Collins Rhyming Dictionary

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