Rhymes for LOCH-NESS

• give a benediction to

• confer prosperity or happiness on

• make the sign of the cross over someone in order to call on God for protection; consecrate

• render holy by means of religious rites

• a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it)

• touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• a board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king

• confess to a punishable or reprehensible deed, usually under pressure

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

• confess to God in the presence of a priest, as in the Catholic faith

• the relative prominence of a syllable or musical note (especially with regard to stress or pitch)

• (psychology) a state of mental or emotional strain or suspense

• special emphasis attached to something

• difficulty that causes worry or emotional tension

• (physics) force that produces strain on a physical body

• to stress, single out as important

• put stress on; utter with an accent

• test the limits of

• to suffer from stress

• (computer science) the code that identifies where a piece of information is stored

• the place where a person or organization can be found or communicated with

• the act of delivering a formal spoken communication to an audience

• the manner of speaking to another individual

• a sign in front of a house or business carrying the conventional form by which its location is described

• written directions for finding some location; written on letters or packages that are to be delivered to that location

• the stance assumed by a golfer in preparation for hitting a golf ball

• the ability to do or say what is appropriate for the occasion

• speak to

• give a speech to

• put an address on (an envelope)

• direct a question at someone

• address or apply oneself to something, direct one's efforts towards something, such as a question

• greet, as with a prescribed form, title, or name

• access or locate by address

• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• speak to someone

• adjust and aim (a golf ball) at in preparation of hitting

• a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence

• an estimate based on little or no information

• expect, believe, or suppose

• put forward, of a guess, in spite of possible refutation

• judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

• guess correctly; solve by guessing

• a one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice

• clothing of a distinctive style or for a particular occasion

• clothing in general

• suitable for formal occasions

• (of an occasion) requiring formal clothes

• put on clothes

• provide with clothes or put clothes on

• put a finish on

• dress in a certain manner

• dress or groom with elaborate care

• kill and prepare for market or consumption

• arrange in ranks

• decorate (food), as with parsley or other ornamental foods

• provide with decoration

• put a dressing on

• cultivate, tend, and cut back the growth of

• cut down rough-hewn (lumber) to standard thickness and width

• convert into leather

• apply a bandage or medication to

• give a neat appearance to

• arrange attractively

• (comparative of `little' usually used with mass nouns) a quantifier meaning not as great in amount or degree

• used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs, indicates that the adjective or adverb is less of something

• comparative of little

• (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality

• (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer

• a state of confusion and disorderliness

• informal terms for a difficult situation

• soft semiliquid food

• a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

• a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

• (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

• eat in a mess hall

• make a mess of or create disorder in

• an event that accomplishes its intended purpose

• an attainment that is successful

• a state of prosperity or fame

• a person with a record of successes

• mail that is distributed by a rapid and efficient system

• public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops

• rapid transport of goods

• by express

• not tacit or implied

• without unnecessary stops

• give expression to

• articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise

• serve as a means for expressing something

• indicate through a symbol, formula, etc.

• manifest the effects of (a gene or genetic trait)

• obtain from a substance, as by mechanical action

• send by rapid transport or special messenger service

• the act of coercing someone into government service

• have an emotional or cognitive impact upon

• impress positively

• produce or try to produce a vivid impression of

• mark or stamp with or as if with pressure

• reproduce by printing

• take (someone) against his will for compulsory service, especially on board a ship

• dye (fabric) before it is spun

• partial or complete nakedness

• get undressed

• remove (someone's or one's own) clothes

• a quantity much larger than is needed

• immoderation as a consequence of going beyond sufficient or permitted limits

• the state of being more than full

• excessive indulgence

• more than is needed, desired, or required

• the state of demanding notice or attention

• the print media responsible for gathering and publishing news in the form of newspapers or magazines

• a machine used for printing

• a dense crowd of people

• a tall piece of furniture that provides storage space for clothes; has a door and rails or hooks for hanging clothes

• clamp to prevent wooden rackets from warping when not in use

• any machine that exerts pressure to form or shape or cut materials or extract liquids or compress solids

• a weightlift in which the barbell is lifted to shoulder height and then smoothly lifted overhead

• the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure

• exert pressure or force to or upon

• force or impel in an indicated direction

• to be oppressive or burdensome

• place between two surfaces and apply weight or pressure

• squeeze or press together

• crowd closely

• create by pressing

• be urgent

• exert oneself continuously, vigorously, or obtrusively to gain an end or engage in a crusade for a certain cause or person; be an advocate for

• press from a plastic

• make strenuous pushing movements during birth to expel the baby

• press and smooth with a heated iron

• lift weights

• ask for or request earnestly

• a particular course of action intended to achieve a result

• (psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents

• a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant

• a mental process that you are not directly aware of

• a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

• a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states

• subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition

• march in a procession

• deal with in a routine way

• perform mathematical and logical operations on (data) according to programmed instructions in order to obtain the required information

• institute legal proceedings against; file a suit against

• shape, form, or improve a material

• deliver a warrant or summons to someone

• Except on a specified condition; if not.

• If not; used with counterfactual conditionals.

• Except if; used with hypothetical conditionals.

• subtly skillful handling of a situation

• North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• charge (a person or a property) with a payment, such as a tax or a fine

• set or determine the amount of (a payment such as a fine)

• estimate the value of (property) for taxation

• lose clarity or turn aside especially from the main subject of attention or course of argument in writing, thinking, or speaking

• wander from a direct or straight course

• (heraldry) an ordinary consisting of a broad horizontal band across a shield

• haunt like a ghost; pursue

• be preoccupied with something

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• cause to suffer

• a radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons

• a cloth pad or dressing (with or without medication) applied firmly to some part of the body (to relieve discomfort or reduce fever)

• make more compact by or as if by pressing

• squeeze or press together

• psychological suffering

• a state of adversity (danger or affliction or need)

• extreme physical pain

• the seizure and holding of property as security for payment of a debt or satisfaction of a claim

• bring into difficulties or distress, especially financial hardship

• cause mental pain to

• have as an attribute, knowledge, or skill

• have ownership or possession of

• enter into and control, as of emotions or ideas

• revise or renew one's assessment

• A short strap fastened around the leg of a bird used in falconry, to which a leash may be fastened.

• A collimated stream, spurt or flow of liquid or gas from a pressurized container, an engine, etc.

• A spout or nozzle for creating a jet of fluid.

• A type of airplane using jet engines rather than propellers.

• An engine that propels a vehicle using a stream of fluid as propulsion.

• A part of a carburetor that controls the amount of fuel mixed with the air.

• A narrow cone of hadrons and other particles produced by the hadronization of a quark or gluon.

• Drift; scope; range, as of an argument.

• The sprue of a type, which is broken from it when the type is cold.

• A hard, black form of coal, sometimes used in jewellery.

• (color) The colour of jet coal, deep grey.

• To fasten a strap around the leg of a hawk.

• Only, simply, merely.

• (sentence adverb) Used to reduce the force of an imperative; simply.

• Used to convey a less serious or formal tone

• Used to show humility.

• (degree) absolutely, positively

• Moments ago, recently.

• By a narrow margin; closely; nearly.

• Exactly, precisely, perfectly.

• despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

• gradual improvement or growth or development

• the act of moving forward (as toward a goal)

• a movement forward

• develop in a positive way

• move forward, also in the metaphorical sense

• form or accumulate steadily

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• any of various plants of the family Cruciferae with edible leaves that have a pungent taste

• pungent leaves of any of numerous cruciferous herbs

• act in disregard of laws, rules, contracts, or promises

• spread over land, especially along a subsiding shoreline

• commit a sin; violate a law of God or a moral law

• pass beyond (limits or boundaries)

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• lower (prices or markets)

• cause to drop or sink

• press down

• lessen the activity or force of

• deprive of the possession of real estate

• practice as a profession, teach, or claim to be knowledgeable about

• confess one's faith in, or allegiance to

• admit (to a wrongdoing)

• state freely

• receive into a religious order or congregation

• take vows, as in religious order

• state insincerely

• a state of abeyance or suspended business

• a small concavity

• an arm off of a larger body of water (often between rocky headlands)

• an enclosure that is set back or indented

• a pause from doing something (as work)

• put into a recess

• make a recess in

• close at the end of a session

• a sum of money paid in compensation for loss or injury

• act of correcting an error or a fault or an evil

• make reparations or amends for

• the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

• returning to a former state

• go back to a statistical means

• go back to a previous state

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

• put down by force or intimidation

• impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of

• suppress in order to conceal or hide

• put out of one's consciousness

• block the action of

• bring under control by force or authority

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

• consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• put out of one's consciousness

• lessen to the point of stopping

• the state of being of noble birth

• members of the nobility (especially of the French nobility)

• the right to enter

• the right to obtain or make use of or take advantage of something (as services or membership)

• a way of entering or leaving

• a code (a series of characters or digits) that must be entered in some way (typed or dialed or spoken) to get the use of something (a telephone line or a computer or a local area network etc.)

• (computer science) the operation of reading or writing stored information

• the act of approaching or entering

• obtain or retrieve from a storage device; as of information on a computer

• reach or gain access to

• a strip of land projecting into a body of water

• despite anything to the contrary (usually preceding a concession)

• mix together different elements

• fuse or cause to grow together