Rhymes for SAMOA

• the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis

• a long thin fluffy scarf of feathers or fur

• any of several chiefly tropical constrictors with vestigial hind limbs

• Spanish explorer who in 1513 crossed the Isthmus of Darien and became the first European to see the eastern shores of the Pacific Ocean (1475-1519)

• the basic unit of money in Panama; equal to 100 centesimos

• To or towards the inside of.

• To or towards the region of.

• Against, especially with force or violence.

• Indicates transition into another form or substance.

• After the start of.

• Interested in or attracted to.

• Expressing the operation of multiplication.

• Expressing the operation of division, with the denominator given first. Usually with "goes".

• Investigating the subject (of).

• A goosefoot (Chenopodium quinoa) native to the Andes and cultivated for its edible seeds.

• The high-protein dried fruits and seeds of this plant, used as a food staple and ground into flour.

• equipment for taking photographs (usually consisting of a lightproof box with a lens at one end and light-sensitive film at the other)

• television equipment consisting of a lens system that focuses an image on a photosensitive mosaic that is scanned by an electron beam

• in some classifications considered a superphylum or a subkingdom; comprises flagellates; ciliates; sporozoans; amoebas; foraminifers

• an upholstered seat for more than one person

• discipline aimed at training the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility that is achieved through the three paths of actions and knowledge and devotion

• a system of physical, breathing and meditation exercises practiced to promote control of the body and mind

• the content of cognition; the main thing you are thinking about

• your intention; what you intend to do

• a personal view

• an approximate calculation of quantity or degree or worth

• (music) melodic subject of a musical composition

• a member of an American Indian people of Yucatan and Belize and Guatemala who had a culture (which reached its peak between AD 300 and 900) characterized by outstanding architecture and pottery and astronomy

• an ethnic minority speaking Mayan languages and living in Yucatan and adjacent areas

• a family of American Indian languages spoken by Mayas

• large west African tree having large palmately lobed leaves and axillary cymose panicles of small white flowers and one-winged seeds; yields soft white to pale yellow wood

• music composed for dancing the samba

• a lively dance from Brazil, with roots from Africa

• a form of canasta using three decks of cards and six jokers

• dance the samba

• Toward a closed, touching or engaging position.

• Into the wind.

• Indicating destination: In the direction of, and arriving at.

• Used to indicate the target or recipient of an action.

• Used to indicate result of action.

• Used to indicate a resulting feeling or emotion.

• Used after an adjective to indicate its application.

• Denotes the end of a range.

• As a.

• Used to indicate a ratio or comparison.

• Used to indicate that the preceding term is to be raised to the power of the following value; indicates exponentiation.

• (time) Preceding.

• Used to describe what something consists of or contains.

• At.

• a temporally organized plan for matters to be attended to

• a list of matters to be taken up (as at a meeting)

• a member of the ninja who were trained in martial arts and hired for espionage or sabotage or assassinations; a person skilled in ninjutsu

• a class of 14th century Japanese who were trained in martial arts and were hired for espionage and assassinations

• information that is spread for the purpose of promoting some cause

• a seaport in northwestern Italy; provincial capital of Liguria

• erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia

• the most highly proteinaceous vegetable known; the fruit of the soybean plant is used in a variety of foods and as fodder (especially as a replacement for animal protein)

• a one-piece cloak worn by men in ancient Rome

• a former copper coin of Pakistan and India

• a particular geographical region of indefinite boundary (usually serving some special purpose or distinguished by its people or culture or geography)

• a subject of study

• a part of an animal that has a special function or is supplied by a given artery or nerve

• a particular environment or walk of life

• a part of a structure having some specific characteristic or function

• the extent of a 2-dimensional surface enclosed within a boundary

• high quality porcelain originally made only in China

• a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

• dishware made of high quality porcelain

• a government on the island of Taiwan established in 1949 by Chiang Kai-shek after the conquest of mainland China by the Communists led by Mao Zedong

• a minor actor in crowd scenes

• an additional edition of a newspaper (usually to report a crisis)

• something additional of the same kind

• unusually or exceptionally

• more than is needed, desired, or required

• added to a regular schedule

• further or added

• the 11th letter of the Greek alphabet

• the craniometric point at the junction of the sagittal and lamboid sutures of the skull

• (folklore) a corpse that rises at night to drink the blood of the living

• informal terms for a mother

• a name under which Ninkhursag was worshipped, meaning 'Mother'

• a dark region of considerable extent on the surface of the moon

• valuable timber tree of Panama

• the academic world

• genus of terrestrial or lithophytic ferns having pinnatifid fronds; chiefly of tropical America

• a deficiency of red blood cells

• a lack of vitality

• transient cessation of respiration

• an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart

• a disorder of eating seen among young women who go on eating binges and then feel guilt and depression and self-condemnation

• pathologically insatiable hunger (especially when caused by brain lesions)

• the transparent dome-shaped anterior portion of the outer covering of the eye; it covers the iris and pupil and is continuous with the sclera

• a kind of literary or artistic work

• a style of expressing yourself in writing

• a class of art (or artistic endeavor) having a characteristic form or technique

• rupture in smooth muscle tissue through which a bodily structure protrudes

• a group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power

• baked dish of layers of lasagna pasta with sauce and cheese and meat or vegetables

• very wide flat strips of pasta

• malignant neoplasm of blood-forming tissues; characterized by abnormal proliferation of leukocytes; one of the four major types of cancer

• any tree of the genus Macadamia

• a battle in 1859 in which the French and Sardinian forces under Napoleon III defeated the Austrians under Francis Joseph I

• a primary subtractive color for light; a dark purple-red color; the dye for magenta was discovered in 1859, the year of the battle of Magenta

• of deep purplish red

• an irrational but irresistible motive for a belief or action

• a mood disorder; an affective disorder in which the victim tends to respond excessively and sometimes violently

• large black-and-white herbivorous mammal of bamboo forests of China and Tibet; in some classifications considered a member of the bear family or of a separate family Ailuropodidae

• reddish-brown Old World raccoon-like carnivore; in some classifications considered unrelated to the giant pandas

• a psychological disorder characterized by delusions of persecution or grandeur

• someone who attacks in search of booty

• small voraciously carnivorous freshwater fishes of South America that attack and destroy living animals

• that part of the ovary of a flowering plant where the ovules form

• the vascular structure in the uterus of most mammals providing oxygen and nutrients for and transferring wastes from the developing fetus

• a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)