Rhymes for LIGHTNINGS

• the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall)

• a later concluding time period

• the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way

• the excess of revenues over outlays in a given period of time (including depreciation and other non-cash expenses)

• something that remunerates

• the batting turn of a cricket player or team

• something won (especially money)

• the display of a motion picture

• fabric of metal or plastic mesh

• the act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it

• testing objects or persons in order to identify those with particular characteristics

• the accessories that normally accompany (something or some activity)

• information about recent and important events

• emotional or moral sensitivity (especially in relation to personal principles or dignity)

• A support or foundation, especially as a structure of masonry that supports a wall.

• A basis for something.

• The lower body or legs.

• small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough

• a fund of money put by as a reserve

• something owned; any tangible or intangible possession that is owned by someone

• the act of burning something

• pain that feels hot as if it were on fire

• a process in which a substance reacts with oxygen to give heat and light

• execution by electricity

• execution by fire

• a form of torture in which cigarettes or cigars or other hot implements are used to burn the victim's skin

• of immediate import

• an inclination to do something

• a natural inclination

• the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical

• the act of deviating from a vertical position

• departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal

• a protective covering that protects an inside surface

• a piece of cloth that is used as the inside surface of a garment

• providing something with a surface of a different material

• the act of attaching an inside lining (to a garment or curtain etc.)

• the message that is intended or expressed or signified

• the idea that is intended

• rich in significance or implication

• the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

• laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

• (of fluids) moving or issuing in a stream

• of advancing the ball by running

• executed or initiated by running

• (American football) a play in which a player attempts to carry the ball through or past the opposing team

• the act of running; traveling on foot at a fast pace

• the state of being in operation

• the act of administering or being in charge of something

• the act of participating in an athletic competition involving running on a track

• continually repeated over a period of time

• measured lengthwise

• (of e.g. a machine) performing or capable of performing

• a message informing of danger

• cautionary advice about something imminent (especially imminent danger or other unpleasantness)

• notification of something, usually in advance

• serving to warn

• prolonged unfulfilled desire or need

• a collection of tools and other articles used by an artisan to make jewelry or clothing or shoes

• the event consisting of the start of something

• the time at which something is supposed to begin

• the first part or section of something

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• the act of starting something

• serving to begin

• an attack by dropping bombs

• the use of bombs for sabotage; a tactic frequently used by terrorists

• the act of drawing spatially closer to something

• arrival that has been awaited (especially of something momentous)

• the temporal property of becoming nearer in time

• the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

• of the relatively near future

• the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock

• agriculture considered as an occupation or way of life

• relating to farming or agriculture

• restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place

• the act of fastening things together

• the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize)

• an event that happens

• any of various short-tailed furry-footed rodents of circumpolar distribution

• first or beginning

• an open or empty space in or between things

• a ceremony accompanying the start of some enterprise

• becoming open or being made open

• the first performance (as of a theatrical production)

• the act of opening something

• opportunity especially for employment or promotion

• the initial part of the introduction

• a possible alternative

• an aperture or hole that opens into a bodily cavity

• a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

• an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship

• a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess

• the first of a series of actions

• something added to food primarily for the savor it imparts

• the act of adding a seasoning to food

• the act of fighting; any contest or struggle

• engaged in or ready for military or naval operations

• the act of observing

• the largest city in Montana; located in southern Montana on the Yellowstone river

• social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')

• mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups

• the act of transacting within or between groups (as carrying on commercial activities)

• manner of acting or controlling yourself

• fecal matter of animals

• temporary living quarters

• inconsequential conversation

• the act of someone who picks up or takes something

• the income or profit arising from such transactions as the sale of land or other property

• (usually plural) accessory wearing apparel

• the internal mechanism of a device

• a mine or quarry that is being or has been worked

• the third of three divisions of the Hebrew Scriptures

• (of a structural member) withstanding a weight or strain

• relevant relation or interconnection

• the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies

• dignified manner or conduct

• characteristic way of bearing one's body

• heraldry consisting of a design or image depicted on a shield

• a rotating support placed between moving parts to allow them to move easily

• the act that results in something coming to be

• an attribute that must be met or complied with and that fits a person for something

• (usually plural) the components needed for making or doing something

• a failing or deficiency

• (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked

• a written account of what transpired at a meeting

• the environmental condition

• the area in which something exists or lives