by Paul Zollo
deck mate
Long EK-NESS
antiqueness
bleakness
chicness
meekness
obliqueness
sleekness
uniqueness
weakness
EK-NING
abandoning
apportioning
auctioning
auditioning
awakening
bargaining
battening
beckoning
betokening
blackening
blazoning
bludgeoning
brightening
broadening
burdening
burgeoning
captaining
captioning
casehardening
cautioning
chairmaning
chairmanning
championing
chastening
cheapening
chickening
christening
coarsening
commissioning
conditioning
cordoning
cottoning
counterconditioning
counteropening
crimsoning
cunning
curtaining
cushioning
dampening
darkening
deadening
deafening
deepening
determining
disburdening
disheartening
disillusioning
dunning
emblazoning
emboldening
enlightening
enlivening
envisioning
examining
fashioning
fastening
fattening
flattening
foretokening
freshening
frightening
functioning
gardening
garrisoning
gladdening
glistening
gunning
gunrunning
happening
hardening
harkening
harshening
hastening
hearkening
heartening
heightening
hoarsening
illumining
imagining
impassioning
imprisoning
jettisoning
ladening
leavening
lengthening
lessening
lightening
likening
listening
livening
loosening
maddening
malfunctioning
mentioning
moistening
motioning
occasioning
opening
orphaning
outbargaining
outgunning
outreasoning
outrunning
overburdening
pardoning
partitioning
pensioning
petitioning
pinioning
poisoning
portioning
positioning
preconditioning
predestining
predetermining
preexamining
proportioning
punning
questioning
quickening
rationing
rattening
ravening
reabandoning
reapportioning
reasoning
reawakening
rebuttoning
rechristening
reckoning
reconditioning
reddening
reenlightening
reexamining
refashioning
refastening
reopening
repositioning
requisitioning
rerunning
resharpening
ripening
rosining
roughening
ruining
rumrunning
running
saddening
sanctioning
seasoning
sectioning
sharpening
shortening
shunning
sickening
siphoning
slackening
smartening
softening
stationing
steepening
stiffening
straightening
straitening
strengthening
stunning
summoning
sunning
sweetening
syphoning
thickening
threatening
tightening
toughening
unburdening
unbuttoning
unfastening
unloosening
unquestioning
unreasoning
vacationing
visioning
wakening
wantoning
weakening
whitening
widening
worsening
EK-O
deco
echo
gecko
reecho
secco
Long EK-OK
peacock
poppycock
seacock
Long EK-ON
archdeacon
beacon
Mohican
sleeken
weaken
EK-ON
Aztecan
beckon
Meccan
reckon
Yucatecan
EK-OND
beckoned
fecund
microsecond
millisecond
nanosecond
picosecond
reckoned
second
unreckoned
Long EK-RAB
pea crab
seacrab
treecab
EK-SHUN
abjection
affection
bisection
circumspection
collection
complexion
confection
connection
convection
correction
defection
deflection
dejection
detection
direction
disaffection
disconnection
disinfection
dissection
ejection
election
erection
flection
flexion
genuflection
imperfection
indirection
infection
inflection
injection
inspection
insurrection
interconnection
interjection
intersection
introspection
midsection
misdirection
nondirection
objection
overcorrection
overprotection
perfection
predilection
preelection
projection
prosection
protection
recollection
redirection
reelection
reflection
reinspection
rejection
resection
resurrection
retroflection
retroflexion
retrospection
section
selection
subjection
subsection
transection
trise
ction
vivisection
EK-SING
annexing
flexing
hexing
indexing
perplexing
telexing
vexing
EK-STANT
extant
sextant
EK-STILE
sextile
textile
EK-SUS
nexus
plexus
sexes
solar plexus
Texas
EK-TANT
disinfectant
expectant
humectant
injectant
reflectant
suspectant
EK-TED
affected
bisected
collected
complected
connected
convected
corrected
defected
deflected
dejected
detected
directed
disaffected
disconnected
disinfected
dissected
effected
ejected
elected
erected
expected
genuflected
infected
inflected
injected
inspected
interconnected
interjected
intersected
misdirected
neglected
noninfected
noninflected
overprotected
perfected
preselected
projected
prospected
protected
recollected
reconnected
redirected
reelected
reflected
reinspected
rejected
respected
resurrected
selected
subjected
suspected
trisected
unaffected
unconnected
uncorrected
undetected
unexpected
uninflected
uninspected
unperfected
unprotected
unsuspected
vivisected
EKT-FUL
disrespectful
neglectful
respectful
EK-TIK
anorectic
apoplectic
dialectic
dyslectic
eclectic
hectic
pectic
EK-TING
affecting
bisecting
collecting
connecting
convecting
correcting
defecting
deflecting
detecting
directing
disaffecting
disconnecting
disinfecting
dissecting
effecting
effective
ejecting
electing
erecting
expecting
genuflecting
infecting
inflecting
injecting
inspecting
interjecting
intersecting
misdirecting
neglecting
objecting
overprotecting
perfecting
preselecting
projecting
prospecting
protecting
reconnecting
redirecting
reelecting
reflecting
reinspecting
rejecting
respecting
resurrecting
selecting
subjecting
suspecting
trisecting
unreflecting
unsuspecting
vivisecting
EK-TIVE
affective
collective
connective
convective
corrective
defective
deflective
detective
directive
effective
elective
ineffective
infective
introspective
invective
irrespective
nondirective
nonobjective
nonselective
objective
overprotective