Rhymes for TANDEMS

• a legislative act is referred for final approval to a popular vote by the electorate

• contraceptive device consisting of a sheath of thin rubber or latex that is worn over the penis during intercourse

• textual matter that is added onto a publication; usually at the end

• a song of devotion or loyalty (as to a nation or school)

• a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)

• 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

• a span of 1000 years

• (New Testament) in the Book of Revelation it is foretold that those faithful to Jesus will reign with Jesus over the earth for a thousand years; the meaning of these words have been much debated; some denominations (e.g. Jehovah's Witnesses) expect it to be a thousand years of justice and peace and happiness

• the 1000th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

• (from a combination of MOdulate and DEModulate) electronic equipment consisting of a device used to connect computers by a telephone line

• any of various small breeds of fowl

• very small

• a ghostly appearing figure

• something existing in perception only

• something apparently sensed but having no physical reality

• 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

• a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door

• a horizontal crosspiece across a window or separating a door from a window over it

• 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

• the domain controlled by a feudal lord

• an organization that is controlled by a dominant person or group

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

• immunity from an obligation or duty

• any of various plants of the genus Sedum

• the domain ruled by a sheik

• American Revolutionary leader and patriot; an organizer of the Boston Tea Party and signer of the Declaration of Independence (1722-1803)

• 6th President of the United States; son of John Adams (1767-1848)

• 2nd President of the United States (1735-1826)

• a mountain peak in southwestern Washington in the Cascade Range (12,307 feet high)

• one of the dwelling units in a condominium

• housing consisting of a complex of dwelling units (as an apartment house) in which each unit is individually owned

• any of numerous plants of the family Geraniaceae

• a lustrous grey strong metallic element resembling titanium; it is used in nuclear reactors as a neutron absorber; it occurs in baddeleyite but is obtained chiefly from zircon

• a formal expression of praise

• payment for insurance

• the amount that something in scarce supply is valued above its nominal value

• a fee charged for exchanging currencies

• a prize, bonus, or award given as an inducement to purchase products, enter competitions initiated by business interests, etc.

• payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military

• having or reflecting superior quality or value; having a higher price or cost

• money collected under a tariff

• 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

• 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

• someone who journeys in foreign lands

• one of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony of Plymouth in New England in 1620

• someone who journeys to a sacred place as an act of religious devotion

• 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 large structure for open-air sports or entertainments

• a metric unit of length equal to one ten billionth of a meter (or 0.0001 micron); used to specify wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation

• rhizomatous plant of central and southeastern United States and West Indies having large showy heads of clear blue flowers; sometimes placed in genus Eupatorium

• any plant of the genus Ageratum having opposite leaves and small heads of blue or white flowers

• the religious beliefs and practices of Methodists characterized by concern with social welfare and public morals

• The lowest limit.

• The smallest amount.

• A period of minimum brightness or energy intensity (of a star).

• A lower bound of a set which is also an element of that set.

• The smallest member of a batch or sample or the lower bound of a probability distribution.

• a state of inactivity (in business or art etc)

• a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

• a linear unit of measurement (equal to 6 feet) for water depth

• (mining) a unit of volume (equal to 6 cubic feet) used in measuring bodies of ore

• come to understand

• measure the depth of (a body of water) with a sounding line

• a public meeting or assembly for open discussion

• a public facility to meet for open discussion

• a tank or pool or bowl filled with water for keeping live fish and underwater animals

• the area of a theater or concert hall where the audience sits

• athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training

• a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12

• a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it

• a meeting or conference for the public discussion of some topic especially one in which the participants form an audience and make presentations

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

• a visible symbol representing an abstract idea

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• a question raised for consideration or solution

• a source of difficulty

• 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

• a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object

• emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians)

• a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits

• English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

• a system formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their physical environment

• a maneuver in a game or conversation

• an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade

• a system that is part of some larger system

• a proposition deducible from basic postulates

• an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth