2.70 galloping, à la king, barracking, scaffolding, travelling, atheling, jabbering, scampering, tampering, hankering, battering, flattering, nattering, scattering, shattering, smattering, gathering, clamouring, hammering, stammering, Angmering, happening, maddening, fattening, ravening, rationing, canvassing, balancing, Mafeking, trafficking, panicking, practising, brandishing, ravishing, packaging, savaging, managing, scavenging, challenging, * enamelling, meandering, unflattering, embarrassing, etc.
2.71 Antrobus, abacus, hazardous, scandalous, tantalus, Tantalus, talentless, fathomless, cankerous, rancorous, clangorous, languorous, valorous, amorous, clamorous, glamorous, cancerous, Lazarus, rapturous, blasphemous, thalamus, cavernous, ravenous, backwardness, bashfulness, barrenness, callousness, Thaddeus, Marius, pancreas, aqueous, Cassius, gaseous, platypus, varicose, Tacitus, acetous, Angelus, Stanislas, animus, flabbiness, shabbiness, happiness, cattiness, chattiness, tattiness, gangrenous, vacuous, fatuous, garrulous, fabulous, calculus, valueless, annulus, * Caratacus, Galapagos, analogous, asparagus, cantankerous, Pythagoras, Protagoras, unglamorous, ambassadress, diaphanous, left-handedness, right-handedness, Germanicus, Britannicus, calamitous, magnanimous, unanimous, unhappiness, gelatinous, attractiveness, miraculous, * hypothalamus, pusillanimous, Circus Maximus, cartilaginous, oleaginous, Anaxagoras, mucilaginous, ignis fatuus, * Ecclesiasticus, etc.
2.72 flabbiest, shabbiest, happiest, scrappiest, tackiest, wackiest, baggiest, shaggiest, faddiest, handiest, randiest, chattiest, fattiest, nattiest, rattiest, tattiest, scantiest, angriest, canniest, gassiest, fanciest, snazziest, catchiest, * unhappiest, etc.
2.73 anarchist, masochist, dramatist, pragmatist, catalyst, analyst, panellist, Accurist®, mannerist, alchemist, agonist, Jansenist, allergist, pantheist, pacifist, amethyst, activist, satirist, animist, Calvinist, classicist, strategist, altruist, * philanthropist, philatelist, tobacconist, antagonist, protagonist, metallurgist, evangelist, romanticist, somnambulist, * sadomasochist, psychoanalyst, televangelist, genealogist, mineralogist, neoclassicist
2.74 parapet, advocate, accurate, baronet, passionate, chariot, Harriet, lariat, Marriott, Marryat, patriot, halibut, aggregate, candidate, aspirate, adequate, animate, cabinet, laminate, graduate, Capulet, amulet, * elaborate, inaccurate, diaconate, permanganate, compassionate, dispassionate, Plantagenet, Iscariot, compatriot, expatriate, inadequate, inanimate, Palatinate, postgraduate, ejaculate, immaculate, * undergraduate, * overelaborate
2.75 Nazareth, azimuth
2.76 palaces, radishes, cabbages, packages, bandages, savages, carriages, Claridge’s, garages, languages, challenges, etc.
2.77 faculties, blackberries, cranberries, calories, Stannaries, lavatories, fantasies, allergies, cavities, charities, tapestries, * profanities, * similarities, * peculiarities, etc.
2.78 admiralty, casualty, naturally, nationally, rationally, gradually, actually, factually, annually, manually, casually, lamentably, fashionably, amicably, charitably, admirably, accurately, passionately, adequately, maddeningly, amorously, glamorously, ravenously, Canterbury, Glastonbury, adversary, farriery, January, statuary, actuary, sanctuary, cabinetry, casuistry, sanctimony, antimony, alimony, palimony, acrimony, matrimony, patrimony, advocacy, accuracy, magistracy, adequacy, baronetcy, * unnaturally, diagonally, irrationally, spectacularly, uncharitably, inaccurately, compassionately, dispassionately, inadequately, contractually, immaculately, comparatively, embarrassingly, disparagingly, magnanimously, unanimously, miraculously, constabulary, vocabulary, inadequacy, inaccuracy, * supernaturally, internationally, unimaginably
2.79 palatable, lamentable, admirable, fathomable, fashionable, malleable, fanciable, practicable, amicable, navigable, habitable, charitable, salvageable, marriageable, damageable, manageable, valuable, calculable, * unpalatable, unfathomable, companionable, unfashionable, eradicable, impracticable, uncharitable, imaginable, unsalvageable, unmanageable, invaluable, incalculable, * ineradicable, indefatigable, uninhabitable, unimaginable
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,