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bones collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

corpus delicti collapse: the body of evidence that constitute the offence; the objective proof that a crime has been committed (sometimes mistakenly thought to refer to the body of a homicide victim)

museum collapse: a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value

mummy collapse: a body embalmed and dried and wrapped for burial (as in ancient Egypt)

monition collapse: a summons issued after the filing of a libel or claim directing all parties concerned to show cause why the judgment asked for should not be granted

clay collapse: United States politician responsible for the Missouri Compromise between free and slave states (1777-1852); United States general who commanded United States forces in Europe from 1945 to 1949 and who oversaw the Berlin airlift (1897-1978); a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired

mummification collapse: embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy; a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"

common law collapse: a system of jurisprudence based on judicial precedents rather than statutory laws; "common law originated in the unwritten laws of England and was later applied in the United States"

fissure collapse: (anatomy) a long narrow slit or groove that divides an organ into lobes; break into fissures or fine cracks

hearsay collapse: heard through another rather than directly; "hearsay information"

carrion collapse: the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

summons collapse: a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant; an order to appear in person at a given place and time

equity collapse: the ownership interest of shareholders in a corporation; the difference between the market value of a property and the claims held against it

familiarity collapse: an act of undue intimacy; close or warm friendship; "the absence of fences created a mysterious intimacy in which no one knew privacy"; usualness by virtue of being familiar or well known

ana collapse: a collection of anecdotes about a person or place; mother of the ancient Irish gods; sometimes identified with Danu

mantle collapse: (zoology) a protective layer of epidermis in mollusks or brachiopods that secretes a substance forming the shell; the cloak as a symbol of authority; "place the mantle of authority on younger shoulders"; the layer of the earth between the crust and the core; United States baseball player (1931-1997); cover like a mantle; "The ivy mantles the building"; spread over a surface, like a mantle

acquaintance collapse: personal knowledge or information about someone or something; a person with whom you are acquainted; "I have trouble remembering the names of all my acquaintances"; "we are friends of the family"; a relationship less intimate than friendship

person collapse: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"; a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person"; a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"

remains collapse: any object that is left unused or still extant; "I threw out the remains of my dinner"

martial law collapse: the body of law imposed by the military over civilian affairs (usually in time of war or civil crisis); overrides civil law

experience collapse: the accumulation of knowledge or skill that results from direct participation in events or activities; "a man of experience"; "experience is the best teacher"; the content of direct observation or participation in an event; "he had a religious experience"; "he recalled the experience vividly"; an event as apprehended; "a surprising experience"; "that painful experience certainly got our attention"; go through (mental or physical states or experiences); "get an idea"; "experience vertigo"; "get nauseous"; "undergo a strange sensation"; "The chemical undergoes a sudden change"; "The fluid undergoes shear"; "receive injuries"; "have a feeling"; go or live through; "We had many trials to go through"; "he saw action in Viet Nam"

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