The rhymes in this section have the ‘ah’ sound of half and larder as their main or final vowel sound
3.1 ah, are, baa, bah, bar, Barr, barre, Blois, bra, car, Carr, char, fa, far, Fra, gar, ha, haar, jar, la, lar, Loire, ma, mar, moire, noir, pa, pah, par, parr, Parr, pas, qua, R, Ra, Saar, Sarre, scar, schwa, shah, ska, spa, Spa, spar, star, Starr, ta, tar, tsar, yah, * Dunbar, papa, catarrh, afar, Navarre, galah, hurrah, Accra, mama, hussar, bazaar, ajar, Qatar, ta-ta, Stranraer, aha, ha-ha, tra-la, foie gras, sang-froid, François, Armagh, Lehár, bête noire, Del Mar, ER, PR, debar, disbar, cigar, guitar, sitar, film noir, bizarre, OR, faux pas, beaux-arts, * kasbah, grandpa, Caspar, fracas, tramcar, ashlar, fatwa, patois, Valois, chamois, Magyar, grandma, gaga, Dada, ha-ha, La-La, rah-rah, wah-wah, Zsa Zsa, railcar, agar, Degas, radar, daystar, Braemar, Tamar, quasar, feldspar, Redcar, Elgar, Telstar, Kevlar®, memoir, Renoir, earthstar, heel bar, streetcar, dinar, kiblah, Ingmar, sidecar, Weimar, nightjar, crossbar, stock car, boxcar, sol-fa, Colmar, bourgeois, crowbar, towbar, rollbar, co-star, lodestar, Omagh, Omar, sonar, pulsar, toolbar, oompah, nougat, doodah, Utah, Pooh-Bah, hoo-ha, hoopla, boudoir, Dumas, * rum baba, * Calabar, Malabar, handlebar, grandpapa, advocaat, avatar, baklava, samovar, Kandahar, Yamaha, baccarat, abattoir, jacamar, Palomar, grandmama, Panama, Balthazar, caviar, Zanzibar, Hamilcar, iechyd da, Shangri-la, Cantuar., armoured car, R&R, Amen-Ra, langue de chat, entrechat, cha-cha-cha, la-di-da, Mardi Gras, cable car, steak tartare, aide-mémoire, APR, megastar, Hezbollah, repertoire, reservoir, SLR, Peckinpah, registrar, petit pois, escritoire, seminar, deodar, Nicobar, cinnabar, millibar, minibar, isobar, Myanmar, Bogotá, waratah, objet d’art, Bolivar, Lochinvar, commissar, touring car, Eurostar, motor car, Omaha, au revoir, under par, um and ah, cultivar, Buddh Gaya, coolabah, superstar, brouhaha, coup d’état, rouge et noir, Cooch Behar, * conservatoire, * Leamington Spa, kala-azar, ménage à trois, je ne sais quoi, budgerigar, avoirdupois
Man’s heart expands to tinker with his car
For this is Sunday morning, Fate’s great bazaar.
LOUIS MACNEICE
3.2 barb, carb, garb, Saab, sahib, * nawab, Punjab, memsahib, * bicarb, rhubarb
3.3 arc, ark, Bach, bark, Braque, Clark, Clarke, clerk, dark, hark, Jacques, lark, marc, Marc, mark, Mark, marque, narc, nark, park, Park, plaque, quark, Sark, shark, snark, spark, Spark, stark, Stark, * macaque, Kazakh, Lamarck, black mark, debark, embark, Iraq, remark, Remarque, Hyde Park, * bank clerk, landmark, car park, aardvark, waymark, trademark, Petrarch, tetrarch, Denmark, benchmark, birthmark, earmark, skid mark, Widmark, Bismarck, hierarch, tyre mark, skylark, tidemark, Reichsmark, pockmark, ballpark, hallmark, Deutschmark, postmark, loan shark, mudlark, brushmark, woodlark, bookmark, footmark, Plutarch, * matriarch, patriarch, telemark, meadowlark, Regent’s Park, re-embark, in the dark, fingermark, disembark, Offenbach, oligarch, watermark, Joan of Arc, double-park, Cutty Sark
3.4 arcs, Bach’s, Berks, clerks, larks, Marks, Mark’s, Marx, parks, Parkes, sharks, sparks, * landmarks, benchmarks, stretchmarks, pockmarks, brushmarks, footmarks, etc.
3.5 barked, marked, parked, * unmarked, embarked, infarct, remarked, * waymarked, earmarked, pockmarked, hallmarked, postmarked, bookmarked, * disembarked, unremarked, double-parked, etc.
3.6 arch, larch, march, March, parch, starch, * frogmarch, cornstarch, routemarch, * overarch
3.7 arched, marched, parched, starched, * unstarched, * frogmarched, routemarched, * overarched
3.8 baaed, bard, barred, card, chard, charred, Dard, guard, hard, jarred, lard, marred, pard, Sade, sard, shard, scarred, sparred, starred, tarred, yard, Yard, * charade, façade, saccade, estrade, debarred, disbarred, discard, regard, petard, retard, ill-starred, jihad, glissade, bombard, en garde, rock-hard, pomade, roulade, * Jacquard, placard, scratchcard, vanguard, Ballard, mallard, Garrard, back yard, canard, Hansard, mansard, smart card, farmyard, barnyard, railcard, racecard, safeguard, graveyard, kaleyard, Maynard, Gerard, churchyard, rearguard, steelyard, Rickard, Liskeard, Fishguard, shipyard, brickyard, vineyard, Izzard, wild card, lifeguard, diehard, spikenard, fireguard, Lombard, Stoppard, Goddard, bollard, Lollard, Pollard, dockyard, stockyard, scorecard, courtyard, postcard, phonecard, Bogarde, coastguard, boatyard, boneyard, mudguard, junkyard, Coulthard, foulard, schoolyard, Cunard, * battle-scarred, Abelard, avant-garde, Savoyard, Everard, esplanade, credit card, self-regard, birthday card, Kierkegaard, greetings card, leotard, zindabad, Isambard, interlard, timberyard, Hilliard, milliard, disregard, Scotland Yard, promenade, bodyguard, Communard, boulevard, * Islamabad, * Allahabad, Faisalabad, Hyderabad, camelopard, fanfaronade, Marquis de Sade, rodomontade
No memory of having starred
Atones for later disregard,
Or keeps the end from being hard.
ROBERT FROST
3.9 barf, calf, chaff, graph, half, laugh, quaff, scarf, Scarfe, staff, strafe, * carafe, behalf, giraffe, Clontarf, * flagstaff, Metcalfe, headscarf, distaff, tipstaff, pikestaff, digraph, Falstaff, mooncalf, * tachograph, Van de Graaff, barograph, paragraph, shadowgraph, Cenotaph, stenograph, epitaph, epigraph, telegraph, Dictograph®, pictograph, lithograph, spirograph, micrograph, seismograph, Chinagraph®, logograph, holograph, homograph, chronograph, monograph, polygraph, quarterstaff, autograph, photograph, phonograph, * cardiograph, radiograph, ideograph, Mimeograph®, choreograph, * encephalograph
3.10 aft, barfed, chaffed, craft, daft, draft, draught, graft, haft, Kraft, laughed, quaffed, raft, shaft, staffed, waft, * abaft, unstaffed, redraft, engraft, * handcraft, crankshaft, camshaft, aircraft, statecraft, spacecraft, stagecraft, fieldcraft, priestcraft, lift shaft, kingcraft, witchcraft, drive shaft, mine shaft, swordcraft, downdraught, updraught, woodcraft, bushcraft, * handicraft, needlecraft, hovercraft, watercraft, overstaffed, photographed, overdraft, understaffed, Wollstonecraft
3.11 blague, Prague, * Camargue, Den Haag, * Reichstag, * Bundestag
3.12 barge, charge, hajj, large, marg, marge, raj, sarge, Taj, targe, * the Raj, recharge, enlarge, in charge, discharge, * surcharge, discharge, * turbocharge, countercharge, overlarge, overcharge, undercharge, supercharge
3.13 plage, raj, * the Raj, ménage, sondage, frottage, potage, montage, collage, corsage, * barrage, garage, massage, dressage, mirage, triage, * badinage, cabotage, sabotage, camouflage, arbitrage, décolletage, decoupage, reportage, persiflage, bricolage, bon voyage, entourage, curettage, fuselage, * espionage, photomontage, * counterespionage
3.14 Arles, Baal, Basle, Carl, Dahl, dhal, gnarl, Karl, kraal, marl, snarl, toile, * Natal, corral, morale, Jamal, Kemal, banal, unsnarl, timbale, halal, Chantal, Vidal, chorale, Bhopal, locale, * Transvaal, Stendahl, mistral, * femme fatale, pastorale, Albemarle, rationale, Parsifal, Taj Mahal, Heyerdahl, Emmenthal, Provençal, Provençale, * Neanderthal, Massif Central, Escorial, * Internationale, succès de scandale, entente cordiale
3.15 Arles, Charles, Karl’s, snarls, etc.
3.16 arm, balm, barm, calm, charm, farm, Guam, harm, ma’am, palm, psalm, qualm, smarm, * madame, alarm, salaam, unarm, rearm, embalm, becalm, imam, disarm, forearm, * yardarm, gendarme, napalm, wind farm, Islam, firearm, forearm, schoolmarm, * Notre Dame, overarm, underarm, * Dar es Salaam, Omar Khayyám
3.17 armed, calmed, charmed, farmed, harmed, * unarmed, unharmed, alarmed, rearmed, embalmed, becalmed, disarmed, forearmed
3.18 alms, arms, Brahms, farms, Glamis, palms, Psalms, qualms, * alarms, salaams, rearms, embalms, becalms, * gendarmes, wind farms, firearms, etc.
Ben Battle was a soldier bold,
And used to war’s alarms:
But a canon-ball took off his legs,
So he laid down his arms!
THOMAS HOOD
3.19 Arne, barn, darn, Hahn, Juan, khan, Khan, Marne, naan, Sian, tarn, yarn, * Pathan, pavane, Amman, McMahon, Hassan, Kazan, Aswan, Antoine, Tehran, élan, Vientiane, Tzigane, Iran, Gibran, Sichuan, Dayan, Taiwan, Koran, Don Juan, Osman, Oran, Oman, Qumran, Cwmbran, lucarne, Sudan, Bhutan, * astrakhan, Astrakhan, Abadan, Ramadan, Karajan, Kazakhstan, Pakistan, Dagestan, macedoine, Abidjan, Bantustan, Aga Khan, Rajasthan, Shah Jahan, Genghis Khan, Turkestan, Kyrgyzstan, Kurdistan, Isfahan, Christiaan, Lindisfarne, Hindustan, t’ai chi ch’uan, Omdurman, autobahn, Yucatán, Suleiman, Kublai Khan, * Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Baluchistan
3.20 blanch, Blanche, branch, ranch, stanch, tranche, * carte blanche, * avalanche
3.21 darned, * command, demand, remand, * reprimand, countermand
3.22 chance, dance, France, glance, lance, prance, stance, trance, Vance, aunts, chants, grants, plants, * askance, Provence, advance, perchance, enhance, entrance, mischance, faïence, * seance, freelance, off-chance, mumchance, nuance, * happenstance, ambience, Afrikaans, renaissance, Renaissance, circumstance, contredanse, * par excellence, * pièce de résistance
O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,
How can we know the dancer from the dance?
W. B. YEATS
3.23 aren’t, aunt, can’t, chant, grant, Grant, Nantes, plant, shan’t, slant, * supplant, aslant, transplant, détente, replant, implant, enchant, * transplant, ashplant, plainchant, eggplant, implant, house plant, * debutante, disenchant, commandant, confidante
3.24 Barnes, barns, darns, naans, Sian’s, tarns, yarns, * Afrikaans, Genghis Khan’s, etc.
3.25 Arp, carp, harp, scarp, sharp, Sharpe, tarp, * cardsharp, * razor-sharp, Polycarp
3.26 arse, baas, brass, class, farce, glass, grass, Mass, pass, sparse, * surpass, Madras, stained glass, third-class, first-class, volte-face, outclass, * impasse, smartarse, bypass, eyeglass, spyglass, wineglass, Snodgrass, knotgrass, hourglass, subclass, bluegrass, goosegrass, * gravitas, Stallybrass, galloglass, sparrowgrass, masterclass, second-class, Plexiglas®, working-class, middle-class, Khyber Pass, fibreglass, isinglass, overpass, underpass, upper-class, underclass, superclass, supergrass, coup de grâce, * snake in the grass
3.27 ask, bask, basque, Basque, cask, casque, flask, mask, masque, task, * unmask, * Monégasque, overtask, multitask
The trivial round, the common task,
Would furnish all we ought to ask.
JOHN KEBLE
3.28 asked, basked, masked, * unmasked, unasked, etc.
3.29 clasp, gasp, grasp, hasp, rasp, * unclasp
3.30 arsed, blast, cast, caste, classed, fast, grassed, karst, last, mast, passed, past, vast, * surpassed, aghast, avast, contrast, half-mast, recast, repast, miscast, dismast, outclassed, outlast, * rat-arsed, sandblast, mainmast, webcast, steadfast, Belfast, wormcast, precast, bypassed, flypast, typecast, contrast, topmast, forecast, broadcast, sportscast, foremast, outcast, downcast, stonecast, holdfast, roughcast, Buckfast, newscast, * flabbergast, narrowcast, hard and fast, Prendergast, telecast, simulcast, mizzenmast, Gormenghast, counterblast, overcast, opencast, unsurpassed, colourfast, * Elastoplast®
Love in a palace is perhaps at last
More grievous torment than a hermit’s fast.
JOHN KEATS
3.31 harsh, marsh, * moustache, panache, démarche, gouache, * Titchmarsh
3.32 art, Bart, Barthes, cart, chart, dart, fart, hart, Hart, Harte, heart, kart, mart, part, Scart, smart, start, tart, * apart, spare part, Descartes, restart, depart, impart, stop-start, outsmart, * rampart, handcart, Cathcart, Earhart, redstart, Bernhardt, teacart, restart, sweetheart, Britart, kick-start, Reinhardt, op art, dogcart, Lockhart, forepart, mouthpart, Hobart, go-kart, Bogart, Mozart, flow chart, dustcart, upstart, pushcart, Stuttgart, * applecart, à la carte, heart-to-heart, counterpart, D’Oyly Carte, Bonaparte, underpart, Bundesrat, Gujarat, * state-of-the-art
Words may be false and full of art,
Sighs are the natural language of the heart.
THOMAS SHADWELL
3.33 arts, Bart’s, carts, charts, clarts, darts, farts, hearts, Herts, karts, parts, smarts, starts, tarts, * ramparts, handcarts, sweethearts, foreparts, mouthparts, Mozart’s, * underparts, etc.
3.34 bath, Bath, Ba’th, garth, Garth, hearth, lath, path, * birdbath, eyebath, warpath, towpath, Hogarth, bloodbath, mudbath, footpath, * aftermath
3.35 calve, carve, grave, Graves, halve, Slav, starve, suave, varve, * Algarve, Gustave, Zouave, * Yugoslav
3.36 calves, halves, scarves, * headscarves, mooncalves
3.37 bars, cars, jars, Lars, Mars, parse, SARS, scars, stars, vase, * hussars, bazaars, Shiraz, three Rs, cigars, guitars, * memoirs, Renoir’s, co-stars, Gauloise, * handlebars, grandpapa’s, seminars, vichyssoise, * salade niçoise, etc.
Have you heard it’s in the stars,
Next July we collide with Mars?
COLE PORTER
4.1 Barbie®, Darby, Derby, harpy, * kohlrabi, Punjabi, Mugabe, okapi, * Hammurabi, Abu Dhabi
4.2 khaki, larky, narky, parky, sake, Saki, sarky, sparky, Starkey, * malarkey, menarche, Iraqi, * hierarchy, squirearchy, autarky, * Nagasaki, Kawasaki, Yamasaki, teriyaki, matriarchy, patriarchy, oligarchy, sukiyaki
4.3 cardie, hardy, Hardie, Hardy, lardy, Mahdi, mardy, tardy, Yardie, arty, clarty, hearty, party, Smartie, smarty, crafty, draughty, auntie, nasty, * Bacardi®, Lombardi, Coolgardie, chapati, karate, Frascati, Astarte, coati, * foolhardy, * Maserati, charterparty, arty-farty, digerati, glitterati, literati, Moriarty, Gujarati, arty-crafty, * Laurel and Hardy, illuminati
And he chirped and sang, and skipped about, and laughed with laughter hearty –
He was wonderfully active for so very stout a party.
W. S. GILBERT
4.4 ave, Garvey, Harvey, jarvey, larvae, Ravi, * Gaddafi, agave, peccavi, Mojave, McCarthy, * Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
4.5 Ali, Bali, barley, Carly, charlie, Charlie, Dali, Farley, gnarly, Harley, Kali, Mali, Marley, parley, Raleigh, snarly, sharply, Barclay, Berkeley, clerkly, darkly, sparkly, starkly, hardly, Yardley, Hartley, partly, smartly, ghastly, lastly, vastly, suavely, calmly, Darnley, parsley, sparsely, Barnsley, harshly, archly, largely, Marie, sari, starry, tarry, raspberry, * tamale, Svengali, Diwali, finale, bizarrely, Somali, safari, Polari, Ferrari, Harare, Vasari, Campari®, Qatari, Cagliari, curare, Scutari, Malawi, Mascagni, * Muhammad Ali, Ras Tafari, Kalahari, calamari, Stradivari, Mata Hari, Carbonari, charivari, etc.
4.6 army, balmy, barmy, palmy, smarmy, swami, Arnie, barney, Barney, blarney, Carney, rani, sarnie, Varney, * salami, pastrami, gourami, tsunami, Afghani, Galvani, Armani, Killarney, Giovanni, Omani, McCartney, * origami, Mantovani, maharani, Rafsanjani, frangipani, Pakistani, Mastroianni, biryani, Hindustani, Modigliani, * Azerbaijani, chilli con carne, * debar me, harm me, etc.
4.7 brassy, classy, Darcy, Farsi, glassy, grassy, Nazi, chancy, khazi, quasi, Stasi, Swazi, malmsey, marshy, Archie, starchy, bhaji, * Nastase, Benghazi, Givenchy, Karachi, hibachi, * Ashkenazi, Ashkenazy, kamikaze, Esterházy, mariachi, Liberace, Fibonacci, argy-bargy
4.8 arbour, barber, Barber, Barbour®, harbour, Saba, carper, Harper, scarper, sharper, gasper, grasper, * macabre, Ann Arbor, Pearl Harbor, rum baba, * Ali Baba, etc.
4.9 Barker, darker, Farquhar, marker, markka, parka, Parker, starker, Tarka, asker, masker, Aga®, laager, lager, raga, saga, * Osaka, moussaka, Lusaka, * backmarker, waymarker, * Titicaca, nosy parker, Aga saga, * Hamilcar Barca, * nark her, ask her, etc.
It is no time for mirth and laughter,
The cold, grey dawn of the morning after.
GEORGE ADE
4.10 ardour, Bader, cadre, carder, Garda, harder, Lada®, larder, RADA, Pravda, slander, barter, charter, carter, Carter, darter, data, garter, Garter, martyr, sartor, smarter, Sparta, starter, strata, tartar, Tartar, after, dafter, grafter, laughter, rafter, chanter, Granta, grantor, planter, blaster, caster, castor, Castor, faster, master, pastor, plaster, * Haggadah, Granada, lambada, armada, cicada, retarder, Nevada, commander, Jakarta, toccata, sonata, substrata, cassata, passata, cantata, self-starter, Inkatha, Siddhartha, frittata, errata, stigmata, Renata, nonstarter, pro rata, thereafter, whereafter, hereafter, Vedanta, headmaster, disaster, old master, * sought-after, bandmaster, grandmaster, taskmaster, paymaster, webmaster, ringmaster, quizmaster, choirmaster, forecaster, broadcaster, scoutmaster, housemaster, postmaster, toastmaster, newscaster, schoolmaster, * enchilada, Eid-ul-Adha, intifada, promenader, Torquemada, Alexander, Magna Carta, alma mater, Stabat Mater, chipolata, protomartyr, thereinafter, hereinafter, alabaster, harbour master, stationmaster, ghetto blaster, burgomaster, concertmaster, quartermaster, * piña colada, inamorata, La Traviata, desiderata, persona grata, * persona non grata, * taramasalata, Río de la Plata, * medulla oblongata, * guard her, outsmart her, etc.
See-saw, Margery Daw,
Jacky shall have a new master;
Jacky shall have but a penny a day,
Because he can’t work any faster.
NURSERY RHYME
4.11 laugher, staffer, carver, Carver, fava, guava, Java, larva, lava, laver, Arthur, Martha, farther, father, lather, rather, * Mustapha, cadaver, palaver, cassava, MacArthur, * grandfather, stepfather, godfather, forefather, * balaclava, Balaklava, Bratislava, Costa Brava, * bath her, starve her, etc.
4.12 Carla, gala, Mahler, parlour, snarler, sampler, sparkler, chandler, Chandler, Clara, Lara, Sara, Tara, Zara, Barbara, Sandra, Chartres, Sartre, genre, Farquhar, * cabbala, masala, Kampala, La Scala, Marsala, impala, koala, Uppsala, Sahara, Carrara, Ferrara, Tamara, cascara, mascara, tiara, O’Hara, O’Mara, macabre, Cassandra, Sinatra, Montmartre, Sumatra, Le Havre, Chihuahua, Campagna, * Guatemala, McNamara, capybara, carbonara, Che Guevara, Connemara, candelabra, Alexandra, Okinawa, Kurosawa, * Guadalajara, double entendre, * Emilia-Romagna, etc.
4.13 amah, armour, Balmer, Brahma, calmer, charmer, dharma, drama, farmer, Kama, karma, lama, llama, Palmer, Parma, Rama, Schama, bwana, Dana, darner, garner, Garner, Ghana, Lana, Marner, nana, Wagner, gardener, Gardner, Lardner, pardner, partner, * embalmer, Osama, cabana, sultana, banana, mañana, Svetlana, nirvana, Tijuana, Guiana, Guyana, liana, gymkhana, piranha, Tirana, iguana, Fontana, Montana, Botswana, * snake charmer, * Atacama, panorama, Dalai Lama, melodrama, Cinerama®, diorama, cyclorama, psychodrama, docudrama, Yokohama, Tatiana, Mariana, Africana, Afrikaner, marijuana, Santayana, Pax Romana, Mahayana, ikebana, Indiana, Lipizzaner, Weimaraner, Silas Marner, Rosh Hashanah, vox humana, Gloriana, rusticana, Juliana, Ljubljana, * Australiana, Americana, Shakespeareana, Louisiana, Victoriana, Edwardiana, * Vasco da Gama, Fata Morgana, Bophuthatswana, * Carmina Burana, * ipecacuanha, * harm her, disarm her, etc.
There was a young lady of Parma,
Whose conduct grew calmer and calmer.
EDWARD LEAR
4.14 Lhasa, passer, sparser, answer, chancer, dancer, lancer, prancer, Gaza, parser, plaza, harsher, Marsha, pasha, Berkshire, archer, Archer, marcher, starcher, rancher, pasture, charger, larger, rajah, slàinte, * Kinshasa, advancer, enhancer, departure, recharger, enlarger, discharger, * maharajah, turbocharger, supercharger, * tabula rasa, * entrance her, charge her, etc.
4.15 charlock, Charnock, * Kilmarnock
4.16 Harpic®, bardic, artic, Partick, arctic, Arctic, yardstick, Narvik, Slavic, garlic, Harlech, Hardwick, karmic, arsenic, carsick, heartsick, Tajik, * anarchic, hierarchic, monarchic, Sephardic, cathartic, subarctic, Antarctic, lethargic, * subantarctic
4.17 harboured, larboard, starboard, scarpered, guarded, charted, chartered, martyred, parted, started, drafted, shafted, granted, slanted, bastard, blasted, plastered, Dartford, Hartford, Hertford, Harvard, fathered, armoured, garnered, answered, * unguarded, regarded, retarded, bombarded, uncharted, unchartered, hardhearted, half-hearted, faint-hearted, departed, imparted, big-hearted, kind-hearted, light-hearted, softhearted, warm-hearted, stouthearted, downhearted, wholehearted, enchanted, unanswered, * unregarded, disregarded, tenderhearted, heavy-hearted, brokenhearted, disenchanted, flabbergasted, etc.
4.18 garbage, yardage, vantage, Carthage, carnage, cartridge, partridge, Partridge, * advantage, * disadvantage
4.19 barbel, garble, marble, Schnabel, carpal, carpel, Marple, sample, sparkle, rascal, gargle, startle, stratal, artful, harmful, carvel, larval, Havel, marvel, Marvell, Cherwell, narwhal, Carmel, carnal, charnel, darnel, Parnell, Hartnell, castle, parcel, tarsal, chancel, Basel, marshal, Marshall, martial, Martial, partial, * ensemble, example, debacle, monarchal, catarrhal, impartial, court-martial, * sandcastle, Hardcastle, Newcastle, Boscastle, Oldcastle, * metacarpal, matriarchal, patriarchal, metatarsal
I’m the king of the castle,
Get down, you dirty rascal.
CHILDREN’S RHYME
4.20 garbled, marbled, sampled, startled, Arnold, marshalled, * court-martialled, * unexampled, etc.
4.21 marbles, Sharples, samples, castles, parcels, etc.
4.22 Markham, stardom, datum, stratum, Harlem, slalom, Arnhem, Barnum, Farnham, * substratum, erratum, postpartum, alarum, * superstardom, superstratum, candelabrum, * desideratum, * park ’em, guard ’em, etc.
4.23 Larkin, parkin, sharkskin, calfskin, bargain, marten, martin, Martin, Marvin, marlin, Stalin, Darwen, Darwin, Tarquin, Brahmin, margin, * Gagarin, * markin’, starrin’, etc.
4.24 carbon, sharpen, Aachen, darken, hearken, kraken, argon, jargon, Arden, Baden, garden, harden, lardon, pardon, Marsden, Aten, Barton, carton, hearten, smarten, Spartan, tartan, Parton, Grafton, Carlton, Charlton, Marston, Charleston, carven, Javan, Marlon, Amen, barman, Brahman, Carmen, Jarman, Rahman, Scarman, marksman, craftsman, draughtsman, guardsman, arson, Carson, fasten, parson, sarsen, Clarkson, Tarzan, Martian, harshen, stanchion, Farjeon, * Petrarchan, Dumbarton, dishearten, Caernarfon, Carmarthen, Macfarlane, Saharan, Sumatran, unfasten, infarction, * Volkswagen, * hydrocarbon, Interlaken, Copenhagen, Covent Garden, Coloradan, Akhenaten, kindergarten, Sydney Carton, Dolly Parton, Aldermaston, Wilhelmshaven, Guatemalan, Tutankhamen
The kiss of the sun for pardon,
The song of the birds for mirth,
One is nearer God’s heart in a garden
Than anywhere else on earth.
DOROTHY FRANCES GURNEY
4.25 sharpened, darkened, hardened, pardoned, garland, Garland, parkland, Cartland, marshland, almond, fastened, * disheartened, unfastened, etc.
4.26 bargains, martins, Darwin’s, margins, * Doc Martens®, etc.
4.27 ardent, guardant, garment, parchment, argent, sergeant, Sargent, * retardant, disbarment, escarpment, bombardment, commandment, apartment, compartment, department, enchantment, advancement, enhancement, enlargement, * disenchantment, overgarment, undergarment, self-advancement
4.28 parlance, garments, sergeants, * commandments, apartments, compartments, departments, * overgarments, undergarments, etc.
4.29 carping, harping, grasping, rasping, barking, Barking, larking, marking, parking, asking, basking, masking, guarding, Harding, darting, farting, karting, parting, smarting, starting, drafting, grafting, shafting, chanting, planting, blasting, casting, fasting, lasting, laughing, staffing, calving, carving, starving, farthing, Carling, darling, Darling, marling, snarling, starling, marbling, sampling, darkling, sparkling, starveling, barring, marring, scarring, sparring, starring, arming, calming, charming, farming, harming, darning, classing, passing, parsing, dancing, glancing, lancing, prancing, arching, marching, parching, starching, branching, ranching, barging, charging, * embarking, unmasking, discarding, regarding, bombarding, commanding, demanding, departing, transplanting, enchanting, contrasting, alarming, embalming, disarming, surpassing, advancing, entrancing, recharging, enlarging, discharging, * skylarking, safeguarding, broadcasting, woodcarving, co-starring, bypassing, * multitasking, undemanding, everlasting, photographing, penny-farthing, overarching, overcharging, etc.
4.30 markings, castings, carvings, farthings, starlings, heartstrings, etc.
4.31 Sardis, Tardis, Jarvis, parvis, marquess, marquis, Frances, Francis, * quo vadis, Polaris, catharsis, * aurora borealis
4.32 carpus, carcass, Marcus, Argus, Cardus, stratus, braless, Carlos, parlous, starless, artless, chartless, heartless, charmless, harmless, classless, grassless, slanderous, harness, sharpness, darkness, Harkness, starkness, hardness, smartness, tartness, fastness, vastness, calmness, harshness, tarsus, Tarsus, * Hipparchus, regardless, enchantress, disastrous, * steadfastness, * metacarpus, streptocarpus, Aristarchus, apparatus, altostratus, nimbostratus, cirrostratus, Nostradamus, gaudeamus, metatarsus, * posse comitatus, * coitus reservatus, * mark us, harm us, etc.
4.33 harpist, artist, Chartist, harvest, tsarist, palmist, psalmist, classist, Marxist, * guitarist, alarmist
4.34 sharpest, darkest, starkest, hardest, darnedest, smartest, daftest, fastest, farthest, calmest, harnessed, sparsest, harshest, etc.
4.35 sharpish, smartish, garfish, starfish, garnish, tarnish, varnish, * schoolmarmish
4.36 garnished, tarnished, varnished, * untarnished, unvarnished
4.37 Tarbert, Charlotte, harlot, Margaret, marmot, * incarnate, * reincarnate
4.38 carpet, armpit, market, basket, casket, target, Parfitt, scarlet, starlet, starlit, varlet, Bartlett, martlet, tartlet, halfwit, Barnet, garnet, Garnett, lancet, Lancet, * upmarket, Alf Garnett, downmarket, * Haymarket, Newmarket, breadbasket, * hypermarket, Common Market, supermarket, * park it, start it, etc.
An ape’s an ape, a varlet’s a varlet,
Though they be clad in silk or scarlet.
SAYING
4.39 Yarmouth, Dartmouth, * Great Yarmouth
4.40 darbies, harpies, parties, Smarties®, Barclays, armies, Nazis, * Pilates, Benares, * primus inter pares, etc.
4.41 barbers, Flanders, garters, rafters, casters, masters, Masters, Mahler’s, Chalmers, farmers, classes, glasses, passes, answers, chances, glances, marshes, arches, archers, Archers, marches, Marches, branches, * Bahamas, pyjamas, sultanas, * forefathers, eyeglasses, sunglasses, * Alexander’s, etc.
Men seldom make passes
At girls who wear glasses.
DOROTHY PARKER
4.42 Barnaby, Carnaby, Carnegie, Arcady, bastardy, Flaherty, Tarporley, rascally, masterly, artfully, fatherly, partially, laughably, ardently, guardedly, artlessly, heartlessly, Barbary, raspberry, Shaftesbury, artery, Tartary, mastery, carvery, chandlery, armoury, chancery, archery, Marjorie, harmony, argosy, pharmacy, garlicky, suavity, sparsity, varsity, heartily, craftily, nastily, farcically, markedly, startlingly, charmingly, marquetry, parquetry, basketry, carpentry, artistry, palmistry, larceny, * grandfatherly, impartially, remarkably, half-heartedly, light-heartedly, wholeheartedly, disastrously, self-mastery, gendarmerie, chinoiserie, disharmony, foolhardily, lethargically, alarmingly, disarmingly, * camaraderie, Devanagari, intervarsity, etc.
4.43 Hanukkah, yarmulke, chancellor, Barbara, Scarborough, yarborough, Marlborough, Farnborough, slanderer, barterer, charterer, plasterer, armourer, Marmara, sharpener, bargainer, gardener, Gardiner, hardener, pardoner, almoner, fastener, Hertfordshire, armature, arbiter, Pargiter, carpenter, harvester, harnesser, Derbyshire, varnisher, harbinger, arguer, * Antarctica
4.44 clarkia, hardier, Nadia, heartier, craftier, draughtier, nastier, Parthia, aria, maria, barmier, Chania, Narnia, classier, Marcia, tarsier, chancier, starchier, * La Guardia, gaillardia, Somalia, Titania, intarsia, bilharzia, Abkhazia, * tachycardia, pericardia, Yugoslavia, passacaglia, Christiania, Kristiania, Oceania, Anastasia, etc.
4.45 Castleford, afterward, carpeted, marketed, targeted, harvested, * uncarpeted
4.46 Castleford’s, afterwards
4.47 laughable, farmable, passable, chargeable, Barnstaple, barnacle, masterful, pastoral, arsenal, Arsenal, article, particle, farcical, Parsifal, carnival, cardinal, marginal, * remarkable, impassable, rechargeable, anarchical, hierarchical, * unremarkable, unsurpassable, pericardial, myocardial
4.48 barnacled, Archibald, articled
4.49 martyrdom, marjoram, cardamom, * pericardium, myocardium, * started ’em, answer ’em, etc.
4.50 Harpenden, charlatan, Palmerston, Parthenon, Farquharson, Sanderson, guardian, Graafian, Barthian, Parthian, Charmian, Marmion, Marylebone, barbican, Barbican, cardigan, Cardigan, ptarmigan, Arlington, Darlington, harvestman, partisan, Parkinson, * Mozartian, Falstaffian, Hogarthian, Somalian, Zimbabwean
4.51 parliament, armament, argument, rearmament, disarmament
4.52 harbouring, scarpering, bartering, answering, sharpening, darkening, gardening, hardening, heartening, fastening, carpeting, marketing, garnishing, varnishing, * telemarketing, etc.
4.53 Barnabas, Spartacus, marvellous, fatherless, partnerless, barbarous, slanderous, Tartarus, artfulness, artlessness, heartlessness, arquebus, Artemas, hardiness, tardiness, heartiness, craftiness, nastiness, arduous, * kind-heartedness, light-heartedness, foolhardiness, etc.
4.54 arsonist, pharmacist, Dadaist, Stalinist, Darwinist, narcissist, * Neo-Darwinist
4.55 hardiest, heartiest, craftiest, draughtiest, nastiest, barmiest, classiest, chanciest, starchiest, etc.
4.56 marginally, arguably, chancellery, arbitrary, parsimony
4.57 answerable, pardonable, marketable, arguable, * unanswerable, unpardonable, unmarketable, unarguable