Rhymes for LEAFHOPPERS

• terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

• a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao)

• a grounder that bounces high in the air

• informal terms for a human `tooth'

• an aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades

• a butcher's knife having a large square blade

• The rockhopper penguin

• Any of the jumping bristletails in the order Archaeognatha

• a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress

• a gross untruth; a blatant lie

• something especially big or impressive of its kind

• writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature)

• an illegal daily lottery

• the fourth book of the Old Testament; contains a record of the number of Israelites who followed Moses out of Egypt

• funnel-shaped receptacle; contents pass by gravity into a receptacle below

• someone who hops

• a machine used for picking hops

• terrestrial plant-eating insect with hind legs adapted for leaping

• (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground

• a rester who is sleeping

• a spy or saboteur or terrorist planted in an enemy country who lives there as a law-abiding citizen until activated by a prearranged signal

• an unexpected achiever of success

• one of the cross braces that support the rails on a railway track

• a passenger car that has berths for sleeping

• pajamas with feet; worn by children

• a piece of furniture that can be opened up into a bed

• tropical fish that resembles a goby and rests quietly on the bottom in shallow water

• an unexpected hit

• a shoe for swimming; the paddle-like front is an aid in swimming (especially underwater)

• the flat broad limb of aquatic animals specialized for swimming

• pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time

• a container of stimulant drug (amyl nitrate or butyl nitrite)

• British philosopher (born in Austria) who argued that scientific theories can never be proved to be true, but are tested by attempts to falsify them (1902-1994)

• a container for cooking popcorn

• someone who visits stores in search of articles to buy

• a commercial agent who shops at the competitor's store in order to compare their prices and merchandise with those of the store that employs her

• a worker who makes or adds the top to something

• a worker who cuts tops off (of trees or vegetables etc.)

• the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others

• an exceedingly good witticism that surpasses all that have gone before

• a woman's short coat

• a man's hat with a tall crown; usually covered with silk or with beaver fur

• a group of followers or enthusiasts

• food remaining from a previous meal

• English architect (1723-1796)

• a state of depression

• any of numerous plants of the genus Capparis

• pickled flower buds used as a pungent relish in various dishes and sauces

• a crime (especially a robbery)

• a playful leap or hop

• gay or light-hearted recreational activity for diversion or amusement

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• jump about playfully

• Anything that clips.

• (chiefly in the plural) A tool used for clipping something, such as hair, coins, or fingernails.

• Something that moves swiftly; especially:

• The Asian butterfly Parthenos sylvia, family Nymphalidae.

• A circuit which prevents the amplitude of a wave from exceeding a set value.

• A person who mutilates coins by fraudulently paring the edges.

• Confidence trickster; conman.

• A tool for clipping something.

• yet to be or coming

• a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened

• the time yet to come

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

• bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

• effective in or looking toward the future

• (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

• (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

• the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command

• (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff

• a farmer who keeps bees for their honey

• a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)

• a person who cares for persons or property

• a fighter who holds out against attack

• a member of the baseball team that is in the field instead of at bat

• a member of the cricket team that is fielding rather than batting

• the act of moving back and forth

• abnormally rapid beating of the auricles of the heart (especially in a regular rhythm); can result in heart block

• a disorderly outburst or tumult

• the motion made by flapping up and down

• move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart

• move back and forth very rapidly

• flap the wings rapidly or fly with flapping movements

• beat rapidly

• wink briefly

• electric refrigerator (trade name Deepfreeze) in which food is frozen and stored for long periods of time

• someone who maintains the grounds (of an estate or park or athletic field)

• one who reveals confidential information to the police or other authority

• the owner or manager of an inn

• someone in charge of other people

• one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

• someone who arranges features of the landscape or garden attractively

• (baseball) a person who plays in the outfield

• a fielder in cricket who is stationed in the outfield

• treat with excessive indulgence

• a person who is very poor

• someone who forces another to have sexual intercourse

• someone who buys something and resells it at a price far above the initial cost

• a merchant who owns or manages a shop

• someone who sets traps for animals (usually to obtain their furs)

• the literary culture

• scholarly attainment

• That which belongs to us; the possessive case of we, used without a following noun.

• a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor

• a copper penny

• uncomplimentary terms for a policeman

• a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper

• any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings

• coat with a layer of copper

• a long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees

• an act so striking or impressive that the show must be delayed until the audience quiets down

• a remark to which there is no polite conversational reply

• (bridge) a playing card with a value sufficiently high to insure taking a trick in a particular suit

• blockage consisting of an object designed to fill a hole tightly

• close or secure with or as if with a stopper

• someone who sets the betting odds based on calculations of the outcome of a contest (especially a horse race)

• ship equipped to detect and then destroy or neutralize or remove marine mines

• a Baptist denomination founded in 1708 by Americans of German descent; opposed to military service and taking legal oaths; practiced trine immersion