Rhymes for RISKY-VENTURE

• a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

• formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt

• a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term

• the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

• bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

• a wild and exciting undertaking (not necessarily lawful)

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• put at risk

• any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome

• an investment that is very risky but could yield great profits

• a commercial undertaking that risks a loss but promises a profit

• proceed somewhere despite the risk of possible dangers

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

• put at risk

• A senior member of a law society in a Canadian province (except New Brunswick).

• One of the senior governing members of an Inn of Court.

• An alderman of a corporation.

• A member of a court or council.

• One who frequents the benches of a tavern; an idler.

• an instance of misfortune

• a dental appliance that artificially replaces missing teeth

• someone who digs trenches

• a wooden board or platter on which food is served or carved

• Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)

• harsh criticism or disapproval

• the state of being excommunicated

• rebuke formally

• a statement (either spoken or written) that is made to reply to a question or request or criticism or accusation

• a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem

• the speech act of replying to a question

• the principal pleading by the defendant in response to plaintiff's complaint; in criminal law it consists of the defendant's plea of `guilty' or `not guilty' (or nolo contendere); in civil law it must contain denials of all allegations in the plaintiff's complaint that the defendant hopes to controvert and it can contain affirmative defenses or counterclaims

• a nonverbal reaction

• react verbally

• respond to a signal

• give the correct answer or solution to

• understand the meaning of

• give a defence or refutation of (a charge) or in (an argument)

• be liable or accountable

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

• match or correspond

• be satisfactory for; meet the requirements of or serve the purpose of

• react to a stimulus or command

• (astrology) a person who is born while the sun is in Cancer

• any malignant growth or tumor caused by abnormal and uncontrolled cell division; it may spread to other parts of the body through the lymphatic system or the blood stream

• a small zodiacal constellation in the Northern Hemisphere; between Leo and Gemini

• the fourth sign of the zodiac; the sun is in this sign from about June 21 to July 22

• type genus of the family Cancridae

• English philosopher and sociologist who applied the theory of natural selection to human societies (1820-1903)

• someone who proclaims a message publicly

• reads news, commercials on radio or television

• a performer who dances professionally

• a person who participates in a social gathering arranged for dancing (as a ball)

• someone who supports or champions something

• an advocate who presents a person (as for an award or a degree or an introduction etc.)

• assume sponsorship of

• assume responsibility for or leadership of

• do one's shopping at; do business with; be a customer or client of

• motion of hands or body to emphasize or help to express a thought or feeling

• the use of movements (especially of the hands) to communicate familiar or prearranged signals

• something done as an indication of intention

• show, express or direct through movement

• the essential qualities or characteristics by which something is recognized

• a causal agent creating and controlling things in the universe

• the natural physical world including plants and animals and landscapes etc.

• the complex of emotional and intellectual attributes that determine a person's characteristic actions and reactions

• a particular type of thing

• doubt or uncertainty as to whether something is the case

• by chance

• a visual representation (of an object or scene or person or abstraction) produced on a surface

• graphic art consisting of an artistic composition made by applying paints to a surface

• a clear and telling mental image

• a situation treated as an observable object

• illustrations used to decorate or explain a text

• a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement

• the visible part of a television transmission

• a graphic or vivid verbal description

• a typical example of some state or quality

• a representation of a person or scene in the form of a print or transparent slide or in digital format

• imagine; conceive of; see in one's mind

• show in, or as in, a picture

• the feel of a surface or a fabric

• the essential quality of something

• the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together

• the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality

• the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance)

• someone who censures or condemns

• a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable

• forbid the public distribution of (a movie or a newspaper)

• subject to political, religious, or moral censorship

• a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts

• a person who dispenses

• armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket

• a device that launches aircraft from a warship

• a person who owns or operates a ranch

• any device that receives a signal or stimulus (as heat or pressure or light or motion etc.) and responds to it in a distinctive manner

• permitting little if any light to pass through because of denseness of matter

• hard to pass through because of dense growth

• having high relative density or specific gravity

• slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity

• having component parts closely crowded together

• a person whose occupation is teaching

• a personified abstraction that teaches

• The act of conferring a license for an activity

• The condition of being licensed

• a person whose duty is to throw troublemakers out of a bar or public meeting

• one who practices magic or sorcery

• one who practices divination by conjuring up the dead

• an armored vehicle or tank

• recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection

• keep in mind for attention or consideration

• recapture the past; indulge in memories

• show appreciation to

• mention favorably, as in prayer

• mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship

• exercise, or have the power of, memory

• call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony

• a person who closes something

• (baseball) a relief pitcher who can protect a lead in the last inning or two of the game

• (comparative of `near' or `close') within a shorter distance

• a mettlesome or fiery horse

• the act of forcibly dispossessing an owner of property

• a process whereby a star or planet holds an object in its gravitational field

• any process in which an atomic or nuclear system acquires an additional particle

• the act of taking of a person by force

• the removal of an opponent's piece from the chess board

• succeed in representing or expressing something intangible

• attract; cause to be enamored

• succeed in catching or seizing, especially after a chase

• bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit

• take possession of by force, as after an invasion

• capture as if by hunting, snaring, or trapping

• a living organism characterized by voluntary movement

• a living being

• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

• a particular society at a particular time and place

• the tastes in art and manners that are favored by a social group

• all the knowledge and values shared by a society

• (biology) the growing of microorganisms in a nutrient medium (such as gelatin or agar)

• a highly developed state of perfection; having a flawless or impeccable quality

• the attitudes and behavior that are characteristic of a particular social group or organization

• the raising of plants or animals

• grow in a special preparation

• the act of departing

• a variation that deviates from the standard or norm

• euphemistic expressions for death

• a prominent attribute or aspect of something

• the characteristic parts of a person's face: eyes and nose and mouth and chin

• the principal (full-length) film in a program at a movie theater

• a special or prominent article in a newspaper or magazine

• (linguistics) a distinctive characteristic of a linguistic unit that serves to distinguish it from other units of the same kind

• an article of merchandise that is displayed or advertised more than other articles

• have as a feature

• wear or display in an ostentatious or proud manner

• (chemistry) a substance consisting of two or more substances mixed together (not in fixed proportions and not with chemical bonding)

• any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients

• a collection containing a variety of sorts of things

• an event that combines things in a mixture

• the act of mixing together

• the arrangement of the body and its limbs

• characteristic way of bearing one's body

• a rationalized mental attitude

• capability in terms of personnel and materiel that affect the capacity to fight a war

• behave affectedly or unnaturally in order to impress others

• assume a posture as for artistic purposes

• the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

• the somatic sensation of cold or heat

• breaking of hard tissue such as bone

• (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other

• the act of cracking something

• violate or abuse

• interrupt, break, or destroy

• break into pieces

• become fractured

• break (a bone)

• fracture a bone of

• yet to be or coming

• a verb tense or other formation referring to events or states that have not yet happened

• the time yet to come

• a verb tense that expresses actions or states in the future

• bulk commodities bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date

• effective in or looking toward the future

• (of elected officers) elected but not yet serving

• someone who controls resources and expenditures

• member of a board of directors

• someone who supervises the actors and directs the action in the production of a show

• the person who directs the making of a film

• the person who leads a musical group

• a container for burning incense (especially one that is swung on a chain in a religious ritual)

• of or belonging to neither the right nor the left politically or intellectually

• an area that is approximately central within some larger region

• the piece of ground in the outfield directly ahead of the catcher

• a building dedicated to a particular activity

• a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• the object upon which interest and attention focuses

• a cluster of nerve cells governing a specific bodily process

• the middle of a military or naval formation

• (basketball) the person who plays center on a basketball team

• (football) the person who plays center on the line of scrimmage and snaps the ball to the quarterback

• a place where some particular activity is concentrated

• politically moderate persons; centrists

• (ice hockey) the person who plays center on a hockey team

• the sweet central portion of a piece of candy that is enclosed in chocolate or some other covering

• mercantile establishment consisting of a carefully landscaped complex of shops representing leading merchandisers; usually includes restaurants and a convenient parking area; a modern version of the traditional marketplace

• the position on a hockey team of the player who participates in the face off at the beginning of the game

• (American football) the position of the player on the line of scrimmage who puts the ball in play

• a position on a basketball team of the player who participates in the jump that starts the game

• equally distant from the extremes

• center upon

• direct one's attention on something

• move into the center