Rhymes for MARTHA-S-VINEYARD

• a precautionary measure warding off impending danger or damage or injury etc.

• a document or escort providing safe passage through a region especially in time of war

• make safe

• escort safely

• directed or facing toward the back or rear

• (used of temperament or behavior) marked by a retiring nature

• at or to or toward the back or rear

• in a manner or order or direction the reverse of normal

• in or to or toward a past time

• retarded in intellectual development

• having made less than normal progress

• not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure

• dispassionate

• resisting weight or pressure

• produced without vibration of the vocal cords

• (of light) transmitted directly from a pointed light source

• (of speech sounds); produced with the back of the tongue raised toward or touching the velum

• with effort or force or vigor

• with firmness

• earnestly or intently

• causing great damage or hardship

• slowly and with difficulty

• indulging excessively

• into a solid condition

• very near or close in space or time

• with pain or distress or bitterness

• to the full extent possible; all the way

• very strong or vigorous

• characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort

• given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

• being distilled rather than fermented; having a high alcoholic content

• unfortunate or hard to bear

• dried out

• relatively long-bodied reptile with usually two pairs of legs and a tapering tail

• a man who idles about in the lounges of hotels and bars in search of women who would support him

• a storm with widespread snowfall accompanied by strong winds

• a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences

• one of a set of small pieces of stiff paper marked in various ways and used for playing games or for telling fortunes

• a card certifying the identity of the bearer

• a rectangular piece of stiff paper used to send messages (may have printed greetings or pictures)

• thin cardboard, usually rectangular

• a witty amusing person who makes jokes

• a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement

• a printed or written greeting that is left to indicate that you have visited

• (golf) a record of scores (as in golf)

• a list of dishes available at a restaurant

• (baseball) a list of batters in the order in which they will bat

• a printed circuit that can be inserted into expansion slots in a computer to increase the computer's capabilities

• separate the fibers of

• ask someone for identification to determine whether he or she is old enough to consume liquor

• a source of danger; a possibility of incurring loss or misfortune

• an unknown and unpredictable phenomenon that causes an event to result one way rather than another

• an obstacle on a golf course

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

• put at risk

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• the cardinal compass point that is at 90 degrees

• toward the east

• moving toward the east

• an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings

• a person who shows fear or timidity

• English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)

• the pelt of a leopard

• large feline of African and Asian forests usually having a tawny coat with black spots

• any of several cruciferous plants of the genus Brassica

• pungent powder or paste prepared from ground mustard seeds

• leaves eaten as cooked greens

• a card for sending messages by post without an envelope

• (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point

• paying particular notice (as to children or helpless people)

• (usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare

• a long fixed look

• the condition of being honored (esteemed or respected or well regarded)

• a feeling of friendship and esteem

• an attitude of admiration or esteem

• deem to be

• look at attentively

• connect closely and often incriminatingly

• conforming to or constituting a standard of measurement or value; or of the usual or regularized or accepted kind

• established or well-known or widely recognized as a model of authority or excellence

• conforming to the established language usage of educated native speakers

• a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

• the ideal in terms of which something can be judged

• a board measure = 1980 board feet

• the value behind the money in a monetary system

• an upright pole or beam (especially one used as a support)

• any distinctive flag

• commonly used or supplied

• regularly and widely used or sold

• a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride

• the enclosed land around a house or other building

• a tract of land enclosed for particular activities (sometimes paved and usually associated with buildings)

• the cardinal number that is the product of 10 and 100

• a unit of volume (as for sand or gravel)

• a tract of land where logs are accumulated

• an area having a network of railway tracks and sidings for storage and maintenance of cars and engines

• a long horizontal spar tapered at the end and used to support and spread a square sail or lateen

• an enclosure for animals (as chicken or livestock)

• habitually disposed to disobedience and opposition

• lacking natural ease

• requiring or showing effort

• covered with bright patches (often used in combination)

• happening at a time subsequent to a reference time

• hazard to humans or the environment resulting from biological agents or conditions

• any bacterium or virus or toxin that could be used in biological warfare

• a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

• cast, hurl, or throw repeatedly with some missile

• throw bombs at or attack with bombs

• address with continuously or persistently, as if with a barrage

• direct high energy particles or radiation against

• a New World vulture that is common in South America and Central America and the southern United States

• the common European short-winged hawk

• variety of kale having smooth leaves

• sweetened mixture of milk and eggs baked or boiled or frozen

• a chronic drinker

• British writer noted for romantic adventure novels (1856-1925)

• showing the wearing effects of overwork or care or suffering

• very thin especially from disease or hunger or cold

• relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts

• toward the center or interior

• to or toward the inside of

• directed or moving inward or toward a center

• soft white semisolid fat obtained by rendering the fatty tissue of the hog

• prepare or cook with lard

• add details to

• the cardinal compass point that is at 0 or 360 degrees

• in a northern direction

• moving toward the north

• garden consisting of a small cultivated wood without undergrowth

• relating to physical reality rather than with thoughts or the mind

• toward the outside

• that is going out or leaving

• someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else

• the ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements

• an attendant on an airplane

• a union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management

• one having charge of buildings or grounds or animals

• free from ambiguity

• without evasion or compromise

• without concealment or deception; honest

• pointed directly ahead

• spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position

• to a later time

• directed up

• extending or moving toward a higher place

• resistant to guidance or discipline

• the cardinal compass point that is at 270 degrees

• toward the west

• moving toward the west

• desired or wished for or sought

• characterized by feeling or showing fond affection for

• the syllable naming the first (tonic) note of any major scale in solmization

• doctor's degree in osteopathy

• an uproarious party

• engage in

• carry out or perform an action

• get (something) done

• proceed or get along

• give rise to; cause to happen or occur, not always intentionally

• carry out or practice; as of jobs and professions

• be sufficient; be adequate, either in quality or quantity

• create or design, often in a certain way

• behave in a certain manner; show a certain behavior; conduct or comport oneself

• spend time in prison or in a labor camp

• carry on or function

• arrange attractively

• travel or traverse (a distance)

• killed unlawfully

• having a systematic arrangement; especially having elements succeeding in order according to rule

• disposed or placed in a particular kind of order

• marked by an orderly, logical, and aesthetically consistent relation of parts

• anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

• sound recording consisting of a disk with a continuous groove; used to reproduce music by rotating while a phonograph needle tracks in the groove

• the number of wins versus losses and ties a team has had

• the sum of recognized accomplishments

• a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone

• an extreme attainment; the best (or worst) performance ever attested (as in a sport)

• a document that can serve as legal evidence of a transaction

• a list of crimes for which an accused person has been previously convicted

• make a record of; set down in permanent form

• register electronically

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

• be aware of

• made afraid

• depleted of strength or energy

• repeated too often; overfamiliar through overuse

• placed in a grave

• difficult to analyze or understand

• recognizable; marked

• having come or been brought to a conclusion