]
third syllable:
BE·st·i- or
BES·t·|sh|i-A·l·i·t·y [l/f];
COUN·t·er-ACT/-AC·t·ed
[var: cp |R|3];
IN·t·er-ACT/-AC·t·ed
[var: cp |R|3];
IN·t·er-AC-tion(s)
[var: cp |R|3]
fourth syllable:
fa-MI·l·i-A·r·i·t·y/·ies
[var: cp |J|3]
With secondary stress on:
first syllable:
A·b·e-RRA·ti·on(s);
AB-ne-GA·ti·on(s);
AB·s·en-TEE(S);
ADD/A·dd·ed FU-el to the FIRE / FLAMES;
ADD/A·dd·ed IN;
ADD/A·dd·ed IN·s·ult to IN·j·u·r·y;
A·dd·re-SSEE(S) [var: see
|S|3];
A·ff·i-DA·v·it(s);
AF·t·er=DI·nn·er DIP(S)
[if AF·t· pron. with |AE| instead of |AH|];
AL·t·e-R+E·g·o(s) or
·er E·g·o(s)
[var: cp |AW|1; lit];
AL-u-MI·n·i-um;
AL·g·e-BRA·ic;
A·n·a-BA·t·ic;
A-NAG-NO·r·i·s·is/·i-SES
or A·n·ag-;
A·n·a-P[A]E·st·ic;
AN·t·e-DI-LU·vi-an or
·e·d·i-
or ·v·ian [lit];
A·pp·e-LLA·ti·on(s);
A·pp·e-LLEE(S);
A·pp·le of DI-SCORD [l/f];
A·pp·l·i·c·a-BI·l·i·t·y
[var: see |B|4];
A·r·ith-ME·t·ic [adj];
A·r·ith-ME·t·i·c·al;
ASK(ED) IN
[var: cp |AH|1];
A·tt·a-CHÉ(S)
[var: cp |T|2]
second syllable:
TIME AF·t·er TIME [if AF·t·er pron.
with |AE| instead of |AH|];
THIRST AF·t·er [if pron. with |AE|
instead of |AH|; l/f]
third syllable:
HA·pp·y AS a CLAM at HIGH TIDE;
HUN-ger(ed) AF·t·er [if pron. with |AE| instead of
|AH|; l/f];
THIR·st·ed AF·t·er [if pron. with |AE|
instead of |AH|; l/f]
fourth syllable:
BOTH the GOLD AND the GRIT
fifth syllable:
MY·th·o-MA·n·i-AC(S);
PA·r·a-DI·s·i-AC
3
|AH|
as in ah and arch
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
AF·t·er
[var: cp |AE|1; used in
alliterative phrases of the type X AF·t·er X, such as
A·c·re AF·t·er A·c·re or
GE·n·e-RA·ti·on AF·t·er
GE·n·e-RA·ti·on];
AF·t·er-ward(s) or AF·t·e'·w·ard(s)
[var: cp |AE|1];
AH;
AN·sw·er(ed/s)
[var: cp |AE|];
AN·sw·e·r·èd
[poetic var: cp |AE|1];
AR·b·o[u]r [l/f];
ARCH/AR·ch·es;
ARCH-WAY(S);
AR·g·o·s·y/·ies [lit];
AR-GUE(D) or AR·g·ue(d);
ARM(S);
AR·m·o[u]r;
AR·m·y/·ies;
ART(S);
AR·t·i·c·le(s);
AR·t·ist(s);
AR·t·i·z·an(s) [or
·s·; var: cp |Z|3];
ASK(ED)
[var: cp |AE|1];
A·sk·èd
[poetic var: cp |AE|1];
AUNT(S)
[var: cp |AE|1];
HO·n·est [ and all other words or
phrases with primary-stressed first syllable under |O|1,
if the syllable-initial vowel is pron. |AH|
instead of |O| ];
OFF [var: cp |AW|1 and
|O|1];
OFF-SPRING [var: cp |AW|1
and |O|1; l/f];
ON [var: cp |O|1];
O·p·e-RATE/-RA·t·ed (on)
[if first (and last) vowel pron. |AH| instead of |O|];
[if pron. with |AH| instead of |O|];
$R [pron. |AH(R)|]
second syllable:
BACK(ED) / BEAT OFF [ and all other one-syllable infinitives, present or
past tenses or participles followed by OFF as an adverb ]
[var: cp |AW|2 and
|O|2];
bey-OND [ and all other words or phrases with
primary-stressed second syllable under |O|2, if the
syllable-initial vowel is pron. |AH| instead of |O|
][var: cp |J|2];
FORE- or fore-ARM(ED)
[v];
WELL=OFF [var: cp |AW|2
and |O|2];
yu-AN [if pron. as two syllables; var: cp
|J|1]
third syllable:
A·b·i-O·t·ic [ and all other
words or phrases with primary-stressed third
syllable under |O|3, if the syllable-initial vowel
is pron. |AH| instead of |O| ];
ARM=in=ARM;
BAD-ly=OFF [var: cp |AW|3 and
|O|3];
BEA·t·en /
BEE·t·le(d) /
BI·tt·en / BRO·k·en /
BUN·d·le(d) OFF
[ and all other two-syllable infinitives, present or past tenses or
participles followed by OFF as an adverb] [var: cp
|AW|3 and
|O|3];
CO·tt·on(ed) ON (to) [if ON pron. with |AH|
instead of |O|];
HI·st·ri-O·n·ic [if ON pron. with
|AH| instead of |O|];
HI·st·ri-O·n·ics [if ON pron. with
|AH| instead of |O|];
OFF and ON [if ON pron. with |AH| instead of |O|];
ON and OFF [if OFF pron. with |AH| instead of
|AW| or |O|];
With secondary stress on:
first syllable:
AF·t·er=DI·nn·er DIP(S)
[if AF·t· pron. with |AH| instead of |AE|];
ASK(ED) IN [if ASK(ED) pron. with |AH| instead of |AE|];
OFF the MARK [if OFF pron. with |AH| instead of
|AW| or |O|];
ON the MARK [if ON pron. with |AH| instead of
|O|];
O·p·e-RA·ti·on(s) [ and
all other words or phrases with secondary-stressed
first syllable under |O|, if the syllable-initial vowel is
pron. |AH| instead of |O| ]
second syllable:
bey-OND com-PARE [var: cp |J|2
and |O|2; lit];
CHA-OS
[var: see |K|; l&] [ and
all other words or phrases with secondary-stressed
second syllable under |O|2, if the syllable-initial
vowel is pron. |AH| instead of |O| ];
FORE-ARM(S) [n];
TIME AF·t·er TIME [if AF·t·er pron.
with |AH| instead of |AE|];
THIRST AF·t·er [if AF·t·er pron. with
|AH| instead of |AE|; l/f]
third syllable:
CAT-al-OG[UE](S) [var: see
|K|1; cp
|AW|3];
HUN-ger(ed) AF·t·er [if AF·t·er pron.
with |AH| instead of |AE|; l/f];
THIR·st·ed AF·t·er [if AF·t·er
pron. with |AH| instead of |AE|; l/f]
4
|AI|
as in aisle or isle, eye or i and
ice
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
AI [interjection];
AI(S) [n];
AISLE(S);
AY[E] [adv; var: cp |EI|; lit or
dialectical];
AYE [adv; lit, dialectical or nautical];
AY[E](S) [n];
EI·th·er [var:
cp |EE|1];
EYE(S);
EYE to EYE;
EYE=CA·tch·ing;
EY·r·ie(s) [cp
AE·r·ie(s) under |AE|,
|E| and |I|];
($)I [pron. |AI|];
ICE;
ICE CREAM(S)
[var: cp |K|2];
I·d·e-a-LI·s·m
[var: cp |D|2];
IDES [lit];
IRE [lit];
IRE·f·ul [lit];
I-|a|ron;
I·r·on [poetic var];
I-|a|ron-CLAD(S)
[n];
I·r·o·n·y/·ies;
ISLE(S) [lit];
I-SO·sc·e-LES [var: cp |S|];
I·t·em(s);
I·v·y;
I·v·y=CLAD [lit]
fourth syllable:
SEE(N)/SAW EYE to EYE
fifth syllable:
$an EYE for an EYE (and a TOOTH for a TOOTH)
With secondary stress on:
first syllable:
I·d·e-O·l·o·g·y/·ies
[var: cp |I|1];
I-|a|ron-CLAD [adj]
third syllable:
AS-in-INE [var: see |AE|1]
5
|AU|
as in ow, hour or our and out
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
HOUR(S);
OUNCE/OUN·c·es [l&];
OUR(S);
OUT [used in alliterative phrases of the type X IN, X OUT, such
as DAY IN, DAY OUT];
OU·t·er;
OUT-SIDE
[adj/n/prep; var: cp |S|2];
OW;
OWL(S)
second syllable:
BEAT OUT [ and all other one-syllable infinitives, present or
past tenses and participles followed by OUT as an adverb (and, if
applicable, a preposition) ];
BLOW(N)/BLEW OUT;
COME/CAME OUT (of);
COUNT / LOG(GED) OUT;
LOOK(ED) OUT (for);
METE OUT (to) [l/f]
third syllable:
BEA·t·en OUT [ and all other two-syllable infinitives, present
or past tenses and participles followed by OUT as an adverb (and, if
applicable, a preposition) ];
COUN·t·ed OUT;
IN·s·ide OUT;
ME·t·ed OUT (to) [l/f];
OUT=and=OUT [var: cp |D|3];
OUT=and=OU·t·er(s)
[var: cp |D|3];
SA·ll·y/·ied OUT [l/f];
U·sh·er(ed) OUT
fourth syllable:
BEAT / BLOW(N)/BLEW your BRAINS OUT
fifth syllable:
BEA·t·en your BRAINS OUT
With secondary stress on:
first syllable:
AU·t·o·:da=FÉ/·os=da=FÉ
[var: cp |AW|1];
OUT=and=OUT or OU·t·:an-D:OUT;
OUT=and=OU·t·er(s) or
OU·t·:an-D:OU·t·er(s);
OUT-DOOR(S);
OUT of GEAR;
OUT of SIGHT;
$OUT of SIGHT, OUT of MIND;
OUT·s·ide IN
second syllable:
$H HOUR
fourth syllable:
FIRST IN, FIRST OUT
6
|AW|
as in awe, all, auction, or
and ought
With primary stress on:
first syllable:
ALL;
AL-MOST or AL·m·ost
[var: cp |M|2];
AL-WAYS or -ways;
AU·b·urn;
AUC-tion(s);
AU·g·ur(ed) [lit];
AU·g·u·r·y/·ies [lit];
$AU·g·ust [n];
AU·t·umn;
AWE [n];
AWE(D) [v; lit];
AW·f·ul [l&];
AW·k·ward;
O'ER [var:
cp |OH|1; lit];
OFF [var: cp |AH|1 and
|O|1];
OFF-SPRING [var: cp |AH|1 and
|O|1; l/f];
OFT [var: cp |O|1; lit];
OFT= [var: cp |O|1;
in compounds; lit];
OF·t·en or O·ft·en
[var: cp |O|1];
OR [if stressed];
OR·d·er(ed/s);
$OR·d·ers are OR·d·ers;
OR·d·i·n·a·r·y or
ORD-'n-A·r·y or ORD'-na·r·y or
OR·d·in'-ry;
OR·g·an(s);
O·r·i-ent [var: cp
|O|1; adj; lit];
(the) $O·r·i-ent
[var: cp |O|1; l/f];
O·r·i-ent/-en·t·ed
[var: cp |O|1; v];
O·r·i-en-TATE/-TA·t·ed
[var: cp |O|1];
OR·n·a·m·ent(s);
OUGHT
second syllable:
at ALL [var: cp |T|2];
BACK(ED) / BEAT OFF [ and all other
one-syllable infinitives, present or past tenses
or participles followed by OFF as an adverb ][var: cp
|AH|2 and
|O|2];
WELL=OFF [var: cp |AH|2
and |O|2]
third syllable:
BAD-ly=OFF [var: cp |AH|3 and
|O|3];
BEA·t·en /
BEE·t·le(d) /
BI·tt·en / BRO·k·en /
BUN·d·le(d) OFF
[ and all other two-syllable infinitives, present or past tenses or
participles followed by OFF as an adverb ][var: cp
|AH|3 and
|O|3];
E|k·s|tra-OR·d·i·n·a·r·y or
-ORD-'n-A·r·y or -ORD'-na·r·y or
-OR·d·in'-ry [var: cp
|ST|2];
JA·ck·:of=ALL=TRADES/JACK·s·:
[var: cp |T|4 and
|V|3];
ME·d·i-O·c·ri·t·y/·ies;
ON and OFF [if OFF pron. with |AW| instead of
|AH| or |O|]
With secondary stress on:
first syllable:
ALL that GLI·tt·ers is NOT GOLD;
AL·t·e-R+E·g·o(s) or ·er
E·g·o(s)
[var: cp |AE|1; lit];
AU·g·ur(ed) ILL / WELL (for)
[lit];
AU·t·o·:da=FÉ/·os=da=FÉ [var: cp
|AU|1];
OFF the MARK [if OFF pron. with |AW| instead of
|AH| or |O|];
OR·g·a·n·i-ZA·ti·on(s)
[or -SA·]
second syllable:
BE=ALL and END=ALL
third syllable:
CAT-al-OG[UE](S) [var:
see |K|1; cp
|AH|3];
KNOW(N)/KNEW where ALL the BO·d·ies are/were BU·r·ied
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