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demanding collapse: requiring more than usually expected or thought due; especially great patience and effort and skill; "found the job very demanding"; "a baby can be so demanding"

tripper collapse: a catch mechanism that acts as a switch; "the pressure activates the tripper and releases the water"; (slang) someone who has taken a psychedelic drug and is undergoing hallucinations

compressed collapse: reduced in volume by pressure; "compressed air"; pressed tightly together; "with lips compressed"; flattened laterally along the whole length (e.g., certain leafstalks or flatfishes)

astronaut collapse: a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; "the Russians called their astronauts cosmonauts"

prospectus collapse: a formal written offer to sell securities (filed with the SEC) that sets forth a plan for a (proposed) business enterprise; "a prospectus should contain the facts that an investor needs to make an informed decision"

jet set collapse: a set of rich and fashionable people who travel widely for pleasure

dour collapse: harshly uninviting or formidable in manner or appearance; "a dour, self-sacrificing life"; "a forbidding scowl"; "a grim man loving duty more than humanity"; "undoubtedly the grimmest part of him was his iron claw"- J.M.Barrie

get by collapse: pass or move in front of; "Bride's Biscuit got by the other dogs to win the race"

stoic collapse: a member of the ancient Greek school of philosophy founded by Zeno; "a Stoic achieves happiness by submission to destiny"; someone who is seemingly indifferent to emotions; seeming unaffected by pleasure or pain; impassive; "stoic courage"; "stoic patience"; "a stoical sufferer"; pertaining to Stoicism or its followers

bald collapse: lacking hair on all or most of the scalp; "a bald pate"; "a bald-headed gentleman"; without the natural or usual covering; "a bald spot on the lawn"; "bare hills"; with no effort to conceal; "a barefaced lie"; grow bald; lose hair on one's head; "He is balding already"

anchorage collapse: the act of anchoring; place for vessels to anchor; a city in south central Alaska; "Anchorage is the largest city in Alaska"; a fee for anchoring; the condition of being secured to a base; "the plant needs a firm anchorage"; "the mother provides emotional anchorage for the entire family"

meal collapse: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse; the food served and eaten at one time; any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

ledger collapse: a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; "they got a subpoena to examine our books"

voyage collapse: a journey to some distant place; travel by boat propelled by wind or by other means; "The QE2 will sail to Southampton tomorrow"

reserved collapse: cool and formal in manner; marked by self-restraint and reticence; "was habitually reserved in speech, withholding her opinion"-Victoria Sackville-West; set aside for the use of a particular person or party

contracted collapse: reduced in size or pulled together; "the contracted pupils of her eyes"

brusque collapse: marked by rude or peremptory shortness; "try to cultivate a less brusque manner"; "a curt reply"; "the salesgirl was very short with him"

stern collapse: the rear part of a ship; United States concert violinist (born in Russia in 1920); severe and unremitting in making demands; "an exacting instructor"; "a stern disciplinarian"; "strict standards"

celibate collapse: an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity; abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"

meticulous collapse: marked by extreme care in treatment of details; "a meticulous craftsman"; "almost worryingly meticulous in his business formalities"; marked by precise accordance with details; "meticulous research"; "punctilious in his attention to rules of etiquette"

flat out collapse: at top speed; "he ran flat out to catch the bus"; "he was off down the road like blue murder"

sustenance collapse: the act of sustaining life by food or providing a means of subsistence; "they were in want of sustenance"; "fishing was their main sustainment"

flit collapse: a secret move (to avoid paying debts); "they did a moonlight flit"; a sudden quick movement; move along rapidly and lightly; skim or dart; "The hummingbird flitted among the branches"

climber collapse: someone who climbs as a sport; especially someone who climbs mountains; "the lead climber looked strong still but his partner often slumped in his ropes"; a vine or climbing plant that readily grows up a support or over other plants

campaign collapse: an overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa); a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end; "he supported populist campaigns"; "they worked in the cause of world peace"; "the team was ready for a drive toward the pennant"; "the movement to end slavery"; "contributed to the war effort"; several related operations aimed at achieving a particular goal (usually within geographical and temporal constraints); go on a campaign; go off to war; run, stand, or compete for an office or a position; "Who's running for treasurer this year?"

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