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bone of contention: the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"

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tender spot collapse

interrogative collapse: relating to the use of or having the nature of an interrogation; relating to verbs in the so-called interrogative mood; "not all questions have an interrogative construction"

bone collapse: a shade of white the color of bleached bones; rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates; the porous calcified substance from which bones are made; consisting of or made up of bone; "a bony substance"; "the bony framework of the body"; remove the bones from; "bone the turkey before roasting it"

cross question collapse

trial balloon collapse: a balloon sent up to test air currents; a test of public opinion

interrogation collapse: formal systematic questioning; a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder

catechism collapse: an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers; a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views

question mark collapse: a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

spite collapse

feeler collapse

topic collapse: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

ossuary collapse: any receptacle for the burial of human bones

inquiry collapse: a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest; a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

query collapse

tendon collapse: a cord or band of inelastic tissue connecting a muscle with its bony attachment

juiceless collapse: lacking juice

anhydrous collapse: without water; especially without water of crystallization

waterless collapse

ligament collapse: any connection or unifying bond; a sheet or band of tough fibrous tissue connecting bones or cartilages or supporting muscles or organs

apologia collapse

urn collapse: a large vase that usually has a pedestal or feet; a large pot for making coffee or tea

ossified collapse: changed into bone; hardened by deposits of mineral matter; "cartilages ossified with age"

rub collapse: the act of rubbing or wiping; "he gave the hood a quick rub"; move over something with pressure; "rub my hands"; "rub oil into her skin"; cause friction; "my sweater scratches"; scrape or rub as if to relieve itching; "Don't scratch your insect bites!"

flint collapse: a city in southeast central Michigan near Detroit; automobile manufacturing; a river in western Georgia that flows generally south to join the Chattahoochee River at the Florida border where they form the Apalachicola River; a hard kind of stone; a form of silica more opaque than chalcedony

warfare collapse

wade through collapse

disabuse collapse: free somebody (from an erroneous belief)

unpleasantness collapse: the quality of giving displeasure; "the recent unpleasantness of the weather"; the feeling caused by disagreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

brush up collapse

nonaggressive collapse

steak collapse: a slice of meat cut from the fleshy part of an animal or large fish

beefsteak collapse: a slice of beef usually cooked by broiling

competition collapse: the act of competing as for profit or a prize; "the teams were in fierce contention for first place"; a business relation in which two parties compete to gain customers; "business competition can be fiendish at times"

rivalry collapse

procrastinative collapse

shiftless collapse: lacking or characterized by lack of ambition or initiative; lazy; "a shiftless student"; "studied in a shiftless way"

whacked collapse: (British informal) exhausted or worn out

bushed collapse

dog tired collapse

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