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incandesce collapse: become incandescent or glow with heat; "an incandescing body"; cause to become incandescent or glow; "the lamp was incandesced"

mange collapse: a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)

automatism collapse: any reaction that occurs automatically without conscious thought or reflection (especially the undirected behavior seen in psychomotor epilepsy)

airline collapse: a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers; a hose that carries air under pressure

potshot collapse: a shot taken at an easy or casual target (as by a pothunter); criticism aimed at an easy target and made without careful consideration; "reporters took potshots at the mayor"

barrier collapse: a structure or object that impedes free movement; any condition that makes it difficult to make progress or to achieve an objective; "intolerance is a barrier to understanding"; anything serving to maintain separation by obstructing vision or access

tipsy collapse: unstable and prone to tip as if intoxicated; " a tipsy boat"

addled collapse: confused and vague; used especially of thinking; "muddleheaded ideas"; "your addled little brain"; "woolly thinking"; "woolly-headed ideas"; (of eggs) no longer edible; "an addled egg"

question collapse: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"; an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready to pop the question"; an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"; a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"; pose a question; challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"

bemused collapse: deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"

chance collapse: a risk involving danger; "you take a chance when you let her drive"; be the case by chance; "I chanced to meet my old friend in the street"

expectation collapse: belief about (or mental picture of) the future; the feeling that something is about to happen

involuntary collapse: not subject to the control of the will; "involuntary manslaughter"; "involuntary servitude"; "an involuntary shudder"; "It (becoming a hero) was involuntary. They sank my boat"- John F.Kennedy; controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start"

conditioned collapse: physically fit; "exercised daily to keep herself in condition"; established by conditioning or learning; "a conditioned response"

divine collapse: being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods; "her pies were simply divine"; "the divine Shakespeare"; "an elysian meal"; "an inspired performance"; emanating from God; "divine judgment"; "divine guidance"; "everything is black1 or white...satanic or godly"-Saturday Review; being or having the nature of a god; "the custom of killing the divine king upon any serious failure of his...powers"-J.G.Frazier; "the divine will"; "the divine capacity for love"; "'Tis wise to learn; 'tis God-like to create"-J.G.Saxe; appropriate to or befitting a god; "the divine strength of Achilles"; "a man of godlike sagacity"; "man must play God for he has acquired certain godlike powers"-R.H.Roveref; devoted to or in the service or worship of a deity; "divine worship"; "divine liturgy"; search by divining, as if with a rod; "He claimed he could divine underground water"; perceive intuitively or through some inexplicable perceptive powers

excuse collapse: a note explaining an absence; "he had to get his mother to write an excuse for him"; a defense of some offensive behavior or some failure to keep a promise etc.; "he kept finding excuses to stay"; "every day he had a new alibi for not getting a job"; "his transparent self-justification was unacceptable"; excuse, overlook, or make allowances for; be lenient with; "excuse someone's behavior"; "She condoned her husband's occasional infidelities"; serve as a reason or cause or justification of; "Your need to sleep late does not excuse your late arrival at work"; "Her recent divorce may explain her reluctance to date again"; grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class"; ask for permission to be released from an engagement; accept an excuse for; "Please excuse my dirty hands"

infatuation collapse: an object of extravagant short-lived passion; foolish and usually extravagant passion or love or admiration

shadowing collapse: the act of following someone secretly; following surreptitiously; keeping under surveillance; "always on guard against shadowing submarines"

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