A Fool's Bolt Is Soon Shot.
54. Words which may be converted into Acting or Written Charades
| A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aid-less | Ba-boon | Cab-in | Dark-some | Ear-ring | False-hood | Gain-say | Had-dock | Ill-nature | Jac(k)o-bite |
| Air-pump | Back-bite | Can-did | Day-break | Earth-quake | Fan-atic | Gang-way | Hail-stone | Ill-usage | Joy-ful |
| Ale-house | Back-slide | Can-ton | Death-watch | Ear-wig | Fare-well | Glow-worm | Hail-storm | In-action | Joy-less |
| Ann-ounce | Bag-gage | Care-ful | Dog-ma | Far-thing | Glut-ton | Half-penny | In-born | Justice-ship | |
| Arch-angel | Bag-pipe | Car-pet | Don-key | K | Fear-less | God-child | Ham-let | In-crease | |
| Arm-let | Bag-dad | Car-rot | Drink-able | Key-stone | Fee-ling | God-daughter | Ham-mock | In-justice | L |
| Art-less | Bail-able | Cart-ridge | Drug-get | Kid-nap | Field-farm | God-father | Hand-cuff | Ink-ling | Lace-man |
| Ass-ail | Bale-ful | Chair-man | Duck-ling | King-craft | Fire-lock | God-like | Hang-man | In-land | Lady-bird |
| Band-age | Chamber-maid | King-fisher | Fire-man | God-mother | Hap-pen | In-mate | Lady-ship | ||
| M | Band-box | Cheer-ful | N | Kins-man | Fire-pan | God-son | Hard-ship | In-no-cent | Lamp-black |
| Ma-caw | Bane-ful | Cheer-less | Name-sake | Kit-ten | Fire-ship | Gold-finch | Hard-ware | In-sane | Land-lady |
| Mad-cap | Bar-bed | Christ-mas | Nan-keen | Knight-hood | Fire-work | Gold-smith | Harts-horn | In-spirit | Land-lord |
| Mad-house | Bar-gain | Church-yard | Nap-kin | Know-ledge | Fir-kin | Goose-berry | Head-land | In-tent | Land-mark |
| Mad-man | Bar-rack | Clans-men | Neck-cloth | Fish-hook | Grand-father | Hard-ship | Inter-meddle | Land-scape | |
| Mag-pie | Bar-row | Clerk-ship | Neck-lace | O | Flag-rant | Grate-ful | Hard-ware | Inter-sect | Land-tax |
| Main-mast | Bat-ten | Cob-web | Nest-ling | Oak-apple | Flip-pant | Grave-stone | Harts-horn | Inter-view | Lap-dog |
| Main-sail | Beard-less | Cock-pit | News-paper | Oat-cake | Flood-gate | Green-finch | Head-land | In-valid | Lap-pet |
| Main-spring | Bid-den | Cod-ling | Nick-name | Oat-meal | Fond-ling | Grey-hound | Head-less | In-vent | Laud-able |
| Mam-moth | Bird-lime | Coin-age | Night-cap | Off-end | Foot-ball | Grim-ace | Head-long | In-vest | Law-giver |
| Man-age | Birth-right | Con-fined | Night-gown | Oil-man | Foot-man | Grind-stone | Head-stone | In-ward | Law-suit |
| Man-date | Black-guard | Con-firm | Night-mare | O-men | Foot-pad | Ground-plot | Head-strong | Ire-ful | Lay-man |
| Marks-man | Blame-less | Con-form | Night-watch | On-set | Foot-step | Ground-sell | Hear-say | Iron-mould | Leap-frog |
| Mar-row | Block-head | Con-tent | Nine-fold | O-pen | Foot-stool | Guard-ship | Heart-less | I-sing-lass | Leap-year |
| Mass-acre | Boat-man | Con-test | Noon-tide | O-pinion | For-age | Gun-powder | Heart-sick | Lee-ward | |
| Match-less | Boot-jack | Con-tract | North-star | Our-selves | For-bear | Heart-string | P | Life-guard | |
| May-game | Book-worm | Con-verse | North-ward | Out-act | For-bid | Q | Hedge-hog | Pack-age | Like-wise |
| Meat-man | Bound-less | Cork-screw | Not-able | Out-bid | Found-ling | Quad-rant | Heir-less | Pack-cloth | Live-long |
| Mis-chance | Bow-ling | Count-less | Not-ice | Out-brave | Fox-glove | Quench-less | Heir-loom | Pad-dock | Load-stone |
| Mis-chief | Brace-let | Court-ship | No-where | Out-brazen | Free-hold | Quick-lime | Hell-hound | Pad-lock | Log-book |
| Mis-count | Brain-less | Crab-bed | Nut-gall | Out-cast | Free-stone | Quick-sand | Hell-kite | Pain-ful | Log-wood |
| Mis-deed | Break-fast | Cross-bow | Nut-meg | Out-cry | Fret-work | Quick-set | Hence-forth | Pain-less | Loop-hole |
| Mis-judge | Breath-less | Cur-tail | Out-do | Fri-day | Quick-silver | Hen-roost | Pal-ace | Lord-ship | |
| Mis-quote | Brick-bat | Cur-tail | R | Out-grow | Friend-ship | Herb-age | Pal-ate | Love-sick | |
| Monks-hood | Brick-dust | Rain-bow | Out-law | Frost-bite | S | Herds-man | Pal-let | Low-land | |
| Moon-beam | Bride-cake | T | Ram-part | Out-line | Fur-long | Safe-guard | Her-self | Pan-cake | Luck-less |
| Moon-light | Bride-groom | Tar-get | Ran-sack | Out-live | Sal-low | Hid-den | Pan-tiler | Luke-warm | |
| Muf-fin | Broad-cloth | Tar-tar | Rap-a-city | Out-march | U | Sand-stone | High-land | Pa-pa | |
| Broad-side | Taw-dry | Rasp-berry | Out-rage | Up-braid | Sat-in | High-way | Pa-pal | V | |
| W | Broad-sword | Tax-able | Rattle-snake | Out-ride | Up-hill | Sat-ire | Hind-most | Par-able | Vain-glory |
| Wag-on | Brow-beat | Tea-cup | Red-breast | Out-run | Up-hold | Sauce-box | Hoar-frost | Pa-rent | Van-guard |
| Wag-tail | Brown-stone | Teem-ful | Red-den | Out-sail | Up-land | Sauce-pan | Hob-goblin | Pa-ring | Vault-age |
| Wain-scot | Bug-bear | Teem-less | Rid-dance | Out-sell | Up-ride | Saw-dust | Hogs-head | Par-snip | |
| Waist-coat | Bull-dog | Tell-tale | Ring-leader | Out-shine | Up-right | Saw-pit | Home-bred | Par-son | Y |
| Wake-ful | Bump-kin | Ten-able | Ring-let | Out-side | Up-roar | Scare-crow | Honey-bag | Par-took | Year-ling |
| Wal-nut | Buoy-ant | Ten-a-city | Ring-tail | Out-sit | Up-shot | Scarf-skin | Honey-comb | Part-ridge | Youth-ful |
| Wan-ton | But-ton | Ten-ant | Ring-worm | Out-sleep | Up-start | Scar-let | Honey-moon | Pass-able | |
| Ward-mate | Ten-dance | Rolling-pin | Out-spread | Up-ward | School-fellow | Honey-suckle | Pass-over | S continued | |
| Ward-robe | O continued | Ten-don | Rose-water | Out-stare | Use-less | School-master | Hood-wink | Pas-time | Ship-wreck |
| Ward-ship | Over-plus | Ten-dril | Rot-ten | Out-stretch | School-mistress | Horse-back | Patch-work | Shirt-less | |
| Ware-house | Over-poise | Ten-or | Round-about | Out-talk | P continued | Scot-free | Horse-shoe | Pa-tent | Shoe-string |
| War-fare | Over-power | Thank-ful | Round-house | Out-vie | Port-hole | Screech-owl | Host-age | Path-way | Shoe-waker |
| War-like | Over-press | Thank-less | Run-a-gate | Out-ward | Post-age | Scul-lion | Hot-bed | Pat-ten | Shop-board |
| War-rant | Over-rack | Them-selves | Rush-light | Out-weigh | Post-chaise | Sea-born | Hot-house | Peace-able | Shop-keeper |
| Wash-ball | Over-rate | Thence-forth | Out-wit | Post-date | Sea-calf | Hot-spur | Pea-cock | Shop-man | |
| Waste-ful | Over-reach | There-after | W continued | Out-work | Post-house | Sea-coal | Hounds-ditch | Pear-led | Shore-less |
| Watch-ful | Over-right | There-at | Whit-low | Out-worn | Post-man | Sea-faring | Hour-glass | Peer-age | Short-hand |
| Watch-man | Over-ripen | There-by | Whit-sun-tide | Over-act | Post-office | Sea-girt | House-hold | Peer-less | Short-lived |
| Watch-word | Over-roast | There-fore | Who-ever | Over-awe | Pot-ash | Sea-gull | House-maid | Pen-knife | Short-sighted |
| Water-course | Over-rule | There-from | Whole-sale | Over-bear | Pot-hook | Sea-maid | House-wife | Pen-man | Shot-free |
| Water-fall | Over-run | There-in | Whole-some | Over-board | Pound-age | Sea-man | Hum-drum | Pen-man-ship | Shoulder-belt |
| Water-fowl | Over-see | There-on | Wild-fire | Over-boil | Prim-rose | Seam-less | Hump-back | Penny-worth | Shrove-tide |
| Water-man | Over-seer | There-to | Wil-low | Over-burden | Prior-ship | Seam-stress | Hurri-cane | Per-jury | Side-board |
| Water-mark | Over-set | There-with | Wind-lass | Over-cast | Prop-a-gate | Sea-nymph | Pert-in-a-city | Side-long | |
| Water-mill | Over-shade | Thick-set | Wind-mill | Over-charge | Punch-bowl | Sea-piece | S continued | Pick-lock | Side-saddle |
| Water-work | Over-shadow | Thought-ful | Wind-pipe | Over-cloud | Sea-port | Sod-den | Pick-pocket | Side-ways | |
| Way-lay | Over-shoe | Thought-less | Win-now | Over-come | S continued | Sea-sick | Sol-ace | Pie-bald | Sight-less |
| Way-ward | Over-shoot | Thread-bare | Win-some | Over-court | Star-board | Sea-son | So-lo | Pike-staff | Silk-weaver |
| Weather-cock | Over-sight | Three-fold | Wise-acre | Over-do | Star-gazer | Sea-ward | Sol-vent | Pill-age | Silk-worm |
| Weather-glass | Over-size | Three-score | Wit-less | Over-due | Star-less | Second-hand | Some-body | Pin-cushion | Silver-smith |
| Weather-wise | Over-sleep | Thresh-old | Wolf-dog | Over-eye | Star-light | Seed-cake | Some-how | Pine-apple | Sin-less |
| Web-bed | Over-spread | Through-out | Wood-cock | Over-feed | Star-like | Seed-ling | Some-time | Pip-kin | Six-fold |
| Web-foot | Over-stock | Thunder-bolt | Wood-land | Over-flow | Star-ling | Seed-pearl | Some-what | Pitch-fork | Skim-milk |
| Wed-lock | Over-strain | Thunder-struck | Wood-lark | Over-grown | States-man | Seed-time | Some-where | Pit-men | Skip-jack |
| Week-day | Over-sway | Till-age | Wood-man | Over-head | Stead-fast | Seers-man | Song-stress | Plain-tiff | Sky-lark |
| Wel-come | Over-swell | Tip-pet | Wood-note | Over-hear | Steel-yard | Sex-tile | Son-net | Play-fellow | Sky-light |
| Wel-fare | Over-take | Tip-staff | Wood-nymph | Over-heard | Steer-age | Sex-ton | Southern-wood | Play-house | Slap-dash |
| Well-born | Over-throw | Tire-some | Work-house | Over-joy | Step-dame | Shame-less | Span-king | Play-mate | Sleeve-less |
| Well-bred | Over-took | Title-page | Work-man | Over-lade | Step-daughter | Sham-rock | Spare-rib | Play-wright | Slip-board |
| Wheel-wright | Over-value | Toad-stool | Work-shop | Over-lay | Step-father | Shape-less | Spar-row | Plough-man | Slip-shod |
| Where-at | Over-work | Toil-some | Worm-wood | Over-leap | Step-mother | Sharp-set | Speak-able | Plough-share | Slip-slop |
| Where-by | Ox-gall | Tom-boy | Wrath-ful | Over-load | Steward-ship | Sheep-cot | Speech-less | Pole-cat | Slope-wise |
| Whet-stone | Ox-lip | Tooth-ache | Wrath-less | Over-look | Stiff-neck | Sheep-shearing | Spite-ful | Pol-lute | Slow-worm |
| Whip-cord | Top-knot | Wrist-band | Over-mast | Still-born | Sheep-walk | Sports-man | Pop-gun | Snip-pet | |
| Whip-hand | S cont. | Top-most | Writ-ten | Over-match | Stock-jobber | Sheet-anchor | Spot-less | Pop-in-jay | Snip-snap |
| Whirl-pool | Stow-age | Top-sail | Over-pass | Stone-fruit | Shell-fish | Spring-halt | Port-age | Snow-ball | |
| Whirl-wind | Strata-gem | Touch-stone | S cont. | Over-pay | Store-fruit | Shift-less | Spruce-beer | Port-hole | Snow-drop |
| White-wash | Straw-berry | Touch-wood | Stream-let | Over-peer | Store-house | Ship-board | Stair-case | Post-age | Snuff-box |
| Sun-dry | Towns-man | Strip-ling | Sup-position | seven | Sweet-william | ||||
| Sun-flower | Toy-shop | Sum-mary | T cont. | Sup-press | T cont. | Sweet-willow | |||
| Sun-less | Track-less | Summer-house | Trod-den | Swans-down | Twelfth-night | Swine-herd | |||
| Sup-plant | Trap-door | Summer-set | Turn-pike | Sweep-stake | Twelfth-tide | Swords-man | |||
| Sup-pliant | Tre-foil | Sun-beam | Turn-spit | Sweet-bread | Two-fold | ||||
| Sup-port | Trip-let | Sun-burnt | Turn-stile | Sweet-briar | Two-pence | ||||
| Sup-port-able | Trip-thong | Sun-day | Tutor-age | Sweet-heart |
A Liar Should Have a Good Memory.
55. Chronograms or Chrono-graphs
are riddles in which the letters of the Roman notation in a sentence or series of words are so arranged as to make up a date. The following is a good example:
My Day Closed Is In Immortality.