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atlas collapse: a figure of a man used as a supporting column; the 1st cervical vertebra; a collection of maps in book form; (Greek mythology) a Titan who was forced by Zeus to bear the sky on his shoulders

thinker collapse: an important intellectual; "the great minds of the 17th century"; someone who exercises the mind (usually in an effort to reach a decision)

checklist collapse: a list of items (names or tasks etc.) to be checked or consulted

balance sheet collapse: a record of the financial situation of an institution on a particular date by listing its assets and the claims against those assets

bankbook collapse: a record of deposits and withdrawals and interest held by depositors at certain banks

oracle collapse: a shrine where an oracular god is consulted; a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible

sewing collapse: joining or attaching by stitches; needlework on which you are working with needle and thread; "she put her sewing back in the basket"

editor collapse: a person responsible for the editorial aspects of publication; the person who determines the final content of a text (especially of a newspaper or magazine)

grammar collapse: the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics or morphology)

directory collapse: an alphabetical list of names and addresses; (computer science) a listing of the files stored in memory (usually on a hard disk)

whippersnapper collapse: someone who is unimportant but cheeky and presumptuous

mandarin collapse: the dialect of Chinese spoken in Beijing and adopted as the official language for all of China; a somewhat flat reddish-orange loose skinned citrus of China; a high public official of imperial China; any high government official or bureaucrat; a member of an elite intellectual or cultural group; shrub or small tree having flattened globose fruit with very sweet aromatic pulp and thin yellow-orange to flame-orange rind that is loose and easily removed; native to southeastern Asia

volume collapse: the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction); "the kids played their music at full volume"; a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications; "the third volume was missing"; "he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review"; the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object; "the gas expanded to twice its original volume"; a relative amount; "mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water"

parsimonious collapse: excessively unwilling to spend; "parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses"; "lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence"

manuscript collapse: the form of a literary work submitted for publication; handwritten book or document

calendar collapse: a list or register of events (appointments or social events or court cases etc); "I have you on my calendar for next Monday"; a tabular array of the days (usually for one year); a system of timekeeping that defines the beginning and length and divisions of the year; enter into a calendar

elder statesman collapse: an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders; any influential person whose advice is highly respected

impute collapse: attribute or credit to; "We attributed this quotation to Shakespeare"; "People impute great cleverness to cats"; attribute (responsibility or fault) to a cause or source; "The teacher imputed the student's failure to his nervousness"

mentor collapse: a wise and trusted guide and advisor; serve as a teacher or trusted counselor; "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"; "She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring"

litany collapse: a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation; any long and tedious address or recital; "the patient recited a litany of complaints"; "a litany of failures"

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