by Paul Zollo
mayhemming
precondemning
rehemming
stemming
EM-ISH
blemish
Flemish
Long EM-LESS
creamless
dreamless
seamless
Long EM-LI
extremely
seemly
supremely
unseemly
EM-O
demo
memo
EM-PLAR
exemplar
templar
EMP-SHUN
exemption
peremption
preemption
redemption
EMP-TED
attempted
exempted
preempted
reattempted
tempted
unattempted
untempted
EMP-TING
attempting
exempting
preempting
tempting
untempting
EMP-TIVE
preemptive
redemptive
Long EM-UR
blasphemer
creamer
daydreamer
dreamer
reamer
redeemer
schemer
screamer
teamer
Long EN-A
arena
Argentina
Athena
ballerina
concertina
czarina
farina
galena
hyena
kachina
marina
Messina
novena
patina
signorina
subpena
subpoena
Tina
tsarina
EN-A
antenna
Gehenna
henna
Ravenna
senna
sienna
Vienna
Long E-NAL
renal
subpoenal
venal
EN-AS
Dennis
menace
tennis
Venice
EN-CHING
benching
blenching
clenching
drenching
entrenching
quenching
retrenching
trenching
unclenching
wrenching
ENCH-MAN
Frenchman
henchman
EN-CHUR
adventure
backbencher
bencher
denture
indenture
misadventure
peradventure
trencher
venture
EN-DANS
ascendance
ascendence
attendance
condescendence
dependance
dependence
descendance
descendence
independence
independents
interdependence
resplendence
transcendence
EN-DANT
ascendant
ascendent
attendant
codefendant
defendant
dependant
dependent
descendant
descendent
independent
interdependent
overdependent
resplendent
superintendent
transcendent
EN-DED
amended
appended
apprehended
ascended
attended
befriended
blended
commended
comprehended
condescended
contended
defended
depended
descended
distended
emended
ended
expended
extended
fended
impended
intended
mended
misapprehended
offended
overextended
portended
pretended
reascended
recommended
rended
reprehended
splendid
subtended
superintended
suspended
tended
transcended
unamended
unattended
undefended
unended
unexpended
unextended
unintended
unmended
untended
upended
vended
wended
EN-DI
bendy
effendi
sendee
trendy
vendee
EN-DING
amending
appending
apprehending
ascending
attending
befriending
bending
blending
commending
comprehending
condescending
contending
defending
depending
descending
distending
emending
ending
expending
extending
fending
heartrending
impending
intending
lending
mending
misapprehending
misspending
offending
overextending
overspending
pending
portending
pretending
reascending
recommending
rending
reprehending
sending
spending
subtending
suspending
tending
transcending
unbending
unending
unpretending
upending
vending
wending
Long EN-DISH
fiendish
END-LESS
endless
friendless
END-MENT
amendment
befriendment
intendment
EN-DO
crescendo
diminuendo
innuendo
EN-DUM
addendum
agendum
referendum
EN-DUR
ascender
attender
bartender
bender
blender
contender
defender
engender
extender
fender
gender
goaltender
lender
mender
moneylender
offender
pretender
recommender
render
sender
slender
spender
splendor
surrender
suspender
tender
vender
vendor
EN-DUS
horrendous
stupendous
tremendous
EN-EL
antennal
fennel
kennel
lienal
phenyl
Long EN-ESS
cleanness
greenness
keenness
leanness
meanness
uncleanness
Long E-NEST
cleanest
keenest
meanest
EN-ET
senate
tenet
ENG-THEN
lengthen
strengthen
Long EN-I
bikini
fettucine
genie
linguine
martini
meany
neoteny
Puccini
scaloppine
Sweeney
sweeny
tahini
teeny
teeny-weeny
weeny
wienie
zucchini
EN-I
antennae
any
benny
fourpenny
halfpenny
jenny
many
penney
penny
sixpenny
EN-IK
allergenic
antigenic
cacogenic
calisthenic
carcinogenic
eugenic
hallucinogenic
Hellenic
hygienic
mutagenic
nonallergenic
photogenic
saracenic
schizophrenic
telegenic
toxigenic
zoogenic
Long EN-ING
beaning
careening
cleaning
contravening
convening
damascening
demeaning
gleaning
guillotining
housecleaning
intervening
keening
leaning
machining
meaning
preening
quarantining
queening
reconvening
screening
silkscreening
supervening
unmeaning
weaning
EN-ISH
replenish
Rhenish
wennish
Long EN-LI
cleanly
greenly
keenly
leanly
meanly
obscenely
queenly
routinely
serenely
Long EN-O
amino
andantino
chino
Filipino
keno
maraschino
merino
palomino
Reno
EN-ON
pennon
tenon
EN-SEZ
condenses
consequences
defenses
dispenses
expenses
fences
incenses
offenses
pretenses
tenses
ENS-FORTH
henceforth
thenceforth
EN-SHAL
componential
confidential
consequential
credential
deferential
differential
essential
eventual
evidential
existential
experiential
exponential
inconsequential
inessential
inferential
influential
nonessential
nonresidential
pestilential
potential
preferential
presidential
providential
prudential
quintessential
referential
residential
reverential
sequential
subsequential
tangential
torrential
unessential
EN-SHUN
circumvention
contention
contravention
convention
detention
dissension
hypotension
inattention
indention
intention
intervention
invention
mention
nonintervention
prehension
pretension
pretention