Rhymes for SUMMUM-BONUM

• situated at the bottom or lowest position

• the lower side of anything

• the lowest part of anything

• the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on

• the second half of an inning; while the home team is at bat

• a depression forming the ground under a body of water

• low-lying alluvial land near a river

• a cargo ship

• the lowest rank

• provide with a bottom or a seat

• strike the ground, as with a ship's bottom

• come to understand

• the greatest or most complete or best possible

• the largest possible quantity

• the greatest possible degree

• the point on a curve where the tangent changes from positive on the left to negative on the right

• the season when the leaves fall from the trees

• reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• produce or yield flowers

• develop or come to a promising stage

• a line of units following one after another

• a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands

• a vertical array of numbers or other information

• anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

• an article giving opinions or perspectives

• a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)

• (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure

• a page or text that is vertically divided

• any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body

• made according to the specifications of an individual

• accepted or habitual practice

• a specific practice of long standing

• money collected under a tariff

• habitual patronage

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• a question raised for consideration or solution

• a source of difficulty

• the flower of a chrysanthemum plant

• any of numerous perennial Old World herbs having showy brightly colored flower heads of the genera Chrysanthemum, Argyranthemum, Dendranthema, Tanacetum; widely cultivated

• the least possible

• the smallest possible quantity

• the point on a curve where the tangent changes from negative on the left to positive on the right

• inspiring awe or admiration or wonder

• pleasing in appearance especially by reason of conformity to ideals of form and proportion

• given or giving freely

• a woman of refinement

• a woman who runs a house of prostitution

• instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity

• a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole

• (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium

• a complex of methods or rules governing behavior

• an organized structure for arranging or classifying

• a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts

• a procedure or process for obtaining an objective

• the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole

• an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized

• narcotic consisting of an alcohol solution of opium or any preparation in which opium is the main ingredient

• a large wine bottle for liquor or wine

• a heavy precious metallic element; grey-white and resistant to corroding; occurs in some nickel and copper ores and is also found native in some deposits

• a domain in which something is dominant

• a country with a king as head of state

• the domain ruled by a king or queen

• a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state

• the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

• a basic group of natural objects

• lacking any definite plan or order or purpose; governed by or depending on chance

• one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc

• a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc

• a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

• a shelter from danger or hardship

• a hospital for mentally incompetent or unbalanced person

• most favorable conditions or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances

• most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied

• (used in the plural) close-fitting trousers of heavy denim for manual work or casual wear

• a coarse durable twill-weave cotton fabric

• (plural) Those ones.

• (singular) Him, her, or it; that one.

• (physics and chemistry) the smallest component of an element having the chemical properties of the element

• (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything

• a form of socialism that abolishes private ownership

• a political theory favoring collectivism in a classless society

• disapproval expressed by pointing out faults or shortcomings

• a serious examination and judgment of something

• a written evaluation of a work of literature

• a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

• a small part that can be considered separately from the whole

• a whole individual unit; especially when included in a list or collection

• an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

• an individual instance of a type of symbol

• (used when listing or enumerating items) also

• newspapers and magazines collectively

• the profession of reporting or photographing or editing news stories for one of the media

• title used for a married Frenchwoman

• the atomic process that occurs during a chemical reaction

• the technical aspects of doing something

• a natural object resembling a machine in structure or function

• (philosophy) the philosophical theory that all phenomena can be explained in terms of physical or biological causes

• device consisting of a piece of machinery; has moving parts that perform some function

• a means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information

• the surrounding environment

• an intervening substance through which signals can travel as a means for communication

• (bacteriology) a nutrient substance (solid or liquid) that is used to cultivate micro-organisms

• a liquid with which pigment is mixed by a painter

• (biology) a substance in which specimens are preserved or displayed

• an intervening substance through which something is achieved

• a state that is intermediate between extremes; a middle position

• someone who serves as an intermediary between the living and the dead

• (usually plural) transmissions that are disseminated widely to the public

• an occupation for which you are especially well suited

• around the middle of a scale of evaluation

• (meat) cooked until there is just a little pink meat inside

• a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value

• a ghostly appearing figure

• something existing in perception only

• something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

• a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

• money demanded for the return of a captured person

• payment for the release of someone

• the act of freeing from captivity or punishment

• exchange or buy back for money; under threat

• the basic rhythmic unit in a piece of music

• recurring at regular intervals

• an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs

• the arrangement of spoken words alternating stressed and unstressed elements

• natural family planning in which ovulation is assumed to occur 14 days before the onset of a period (the fertile period would be assumed to extend from day 10 through day 18 of her cycle)

• (architecture) the repetitive use of a group of visual elements to establish a recognizable pattern

• a large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

• causing difficulty or annoyance

• a silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite

• information known only to a special group

• a meeting of a legislative body at which all members are present

• an enclosed space in which the air pressure is higher than outside

• special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.

• a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

• an arrangement of two or more objects or persons one behind another

• a bicycle with two sets of pedals and two seats

• one behind the other

• a feeling of excitement

• overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

• a lively interest

• the condition of being free; the power to act or speak or think without externally imposed restraints

• immunity from an obligation or duty

• giving pleasure or satisfaction or received with pleasure or freely granted

• the state of being welcome

• a greeting or reception

• accept gladly

• bid welcome to; greet upon arrival

• receive someone, as into one's house

• a difficult problem

• the part of the small intestine between the stomach and the jejunum