Rhymes for DOLDRUMS

• a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

• the surrounding environment

• an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication

• (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

• a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

• (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed

• an intervening substance through which something is achieved

• a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position

• someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

• (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

• an occupation for which you are especially well suited

• around the middle of a scale of evaluation

• (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

• a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

• a public meeting or assembly for open discussion

• a public facility to meet for open discussion

• (computer science) a read-only memory chip that can be erased by ultraviolet light and programmed again with new data

• a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

• an aggressive and violent young criminal

• hypothetical remedy for all ills or diseases; once sought by the alchemists

• patent medicine whose efficacy is questionable

• a gathering of the minimal number of members of an organization to conduct business

• an ordered array of the components of an emission or wave

• a broad range of related objects or values or qualities or ideas or activities

• a display of bad temper

• a common white or colorless mineral (hydrated calcium sulphate) used to make cements and plasters (especially plaster of Paris)

• a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

• 100 dirhams equal 1 riyal in Qatar

• the basic unit of money in the United Arab Emirates; equal to 100 fils

• the basic unit of money in Morocco; equal to 100 centimes

• 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Tunisia

• 100 dirhams equal 1 dinar in Libya

• worth one tenth of a Kuwaiti dinar; equal 100 fils

• any plant of the genus Caladium cultivated for their ornamental foliage variously patterned in white or pink or red

• special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

• a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

• a manner of speaking that is natural to native speakers of a language

• the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

• the style of a particular artist or school or movement

• an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up

• a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

• organized persecution of an ethnic group (especially Jews)

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• a question raised for consideration or solution

• a source of difficulty

• (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

• a proposition deducible from basic postulates

• an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth

• 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

• the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

• immunity from an obligation or duty

• a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth

• (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

• come to understand

• measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

• a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present

• an enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside

• a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

• the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits

• athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training

• a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

• a span of 1000 years

• (New Testament) in the Book of Revelation it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness

• the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

• a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

• one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc

• a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc

• a person who has received a degree from a school (high school or college or university)

• a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the ammonium double sulfate of aluminum

• a white crystalline double sulfate of aluminum: the potassium double sulfate of aluminum

• a double sulphate of aluminum and potassium that is used as an astringent (among other things)

• nocturnal arboreal marsupial having a naked prehensile tail found from southern North America to northern South America

• small furry Australian arboreal marsupials having long usually prehensile tails

• any of various plants of the genus Sedum

• reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• produce or yield flowers

• develop or come to a promising stage

• textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

• rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium

• any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers

• a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

• information known only to a special group

• the flower of a chrysanthemum plant

• any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated

• an integrated course of academic studies

• a written proposal or reminder

• The lowest limit.

• The smallest amount.

• A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

• A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

• The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

• a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits

• a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate

• a final peremptory demand

• a domain in which something is dominant

• a country with a king as head of state

• the domain ruled by a king or queen

• a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

• the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

• a basic group of natural objects

• an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another

• a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats

• one behind the other