Rhymes for COSIMO-DE-MEDICI

• actively or fully engaged or occupied

• overcrowded or cluttered with detail

• intrusive in a meddling or offensive manner

• crowded with or characterized by much activity

• (of facilities such as telephones or lavatories) unavailable for use by anyone else or indicating unavailability; (`engaged' is a British term for a busy telephone line)

• keep busy with

• any of numerous composite plants having flower heads with well-developed ray flowers usually arranged in a single whorl

• having or causing a whirling sensation; liable to falling

• lacking seriousness; given to frivolity

• make dizzy or giddy

• a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work

• an ambassador and his entourage collectively

• (of fabrics) having soft nap produced by brushing

• producing a burning sensation on the taste nerves

• suggestive of sexual impropriety

• a very young child (birth to 1 year) who has not yet begun to walk or talk

• the youngest member of a group (not necessarily young)

• an immature childish person

• an unborn child; a human fetus

• a very young mammal

• a project of personal concern to someone

• a beloved person; used as terms of endearment

• treat with excessive indulgence

• the campaign of a candidate to be elected

• a long wandering and eventful journey

• a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy

• of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

• having the characteristics of pitch or tar

• offensively self-assured or given to exercising usually unwarranted power

• an unmarried status

• abstaining from sexual relations (as because of religious vows)

• excellent

• of something resembling a peach in color

• a temporary police force

• stupefied by (or as if by) some narcotic drug

• aristocratic Italian family of powerful merchants and bankers who ruled Florence in the 15th century

• any member of Athapaskan tribes that migrated to the southwestern desert (from Arizona to Texas and south into Mexico); fought a losing battle from 1861 to 1886 with the United States and were resettled in Oklahoma

• a Parisian gangster

• the language of the Apache

• an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk

• the social force that binds you to the courses of action demanded by that force

• work that you are obliged to perform for moral or legal reasons

• a government tax on imports or exports

• posing no difficulty; requiring little effort

• free from worry or anxiety

• with ease (`easy' is sometimes used informally for `easily')

• without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly')

• in a relaxed manner; or without hardship

• not hurried or forced

• affording pleasure

• having little impact

• readily exploited or tricked

• in fortunate circumstances financially; moderately rich

• marked by moderate steepness

• affording comfort

• casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior

• less in demand and therefore readily obtainable

• obtained with little effort or sacrifice, often obtained illegally

• not strict

• 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

• not plain; decorative or ornamented

• something many people believe that is false

• imagination or fantasy; held by Coleridge to be more casual and superficial than true imagination

• a predisposition to like something

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• have a fancy or particular liking or desire for

• marked by aggressive ambition and energy and initiative

• a car driven by a person whose job is to take passengers where they want to go in exchange for money

• travel slowly

• ride in a taxicab

• a short stout club used primarily by policemen

• male goat

• an informal term for a British policeman

• the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)

• a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity

• a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person

• an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects

• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs

• a collection of particulars considered as a system

• the property of holding together and retaining its shape

• the central message of a communication

• the main mass of a thing

• a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin)

• the external structure of a vehicle

• invest with or as with a body; give body to

• a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities

• someone deranged and possibly dangerous

• affected with madness or insanity

• foolish; totally unsound

• possessed by inordinate excitement

• bizarre or fantastic

• intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with

• of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk

• a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others

• an unfortunate development

• the humane quality of understanding the suffering of others and wanting to do something about it

• share the suffering of

• something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

• a basic or essential property shared by all members of a class

• any area set aside for a particular purpose

• a construct whereby objects or individuals can be distinguished

• any movable articles or objects used on the set of a play or movie

• a human being; person, singular, assertive existential pronoun; pronoun, person, singular; quantifier: assertive existential

• Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person.

• A person of some consideration or standing.

• All people.

• the domain controlled by a duke or duchess

• a person of no influence

• the government of the Roman Catholic Church

• Pertaining to the material making up the edge of a seashore, as with pebbles, gravel, and sand.

• Pertaining to a beach or something beach-like.

• Of, pertaining to, or containing spice.

• (of flavors) Provoking a burning sensation due to the presence of chilis or similar hot spices

• (of flavors or odors) Tangy, zesty, or pungent.

• (of expression or behavior) Vigorous; colorful; stimulating.

• Risqué, sexy, racy; mildly pornographic.

• almost; nearly

• in a practical manner

• (degree adverb used before a noun phrase) for all practical purposes but not completely

• in distinction from others

• a secondary school (usually private)

• an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature

• a school for special training

• a learned establishment for the advancement of knowledge

• in actual fact

• used to imply that one would expect the fact to be the opposite of that stated; surprisingly

• at present

• as a sentence modifier to add slight emphasis; as a modifier to add slight emphasis

• an administrative unit of government

• a business or organization that provides a particular service, especially the mediation of transactions between two parties

• the state of being in action or exerting power

• the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• prior to a specified or implied time

• an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease

• perform an autopsy on a dead body; do a post-mortem

• a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

• be identical to; be someone or something

• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

• have an existence, be extant

• happen, occur, take place

• be identical or equivalent to

• form or compose

• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

• represent, as of a character on stage

• spend or use time

• have life, be alive

• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

• be priced at