Rhymes for DAMS

• Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)

• a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

• a tool for driving or forcing something by impact

• the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

• uncastrated adult male sheep

• the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• undergo damage or destruction on impact

• crowd or pack to capacity

• meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

• (Old Testament) the second son of Noah

• a licensed amateur radio operator

• an unskilled actor who overacts

• exaggerate one's acting

• preserve of crushed fruit

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• a dense crowd of people

• deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

• press tightly together or cram

• push down forcibly

• crush or bruise

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• get stuck and immobilized

• crowd or pack to capacity

• block passage through

• edible tuber of any of several yams

• any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

• sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked

• edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food

• a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge

• young sheep

• English essayist (1775-1834)

• a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters)

• a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child)

• the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food

• give birth to a lamb

• a unit of apothecary weight equal to an eighth of an ounce or to 60 grains

• 1/16 ounce or 1.771 grams

• the basic unit of money in Armenia

• a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

• a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine

• a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

• travel by tram

• A polite form of address for a woman or lady.

• The mistress of a household.

• A conceited or quarrelsome girl.

• A woman who runs a brothel, particularly one that specializes in finding prostitutes for rich and important clients.

• a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion

• a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River

• crowd or pack to capacity

• put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled

• study intensively, as before an exam

• prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

• a fraudulent business scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

• winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

• the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects

• a forceful impact that makes a loud noise

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• close violently

• strike violently

• dance the slam dance

• throw violently

• flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage)

• United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)

• United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991)

• one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

• a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation

• something of little value

• extremely

• used as expletives

• expletives used informally as intensifiers

• wish harm upon; invoke evil upon

• a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts

• make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

• a bar chart representing a frequency distribution; heights of the bars represent observed frequencies

• the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography

• any stoppage attributable to unusual activity

• an immovable mass of logs blocking a river

• X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast

• one millionth (1/1,000,000) gram

• one thousandth (1/1,000) gram

• a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished

• a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need

• a radio or television show

• a document stating the aims and principles of a political party

• an announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event

• an integrated course of academic studies

• (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute

• a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation

• arrange a program of or for

• write a computer program

• To program anew or differently.

• (by extension) To make a fundamental change to the behaviour or habits of.

• To shift funds appropriated for one government program to a different government program.

• an image of a structure that is produced by ultrasonography (reflections of high-frequency sound waves); used to observe fetal growth or to study bodily organs

• a message transmitted by telegraph

• a guided missile fired from land or shipboard against an airborne target

• a woolen cap of Scottish origin

• 10 grams

• 1/10 gram

• 10 grams

• a witty saying

• a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 60 minims or 3.5516 cubic centimeters

• a unit of capacity or volume in the apothecary system equal to one eighth of a fluid ounce

• marine microorganism having a calcareous shell with openings where pseudopods protrude

• a coarse fabric of silk mixed with wool or mohair and often stiffened with gum

• a message transmitted by means of the sun's rays

• a graphic character that indicates the meaning of a thing without indicating the sounds used to say it

• a line drawn on a map connecting points having the same numerical value of some variable