cannot have 's' at the end of a word

 

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Cannot have 's' at the end of a word because it is used to show more than one, the silent letter e goes on the end instead. 

The letter 's' can have a hard and soft sound in this list they are all hard 's' words. A soft 's' tends to sound more like a 'z' as in 'rise'

 

 First Letters  a , c, d

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a

'

averse

adverse

c

cease

coarse

collapse

condense

convulse

corpse

course

d

decease

decrease

dense

 

dispense

disperse

diverse

e

eclipse

elapse

ellipse

else

espouse

f

g

geese

glimpse

goose

grease

grouse

h

hoarse

horse

house

i

immense

incense

increase

intense

l

lapse

lease

license

loose

m

mouse

n

nonsense

noose

nurse

o

obtuse

obverse

p

perverse

porpoise

practise

profuse

promise

pulse

purchase

purchase

purse

r

recompense

refuse

rehearse

reimburse

relapse

release

remorse

repulse

reverse

sense

souse

spouse

suspense

t

tense

terse

tortoise

traverse

v

verse

w

warehouse

worse