Rhymes for VAVASSORS

• solid-hoofed herbivorous quadruped domesticated since prehistoric times

• a padded gymnastic apparatus on legs

• troops trained to fight on horseback

• a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

• a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa)

• provide with a horse or horses

• the dead body of a human being

• the place where something begins, where it springs into being

• a document (or organization) from which information is obtained

• anything that provides inspiration for later work

• a facility where something is available

• a person who supplies information

• someone who originates or causes or initiates something

• (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system

• anything (a person or animal or plant or substance) in which an infectious agent normally lives and multiplies

• a publication (or a passage from a publication) that is referred to

• get (a product) from another country or business

• specify the origin of

• a flag that shows its nationality

• a distinguishing emblem

• an edge tool having two crossed pivoting blades

• a wrestling hold in which you wrap your legs around the opponents body or head and put your feet together and squeeze

• a gymnastic exercise performed on the pommel horse when the gymnast moves his legs as the blades of scissors move

• an act of gracious kindness

• an advantage to the benefit of someone or something

• an inclination to approve

• a feeling of favorable regard

• souvenir consisting of a small gift given to a guest at a party

• promote over another

• consider as the favorite

• treat gently or carefully

• bestow a privilege upon

• (Roman mythology) Roman god of death; counterpart of Thanatos

• be behind; approve of

• give support or one's approval to

• guarantee as meeting a certain standard

• sign as evidence of legal transfer

• deep and harsh sounding as if from shouting or illness or emotion

• a telegraph code in which letters and numbers are represented by strings of dots and dashes (short and long signals)

• United States portrait painter who patented the telegraph and developed the Morse code (1791-1872)

• a feeling of deep regret (usually for some misdeed)

• available source of wealth; a new or reserve supply that can be drawn upon when needed

• a source of aid or support that may be drawn upon when needed

• the ability to deal resourcefully with unusual problems

• the force of workers available

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

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

• a state of depression

• writes (books or stories or articles or the like) professionally (for pay)

• someone who originates or causes or initiates something

• be the author of

• a tangible symbol signifying approval or distinction

• the state of being honored

• the quality of being honorable and having a good name

• a woman's virtue or chastity

• bestow honor or rewards upon

• show respect towards

• accept as pay

• intense and profound fear

• something that inspires horror; something horrible

• intense aversion

• on the back of a horse

• traveling on horseback

• the stock exchange in Paris

• a large gathering of people

• a wide hallway in a building where people can walk

• a coming together of people

• an island in the Mediterranean; with adjacent islets it constitutes a region of France

• a region of France on the island of Corsica; birthplace of Napoleon Bonaparte

• very spiny and dense evergreen shrub with fragrant golden-yellow flowers; common throughout western Europe

• obtain goods or services from an outside supplier; to contract work out

• a workhorse used as a pack animal

• a course over which races are run

• a framework for holding wood that is being sawed

• either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber

• small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position

• alight from (a horse)

• a work of art (composition or drama) that is part of the standard repertory but has become hackneyed from much repetition

• an experienced person who has been through many battles; someone who has given long service

• horse used in war

• machine that performs dependably under heavy use

• a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor

• A twist of cloth or wreath underneath and forming part of a crest; an orle, a wreath. It is customarily shown with six twists, the first tincture being the tincture of the field, the second the tincture of the metal, and so on.

• The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.

• adult male horse kept for breeding

• To withhold land unlawfully from its true owner or from any other person who has a right to the possession of it, after one has lawfully entered and taken possession of it.

• To resist an officer of the law in the execution of his duty.

• Said of anthers dehiscing outwards from the center of the flower.

• Facing or turned inwards or towards an axis.

• Said of anthers turned toward the center of the flower.

• smaller of the two types of spore produced in heterosporous plants; develops in the pollen sac into a male gametophyte

• A large extinct marine reptile in the family Mosasauridae, dominant marine predator of the Cretaceous. Mosasaurs are considred to be in squmata, the same group that includes lizards and snakes.

• machine that performs dependably under heavy use

• a horse used for plowing and hauling and other heavy labor

• a person who abates a nuisance

• someone who unlawfully seizes and detains a victim (usually for ransom)

• a muscle that draws a body part away from the median line

• one who helps or encourages or incites another

• find repugnant