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qualifier collapse: a contestant who meets certain requirements and so qualifies to take part in the next stage of competition; "the tournament was won by a late qualifier"

misinterpretation collapse: putting the wrong interpretation on; "his misinterpretation of the question caused his error"; "there was no mistaking her meaning"

skipper collapse: a student who fails to attend classes; work as the skipper on a vessel

Medicaid collapse: health care for the needy; a federally and state-funded program

Medicare collapse: health care for the aged; a federally administered system of health insurance available to persons aged 65 and over

platoon collapse: a military unit that is a subdivision of a company; usually has a headquarters and two or more squads; usually commanded by a lieutenant; a team of policemen working under the military platoon system; a group of persons who are engaged in a common activity; "platoons of tourists poured out of the busses"; "the defensive platoon of the football team"

modifier collapse: a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene; a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb; a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

military collapse: the military forces of a nation; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker"; associated with or performed by armed services as contrasted with civilians; "military police"; characteristic of or associated with soldiers or the military; "military uniforms"; of or relating to the study of the principles of warfare; "military law"

construct collapse: draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"; make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"; create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"; create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"

team collapse: two or more draft animals that work together to pull something; a cooperative unit; form a team; "We teamed up for this new project"

crew collapse: the men who man a ship or aircraft; the team of men manning a racing shell; serve as a crew member on

syntax collapse: the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences; studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences; a systematic orderly arrangement

description collapse: sort or variety; "every description of book was there"; a statement that represents something in words; the act of describing something

complement collapse: something added to complete or make perfect; "a fine wine is a perfect complement to the dinner"; either of two parts that mutually complete each other; a word or phrase used to complete a grammatical construction; number needed to make up a whole force; "a full complement of workers"; a complete number or quantity; "a full complement"; one of a series of enzymes in the blood serum that are part of the immune response; make complete or perfect; supply what is wanting or form the complement to; "I need some pepper to complement the sweet touch in the soup"

double entendre collapse: an ambiguity with one interpretation that is indelicate

pun collapse: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"; make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

therapy collapse: (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.); "the quarterback is undergoing treatment for a knee injury"; "he tried every treatment the doctors suggested"; "heat therapy gave the best relief"

formulation collapse: the style of expressing yourself; "he suggested a better formulation"; "his manner of expression showed how much he cared"; a substance prepared according to a formula

format collapse: the general appearance of a publication; the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing); divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"; determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science); set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

regiment collapse: army unit smaller than a division; assign to a regiment; "regiment soldiers"; subject to rigid discipline, order, and systematization; "regiment one's children"; form (military personnel) into a regiment

troop collapse: a group of soldiers; a cavalry unit corresponding to an infantry company; an orderly crowd; "a troop of children"; a unit of girl or boy scouts; move or march as if in a crowd; "They children trooped into the room"

organism collapse: a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently; a system considered analogous in structure or function to a living body; "the social organism"

handicraft collapse: a craft that requires skillful hands; a work produced by hand labor

boot collapse: a form of foot torture in which the feet are encased in iron and slowly crushed; footwear that covers the whole foot and lower leg; British term for the luggage compartment in a car; an instrument of torture that is used to heat or crush the foot and leg; protective casing for something that resembles a leg; cause to load (an operating system) and start the initial processes; "boot your computer"; kick; give a boot to

organization collapse: the activity or result of distributing or disposing persons or things properly or methodically; "his organization of the work force was very efficient"; the act of organizing a business or an activity related to a business; "he was brought in to supervise the organization of a new department"; an ordered manner; orderliness by virtue of being methodical and well organized; "his compulsive organization was not an endearing quality"; "we can't do it unless we establish some system around here"; a group of people who work together

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