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purple passage collapse: a passage full of ornate and flowery language

blower collapse: a device that produces a current of air

gangway collapse: a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)

gangplank collapse: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

cruising collapse

motorboat collapse: a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine; ride in a motorboat

ornament collapse: be an ornament to; "stars ornamented the Christmas tree"

space probe collapse: a rocket-propelled guided missile that can escape the earth's atmosphere; makes observations of the solar system that cannot be made by terrestrial observation

tour de force collapse: a masterly or brilliant feat

slops collapse: cheap clothing (as formerly issued to sailors in Britain)

euphuism collapse: an elegant style of prose of the Elizabethan period; characterized by balance and antithesis and alliteration and extended similes with and allusions to nature and mythology; any artificially elegant style of language

tomato collapse: mildly acid red or yellow pulpy fruit eaten as a vegetable; native to South America; widely cultivated in many varieties

lark collapse: any of numerous predominantly Old World birds noted for their singing

tracer collapse: ammunition whose flight can be observed by a trail of smoke; (radiology) any radioactive isotope introduced into the body to study metabolism or other biological processes; an instrument used to make tracings; an investigator who is employed to find missing persons or missing goods

betrayer collapse

traveling collapse

inaugural collapse: serving to set in motion; "the magazine's inaugural issue"; "the initiative phase in the negotiations"; "an initiatory step toward a treaty"; "his first (or maiden) speech in Congress"; "the liner's maiden voyage"; occurring at or characteristic of a formal investiture or induction; "the President's inaugural address"; "an inaugural ball"

celebration collapse: any joyous diversion; the public performance of a sacrament or solemn ceremony with all appropriate ritual; "the celebration of marriage"; a joyful occasion for special festivities to mark some happy event

desperado collapse: a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier)

magpie collapse: long-tailed black-and-white crow that utters a raucous chattering call; someone who collects things that have been discarded by others

back way collapse

volte face collapse

migration collapse: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another; the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding; (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule; a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

johnny collapse

eyewitness collapse: a spectator who can describe what happened; be present at an event and see it with one's own eyes

provender collapse

reservation collapse: the act of keeping back or setting aside for some future occasion; something reserved in advance (as a hotel accommodation or a seat on a plane etc.); a statement that limits or restricts some claim; "he recommended her without any reservations"; the written record or promise of an arrangement by which accommodations are secured in advance; a district that is reserved for particular purpose

ritual collapse: stereotyped behavior; any customary observance or practice; the prescribed procedure for conducting religious ceremonies; of or relating to or employed in social rites or rituals; "a ritual dance of Haiti"; "sedate little colonial tribe with its ritual tea parties"- Nadine Gordimer; of or relating to or characteristic of religious rituals; "ritual killing"

looker collapse

captive collapse: an animal that is confined; a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion; giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"; in captivity

scamp collapse: perform hastily and carelessly

quisling collapse

feat collapse

portico collapse: a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area

minx collapse

battle royal collapse

street fight collapse

bullfight collapse: a Spanish or Portuguese or Latin American spectacle; a matador baits and (usually) kills a bull in an arena before many spectators

extraction collapse: the act of pulling out (as a tooth); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction"; the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means

nostril collapse: either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose

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