What do the following words have in common?

1. Earthenware
2. Heartless
3. Heritage
4. Legislate
5. Marinate
6. Meantime
7. Promenade
8. Reappearing
9. Tarragon

Answer:

Each word can be broken up into three smaller words:

1. Ear then ware
2. He art less
3. Her it age
4. Leg is late
5. Mar in ate
6. Me an time
7. Pro men ade
8. Reap pea ring
9. Tar rag on 

Credit: 
GAMES Magazine
November, 2001
THREE LITTLE WORDS