49 Rhymes For PERTUSSES

• the act of caressing with the lips (or an instance thereof)

• touch with the lips or press the lips (against someone's mouth or other body part) as an expression of love, greeting, etc.

• shake violently

• injure the brain; sustain a concussion

• A point at which reflected or refracted rays of light converge.

• A point of a conic at which rays reflected from a curve or surface converge.

• The fact of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.

• The quality of the convergence of light on the photographic medium.

• Concentration of attention.

• The exact point of where an earthquake occurs, in three dimensions (underneath the epicentre).

• The indicator of the currently active element in a user interface.

• The most important word or phrase in a sentence or passage, or the one that imparts information.

• An object used in casting a magic spell.

• (followed by on or upon) To concentrate one's attention.

• To cause (rays of light, etc) to converge at a single point.

• To adjust (a lens, an optical instrument) in order to position an image with respect to the focal plane.

• To concentrate one’s attention.

• To transfer the input focus to (a visual element), so that it receives subsequent input.

• To play a trick on, to trick (someone); to hoax; to cheat.

• To stupefy (someone) with drugged liquor (especially in order to steal from them).

• To drug (liquor).

• To adulterate (food).

• a state of confusion and disorderliness

• make messy or untidy

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• strike or tap firmly

• A positive quantity.

• An asset or useful addition.

• A plus sign: +.

• To add; to subject to addition.

• (often followed by 'up') To increase in magnitude.

• To improve.

• To provide critical feedback by giving suggestions for improvement rather than criticisms.

• (sales) To sell additional related items with an original purchase.

• To frame in a positive light; to provide a sympathetic interpretation.

• (social media) To give a mark of approval on Google+.

• To increase the potency of a remedy by diluting it in water and stirring.

• (optometry) To increase a correction.

• obscene terms for female genitals

• informal terms referring to a domestic cat

• ski downhill

• someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression

• shake; especially (a patient to detect fluids or air in the body)

• To arrest for suspicious behaviour.

• (often with "out") To discover, infer or figure out.

• To study or size up, to check out (examine).

• (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure

• a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure

• (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

• tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it

• secure with or as if with ropes

• support structurally

• To free from a truss; to untie or unfasten

• a person who is physically weak and ineffectual

• a short musket of wide bore with a flared muzzle

• A motorised bus, or coach.

• Czechoslovakian religious reformer who anticipated the Reformation; he questioned the infallibility of the Catholic Church was excommunicated (1409) for attacking the corruption of the clergy; he was burned at the stake (1372-1415)