Rhymes for MANIACS

• a person suffering from amnesia

• suffering from a partial loss of memory

• someone who has exceptional intellectual ability and originality

• A supposed universal antidote against poison, especially snake venom; specifically, one such developed in the 1st century as an improvement on mithridate.

• Treacle; molasses.

• a belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic; divided into 12 constellations or signs for astrological purposes

• (astrology) a circular diagram representing the 12 zodiacal constellations and showing their signs

• pertaining to or containing or similar to ammonia

• the aromatic gum of the ammoniac plant

• of, pertaining to, or like a demon or possession by a demon

• someone who acts as if possessed by a demon

• A poem composed in the couplet style of classical elegies: a line of dactylic hexameter followed by a line of dactylic pentameter.

• someone who cannot sleep

• experiencing or accompanied by sleeplessness

• someone subject to melancholia

• One who carries on or is guilty of simony.

• a line or route along which something travels or moves

• evidence pointing to a possible solution

• a pair of parallel rails providing a runway for wheels

• a course over which races are run

• a distinct selection of music from a recording or a compact disc

• an endless metal belt on which tracked vehicles move over the ground

• (computer science) one of the circular magnetic paths on a magnetic disk that serve as a guide for writing and reading data

• a groove on a phonograph recording

• a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll

• any road or path affording passage especially a rough one

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

• carry on the feet and deposit

• observe or plot the moving path of something

• go after with the intent to catch

• travel across or pass over

• make tracks upon

• any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water

• cover with wax

• go up or advance

• increase in phase

• the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences

• a systematic orderly arrangement

• studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences

• A large, open boat made of skins stretched over a wooden frame that is propelled by paddles; used by the Eskimos for transportation.

• (used in the plural) pants for casual wear

• a large number or amount

• storage space in a library consisting of an extensive arrangement of bookshelves where most of the books are stored

• street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

• make less taut

• become loose or looser or less tight

• cause to feel relaxed

• become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner

• make less severe or strict

• become less severe or strict

• make less active or fast

• a piece of paper money (especially one issued by a central bank)

• a woman with abnormal sexual desires

• (used of women) affected with excessive sexual desire

• an edge tool with a heavy bladed head mounted across a handle

• chop or split with an ax

• terminate

• duplicator that transmits the copy by wire or radio

• send something via a facsimile machine

• charge against a citizen's person or property or activity for the support of government

• levy a tax on

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

• use to the limit

• make a charge against or accuse

• related to or located at the back

• the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine

• the side that goes last or is not normally seen

• the part of something that is furthest from the normal viewer

• (football) a person who plays in the backfield

• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

• the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

• the part of a garment that covers the back of your body

• a support that you can lean against while sitting

• (American football) the position of a player on a football team who is stationed behind the line of scrimmage

• in or to or toward a former location

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• in or to or toward an original condition

• in or to or toward a past time

• in reply

• in repayment or retaliation

• located at or near the back of an animal

• of an earlier date

• be behind; approve of

• travel backward

• give support or one's approval to

• cause to travel backward

• support financial backing for

• be in back of

• place a bet on

• shift to a counterclockwise direction

• establish as valid or genuine

• strengthen by providing with a back or backing

• a New Testament book describing the development of the early church from Christ's Ascension to Paul's sojourn at Rome

• an ore of boron consisting of hydrated sodium borate; used as a flux or cleansing agent

• a soft yellow wax secreted by glands in the ear canal

• the apparent displacement of an object as seen from two different points that are not on a line with the object

• an additional tax on certain kinds of income that has already been taxed

• levy an extra tax on

• a quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one)

• return by a celebrity to some previously successful activity

• (military) an offensive against an enemy (using weapons)

• an offensive move in a sport or game

• intense adverse criticism

• ideas or actions intended to deal with a problem or situation

• the act of attacking

• a decisive manner of beginning a musical tone or phrase

• a sudden occurrence of an uncontrollable condition

• the onset of a corrosive or destructive process (as by a chemical agent)

• strong criticism

• launch an attack or assault on; begin hostilities or start warfare with

• attack in speech or writing

• take the initiative and go on the offensive

• attack someone physically or emotionally

• set to work upon; turn one's energies vigorously to a task

• begin to injure

• (pathology) a small abnormal patch on or inside the body

• a memorial made of brass

• an untrained person who pretends to be a physician and who dispenses medical advice

• the harsh sound of a duck

• medically unqualified

• utter quacking noises

• act as a medical quack or a charlatan

• rib section of a forequarter of veal or pork or especially lamb or mutton

• the destruction or collapse of something

• an instrument of torture that stretches or disjoints or mutilates victims

• a support for displaying ot holding various articles

• a form of torture in which pain is inflicted by stretching the body

• a rapid gait of a horse in which each foot strikes the ground separately

• go at a rack

• stretch to the limits

• put on a rack and pinion

• obtain by coercion or intimidation

• run before a gale

• fly in high wind

• draw off from the lees

• torment emotionally or mentally

• work on a rack

• seize together, as of parallel ropes of a tackle in order to prevent running through the block

• place in a rack

• torture on the rack

• a blow from a flat object (as an open hand)

• the taste experience when a savoury condiment is taken into the mouth

• a sailing ship (usually rigged like a sloop or cutter) used in fishing and sailing along the coast

• street names for heroin

• an enthusiastic kiss

• the act of smacking something; a blow delivered with an open hand

• directly

• deliver a hard blow to

• have an element suggestive (of something)

• have a distinctive or characteristic taste

• kiss lightly

• press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating

• a light informal meal

• eat a snack; eat lightly

• pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

• lacking in firmness or tension; not taut

• lacking in rigor or strictness

• emptying easily or excessively

• (Roman Catholic Church) a greeting signifying Christian love for those assisting at the Eucharist

• a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore

• a Belgian maker of musical instruments who invented the saxophone (1814-1894)