ARMED FORCES RHYME TIME
"S" WORDS
FILE UNDER "U"
portmanteau
RHYME TIME
THE "I-T" DEPARTMENT
400

They're what a top Southern Civil War general charged for his services

Lee's fees

400

It means to align in a zigzagged fashion, or to move unsteadily

stagger

400

The first U.S. one of these was buried in Arlington National Cemetery November 11, 1921

an unknown soldier

400

Coined by a Microsoft engineer in 1996, this portmanteau for a malicious piece of software blends "malicious" and "software."

What is malware?

400

One who chooses the alcohol

a liquor picker

400

The "ize" have this verb meaning to make a detailed list of things

itemize

800

A big noncom

large sarge

800

The preponderance of people who can sway things politically are this quiet "majority"

silent

800

Means the state or fact of appearing to be everywhere at the same time.

Ubiquity

800

This device, used by law enforcement to measure a driver's blood alcohol content, combines what you exhale with a device that evaluates it.

What is a breathalyzer?

800

A liberated Stockholm native

a freed Swede

800

Adjective meaning roaming from place to place, never staying put for long

itinerant

1200

Excitement that comes from the exercise of marching in formation

drill thrill

1200

In a right triangle, it's the ratio of a side opposite a given acute angle to the hypotenuse

a sine

1200

It's the 20th letter of the Greek alphabet

upsilon

1200

A traditional Scandinavian smörgåsbord buffet combined with a house of ill repute.

What is a smorgasbordello?

1200

A highly politically biased & highly skilled craft maker 

a partisan artisan

1200

Hyphented adjective meaning extremely small, like some spiders & bikinis

itsy-bitsy

1600

Rotating handle to start an armored combat vehicle..think old plane

Tank crank

1600

 Daily Double

This shift of emphasis in rhythm is a basic element of jazz...examples of songs which utilize : 1) "Superstition" by Stevie Wonder or 2) "Beat It" by Michael Jackson 

1600

To move in a wavelike motion

undulate

1600

The 3-word title of the United States commander-in-chief combined with a medical professional who has a job with teeth.  

What is a presidentist?

1600

One who instructs a spreader of the gospel

a teacher preacher

1600

Even without a "re"(at start), this verb means to say something again & again & again &...

iterate

2000

After Appomattox, soldiers would call this general's name as we rode by on horse repeatedly

Grant's chant

2000

to deliberately damage, block, or interfere with something to stop it from succeeding.

Sabotage

2000

Not capable of being maintained or defended

Untenable

2000

Saucy 7-letter image-sending activity that got congressman Anthony Weiner in trouble

sexting

2000

A gold-covered sword handle

a gilt hilt

2000

A Greek island or college city in New York

Ithaca