Rhymes for SCALPELS

• the four books in the New Testament (Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John) that tell the story of Christ's life and teachings

• motivation deriving logically from ethical or moral principles that govern a person's thoughts and actions

• a condition of great disorder

• a building where animals are butchered

• a small smooth rounded rock

• fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh

• native Eurasian tree widely cultivated in many varieties for its firm rounded edible fruits

• official routes of communication

• an extended fictional work in prose; usually in the form of a story

• a printed and bound book that is an extended work of fiction

• original and of a kind not seen before

• pleasantly new or different

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• a short moral story (often with animal characters)

• a story about mythical or supernatural beings or events

• money that you currently expect to receive from notes or accounts

• the final match between the winners of all previous matches in an elimination tournament

• an examination administered at the end of an academic term

• occurring at or forming an end or termination

• conclusive in a process or progression

• not to be altered or undone

• a small part of something intended as representative of the whole

• items selected at random from a population and used to test hypotheses about the population

• all or part of a natural object that is collected and preserved as an example of its class

• take a sample of

• the act of breathing heavily through the nose (as when the nose is congested)

• cry or whine with snuffling

• inhale audibly through the nose

• badminton played with two players on each side

• tennis played with two players on each side

• a children's game played with little balls made of a hard substance (as glass)

• the basic human power of intelligent thought and perception

• slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish

• a brief description given for purposes of identification

• trade name of a company that produces musical recordings

• a radioactive isotope that is used in a compound in order to trace the mechanism of a chemical reaction

• an identifying or descriptive marker that is attached to an object

• assign a label to; designate with a label

• attach a tag or label to

• pronounce judgment on

• distinguish (as a compound or molecule) by introducing a labeled atom

• distinguish (an element or atom) by using a radioactive isotope or an isotope of unusual mass for tracing through chemical reactions

• a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

• `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

• someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

• take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

• break with established customs

• any of various rough thorny shrubs or vines

• an item of information that is typical of a class or group

• a representative form or pattern

• something to be imitated

• punishment intended as a warning to others

• an occurrence of something

• a task performed or problem solved in order to develop skill or understanding

• money that is risked for possible monetary gain

• a risky act or venture

• take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome

• play games for money

• a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope

• a dredging bucket with hinges like the shell of a clam

• the act of engaging in close hand-to-hand combat

• succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available

• to grip or seize, as in a wrestling match

• of or relating to the metacarpus

• any bone of the hand between the wrist and fingers

• a translucent mineral consisting of hydrated silica of variable color; some varieties are used as gemstones

• an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections

• evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

• argue over petty things

• a small wave on the surface of a liquid

• (electronics) an oscillation of small amplitude imposed on top of a steady value

• stir up (water) so as to form ripples

• flow in an irregular current with a bubbling noise

• an unceremonious and disorganized struggle

• rushing about hastily in an undignified way

• to move hurriedly

• climb awkwardly, as if by scrambling

• bring into random order

• stir vigorously

• make unintelligible

• a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

• a base hit at which the batter stops safely at third base

• a set of three similar things considered as a unit

• a quantity that is three times as great as another

• having three units or components or elements

• three times as great or many

• increase threefold

• hit a three-base hit

• the amount that many barrels might hold

• a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

• the state of being honored

• informal terms for money

• a logarithmic unit of sound intensity; 10 times the logarithm of the ratio of the sound intensity to some reference intensity

• a position on a scale of intensity or amount or quality

• a relative position or degree of value in a graded group

• a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

• height above ground

• indicator that establishes the horizontal when a bubble is centered in a tube of liquid

• a flat surface at right angles to a plumb line

• an abstract place usually conceived as having depth

• a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale

• having a surface without slope, tilt in which no part is higher or lower than another

• not showing abrupt variations

• being on a precise horizontal plane

• oriented at right angles to the plumb

• of the score in a contest

• aim at

• tear down so as to make flat with the ground

• make level or straight

• direct into a position for use

• talk frankly with; lay it on the line

• become level or even

• a tube in which a body fluid circulates

• a craft designed for water transportation

• an object used as a container (especially for liquids)

• a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

• the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

• a biased way of looking at or presenting something

• move or proceed at an angle

• to incline or bend from a vertical position

• seek indirectly

• fish with a hook

• present with a bias

• a mock scepter carried by a court jester

• cheap showy jewelry or ornament on clothing

• the sacred writings of the Christian religions

• a book regarded as authoritative in its field

• the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

• dip a foot or hand briefly into a liquid

• play in or as if in water, as of small children

• work with in an amateurish manner

• bob forward and under so as to feed off the bottom of a body of water

• acceptable as a deduction (especially as a tax deduction)

• (taxes) an amount that can be deducted (especially for the purposes of calculating income tax)

• a clause in an insurance policy that relieves the insurer of responsibility to pay the initial loss up to a stated amount

• (sports) dropping the ball

• feel about uncertainly or blindly

• make one's way clumsily or blindly

• handle clumsily

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder

• the vertical triangular wall between the sloping ends of gable roof

• United States film actor (1901-1960)

• the characteristic sound made by a turkey cock

• eat hastily without proper chewing

• make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys

• Any of various wood-boring marine crustaceans of the genus Limnoria, especially Limnoria lignorum, which cause damage to underwater wooden structures.

• a loud low dull continuous noise

• a complaint uttered in a low and indistinct tone

• show one's unhappiness or critical attitude

• make complaining remarks or noises under one's breath

• to utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds

• make a low noise

• a shackle for the ankles or feet

• the uneven manner of walking that results from an injured leg

• walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

• hamper the action or progress of

• strap the foreleg and hind leg together on each side (of a horse) in order to keep the legs on the same side moving in unison

• marked by meekness or modesty; not arrogant or prideful

• low or inferior in station or quality

• used of unskilled work (especially domestic work)

• of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense)

• cause to be unpretentious

• cause to feel shame; hurt the pride of