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
