Rhymes for VLADIMIR-NABOKOV

• not in operation or operational

• (of events) no longer planned or scheduled

• from a particular thing or place or position (`forth' is obsolete)

• at a distance in space or time

• no longer on or in contact or attached

• below a satisfactory level

• in an unpalatable state

• not performing or scheduled for duties

• kill intentionally and with premeditation

• semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

• anything that remedies or heals or soothes

• save from ruin, destruction, or harm

• apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

• having a sophisticated charm

• smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication

• Improvisation.

• A form of live entertainment characterized by improvisation and interaction with the audience.

• To perform improv.

• a type of submachine gun made in Russia

• of or relating to or characteristic of the former country of Yugoslavia or its people or languages

• a native or inhabitant of Yugoslavia

• Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948)

• a narrow depression (as in the earth or between ocean waves or in the ocean bed)

• a channel along the eaves or on the roof; collects and carries away rainwater

• a concave shape with an open top

• a treasury for government funds

• a long narrow shallow receptacle

• a container (usually in a barn or stable) from which cattle or horses feed

• Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)

• Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)

• showing your contempt by derision

• laugh at with contempt and derision

• treat with contemptuous disregard

• the occurrence of surplus liquid (as water) exceeding the limit or capacity

• a final election to resolve an earlier election that did not produce a winner

• an exchange that occurs as a compromise

• A party for a person (i.e. a fellow employee) who is leaving; a farewell party.

• A party to recognize the passing (death) of a friend and allow survivors to reminisce about the person's life.

• a sudden noisy expulsion of air from the lungs that clears the air passages; a common symptom of upper respiratory infection or bronchitis or pneumonia or tuberculosis

• exhale abruptly, as when one has a chest cold or congestion

• Tavern; public house

• someone who is a member of the faculty at a college or university

• a second-year undergraduate

• Russian dramatist whose plays are concerned with the difficulty of communication between people (1860-1904)

• Russian dancer and choreographer who migrated to the United States (born in 1948)

• to take off from the body or head

• of or concerning this

• a hearty draft

• to swallow hurriedly or greedily or in one draught

• informal term for an upper-class or wealthy person

• (entertainment) A big laugh.

• (entertainment) A line in a film etc that elicits such a laugh.

• (entertainment) A great success; a hit.

• A pupil who works hard; a swot.

• A hit or smack.

• To have sexual intercourse (with someone)

• To hit; to strike.

• A provider of financial services, especially a small-scale independent banker or money changer or a local expert at detecting bad coin.

• A cashier, especially for a carpark.

• Short for shroff office: the office of a shroff at a carpark, etc.

• To act as a shroff, especially to inspect coins to detect debasement, counterfeits, clipping, etc. for a commission.

• Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)

• Russian chess master who was world champion from 1975 until 1985 when he was defeated by Gary Kasparov (born in 1951)

• Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)

• Azerbaijani chess master who became world champion in 1985 by defeating Anatoli Karpov (born in 1963)

• czar of Russia (1551-1605)

• a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia

• the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917

• plant capable of synthesizing its own food from simple organic substances

• (Yiddish) a thief or dishonest person or scoundrel (often used as a general term of abuse)

• an organism that depends on complex organic substances for nutrition

• a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation

• the 19th letter of the Hebrew alphabet

• Any microorganism that has lost the ability to synthesize an organic compound required for its growth, usually as a result of mutation

• An abrupt rebuff, a snub or curt rejection, a disdainful dismissal.

• A low-lying meadow by the side of a river.

• a member of the imperial family that ruled Russia

• the Russian imperial line that ruled from 1613 to 1917

• a salve containing menthol

• stout white-flowered perennial found wild in shallow fresh water; northern United States and Asia

• Russian physiologist who observed conditioned salivary responses in dogs (1849-1936)