Rhymes for BERNARD-MONTGOMERY

• Canadian novelist (1874-1942)

• English general during World War II; won victories over Rommel in North Africa and led British ground forces in the invasion of Normandy (1887-1976)

• the state capital of Alabama on the Mobile River

• Freemasons collectively

• a natural or instinctive fellowship between people of similar interests

• a reference book containing an alphabetical list of words with information about them

• of or relating to or characteristic of literature

• knowledgeable about literature

• appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing

• a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

• English chemist who studied the quantities of gas absorbed by water at different temperatures and under different pressures (1775-1836)

• a unit of inductance in which an induced electromotive force of one volt is produced when the current is varied at the rate of one ampere per second

• a leader of the American Revolution and a famous orator who spoke out against British rule of the American colonies (1736-1799)

• United States physicist who studied electromagnetic phenomena (1791-1878)

• lasting for a markedly brief time

• given as an honor without the normal duties

• a person given to fanciful speculations and enthusiasms with little regard for what is actually possible

• a person with unusual powers of foresight

• not practical or realizable; speculative

• a room where books are kept

• a collection of literary documents or records kept for reference or borrowing

• a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study

• (computing) a collection of standard programs and subroutines that are stored and available for immediate use

• a building that houses a collection of books and other materials

• the residence of a religious community

• a sudden unforeseen crisis (usually involving danger) that requires immediate action

• a state in which martial law applies

• a brake operated by hand; usually operates by mechanical linkage

• of or relating to or of the nature of a formula

• (pharmacology) a book containing a compilation of pharmaceutical products with their formulas and methods of preparation

• a workshop where books are bound

• an instrument or substance used to destroy tissue for medical reasons (e.g., removal of a wart) by burning it with a hot iron or an electric current or a caustic or by freezing it

• the act of coagulating blood and destroying tissue with a hot iron or caustic agent or by freezing

• Quivering; aquiver

• of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years

• the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

• (mathematics) a number of the form a+bi where a and b are real numbers and i is the square root of -1

• not based on fact; existing only in the imagination

• the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise

• the organized action of making of goods and services for sale

• persevering determination to perform a task

• full of or showing high-spirited merriment

• offering fun and gaiety

• quick and energetic

• not exceptional in any way especially in quality or ability or size or degree

• a judge of a probate court

• the expected or commonplace condition or situation

• a clergyman appointed to prepare condemned prisoners for death

• an early bicycle with a very large front wheel and small back wheel

• (heraldry) any of several conventional figures used on shields

• lacking special distinction, rank, or status; commonly encountered

• a consecrated place where sacred objects are kept

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• area around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir; often enclosed by a lattice or railing

• being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate

• the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen

• coil such that current is induced in it by passing a current through the primary coil

• inferior in rank or status

• depending on or incidental to what is original or primary

• not of major importance

• belonging to a lower class or rank

• a person who is head of an administrative department of government

• an assistant who handles correspondence and clerical work for a boss or an organization

• a person to whom a secret is entrusted

• a desk used for writing

• machines or machine systems collectively

• a system of means and activities whereby a social institution functions

• used to give emphasis

• precisely so

• precisely as stated

• being the exact same one; not any other:

• That promotes or exhibits expansion; expansionist.

• an infection of the intestines marked by severe diarrhea

• a minor match preceding the main event

• something that serves as a preceding event or introduces what follows

• denoting an action or event preceding or in preparation for something more important

• of first rank or importance or value; direct and immediate rather than secondary

• a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen

• one of the main flight feathers projecting along the outer edge of a bird's wing

• (astronomy) a celestial body (especially a star) relative to other objects in orbit around it

• coil forming the part of an electrical circuit such that changing current in it induces a current in a neighboring circuit

• not derived from or reducible to something else; basic

• most important element

• of or being the essential or basic part

• the body of citizens of a state or country

• in accordance with convention or custom

• commonly used or practiced; usual

• feeling or expressing regret or sorrow or a sense of loss over something done or undone

• bad; unfortunate

• without merit; of little or no value or use

• causing dejection

• weapons considered collectively

• the occupation of a plumber (installing and repairing pipes and fixtures for water or gas or sewage in a building)

• The practices of monks; the way of life, behavior, etc. characteristic of monks; monastic life.

• Monasticism.

• A monastery.

• Monks, considered as a group. (Compare clergy, laity.)

• the hereditary derivation of an individual

• inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

• based on or subject to individual discretion or preference or sometimes impulse or caprice

• erect European blueberry having solitary flowers and blue-black berries

• erect blueberry of western United States having solitary flowers and somewhat sour berries

• blue-black berries similar to American blueberries

• a retail store that sells equipment and provisions (usually to military personnel)

• a snack bar in a film studio

• a person of nearly the same age as another

• characteristic of the present

• belonging to the present time

• occurring in the same period of time

• surrounding like a crown (especially of the blood vessels surrounding the heart)

• obstruction of blood flow in a coronary artery by a blood clot (thrombus)

• with little or no preparation or forethought

• the quality of being rustic or gauche

• a socially awkward or tactless act

• an army unit consisting of soldiers who fight on foot