Rhymes for HOUSEDOG

• a segment of the trunk of a tree when stripped of branches

• the exponent required to produce a given number

• a written record of messages sent or received

• a written record of events on a voyage (of a ship or plane)

• measuring instrument that consists of a float that trails from a ship by a knotted line in order to measure the ship's speed through the water

• enter into a log, as on ships and planes

• cut lumber, as in woods and forests

• a member of the genus Canis (probably descended from the common wolf) that has been domesticated by man since prehistoric times; occurs in many breeds

• a dull unattractive unpleasant girl or woman

• informal term for a man

• someone who is morally reprehensible

• a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

• a hinged catch that fits into a notch of a ratchet to move a wheel forward or prevent it from moving backward

• metal supports for logs in a fireplace

• go after with the intent to catch

• droplets of water vapor suspended in the air near the ground

• an atmosphere in which visibility is reduced because of a cloud of some substance

• confusion characterized by lack of clarity

• make less visible or unclear

• any of various tailless stout-bodied amphibians with long hind limbs for leaping; semiaquatic and terrestrial species

• a person of French descent

• a decorative loop of braid or cord

• hunt frogs for food

• a shared on-line journal where people can post diary entries about their personal experiences and hobbies

• read, write, or edit a shared on-line journal

• wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel

• cause to slow down or get stuck

• get stuck while doing something

• a subordinate who performs an important but routine function

• tooth on the rim of gear wheel

• roll steel ingots

• join pieces of wood with cogs

• rum cut with water

• a sharp change in direction

• a slow pace of running

• a slight push or shake

• continue talking or writing in a desultory manner

• even up the edges of a stack of paper, in printing

• run for exercise

• run at a moderately swift pace

• give a slight push to

• stimulate to remember

• a sturdy thickset short-haired breed with a large head and strong undershot lower jaw; developed originally in England for bull baiting

• attack viciously and ferociously

• throw a steer by seizing the horns and twisting the neck, as in a rodeo

• someone who performs dangerous stunts to attract attention to himself

• a frankfurter served hot on a bun

• a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll

• a dog small and tame enough to be held in the lap

• one at a disadvantage and expected to lose

• a guardian or defender against theft or illegal practices or waste

• a dog trained to guard property

• a building (or room) where dead bodies are kept before burial or cremation

• metal supports for logs in a fireplace

• a sheep up to the age of one year; one yet to be sheared

• Scottish writer of rustic verse (1770-1835)

• of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

• something having the property of being analogous to something else

• a book or pamphlet containing an enumeration of things

• a complete list of things; usually arranged systematically

• make a catalogue, compile a catalogue

• make an itemized list or catalog of; classify

• a conversation between two persons

• the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction

• a literary composition in the form of a conversation between two people

• a punch made of sweetened milk or cream mixed with eggs and usually alcoholic liquor

• beat severely with a whip or rod

• beat with a cane

• reddish brown North American marmot

• relatively large rodents with sharp erectile bristles mingled with the fur

• small nocturnal Old World mammal covered with both hair and protective spines

• advancing as if in the child's game, by leaping over obstacles or competitors

• a game in which one child bends down and another leaps over

• to vault

• progress by large jumps instead of small increments

• work doggedly or persistently

• walk heavily and firmly, as when weary, or through mud

• strike heavily, especially with the fist or a bat

• air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog

• African wild swine with warty protuberances on the face and large protruding tusks

• Progressive rock.

• A program.

• (university slang) A proctor.

• A progressive.

• Victuals got by begging, or vagrancy; victuals of any kind; food; supplies.

• A vagrant beggar; a tramp.

• A pointed instrument.

• Favouring or promoting progress; advanced.

• Gradually advancing in extent; increasing.

• Promoting or favoring progress towards improved conditions or new policies, ideas or methods.

• Liberal.

• Of or relating to progressive education.

• (of an income tax or other tax) Increasing in rate as the taxable amount increases.

• Advancing in severity.

• (grammar) Continuous.

• To wander about and beg; to seek food or other supplies by low arts; to seek advantage by mean tricks.

• To steal; to rob; to filch.

• To prick; to goad; to progue.

• a bright spot on the parhelic circle; caused by diffraction by ice crystals

• a film or illustrated lecture on traveling

• highly excited by eagerness, curiosity, etc.

• an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services)

• the large log at the back of a hearth fire

• something kept back or saved for future use or a special purpose

• accumulate and create a backlog

• showing a sense of guilt

• frightened into submission or compliance

• a wooden pin pushed or driven into a surface

• a wooden block built into a masonry wall so that joinery structure can be nailed to it

• a larval frog or toad

• a larval frog or toad

• Atlantic coast round clams with hard shells; large clams usually used for chowders or other clam dishes

• an edible American clam; the heavy shells were used as money by some American Indians

• any of various usually long-haired breeds of dog reared to herd and guard sheep

• touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

• provide with clothes or put clothes on

• become or cause to become unobstructed

• A young cow or bull.

• Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-coloured leather used in bookbinding.

• A young deer, elephant, seal, whale or giraffe (also used of some other animals).

• A chunk of ice broken from a larger glacier, ice shelf, or iceberg.

• A small island, near a larger island.

• A cabless railroad engine.

• An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt.

• The back of the leg below the knee.

• The muscle in the back of the leg below the knee.

• A female child, adolescent, or a young woman.

• A young female animal.

• (sometimes offensive) A woman, especially a young woman

• A female servant; a maid. (see usage notes)

• A queen (the playing card.)

• A term of endearment. (see usage notes)

• One's girlfriend.

• One's daughter.

• A roebuck two years old.

• Cocaine, especially in powder form.

• (somewhat childish) A female (tree, gene, etc).

• A boy or man who is weak or sentimental.

• A domestic cat, especially a non-pedigree or unremarkable cat.

• A kind of cake made with ginger, treacle, etc.

• An effigy, typically made of straw and dressed in old clothes, fixed to a pole in a field to deter birds from eating seeds or crops planted there.

• A tall, thin, awkward person.

• Anything that appears terrifying but presents no danger.

• A person clad in rags and tatters.

• A bird, the black tern.

• A slut, a sexually promiscuous woman.

• A dirty and untidy woman.

• To move away; to go off.

• (pickup community) To assert one's dominance over.

• (authorship) A long speech by one person in a play; sometimes a soliloquy; other times spoken to other characters.

• A long series of comic stories and jokes as an entertainment.

• A long, uninterrupted utterance that monopolizes a conversation.

• To deliver a monologue.

• A photographer, especially a professional one.

• A sailor accustomed to the sea.

• A pirate.

• A seal. (marine mammal)

• A charge resembling the talbot but with scales, webbed feet and a broad tail.

• A dogfish.

• An omen of bad luck.

• A white-topped wave in an estuary.