Rhymes for DWALE

• an ordered reference standard

• relative magnitude

• the ratio between the size of something and a representation of it

• a specialized leaf or bract that protects a bud or catkin

• a thin flake of dead epidermis shed from the surface of the skin

• (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave)

• a measuring instrument for weighing; shows amount of mass

• an indicator having a graduated sequence of marks

• a metal sheathing of uniform thickness (such as the shield attached to an artillery piece to protect the gunners)

• a flattened rigid plate forming part of the body covering of many animals

• measure by or as if by a scale

• pattern, make, regulate, set, measure, or estimate according to some rate or standard

• take by attacking with scaling ladders

• reach the highest point of

• climb up by means of a ladder

• remove the scales from

• measure with or as if with scales

• size or measure according to a scale

• a very large person; impressive in size or qualities

• any of the larger cetacean mammals having a streamlined body and breathing through a blowhole on the head

• hunt for whales

• a large bundle bound for storage or transport

• a city in northwestern Switzerland

• make into a bale

• informal terms for money

• a hardy cabbage with coarse curly leaves that do not form a head

• coarse curly-leafed cabbage

• lacking freshness, palatability, or showing deterioration from age

• lacking originality or spontaneity; no longer new

• urinate, of cattle and horses

• being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces fertilizable gametes (ova) from which offspring develop

• an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)

• a person who belongs to the sex that can have babies

• characteristic of or peculiar to a woman

• for or pertaining to or composed of women or girls

• being the sex (of plant or animal) that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that perform the fertilizing function in generation

• an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)

• the capital of Maldives in the center of the islands

• a person who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies

• characteristic of a man

• for or pertaining to or composed of men or boys

• a general name for beer made with a top fermenting yeast; in some of the United States an ale is (by law) a brew of more than 4% alcohol by volume

• an open river valley (in a hilly area)

• a particular instance of selling

• the general activity of selling

• an occasion (usually brief) for buying at specially reduced prices

• the state of being purchasable; offered or exhibited for selling

• an agreement (or contract) in which property is transferred from the seller (vendor) to the buyer (vendee) for a fixed price in money (paid or agreed to be paid by the buyer)

• a message that tells the particulars of an act or occurrence or course of events; presented in writing or drama or cinema or as a radio or television program

• a trivial lie

• precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents

• many objects thrown forcefully through the air

• enthusiastic greeting

• praise vociferously

• be a native of

• call for

• greet enthusiastically or joyfully

• precipitate as small ice particles

• horny plate covering and protecting part of the dorsal surface of the digits

• a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener

• a former unit of length for cloth equal to 1/16 of a yard

• attach something somewhere by means of nails

• take into custody

• hit with great force

• succeed in obtaining a position

• succeed at easily

• locate exactly

• complete a pass

• the posterior part of the body of a vertebrate especially when elongated and extending beyond the trunk or main part of the body

• the time of the last part of something

• any projection that resembles the tail of an animal

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

• a spy employed to follow someone and report their movements

• (usually plural) the reverse side of a coin that does not bear the representation of a person's head

• the rear part of an aircraft

• the rear part of a ship

• go after with the intent to catch

• remove or shorten the tail of an animal

• remove the stalk of fruits or berries

• a track or mark left by something that has passed

• a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

• evidence pointing to a possible solution

• to lag or linger behind

• go after with the intent to catch

• move, proceed, or walk draggingly or slowly

• hang down so as to drag along the ground

• drag loosely along a surface; allow to sweep the ground

• a strong wind moving 45-90 knots; force 7 to 10 on Beaufort scale

• a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776)

• United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938)

• prolific United States writer (1822-1909)

• exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health

• to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means

• draw slowly or heavily

• expel air

• give out (breath or an odor)

• pierce with a sharp stake or point

• kill by piercing with a spear or sharp pole

• draw deep into the lungs in by breathing

• draw in (air)

• someone who gossips indiscreetly

• someone who gossips indiscreetly

• disclosing unintentionally something concealed

• a long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river

• the selling of goods to merchants; usually in large quantities for resale to consumers

• at a wholesale price

• on a large scale without careful discrimination

• ignoring distinctions

• sell in large quantities

• a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)

• lock up or confine, in or as in a jail

• the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service

• the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office

• a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system

• any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered

• (Middle Ages) flexible armor made of interlinked metal rings

• send via the postal service

• cause to be directed or transmitted to another place

• a sedimentary rock formed by the deposition of successive layers of clay

• a raised mark on the skin (as produced by the blow of a whip); characteristic of many allergic reactions

• thick plank forming a ridge along the side of a wooden ship

• a tale circulated by word of mouth among the common folk

• a harness strap that connects the nose piece to the girth; prevents the horse from throwing back its head

• spar under the bowsprit of a sailboat

• a fine closely woven cotton fabric

• provide with choice or abundant food or drink

• the selling of something purchased

• aromatic bulb used as seasoning

• be ill or unwell

• cause bodily suffering to and make sick or indisposed

• (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial

• the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial)

• release after a security has been paid

• deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period

• secure the release of (someone) by providing security

• empty (a vessel) by bailing

• remove (water) from a vessel with a container

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• be unsuccessful

• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

• stop operating or functioning

• be unable

• judge unacceptable

• fail to get a passing grade

• fall short in what is expected

• become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

• prove insufficient

• deteriorate

• a barrier consisting of a horizontal bar and supports

• short for railway

• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

• a horizontal bar (usually of wood or metal)

• any of numerous widely distributed small wading birds of the family Rallidae having short wings and very long toes for running on soft mud

• complain bitterly

• enclose with rails

• provide with rails

• separate with a railing

• convey (goods etc.) by rails

• travel by rail or train

• lay with rails

• fish with a handline over the rails of a boat

• spread negative information about

• criticize severely

• a large piece of fabric (usually canvas fabric) by means of which wind is used to propel a sailing vessel

• an ocean trip taken for pleasure

• any structure that resembles a sail

• traverse or travel on (a body of water)

• move with sweeping, effortless, gliding motions

• travel on water propelled by wind

• travel on water propelled by wind or by other means

• a garment that covers the head and face

• a membranous covering attached to the immature fruiting body of certain mushrooms

• the inner membrane of embryos in higher vertebrates (especially when covering the head at birth)

• a vestment worn by a priest at High Mass in the Roman Catholic Church; a silk shawl

• to obscure, or conceal with or as if with a veil

• make undecipherable or imperceptible by obscuring or concealing

• a short mixed drink

• an appetizer served as a first course at a meal

• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

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

• extended treatment of particulars

• a crew of workers selected for a particular task

• a temporary military unit

• provide details for

• assign to a specific task

• (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in

• communicate electronically on the computer

• a low area (especially a marshy area between ridges)

• small Arctic whale the male having a long spiral ivory tusk

• establish on a new scale