Rhymes for DIRHEMS

• a quad with a square body

• a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing

• instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

• a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

• (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium

• a complex of methods or rules governing behavior

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts

• a procedure or process for obtaining an objective

• the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole

• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• tall grass with smooth bluish leaf sheaths grown for hay in the United States

• the part of the brain continuous with the spinal cord and comprising the medulla oblongata and pons and midbrain and parts of the hypothalamus

• (sometimes derogatory) A feminine or effeminate person.

• A woman, a wife; a young woman or girl.

• A lesbian or other queer woman whose appearance, identity etc. is seen as feminine as opposed to butch.

• A person whose gender is feminine-leaning, such as a feminine non-binary person.

• the edge of a piece of cloth; especially the finished edge that has been doubled under and stitched down

• the utterance of a sound similar to clearing the throat; intended to get attention, express hesitancy, fill a pause, hide embarrassment, warn a friend, etc.

• fold over and sew together to provide with a hem

• utter `hem' or `ahem'

• the willful and unlawful crippling or mutilation of another person

• violent and needless disturbance

• the 13th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line

• (roentgen equivalent man) the dosage of ionizing radiation that will cause the same amount of injury to human tissue as 1 roentgen of X-rays

• a recurring sleep state during which dreaming occurs; a state of rapidly shifting eye movements during sleep

• verbal abuse; a crude substitute for argument

• an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty

• an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions

• the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)

• the action of directing something at an object

• the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

• point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards

• propose or intend

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• specifically design a product, event, or activity for a certain public

• intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

• direct (a remark) toward an intended goal

• have an ambitious plan or a lofty goal

• the framework for a pair of eyeglasses

• a single one of a series of still transparent pictures forming a cinema, television or video film

• alternative names for the body of a human being

• (baseball) one of nine divisions of play during which each team has a turn at bat

• a single drawing in a comic strip

• an application that divides the user's display into two or more windows that can be scrolled independently

• a system of assumptions and standards that sanction behavior and give it meaning

• the hard structure (bones and cartilages) that provides a frame for the body of an animal

• the internal supporting structure that gives an artifact its shape

• a structure supporting or containing something

• a framework that supports and protects a picture or a mirror

• one of the ten divisions into which bowling is divided

• enclose in or as if in a frame

• enclose in a frame, as of a picture

• take or catch as if in a snare or trap

• formulate in a particular style or language

• make up plans or basic details for

• construct by fitting or uniting parts together

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• recurring at regular intervals

• an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

• the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

• natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)

• (architecture) the repetitive use of a group of visual elements to establish a recognizable pattern

• (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

• anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence

• money collected under a tariff

• situated at the bottom or lowest position

• the lower side of anything

• the lowest part of anything

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

• a depression forming the ground under a body of water

• low-lying alluvial land near a river

• a cargo ship

• the lowest rank

• provide with a bottom or a seat

• strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

• come to understand

• a sticky adhesive that is smeared on small branches to capture small birds

• spread birdlime on branches to catch birds

• a complex red organic pigment containing iron and other atoms to which oxygen binds

• apathy demonstrated by an absence of emotional reactions

• expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness

• inactivity; showing an unusual lack of energy

• An introduction, preface or preamble.

• a worker (especially in an office) hired on a temporary basis

• a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)

• a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

• a small low-powered electrically powered vehicle driven on a special platform where there are many others to be dodged

• (Jewish folklore) an artificially created human being that is given life by supernatural means

• a mechanism that can move automatically

• a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

• a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

• a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection

• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

• an individual instance of a type of symbol

• (used when listing or enumerating items) also

• (botany) outer tissue of bark; a protective layer of dead cells

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• a question raised for consideration or solution

• a source of difficulty

• desert shrub of Syria and Arabia having small white flowers; constitutes the juniper of the Old Testament; sometimes placed in genus Genista

• a political leader (especially of Tammany Hall)

• a chief of a North American tribe or confederation (especially an Algonquian chief)

• a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object

• emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)

• the woody part of plants: the supporting and water-conducting tissue, consisting primarily of tracheids and vessels

• (cosmology) the original matter that (according to the big bang theory) existed before the formation of the chemical elements

• Any enzyme, generated by a cell, that functions outside of that cell.

• walking on a tightrope or slack rope

• a non-doctrinal religion that stresses individual freedom of belief and rejects the Trinity

• an Islamic fundamentalist group in Pakistan that fought the Soviet Union in Afghanistan in the 1980s; now operates as a terrorist organization primarily in Kashmir and seeks Kashmir's accession by Pakistan

• the state of being or appearing to be actively engaged in an activity

• a humming noise

• sing with closed lips

• be noisy with activity

• sound with a monotonous hum

• make a low continuous sound