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scintillate collapse: physics: fluoresce momentarily when struck by a charged particle or high-energy photon; "the phosphor fluoresced"; give off; "the substance scintillated sparks and flashes"

scholarly collapse: characteristic of scholars or scholarship; "scholarly pursuits"; "a scholarly treatise"; "a scholarly attitude"

prophetic collapse: foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"

disrespectful collapse: exhibiting lack of respect; rude and discourteous; "remarks disrespectful of the law"; "disrespectful in the presence of his parents"; "disrespectful toward his teacher"

civilized collapse: having a high state of culture and development both social and technological; "terrorist acts that shocked the civilized world"; marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

scholastic collapse: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian; of or relating to schools; "scholastic year"; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy"

mindful collapse: bearing in mind; attentive to; "ever mindful of her health"; "mindful of his responsibilities"; "mindful of these criticisms, I shall attempt to justify my action"

proverb collapse: a condensed but memorable saying embodying some important fact of experience that is taken as true by many people

listen collapse: hear with intention; "Listen to the sound of this cello"; listen and pay attention; "Listen to your father"; "We must hear the expert before we make a decision"

thaw collapse: a relaxation or slackening of tensions or reserve; becoming less hostile; "the thaw between the United States and Russia has led to increased cooperation in world affairs"; warm weather following a freeze; snow and ice melt; "they welcomed the spring thaw"; the process whereby heat changes something from a solid to a liquid; "the power failure caused a refrigerator melt that was a disaster"; "the thawing of a frozen turkey takes several hours"

wasteful collapse: laying waste; "when wasteful war shall statues overturn"- Shakespeare; tending to squander and waste

canton collapse: a small administrative division of a country; divide into cantons, of a country

knowledgeable collapse: alert and fully informed; "a knowing collector of rare books"; "surprisingly knowledgeable about what was going on"

cultivated collapse: (of land or fields) prepared for raising crops by plowing or fertilizing; "cultivated land"; no longer in the natural state; developed by human care and for human use; "cultivated roses"; "cultivated blackberries"

educated collapse: possessing an education (especially having more than average knowledge); having or based on relevant experience; "an educated guess"; "an enlightened electorate"

appreciative collapse: having or showing appreciation or a favorable critical judgment or opinion; "appreciative of a beautiful landscape"; "an appreciative laugh from the audience"; feeling or expressive of gratitude; "was appreciative of his efforts"; "an appreciative word"

gravitate collapse: move due to the pull of gravitation; "The stars gravitate towards each other"; be attracted to; "Boys gravitate towards girls at that age"; move toward; "The conversation gravitated towards politics"

seasonable collapse: in keeping with the season; "a hard but seasonable frost"; "seasonable clothes"

bar sinister collapse: a mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left

bight collapse: the middle part of a slack rope (as distinguished from its ends); a broad bay formed by an indentation in the shoreline; "the Bight of Benin"; "the Great Australian Bight"; a bend or curve (especially in a coastline); a loop in a rope; fasten with a bight

sable collapse: marten of northern Asian forests having luxuriant dark brown fur; a scarf (or trimming) made of sable; an artist's brush made of sable hairs; the expensive dark brown fur of the marten; of a dark somewhat brownish black

opportune collapse: suitable or at a time that is suitable or advantageous especially for a particular purpose; "an opportune place to make camp"; "an opportune arrival"

blase collapse: nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning"; uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulant blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star"; very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom"

fleur-de-lis collapse: (heraldry) charge consisting of a conventionalized representation of an iris

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