400+ Rhymes For KNOCKDOWN

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 reduction in price in order to stimulate sales.

• sudden restriction on an activity

• severely repressive actions

• (in India and Malaysia) a warehouse

• a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

• the act of refusing an offer

• 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

• 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 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

• The story or truth.

• Unfair; shameful.

• a rude or vulgar fool

• a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior

• act as or like a clown

• 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 reduction or depletion.

• The result of reduction or depletion.

• A change in hydraulic head in a well or other body of water.

• A measure of the decline from a historical peak in some variable, typically the cumulative profit or total open equity of a financial trading strategy.

• The process of a bank releasing previously agreed loan amount to the borrower, hence making it available for them to use.

• An insult or barb; a snide or demeaning remark.

• The shooting down of an aircraft, satellite, etc.

• decline to a lower status or level

• 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

• the act of slowing down or falling behind

• 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

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

• termination of operations

• 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

• across a town or city

• going or extending across a town or city

• 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

• a city district inhabited by people living in huts and shanties

• The part of a city between uptown and downtown

• 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

• in the area or vicinity

• by a circular or circuitous route

• used of movement to or among many different places or in no particular direction

• in a circle or circular motion

• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

• in or to a reversed position or direction

• to a particular destination either specified or understood

• all around or on all sides

• in circumference

• from beginning to end; throughout

• 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

• an area where many people go for recreation, holidays or other purposes

• yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's play

• a former town and present-day neighborhood of Boston; settled in 1629

• a section of northwestern Washington, D.C.

• port city and the capital and largest city of Guyana

• a former village on the James River in Virginia to the north of Norfolk; site of the first permanent English settlement in America in 1607

• the largest city in Michigan and a major Great Lakes port; center of the United States automobile industry; located in southeastern Michigan on the Detroit river across from Windsor

• of an approach to a problem that begins at the highest conceptual level and works down to the details