Rhymes for RETARDENT

• a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian

• an organism (plant or animal) from which younger ones are obtained

• look after a child until it is an adult

• clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment

• appearing as such but not necessarily so

• functioning correctly and ready for action

• a time period for working (after which you will be relieved by someone else)

• street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine

• a usually brief attempt

• a board game for two players who place counters on a grid; the object is to surround and so capture the opponent's counters

• change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically

• follow a procedure or take a course

• move away from a place into another direction

• enter or assume a certain state or condition

• be awarded; be allotted

• have a particular form

• stretch out over a distance, space, time, or scope; run or extend between two points or beyond a certain point

• follow a certain course

• be abolished or discarded

• be or continue to be in a certain condition

• make a certain noise or sound

• perform as expected when applied

• to be spent or finished

• progress by being changed

• continue to live and avoid dying

• pass, fare, or elapse; of a certain state of affairs or action

• pass from physical life and lose all bodily attributes and functions necessary to sustain life

• be in the right place or situation

• be ranked or compare

• begin or set in motion

• have a turn; make one's move in a game

• be contained in

• be sounded, played, or expressed

• blend or harmonize

• lead, extend, or afford access

• be the right size or shape; fit correctly or as desired

• go through in search of something; search through someone's belongings in an unauthorized way

• be spent

• give support (to) or make a choice (of) one out of a group or number

• stop operating or functioning

• an unfortunate mishap; especially one causing damage or injury

• anything that happens suddenly or by chance without an apparent cause

• an active and efficient cause; capable of producing a certain effect

• a representative who acts on behalf of other persons or organizations

• a substance that exerts some force or effect

• a businessman who buys or sells for another in exchange for a commission

• any agent or representative of a federal agency or bureau

• the semantic role of the animate entity that instigates or causes the happening denoted by the verb in the clause

• a suite of rooms usually on one floor of an apartment house

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

• (physics) of waves having a constant phase relation

• capable of thinking and expressing yourself in a clear and consistent manner

• sticking together

• a specialized division of a large organization

• the territorial and administrative division of some countries (such as France)

• a specialized sphere of knowledge

• unlike in nature or quality or form or degree

• distinctly separate from the first

• differing from all others; not ordinary

• distinct or separate

• very good; of the highest quality

• the organization that is the governing authority of a political unit

• the act of governing; exercising authority

• (government) the system or form by which a community or other political unit is governed

• the study of government of states and other political units

• existing as an essential constituent or characteristic

• in the nature of something though not readily apparent

• free from evil or guilt

• a person who lacks knowledge of evil

• lacking intent or capacity to injure

• free from sin

• lacking in sophistication or worldliness

• not knowledgeable about something specified

• completely wanting or lacking

• (used of things) lacking sense or awareness

• a particular point in time

• an indefinitely short time

• at this time

• having important effects or influence

• a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

• the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

• temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration

• being or existing in a specified place

• the period of time that is happening now; any continuous stretch of time including the moment of speech

• something presented as a gift

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states at the time of speaking

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• bring forward and present to the mind

• perform (a play), especially on a stage

• hand over formally

• offer for others to consider

• give, especially as an honor or reward

• give as a present; make a gift of

• deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

• cause to come to know personally

• represent abstractly, for example in a painting, drawing, or sculpture

• present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize

• formally present a debutante, a representative of a country, etc.

• recognize with a gesture prescribed by a military regulation; assume a prescribed position

• an executive officer of a firm or corporation

• the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government

• the office of the United States head of state

• the chief executive of a republic

• the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization

• the head administrative officer of a college or university

• a payment or series of payments made by the lessee to an owner for use of some property, facility, equipment, or service

• an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart

• the return derived from cultivated land in excess of that derived from the poorest land cultivated under similar conditions

• the act of rending or ripping or splitting something

• let for money

• grant use or occupation of under a term of contract

• engage for service under a term of contract

• hold under a lease or rental agreement; of goods and services

• caused or enabled to go or be conveyed or transmitted

• 100 senti equal 1 kroon in Estonia

• depleted of energy, force, or strength

• drained of energy or effectiveness; extremely tired; completely exhausted

• a learner who is enrolled in an educational institution

• someone (especially a child) who learns (as from a teacher) or takes up knowledge or beliefs

• natural abilities or qualities

• a person who possesses unusual innate ability in some field or activity

• transmitting light; able to be seen through with clarity

• so thin as to transmit light

• free of deceit

• easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety)

• someone who fights (or is fighting)

• characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight

• engaged in war

• characterized by intense emotion

• characterized by strong enthusiasm

• glowing or shining like fire

• most frequent or common

• uneducated in general; lacking knowledge or sophistication

• uneducated in the fundamentals of a given art or branch of learning; lacking knowledge of a specific field

• unaware because of a lack of relevant information or knowledge

• restless or short-tempered under delay or opposition

• (usually followed by `to') full of eagerness

• not being in a specified place

• nonexistent

• lost in thought; showing preoccupation

• stay away or leave

• distinctive manner of oral expression

• special importance or significance

• the usage or vocabulary that is characteristic of a specific group of people

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

• a diacritical mark used to indicate stress or placed above a vowel to indicate a special pronunciation

• to stress, single out as important

• put stress on; utter with an accent

• the action of accomplishing something

• someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another

• sticking fast

• the statement (oral or written) of an exchange of promises

• compatibility of observations

• harmony of people's opinions or actions or characters

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• the determination of grammatical inflection on the basis of word relations

• the verbal act of agreeing

• a feeling of delight at being entertained

• an activity that is diverting and that holds the attention

• a formal public statement

• a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• a meeting arranged in advance

• (usually in the plural) furnishings and equipment (especially for a ship or hotel)

• a person who is appointed to a job or position

• the job to which you are (or hope to be) appointed

• (law) the act of disposing of property by virtue of the power of appointment

• a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true

• a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement

• a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal

• a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie

• (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

• a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable

• a course of reasoning aimed at demonstrating a truth or falsehood; the methodical process of logical reasoning

• the thing arranged or agreed to

• an orderly grouping (of things or persons) considered as a unit; the result of arranging

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• the spatial property of the way in which something is placed

• a piece of music that has been adapted for performance by a particular set of voices or instruments

• the act of arranging and adapting a piece of music

• a duty that you are assigned to perform (especially in the armed forces)

• the instrument by which a claim or right or interest or property is transferred from one person to another

• the act of distributing something to designated places or persons

• (law) a transfer of property by deed of conveyance

• an undertaking that you have been assigned to do (as by an instructor)

• the act of putting a person into a non-elective position

• the lowermost portion of a structure partly or wholly below ground level; often used for storage

• the ground floor facade or interior in Renaissance architecture

• a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way

• grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens

• an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges

• a special way of doing something

• fixed in your purpose

• used of the back and knees; stooped

• of metal e.g.

• small dark geese that breed in the north and migrate southward

• concrete pavement is sometimes referred to as cement

• a building material that is a powder made of a mixture of calcined limestone and clay; used with water and sand or gravel to make concrete and mortar

• something that hardens to act as adhesive material

• any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth

• a specialized bony substance covering the root of a tooth

• make fast as if with cement

• cover or coat with cement

• bind or join with or as if with cement

• a fractional monetary unit of several countries

• a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit

• a statement that expresses a personal opinion or belief or adds information

• a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material

• a report (often malicious) about the behavior of other people

• make or write a comment on

• explain or interpret something

• provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases

• the trait of sincere and steadfast fixity of purpose

• the act of binding yourself (intellectually or emotionally) to a course of action

• an engagement by contract involving financial obligation

• a message that makes a pledge

• the official act of consigning a person to confinement (as in a prison or mental hospital)

• a space into which an area is subdivided

• a partitioned section, chamber, or separate room within a larger enclosed area

• a remark (or act) expressing praise and admiration

• say something to someone that expresses praise

• express respect or esteem for

• occurring or operating at the same time

• having or marked by confidence or assurance

• persuaded of; very sure

• not liable to error in judgment or action