Rhymes for EVERY-SO-OFTEN

• happening without warning or in a short space of time

• hear with intention

• listen and pay attention

• pay close attention to; give heed to

• make (images or sounds) soft or softer

• lessen in force or effect

• give in, as to influence or pressure

• protect from impact

• make less severe or harsh

• make soft or softer

• become soft or softer

• not noticed inadvertently

• a plot of ground where plants are cultivated

• the flowers or vegetables or fruits or herbs that are cultivated in a garden

• a yard or lawn adjoining a house

• the usual or familiar type

• work in the garden

• make tough or tougher

• make rough or rougher

• an assumption that is taken for granted

• acknowledged as a supposition

• (usually followed by `to') naturally disposed toward

• the cardinal number that is the sum of six and one

• one of four playing cards in a deck with seven pips on the face

• being one more than six

• airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc.

• the quantity contained in a can

• a buoy with a round bottom and conical top

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

• a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination

• a room or building equipped with one or more toilets

• preserve in a can or tin

• terminate the employment of; discharge from an office or position

• an onerous or difficult concern

• weight to be borne or conveyed

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• the central idea that is expanded in a document or discourse

• weight down with a load

• impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

• a shelter serving as a place of safety or sanctuary

• a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

• affording unobstructed entrance and exit; not shut or closed

• affording free passage or access

• used of mouth or eyes

• (set theory) of an interval that contains neither of its endpoints

• ready or willing to receive favorably

• open and observable; not secret or hidden

• a clear or unobstructed space or expanse of land or water

• where the air is unconfined

• a tournament in which both professionals and amateurs may play

• information that has become public

• with no protection or shield

• open to or in view of all

• not having been filled

• accessible to all

• not defended or capable of being defended

• (of textures) full of small openings or gaps

• having no protecting cover or enclosure

• not brought to a conclusion; subject to further thought

• not sealed or having been unsealed

• without undue constriction as from e.g. tenseness or inhibition

• not requiring union membership

• possibly accepting or permitting

• affording free passage or view

• openly straightforward and direct without reserve or secretiveness

• ready for business

• cause to open or to become open

• start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning

• become open

• begin or set in action, of meetings, speeches, recitals, etc.

• spread out or open from a closed or folded state

• make available

• become available

• have an opening or passage or outlet

• make the opening move

• afford access to

• display the contents of a file or start an application as on a computer

• hanging cloth used as a blind (especially for a window)

• any barrier to communication or vision

• provide with drapery

• an organization of missionaries in a foreign land sent to carry on religious work

• an operation that is assigned by a higher headquarters

• a special assignment that is given to a person or group

• the organized work of a religious missionary

• a group of representatives or delegates

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

• (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal

• an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out

• an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

• a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

• a human female employed to do housework

• women as a class

• the leader of a group of people

• the head of a tribe or clan

• a native or naturalized member of a state or other political community

• not accessible to view

• designed to elude detection

• difficult to find

• filled with a great quantity

• burdened psychologically or mentally

• remove with or as if with a ladle

• fill or place a load on

• an unmarried girl (especially a virgin)

• (cricket) an over in which no runs are scored

• serving to set in motion

• a nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust

• disturbed psychologically as if by a physical jolt or shock

• a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

• a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived

• a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

• an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

• eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

• set down in writing in any of various ways

• systematically collected and written down

• written as for a film or play or broadcast

• stop blaming or grant forgiveness

• absolve from payment

• a return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

• come into the possession of something concrete or abstract

• enter or assume a certain state or condition

• cause to move; cause to be in a certain position or condition

• receive a specified treatment (abstract)

• reach a destination; arrive by movement or progress

• go or come after and bring or take back

• go through (mental or physical states or experiences)

• take vengeance on or get even

• achieve a point or goal

• cause to do; cause to act in a specified manner

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• come to have or undergo a change of (physical features and attributes)

• be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness

• communicate with a place or person; establish communication with, as if by telephone

• give certain properties to something

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of

• attract and fix

• reach with a blow or hit in a particular spot

• reach by calculation

• acquire as a result of some effort or action

• purchase

• perceive by hearing

• suffer from the receipt of

• receive as a retribution or punishment

• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

• reach and board

• irritate

• evoke an emotional response

• apprehend and reproduce accurately

• earn or achieve a base by being walked by the pitcher

• overcome or destroy

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• take the first step or steps in carrying out an action

• undergo (as of injuries and illnesses)

• make (offspring) by reproduction

• a child of your son or daughter

• Old World crocus having purple or white flowers with aromatic pungent orange stigmas used in flavoring food

• dried pungent stigmas of the Old World saffron crocus

• a shade of yellow tinged with orange

• a light strong brittle grey toxic bivalent metallic element

• have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)

• be identical to; be someone or something

• occupy a certain position or area; be somewhere

• have an existence, be extant

• happen, occur, take place

• be identical or equivalent to

• form or compose

• work in a specific place, with a specific subject, or in a specific function

• represent, as of a character on stage

• spend or use time

• have life, be alive

• to remain unmolested, undisturbed, or uninterrupted -- used only in infinitive form

• be priced at

• At that time; then.

• Introduces a comparison, and is associated with comparatives, and with words such as more, less, and fewer. Typically, it seeks to measure the force of an adjective or similar description between two predicates.

• Used in comparisons, to introduce the basis of comparison.

• (obsolete outside dialectal, usually used with for) Because; for.

• physically and forcibly separated into pieces or cracked or split

• not continuous in space, time, or sequence or varying abruptly

• (especially of promises or contracts) having been violated or disregarded

• subdued or brought low in condition or status

• tamed or trained to obey

• topographically very uneven

• imperfectly spoken or written

• thrown into a state of disarray or confusion

• weakened and infirm

• destroyed financially

• out of working order (`busted' is an informal substitute for `broken')

• discontinuous

• lacking a part or parts

• the flesh of a chicken used for food

• a domestic fowl bred for flesh or eggs; believed to have been developed from the red jungle fowl

• a person who lacks confidence, is irresolute and wishy-washy

• a foolhardy competition; a dangerous activity that is continued until one competitor becomes afraid and stops

• easily frightened

• come to pass

• happen, occur, or be the case in the course of events or by chance

• chance to be or do something, without intention or causation

• come into being; become reality

• come upon, as if by accident; meet with

• a place regarded by various beliefs as the abode of their deities; also a place where good people are believed to go after death

• any place of complete bliss and delight and peace

• a room equipped for preparing meals

• understood in a certain way; made sense of

• be affected with an indisposition

• a young person of either sex

• a human offspring (son or daughter) of any age

• an immature childish person

• a member of a clan or tribe

• an advantageous purchase

• a stolen base; an instance in which a base runner advances safely during the delivery of a pitch (without the help of a hit or walk or passed ball or wild pitch)

• take without the owner's consent

• move stealthily

• steal a base

• an adult female person (as opposed to a man)

• a female person who plays a significant role (wife or mistress or girlfriend) in the life of a particular man

• a human female employed to do housework

• women as a class

• lacking or indicating lack of confidence or assurance

• not established beyond doubt; still undecided or unknown

• not established or confirmed

• not certain to occur; not inevitable

• subject to change

• not consistent or dependable

• ambiguous (especially in the negative)

• a first-year undergraduate

• any new participant in some activity

• used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college)

• pertaining to or characteristic of birds

• the state of being disregarded or forgotten

• total forgetfulness

• an officer holding a rank below a major but above a lieutenant

• the naval officer in command of a military ship

• a policeman in charge of a precinct

• an officer who is licensed to command a merchant ship

• the leader of a group of people

• the pilot in charge of an airship

• a dining-room attendant who is in charge of the waiters and the seating of customers

• be the captain of a sports team

• having or feeling no doubt or uncertainty; confident and assured

• established beyond doubt or question; definitely known

• certain to occur; destined or inevitable

• established irrevocably

• definite but not specified or identified

• reliable in operation or effect

• exercising or taking care great enough to bring assurance

• V-shaped sleeve badge indicating military rank and service

• an inverted V-shaped charge

• any of various swallows with squarish or slightly forked tail and long pointed wings; migrate around Martinmas

• French bishop who is a patron saint of France (died in 397)

• United States actor and comedian (born in 1945)

• United States actress (1913-1990)

• United States singer (1917-1995)