Rhymes for ASPARAGUS

• a stone coffin (usually bearing sculpture or inscriptions)

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• primitive in customs and culture

• marked by speed and efficiency

• acutely insightful and wise

• mentally acute or penetratingly discerning

• ostensibly valid, but not actually valid

• plausible but false

• born out of wedlock

• false or fake; not what it appears to be

• obvious to the eye or mind

• without any attempt at concealment; completely obvious

• fraught with danger

• the passage between the pharynx and the stomach

• the trait of being blunt and outspoken

• (ancient Greece) leader of a group or festival; leader of a chorus

• grossly offensive to decency or morality; causing horror

• greatly exceeding bounds of reason or moderation

• just preceding something else in time or order

• (used especially of persons) of the immediate past

• too soon or too hasty

• openly distrustful and unwilling to confide

• not as expected

• a verbal commitment by one person to another agreeing to do (or not to do) something in the future

• grounds for feeling hopeful about the future

• make a promise or commitment

• promise to undertake or give

• make a prediction about; tell in advance

• give grounds for expectations

• massive thick-skinned herbivorous animal living in or around rivers of tropical Africa

• taking delight in beauty

• having the qualities or effects of a poison

• not safe to eat

• marked by deep ill will; deliberately harmful

• conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible

• causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm

• causing or marked by grief or anguish

• of great gravity or crucial import; requiring serious thought

• shockingly brutal or cruel

• a contorted facial expression

• contort the face to indicate a certain mental or emotional state

• of or providing nourishment

• so unreasonable as to invite derision

• unpleasantly loud and harsh

• disturbing the public peace; loud and rough

• ostentatiously rich and superior in quality

• excessively greedy and grasping

• devouring or craving food in great quantities

• the concentration of attention or energy on something

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an image rendered by an optical system

• maximum clarity or distinctness of an idea

• a central point or locus of an infection in an organism

• special emphasis attached to something

• a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges

• a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section

• direct one's attention on something

• cause to converge on or toward a central point

• bring into focus or alignment; to converge or cause to converge; of ideas or emotions

• become focussed or come into focus

• put (an image) into focus

• corresponding in function but not in evolutionary origin

• similar or equivalent in some respects though otherwise dissimilar

• characterized by charm, good taste, and generosity of spirit

• characterized by kindness and warm courtesy especially of a king to his subjects

• exhibiting courtesy and politeness

• disposed to bestow favors

• having the same evolutionary origin but not necessarily the same function

• corresponding or similar in position or structure or function or characteristics; especially derived from an organism of the same species

• very

• characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

• of high worth or cost

• held in great esteem for admirable qualities especially of an intrinsic nature

• obviously contrived to charm

• characterized by or proceeding from accepted standards of morality or justice

• morally justified

• open to two or more interpretations; or of uncertain nature or significance; or (often) intended to mislead

• having more than one possible meaning

• having no intrinsic or objective meaning; not organized in conventional patterns

• free of guilt; not subject to blame

• full of trivial conversation

• habitually complaining

• works for an expert to learn a trade

• be or work as an apprentice

• an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty

• a crucial stage or turning point in the course of something

• absence of light or illumination

• an unilluminated area

• absence of moral or spiritual values

• an unenlightened state

• having a dark or somber color

• a swarthy complexion

• a fortified defensive structure

• not causing or capable of causing harm

• lacking in feeling or pity or warmth

• devoid of courage or enthusiasm

• not having a point especially a sharp point

• serving no useful purpose; having no excuse for being

• having no points scores

• having incalculable monetary, intellectual, or spiritual worth

• in spite of everything; without regard to drawbacks

• (usually followed by `of') without due thought or consideration

• any of numerous low-growing plants of the genus Crocus having slender grasslike leaves and white or yellow or purple flowers; native chiefly to the Mediterranean region but widely cultivated

• the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

• loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks

• a network of intersecting blood vessels or intersecting nerves or intersecting lymph vessels

• a portable paraffin cooking stove; used by campers

• the presiding bishop of the Episcopal Church of Scotland

• the posterior part of the mandible that is more or less vertical