Rhymes for JAN-SWAMMERDAM

• a message transmitted by telegraph

• a master's degree in arts and sciences

• a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms

• modulation of the amplitude of the (radio) carrier wave

• (of weather) free from storm or wind

• steadiness of mind under stress

• wind moving at less than 1 knot; 0 on the Beaufort scale

• not agitated; without losing self-possession

• make calm or still

• make steady

• become quiet or calm, especially after a state of agitation

• cause to be calm or quiet as by administering a sedative to

• a word or phrase spelled by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase

• read letters out of order to discover a hidden meaning

• a drawing intended to explain how something works; a drawing showing the relation between the parts

• make a schematic or technical drawing that shows interactions among variables or how something is constructed

• the intermediate photograph (or photographic record) that contains information for reproducing a three-dimensional image by holography

• a star with 5 points; formed by 5 straight lines between the vertices of a pentagon and enclosing another pentagon

• (Islam) the man who leads prayers in a mosque; for Shiites an imam is a recognized authority on Islamic theology and law and a spiritual guide

• the inner surface of the hand from the wrist to the base of the fingers

• a linear unit based on the length or width of the human hand

• any plant of the family Palmae having an unbranched trunk crowned by large pinnate or palmate leaves

• an award for winning a championship or commemorating some other event

• touch, lift, or hold with the hands

• a sudden very loud noise

• an ancient city in southeastern Iran; destroyed by an earthquake in 2003

• a rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion

• a river in east central England that flows past Cambridge to join the Ouse River

• a barrier constructed to contain the flow of water or to keep out the sea

• a metric unit of length equal to ten meters

• female parent of an animal especially domestic livestock

• obstruct with, or as if with, a dam

• a set of questions or exercises evaluating skill or knowledge

• flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage)

• United States evangelical preacher famous as a mass evangelist (born in 1918)

• United States dancer and choreographer whose work was noted for its austerity and technical rigor (1893-1991)

• Danish physician and bacteriologist who developed a method of staining bacteria to distinguish among them (1853-1938)

• a metric unit of weight equal to one thousandth of a kilogram

• meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)

• (Old Testament) the second son of Noah

• a licensed amateur radio operator

• an unskilled actor who overacts

• exaggerate one's acting

• preserve of crushed fruit

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• a dense crowd of people

• deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems

• press tightly together or cram

• push down forcibly

• crush or bruise

• interfere with or prevent the reception of signals

• get stuck and immobilized

• crowd or pack to capacity

• block passage through

• one thousand grams; the basic unit of mass adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites

• a rapid escape (as by criminals)

• flee; take to one's heels; cut and run

• give a thrashing to; beat hard

• X-ray film of the soft tissue of the breast

• a tool for driving or forcing something by impact

• the most common computer memory which can be used by programs to perform necessary tasks while the computer is on; an integrated circuit memory chip allows information to be stored or accessed in any order and all storage locations are equally accessible

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Aries

• uncastrated adult male sheep

• the first sign of the zodiac which the sun enters at the vernal equinox; the sun is in this sign from about March 21 to April 19

• strike or drive against with a heavy impact

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• undergo damage or destruction on impact

• crowd or pack to capacity

• a fraudulent business scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• leave immediately; used usually in the imperative form

• winning all or all but one of the tricks in bridge

• the noise made by the forceful impact of two objects

• a forceful impact that makes a loud noise

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• close violently

• strike violently

• dance the slam dance

• throw violently

• the act of swimming

• travel through water

• be afloat either on or below a liquid surface and not sink to the bottom

• be dizzy or giddy

• be covered with or submerged in a liquid

• move as if gliding through water

• large watertight chamber used for construction under water

• a Native American lodge frequently having an oval shape and covered with bark or hides

• The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.

• The Turkish regular army; a soldier in the Turkish army.

• any of various aromatic resinous substances used for healing and soothing

• semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

• one of the 150 lyrical poems and prayers that comprise the Book of Psalms in the Old Testament; said to have been written by David

• any sacred song used to praise the deity

• sing or celebrate in psalms

• A soft, crumbly, chalky, grayish limestone.

• An artificial mixture or chalk, clay, and sand, from which bricks are made. The resulting bricks have a light brown or yellowish color.

• a telegram sent abroad

• burrowing marine mollusk living on sand or mud; the shell closes with viselike firmness

• a piece of paper money worth one dollar

• flesh of either hard-shell or soft-shell clams

• gather clams, by digging in the sand by the ocean

• crowd or pack to capacity

• put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled

• study intensively, as before an exam

• prepare (students) hastily for an impending exam

• a herd of whales

• a small vehicle with four wheels in which a baby or child is pushed around

• something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• adopted in order to deceive

• make a pretence of

• make believe with the intent to deceive

• unwanted e-mail (usually of a commercial nature sent out in bulk)

• a canned meat made largely from pork

• send unwanted or junk e-mail

• a woolen cap of Scottish origin

• a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers

• a four-wheeled wagon that runs on tracks in a mine

• a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity

• travel by tram

• a digital camera designed to take digital photographs and transmit them over the internet

• edible tuber of any of several yams

• any of a number of tropical vines of the genus Dioscorea many having edible tuberous roots

• sweet potato with deep orange flesh that remains moist when baked

• edible tuberous root of various yam plants of the genus Dioscorea grown in the tropics world-wide for food

• An autocrat or dominant critic, especially Samuel Johnson.

• A ruler over various Turkish, Tatar and Mongol peoples in the Middle Ages.

• An Ottoman sultan.

• A noble or man of rank in various Muslim countries of Central Asia, including Afghanistan.

• A caravanserai; a resting-place for a travelling caravan.

• To chew.

• To program anew or differently.

• (by extension) To make a fundamental change to the behaviour or habits of.

• To shift funds appropriated for one government program to a different government program.

• preserve a dead body

• uneasiness about the fitness of an action (particularly for reasons of ethics, morals or propriety)

• a mild state of nausea