400+ Rhymes For BUTTONED-DOWN

• an orange of low brightness and saturation

• Scottish botanist who first observed the movement of small particles in fluids now known a Brownian motion (1773-1858)

• abolitionist who was hanged after leading an unsuccessful raid at Harper's Ferry, Virginia (1800-1859)

• a university in Rhode Island

• of a color similar to that of wood or earth

• (of skin) deeply suntanned

• fry in a pan until it changes color

• make brown in color

• being or moving lower in position or less in some value

• soft fine feathers

• English physician who first described Down's syndrome (1828-1896)

• (American football) a complete play to advance the football

• (usually plural) a rolling treeless highland with little soil

• fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs)

• spatially or metaphorically from a higher to a lower level or position

• away from a more central or a more northerly place

• paid in cash at time of purchase

• from an earlier time

• to a lower intensity

• in an inactive or inoperative state

• extending or moving from a higher to a lower place

• becoming progressively lower

• being put out in a game of baseball

• understood perfectly

• lower than previously

• shut

• not functioning (temporarily or permanently)

• filled with melancholy and despondency

• drink down entirely

• eat up completely, as with great appetite

• bring down or defeat (an opponent)

• shoot at and force to come down

• cause to come or go down

• improve or perfect by pruning or polishing

• an urban area with a fixed boundary that is smaller than a city

• United States architect who was noted for his design and construction of truss bridges (1784-1844)

• the people living in a municipality smaller than a city

• an administrative division of a county

• belonging to or on behalf of a specified person (especially yourself); preceded by a possessive

• have ownership or possession of

• a rude or vulgar fool

• a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

• act as or like a clown

• of or located in the lower part of a town, or in the business center

• the central area or commercial center of a town or city

• toward or in the lower or central part of town

• cover completely or make imperceptible

• get rid of as if by submerging

• die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating

• kill by submerging in water

• be covered with or submerged in a liquid

• be in danger of dying from submersion in a liquid and asphyxiation

• the town (or city) where you grew up or where you have your principal residence

• (of animals) fully developed

• apprehended with certainty

• the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

• a mental or physical breakdown

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• a cessation of normal operation

• an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

• (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

• a facial expression of dislike or displeasure

• look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

• the state or quality of being widely honored and acclaimed

• of or located in the upper part of a town

• a residential part of town away from the central commercial district

• toward or in the upper part of town

• The part of a city between uptown and downtown

• being moved or acted upon by moving air or vapor

• breathing laboriously or convulsively

• the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel

• the Crown (or the reigning monarch) as the symbol of the power and authority of a monarchy

• a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory

• an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty

• the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head

• an English coin worth 5 shillings

• the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the award given to the champion

• the top of the head

• (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth

• the center of a cambered road

• invest with regal power; enthrone

• be the culminating event

• form the topmost part of

• put an enamel cover on

• a woman's dress, usually with a close-fitting bodice and a long flared skirt, often worn on formal occasions

• the members of a university as distinguished from the other residents of the town in which the university is located

• lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women

• protective garment worn by surgeons during operations

• outerwear consisting of a long flowing garment used for official or ceremonial occasions

• dress in a gown

• caused to fall to the ground

• twisted together; as of filaments spun into a thread

• not known

• an unknown and unexplored region

• anyone who does not belong in the environment in which they are found

• a variable whose values are solutions of an equation

• being or having an unknown or unnamed source

• not known to exist

• not famous or acclaimed

• not known before

• two-winged insects characterized by active flight

• flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

• an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

• (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

• fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

• (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

• travel through the air; be airborne

• move quickly or suddenly

• operate an airplane

• transport by aeroplane

• cause to fly or float

• be dispersed or disseminated

• change quickly from one emotional state to another

• pass away rapidly

• travel in an airplane

• display in the air or cause to float

• run away quickly

• travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

• hit a fly

• decrease rapidly and disappear

• an act or social event involving a public performance or entertainment

• something intended to communicate a particular impression

• pretending that something is the case in order to make a good impression

• give an exhibition of to an interested audience

• establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment

• provide evidence for

• make visible or noticeable

• show in, or as in, a picture

• give expression to

• indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

• be or become visible or noticeable

• indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments

• give evidence of, as of records

• take (someone) to their seats, as in theaters or auditoriums

• finish third or better in a horse or dog race

• severely repressive actions

• a concluding summary (as in presenting a case before a law court)

• the time in the evening at which the sun begins to fall below the horizon

• a score in American football; being in possession of the ball across the opponents' goal line

• a landing (as the wheels touch the landing field); especially of airplanes

• An emergency medical procedure in which the vein is exposed and a cannula is inserted into it.

• A customized scooter with parts of the bodywork removed or cut away.

• counting backward from an arbitrary number to indicate the time remaining before some event (such as launching a space vehicle)

• a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action

• the word class that can serve as the subject or object of a verb, the object of a preposition, or in apposition

• prevent deliberately (as by making a will) from inheriting

• cast off

• lingerie consisting of a loose dress designed to be worn in bed by women

• covered with growing plants

• abounding in usually unwanted vegetation

• sprinkled with seed

• grow too large or too mature for

• grow faster than

• decline to a lower status or level

• similar to moonfish but with eyes high on the truncated forehead

• intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system

• initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state

• a very thorough search of a person or a place

• extortion of money (as by blackmail)

• the act of slowing down or falling behind

• a landing of a spacecraft in the sea at the end of a space flight

• A type of American folk or square dance.

• The type of music typically played for such a dance

• A gathering at which such dances take place.

• To dance a hoedown dance

• A well-maintained structure purchased and torn down to make way for a new structure.

• The process of opening and disassembling a device to show its components.

• In disrepair; poorly maintained

• cause to darken

• make brown in color

• the act of confining prisoners to their cells (usually to regain control during a riot)

• severe overheating of the core of a nuclear reactor resulting in the core melting and radiation escaping

• a disaster comparable to a nuclear meltdown

• a hostile disagreement face-to-face

• termination of operations

• (amateur wrestling) being brought to the mat from a standing position

• a crushing remark