Rhymes for THINGAMABOB

• the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money

• a Jewish hero in the Old Testament who maintained his faith in God in spite of afflictions that tested him

• a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee

• any long-suffering person who withstands affliction without despairing

• a workplace; as in the expression `on the job'

• a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

• an object worked on; a result produced by working

• the responsibility to do something

• the performance of a piece of work

• a damaging piece of work

• a state of difficulty that needs to be resolved

• (computer science) a program application that may consist of several steps but is a single logical unit

• a crime (especially a robbery)

• profit privately from public office and official business

• arranged for contracted work to be done by others

• work occasionally

• invest at a risk

• a disorderly crowd of people

• a loose affiliation of gangsters in charge of organized criminal activities

• an association of criminals

• press tightly together or cram

• take something away by force or without the consent of the owner

• rip off; ask an unreasonable price

• nut of any of several trees of the genus Corylus

• stocky short-legged harness horse

• white gull having a black back and wings

• adult male swan

• convulsive gasp made while weeping

• a dyspneic condition

• insulting terms of address for people who are stupid or irritating or ridiculous

• weep convulsively

• cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables

• a deep pulsating type of pain

• an instance of rapid strong pulsation (of the heart)

• pulsate or pound with abnormal force

• expand and contract rhythmically; beat rhythmically

• tremble convulsively, as from fear or excitement

• an indistinct shapeless form

• make a spot or mark onto

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

• the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn

• an object of infatuation

• rub elbows with

• a man who serves as a sailor

• a lump of slimy stuff

• informal terms for the mouth

• an easy return of a tennis ball in a high arc

• the act of propelling something (as a ball or shell etc.) in a high arc

• propel in a high arc

• a person regarded as arrogant and annoying

• something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known

• implement consisting of a small piece of cotton that is used to apply medication or cleanse a wound or obtain a specimen of a secretion

• cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

• wash with a swab or a mop

• apply (usually a liquid) to a surface

• (folklore) a small grotesque supernatural creature that makes trouble for human beings

• (folklore) fairies that are somewhat mischievous

• a hard steel edge tool used to cut gears

• a shelf beside an open fire where something can be kept warm

• cut with a hob

• a coarse obnoxious person

• a compact mass

• cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables

• a governor in India during the Mogul empire

• a wealthy man (especially one who made his fortune in the Orient)

• a knob used to release the catch when opening a door (often called `doorhandle' in Great Britain)

• a vest pocket to hold a pocket watch

• an adornment that hangs from a watch chain

• short chain or ribbon attaching a pocket watch to a man's vest

• deceive somebody

• retire from military service

• an orange-brown antelope of southeast Africa

• a short straight stick of wood

• a cruel and brutal fellow

• a vehicle resembling a bicycle but having skis instead of wheels; the rider wears short skis for balancing

• cleaning implement consisting of absorbent material fastened to a handle; for cleaning floors

• wash with a swab or a mop

• apply (usually a liquid) to a surface

• flesh of a pigeon suitable for roasting or braising; flesh of a dove (young squab) may be broiled

• a soft padded sofa

• an unfledged pigeon

• short and fat

• a historical region on northwestern India and northern Pakistan

• United States explorer who accompanied Peary's expedition to the North Pole and who led many other Arctic trips (1875-1946)

• the metal bob of a plumb line

• cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables

• the branch of medicine dealing with childbirth and care of the mother

• a major river of western Siberia; flows generally northward and westward to the Gulf of Ob and the Kara Sea

• a book in the Old Testament containing Job's pleas to God about his afflictions and God's reply

• the job of a professional coach

• the hard cylindrical core that bears the kernels of an ear of corn

• a false accusation of an offense or a malicious misrepresentation of someone's words or actions

• some transgression committed with the assistance of someone trusted by the victim

• a mob that kills a person for some presumed offense without legal authority