Here are all the words I can think of where the spelling <ea> is pronounced e.
bread breakfast breast breath cleanse dead deaf dealt death dread dreamt feather health(y) heather heaven heavy instead jealous(y) leant leapt leather leaven meadow meant measure peasant pheasant pleasant pleasure ready realm spread stead steadfast steady stealth(y) sweat(er/y) thread threat threaten tread treasure wealth(y) weather yeah zealous
The place-names Reading and Streatham also have e.
Lead is pronounced led if it is the name of the metal and read is pronounced red if it is the past tense or the past participle.
2013_08_03
Updated: 2013_11_12