Rhymes for CROSSCURRENT

• living in a particular place

• used of animals that do not migrate

• someone who lives at a particular place for a prolonged period or who was born there

• a physician (especially an intern) who lives in a hospital and cares for hospitalized patients under the supervision of the medical staff of the hospital

• an executive officer of a firm or corporation

• the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government

• the office of the United States head of state

• the chief executive of a republic

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• the head administrative officer of a college or university

• an event that happens

• presently occurring (either causally or incidentally)

• an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

• anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

• very good; of the highest quality

• an example that is used to justify similar occurrences at a later time

• (civil law) a law established by following earlier judicial decisions

• a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws

• a subject mentioned earlier (preceding in time)

• preceding in time, order, or significance

• characterized by resonance

• serving to bring to mind

• a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

• a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie

• (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

• a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

• falling or striking of light rays on something

• (sometimes followed by `to') minor or casual or subordinate in significance or nature or occurring as a chance concomitant or consequence

• a single distinct event

• a public disturbance

• the act of investing; laying out money or capital in an enterprise with the expectation of profit

• money that is invested with an expectation of profit

• the commitment of something other than money (time, energy, or effort) to a project with the expectation of some worthwhile result

• outer layer or covering of an organ or part or organism

• the act of putting on robes or vestments

• the ceremonial act of clothing someone in the insignia of an office; the formal promotion of a person to an office or rank

• army unit smaller than a division, which can be divided into several companies, squadrons, or batteries and often into two battalions.

• subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization

• form (military personnel) into a regiment

• assign to a regiment

• limbless scaly elongate reptile; some are venomous

• a firework that moves in serpentine manner when ignited

• an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake

• marked by absence of sound

• failing to speak or communicate etc when expected to

• implied by or inferred from actions or statements

• not made to sound

• having a frequency below or above the range of human audibility

• unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

• expressed without speech

• Of a vein or costa, extending beyond the tip or the margin of a leaf.

• Carrying inward; relating to an inward current.

• having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

• a person working in the service of another (especially in the household)

• in a subordinate position

• a stretch of turbulent water in a river or the sea caused by one current flowing into or across another current

• actions counter to the main group activity

• a person or thing equal to another in value or measure or force or effect or significance etc

• the atomic weight of an element that has the same combining capacity as a given weight of another element; the standard is 8 for oxygen

• being essentially equal to something

• involving deception

• having no bearing on or connection with the subject at issue

• making or becoming suitable; adjusting to circumstances

• the act of making something different (as e.g. the size of a garment)

• the act of adjusting something to match a standard

• the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)

• an amount added or deducted on the basis of qualifying circumstances

• marked by casual disrespect

• unrestrained by convention or propriety

• recurring again and again

• the act of returning money received previously

• payment of a debt or obligation

• a compound with which fabrics are treated to repel water

• a chemical substance that repels animals

• the power to repel

• serving or tending to repel

• highly offensive; arousing aversion or disgust

• incapable of absorbing or mixing with

• rising again as to new life and vigor

• a subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning

• a current below the surface of a fluid

• a writ from a court commanding police to perform specified acts

• a type of security issued by a corporation (usually together with a bond or preferred stock) that gives the holder the right to purchase a certain amount of common stock at a stated price

• formal and explicit approval

• a written assurance that some product or service will be provided or will meet certain specifications

• provide adequate grounds to justify (a certain course of action)

• stand behind and guarantee the quality, accuracy, or condition of

• occurring or operating at the same time

• matching point for point

• someone who attacks

• uninterrupted in time and indefinitely long continuing

• of or relating to technique or proficiency in a practical skill

• having or showing knowledge and skill and aptitude

• joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success

• experiencing triumph

• a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

• occurring or operating at the same time

• a specialized division of a large organization

• the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

• a specialized sphere of knowledge

• unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

• distinctly separate from the first

• differing from all others; not ordinary

• distinct or separate

• the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

• the act of governing; exercising authority

• (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed

• the study of government of states and other political units

• a particular point in time

• an indefinitely short time

• at this time

• having important effects or influence

• a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

• the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

• not living in a particular place or owned by permanent residents

• someone who does not live in a particular place

• temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration

• being or existing in a specified place

• the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

• something presented as a gift

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• bring forward and present to the mind

• perform (a play), especially on a stage

• hand over formally

• offer for others to consider

• give, especially as an honor or reward

• give as a present; make a gift of

• deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

• cause to come to know personally

• represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

• present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

• formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.

• recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position

• natural abilities or qualities

• a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

• a heavy rain

• a violently fast stream of water (or other liquid)

• an overwhelming number or amount

• unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

• recklessly wasteful

• lacking decisiveness of character; unable to act or decide quickly or firmly