Rhymes for BAILIWICK

• any area of the body that is highly sensitive to pain (as the flesh underneath the skin or a fingernail or toenail)

• with little or no delay

• accomplished rapidly and without delay

• hurried and brief

• moving quickly and lightly

• apprehending and responding with speed and sensitivity

• performed with little or no delay

• easily aroused or excited

• rectangular block of clay baked by the sun or in a kiln; used as a building or paving material

• a good fellow; helpful and trustworthy

• To stop working (of an electronic device)

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• an implement consisting of a length of wood

• a small thin branch of a tree

• a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

• a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine

• informal terms for the leg

• a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball

• a long thin implement resembling a length of wood

• marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

• threat of a penalty

• put, fix, force, or implant

• stay put (in a certain place)

• stick to firmly

• be or become fixed

• endure

• be a devoted follower or supporter

• be loyal to

• cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface

• fasten with an adhesive material like glue

• fasten with or as with pins or nails

• fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something

• pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument

• pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed

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

• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• a short light metallic sound

• a stop consonant made by the suction of air into the mouth (as in Bantu)

• a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

• depression of a button on a computer mouse

• move or strike with a noise

• make a clicking or ticking sound

• click repeatedly or uncontrollably

• cause to make a snapping sound

• produce a click

• make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens

• become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

• a salt deposit that animals regularly lick

• touching with the tongue

• (boxing) a blow with the fist

• beat thoroughly and conclusively in a competition or fight

• pass the tongue over

• find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

• take up with the tongue

• a slippery smoothness

• a magazine printed on good quality paper

• a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

• a trowel used to make a surface slick

• made slick by e.g. ice or grease

• superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject

• having only superficial plausibility

• having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

• marked by skill in deception

• make slick or smooth

• give a smooth and glossy appearance

• a metallic tapping sound

• any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals

• a mark indicating that something has been noted or completed etc.

• a light mattress

• make a clicking or ticking sound

• make a sound like a clock or a timer

• sew

• put a check mark on or near or next to

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• a stack of hay

• pile in ricks

• twist suddenly so as to sprain

• widely cultivated tropical plant of India having yellow flowers and a large aromatic deep yellow rhizome; source of a condiment and a yellow dye

• ground dried rhizome of the turmeric plant used as seasoning

• makeup that is used to color the lips

• form by tracing with lipstick

• apply lipstick to

• an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

• (British slang) a prison

• a small cut

• cut slightly, with a razor

• cut a nick into

• divide or reset the tail muscles of

• mate successfully; of livestock

• affected by an impairment of normal physical or mental function

• people who are sick

• feeling nausea; feeling about to vomit

• affected with madness or insanity

• having a strong distaste from surfeit

• (of light) lacking in intensity or brightness; dim or feeble

• deeply affected by a strong feeling

• shockingly repellent; inspiring horror

• eject the contents of the stomach through the mouth

• any piece of cord that conveys liquid by capillary action

• a loosely woven cord (in a candle or oil lamp) that draws fuel by capillary action up into the flame

• an insane person

• a reckless impetuous irresponsible person

• insane and believed to be affected by the phases of the moon

• a holder with sockets for candles

• English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004)

• a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British)

• twist (a body part) into a strained position

• not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions

• relatively dense in consistency

• the location of something surrounded by other things

• with a thick consistency

• in quick succession

• having component parts closely crowded together

• spoken as if with a thick tongue

• having a short and solid form or stature

• hard to pass through because of dense growth

• (of darkness) densely dark

• (used informally) associated on close terms

• (used informally) stupid

• abounding; having a lot of

• the handle of a broom

• one of a pair of slender sticks used as oriental tableware to eat food with

• longing to return home

• a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

• a manual control consisting of a vertical handle that can move freely in two directions; used as an input device to computers or to devices controlled by computers

• a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

• marked by artful prudence, expedience, and shrewdness

• smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

• young bird especially of domestic fowl

• informal terms for a (young) woman

• brick made of fire clay; used for lining e.g. furnaces and chimneys

• of or relating to Bolshevism

• emotionally charged terms used to refer to extreme radicals or revolutionaries

• a Russian member of the left-wing majority group that followed Lenin and eventually became the Russian communist party

• the act of delivering a blow with the foot

• the swift release of a store of affective force

• the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired

• informal terms for objecting

• the sudden stimulation provided by strong drink (or certain drugs)

• a rhythmic thrusting movement of the legs as in swimming or calisthenics

• drive or propel with the foot

• thrash about or strike out with the feet

• strike with the foot

• kick a leg up

• spring back, as from a forceful thrust

• stop consuming

• make a goal

• express complaints, discontent, displeasure, or unhappiness

• a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering

• any undertaking that is easy to do

• any informal meal eaten outside or on an excursion

• eat alfresco, in the open air

• a short stout club used primarily by policemen

• a boisterous comedy with chases and collisions and practical jokes

• acoustic device consisting of two paddles hinged together; used by an actor to make a loud noise without inflicting injury when striking someone

• characterized by horseplay and physical action

• a transaction in the stock market at a price above the price of the preceding transaction

• relating to or involving arithmetic

• the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations

• a graduated rod dipped into a container to indicate the fluid level

• a light sharp contact (usually with something flexible)

• a short stroke

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• flash intermittently

• look through a book or other written material

• cause to move with a flick

• throw or toss with a quick motion

• shine unsteadily

• twitch or flutter

• cause to make a snapping sound

• touch or hit with a light, quick blow

• remove with a flick (of the hand)

• a person who is not very intelligent or interested in culture

• awkwardly simple and provincial

• experiencing motion sickness

• pick consisting of a small strip of wood or plastic; used to pick food from between the teeth

• not politic

• someone who prefers negotiations to armed conflict in the conduct of foreign relations

• of or relating to or denoting the first period of the Mesozoic era

• the period from 230 million to 190 million years ago; distinguished by dinosaurs, marine reptiles and volcanic activity

• ludicrously odd

• extraordinarily good or great; used especially as intensifiers

• fanciful and unrealistic; foolish

• existing in fancy only

• extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance

• any art that invokes supernatural powers

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers

• an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

• any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds

• musical activity (singing or whistling etc.)

• (music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds)

• punishment for one's actions

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

• not private; open to or concerning the people as a whole

• people in general considered as a whole

• a body of people sharing some common interest

• affecting the people or community as a whole

• intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)

• urge to attack someone