Rhymes for ALL-CLEAR

• a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days

• a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity

• the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun

• a body of students who graduate together

• the first public performance of a play or movie

• preceding all others in time

• be performed for the first time

• perform a work for the first time

• intensely or extremely bad or unpleasant in degree or quality

• very strong or vigorous

• severely simple

• unsparing and uncompromising in discipline or judgment

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• very bad in degree or extent

• open and genuine; not deceitful

• characterized by a firm and humorless belief in the validity of your opinions

• (military) a person who freely enlists for service

• a native or resident of Tennessee

• a person who performs voluntary work

• without payment

• tell voluntarily

• agree freely

• do volunteer work

• come between so as to be hindrance or obstacle

• get involved, so as to alter or hinder an action, or through force or threat of force

• a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

• a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

• with affection

• at a great cost

• dearly loved

• with or in a close or intimate relationship

• sincerely earnest

• having a high price

• an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

• an anxious feeling

• a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

• be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

• be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

• be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement

• be uneasy or apprehensive about

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

• not far distant in time or space or degree or circumstances

• near in time or place or relationship

• (of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; all but

• being on the left side

• closely resembling the genuine article

• giving or spending with reluctance

• with or in a close or intimate relationship

• very close in resemblance

• move towards

• the particular occupation for which you are trained

• the general progression of your working or professional life

• move headlong at high speed

• coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood

• an ornamental coating to a building

• cover with veneer

• a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country

• an international boundary or the area (often fortified) immediately inside the boundary

• an undeveloped field of study; a topic inviting research and development

• severely simple

• of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor; forbidding in aspect

• practicing great self-denial

• a toothed wheel that engages another toothed mechanism in order to change the speed or direction of transmitted motion

• wheelwork consisting of a connected set of rotating gears by which force is transmitted or motion or torque is changed

• a mechanism for transmitting motion for some specific purpose (as the steering gear of a vehicle)

• equipment consisting of miscellaneous articles needed for a particular operation or sport etc.

• set the level or character of

• the back of a military formation or procession

• the side of an object that is opposite its front

• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• the side that goes last or is not normally seen

• located in or toward the back or rear

• stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds

• look after a child until it is an adult

• rise up

• cause to rise up

• construct, build, or erect

• a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

• an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

• pierce with a spear

• thrust up like a spear

• a person who uses scientific knowledge to solve practical problems

• the operator of a railway locomotive

• design as an engineer

• plan and direct (a complex undertaking)

• get lost, as without warning or explanation

• become invisible or unnoticeable

• cease to exist

• become less intense and fade away gradually

• the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium

• good hearing

• the externally visible cartilaginous structure of the external ear

• attention to what is said

• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

• a drop of the clear salty saline solution secreted by the lacrimal glands

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• an occasion for excessive eating or drinking

• the act of tearing

• fill with tears or shed tears

• separate or cause to separate abruptly

• to separate or be separated by force

• move quickly and violently

• strip of feathers

• a cry or shout of approval

• the quality of being cheerful and dispelling gloom

• give encouragement to

• show approval or good wishes by shouting

• cause (somebody) to feel happier or more cheerful

• become cheerful

• spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts

• distinguished from Bovidae by the male's having solid deciduous antlers

• a person who is of equal standing with another in a group

• a nobleman (duke or marquis or earl or viscount or baron) who is a member of the British peerage

• look searchingly

• straight up or down without a break

• completely

• complete and without restriction or qualification; sometimes used informally as intensifiers

• not mixed with extraneous elements

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• so thin as to transmit light

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly

• cause to sheer

• an indication of potential opportunity

• castrated bull

• direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

• direct (oneself) somewhere

• be a guiding or motivating force or drive

• a platform built out from the shore into the water and supported by piles; provides access to ships and boats

• (architecture) a vertical supporting structure (as a portion of wall between two doors or windows)

• a support for two adjacent bridge spans

• readily apparent to the mind

• allowing light to pass through

• accurately stated or described

• free from clouds or mist or haze

• the state of being free of suspicion

• a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

• entirely

• in an easily perceptible manner

• free from confusion or doubt

• affording free passage or view

• free from contact or proximity or connection

• characterized by freedom from troubling thoughts (especially guilt)

• (of sound or color) free from anything that dulls or dims

• (especially of a title) free from any encumbrance or limitation that presents a question of fact or law

• clear and distinct to the senses; easily perceptible

• free of restrictions or qualifications

• free from flaw or blemish or impurity

• clear of charges or deductions

• easily deciphered

• freed from any question of guilt

• characterized by ease and quickness in perceiving

• rid of obstructions

• make a way or path by removing objects

• become clear

• grant authorization or clearance for

• remove

• go unchallenged; be approved

• be debited and credited to the proper bank accounts

• go away or disappear

• pass by, over, or under without making contact

• make free from confusion or ambiguity; make clear

• free from payment of customs duties, as of a shipment

• clear from impurities, blemishes, pollution, etc.

• yield as a net profit

• make as a net profit

• earn on some commercial or business transaction; earn as salary or wages

• sell to get rid of

• pass an inspection or receive authorization

• pronounce not guilty of criminal charges

• settle, as of a debt

• make clear, bright, light, or translucent

• rid of instructions or data

• remove (people) from a building

• remove the occupants of

• free (the throat) by making a rasping sound

• British artist and writer of nonsense verse (1812-1888)

• the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who was betrayed and mistreated by two of his scheming daughters

• something of sentimental value

• a reminder of past events

• (physics) a deformation of an object in which parallel planes remain parallel but are shifted in a direction parallel to themselves

• a large edge tool that cuts sheet metal by passing a blade through it

• cut with shears

• shear the wool from

• cut or cut through with shears

• become deformed by forces tending to produce a shearing strain

• slanderous defamation

• a thin tissue or blood sample spread on a glass slide and stained for cytologic examination and diagnosis under a microscope

• a blemish made by dirt

• an act that brings discredit to the person who does it

• stain by smearing or daubing with a dirty substance

• make a smudge on; soil by smudging

• cover (a surface) by smearing (a substance) over it

• charge falsely or with malicious intent; attack the good name and reputation of someone

• appear again

• a facial expression of contempt or scorn; the upper lip curls

• a contemptuous or scornful remark

• express through a scornful smile

• smile contemptuously

• German Nazi architect who worked for Hitler (1905-1981)

• turn sharply; change direction abruptly

• shift to a clockwise direction

• an employee of a bank who receives and pays out money

• a person responsible for receiving payments for goods and services (as in a shop or restaurant)

• discard or do away with

• discharge with dishonor, as in the army

• a gallant or courtly gentleman

• a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War

• given to haughty disregard of others

• branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

• a gallant or courtly gentleman

• French actor and cabaret singer (1888-1972)

• be compatible or in accordance with

• follow through or carry out a plan without deviation

• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

• be a devoted follower or supporter

• be loyal to

• stick to firmly

• an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia)

• a lapel on a woman's garment; turned back to show the reverse side

• American silversmith remembered for his midnight ride (celebrated in a poem by Longfellow) to warn the colonists in Lexington and Concord that British troops were coming (1735-1818)

• love unquestioningly and uncritically or to excess; venerate as an idol

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

• a particular environment or walk of life

• any spherically shaped artifact

• the geographical area in which one nation is very influential

• a particular aspect of life or activity

• a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses)

• a three-dimensional closed surface such that every point on the surface is equidistant from the center

• the apparent surface of the imaginary sphere on which celestial bodies appear to be projected

• take arbitrarily or by force

• someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers)

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• one of the first colonists or settlers in a new territory

• open up an area or prepare a way

• take the lead or initiative in; participate in the development of

• open up and explore a new area

• Arctic deer with large antlers in both sexes; called `reindeer' in Eurasia and `caribou' in North America

• a noncommissioned officer in the British artillery

• the member of a bomber crew responsible for using the bombsight and releasing the bombs on the target

• lacking sincerity