Rhymes for TROUBLEMAKERS

• a leading instance in its field

• a specialized bit of heart tissue that controls the heartbeat

• an implanted electronic device that takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker

• a horse used to set the pace in racing

• a belt-fed machine gun capable of firing more than 500 rounds per minute; used by United States troops in World War II and the Korean War

• someone who tries to bring peace

• a producer of motion pictures

• someone skilled in making or repairing tools

• someone who violates the law

• a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles

• a business engaged in the manufacture of automobiles

• someone who makes or mends dresses

• A pharmaceutical manufacturer

• a farm machine that treats hay to cause more rapid and even drying

• a hard punch that renders the opponent unable to continue boxing

• a wife who manages a household while her husband earns the family income

• an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence

• English statesman; during the War of the Roses he fought first for the house of York and secured the throne for Edward IV and then changed sides to fight for the house of Lancaster and secured the throne for Henry VI (1428-1471)

• someone who arranges (or tries to arrange) marriages for others

• someone who is successful in accumulating wealth

• a project that generates a continuous flow of money

• A person who makes movies as a profession; a cinematographer

• One whose actions make the headlines of news reports; one who affects the course of public discourse.

• A person who sets odds for gambling

• a person who makes or repairs shoes

• a maker of books; someone who edits or publishes or binds books

• a gambler who accepts and pays off bets (especially on horse races)

• someone who has or gives or receives a part or a share

• a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling salt

• extensive landed property (especially in the country) retained by the owner for his own use

• social deportment

• a person who enjoys taking risks

• someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose)

• (used in the plural) trousers ending above the knee

• (used in the plural) underpants worn by women

• the most important league in any sport (especially baseball)

• an instrument that measures atmospheric pressure

• a custodian who is hired to take care of something (property or a person)

• an official who performs the duties of an office temporarily

• any maneuver made as part of progress toward a goal

• how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify

• a statute in draft before it becomes law

• the act or process of assigning numbers to phenomena according to a rule

• a basis for comparison; a reference point against which other things can be evaluated

• (prosody) the accent in a metrical foot of verse

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals; used as a reference in making measurements

• a container of some standard capacity that is used to obtain fixed amounts of a substance

• determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of

• express as a number or measure or quantity

• have certain dimensions

• evaluate or estimate the nature, quality, ability, extent, or significance of

• a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves

• any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

• (computer science) a reference or value that is passed to a function, procedure, subroutine, command, or program

• a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data

• the boundary line or the area immediately inside the boundary

• a line enclosing a plane areas

• the size of something as given by the distance around it

• someone who postpones work (especially out of laziness or habitual carelessness)

• someone who is an active supporter and advocate

• a sponsor who books and stages public entertainments

• a canvas shoe with a pliable rubber sole

• someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police

• one who accepts an offer

• one who takes a bet or wager

• the literary culture

• scholarly attainment

• (usually plural) the office that serves as the administrative center of an enterprise

• the military installation from which a commander performs the functions of command

• (plural) a military unit consisting of a commander and the headquarters staff

• integrated circuit semiconductor chip that performs the bulk of the processing and controls the parts of a system

• a Muslim or Hindu mendicant monk who is regarded as a holy man

• someone who helps to open up a new line of research or technology or art

• (chiefly in the plural) A fragment or atom.

• Light, fine rain.

• a person who explores caves

• a league of teams that do not belong to a major league (especially baseball)