by Paul Zollo
countervail
curtail
dale
derail
detail
disentail
doornail
dovetail
ducktail
entail
exhale
fail
fantail
female
fingernail
fishscale
fishtail
flail
folktale
foresail
fox-tail
frail
full-scale
gale
ginger-ale
Glendale
grail
guardrail
hail
hale
handrail
hangnail
headsail
hightail
hobnail
horsetail
impale
inhale
jail
kale
mail
mainsail
male
martingale
missmail
monorail
nail
nightingale
oxtail
pail
pale
pass-fail
percale
pigtail
pintail
pinwale
ponytail
prevail
quail
rail
rattail
regale
remail
resale
retail
ringtail
sail
sale
scale
shale
shirttail
snail
stale
swale
swallowtail
taffrail
tail
tale
tattletale
telltale
they’ll
thumbnail
toenail
topsail
trail
travail
unveil
upscale
vail
vale
veil
wagtail
wail
wale
wassail
whale
wholesale
yale
yellowtail
AL
cabal
canal
chorale
corral
decal
fatale
gal
locale
mal
mescal
morale
pal
Pascal
paschal
quetzal
shall
tropicale
Long AM
acclaim
aflame
aim
airframe
became
blame
came
claim
dame
defame
disclaim
enflame
exclaim
fame
filename
flame
frame
game
grandame
inflame
kame
lame
maim
mainframe
misname
name
nickname
pregame
prename
proclaim
quitclaim
reclaim
rename
same
selfsame
shame
surname
tame
AM
abscam
anagram
am
Birmingham
buckram
cam
clam
cram
cryptogram
dam
damn
diaphragm
doorjamb
dram
Effingham
engram
exam
flimflam
gram
grandam
ham
hamm
iamb
jam
jamb
lamb
logjam
ma’am
madame
milldam
outswam
pram
program
programme
quondam
ram
Sam
scam
scram
sham
Siam
slam
swam
tram
telegram
wham
yam
AMP
amp
blackdamp
camp
champ
chokedamp
clamp
cramp
damp
decamp
encamp
firedamp
headlamp
lamp
ramp
revamp
scamp
stamp
sunlamp
tamp
tramp
vamp
AIN
abstain
again
airplane
arcane
arraign
astral plane
attain
bane
bestain
biplane
birdbrain
blain
bloodstain
brain
butane
Cain
campaign
cane
chain
champagne
Champaign
chicane
chlordane
chow-mein
cocaine
complain
constrain
contain
coxswain
crane
Dane
deign
deplane
detain
disdain
dogbane
domain
drain
Elaine
emplane
enchain
engrain
enplane
entrain
explain
eyestrain
fain
featherbrain
feign
fleabane
floodplain
forebrain
frangipane
gain
gawain
germane
grain
henbane
hindbrain
hydroplane
humane
inane
ingrain
insane
Jane
lain
lamebrain
lane
main
Maine
maintain
mane
Mark Twain
membrane
methane
midbrain
midpain
midplane
migraine
mortmain
mundane
obtain
octane
ordain
pain
pane
pertain
plain
plane
profane
propane
ptomaine
quatrain
rain
refrain
regain
reign
rein
remain
restrain
retain
retrain
sane
scatterbrain
seaplane
Seine
skein
slain
Spain
sprain
stain
strain
sustain
suzerain
swain
tearstain<
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terrain
tisane
train
twain
Ukraine
unchain
urbane
vain
vane
vein
vervain
volplane
wain
wane
warplane
wolfsbane
windowpane
AN
adman
afghan
aidman
an
Ann
Anne
bagman
ban
barman
Batman
bedpan
began
brainpan
bran
can
cancan
cayenne
chessman
Cheyenne
clan
corban
Dan
deadman
deadpan
deskman
Diane
dishpan
divan
doorman
dustpan
earthman
fan
flagman
foreran
fran
free-man
frogman
hangman
hardpan
he-man
iceman
Jan
Japan
keyman
Khan
klan
kneepan
Koran
lawman
legman
madman
mailman
man
milkman
newsman
oilcan
outran
overran
packman
pan
pecan
pitchman
plan
postman
preplan
pressman
propman
ran
rattan
reran
sampan
sandman
saran
saucepan
scan
sedan
sideman
snowman
spaceman
span
Spokane
Stan
stockman
strongman
stuntman
Sudan
suntan
Superman
Suzanne
tan
talisman
Tarzan
than
toucan
trackman
unman
van
wingspan
woodman
yardman
ANCH
avalanche
blanch
branch
ranch
rebranch
subbranch
AUNCH
haunch
launch
paunch
stanch
staunch
AND
ampersand
and
backhand
band
bandstand
banned
bland
brand
broadband
cabstand
canned
clubhand
coastland
command
contraband
cowhand
crash-land
cropland
deckhand
demand
disband
dreamland
expand
fanned
farmhand
farmland
fairyland
fatherland
firebrand
firsthand
flatland
forehand
freehand
gangland
gland
grand
grandstand
grassland
hand
handstand
hardstand
hatband
headband
headstand
heartland
homeland
inkstand
