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seduction collapse: enticing someone astray from right behavior; an act of winning the love or sexual favor of someone

oxidation collapse: the process of oxidizing; the addition of oxygen to a compound with a loss of electrons; always occurs accompanied by reduction

pun collapse: a humorous play on words; "I do it for the pun of it"; "his constant punning irritated her"; make a play on words; "Japanese like to pun--their language is well suited to punning"

slang collapse: a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"; informal language consisting of words and expressions that are not considered appropriate for formal occasions; often vituperative or vulgar; "their speech was full of slang expressions"; abuse with coarse language; use slang or vulgar language

toxin collapse: a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species

mildew collapse: a fungus that produces a superficial (usually white) growth on organic matter; the process of becoming mildewed

subversion collapse: the act of subverting; as overthrowing or destroying a legally constituted government

dishonesty collapse: lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing; the quality of being dishonest

malapropism collapse: the unintentional misuse of a word by confusion with one that sounds similar

fly in the ointment collapse: an inconvenience that detracts from the usefulness of something

infection collapse: (international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure; moral corruption or contamination; "ambitious men are led astray by an infection that is almost unavoidable"; an incident in which an infectious disease is transmitted; (medicine) the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms and their multiplication which can lead to tissue damage and disease; (phonetics) the alteration of a speech sound under the influence of a neighboring sound; the pathological state resulting from the invasion of the body by pathogenic microorganisms

localism collapse: a phrase or pronunciation that is peculiar to a particular locality

poisoning collapse: the act of giving poison to a person or animal with the intent to kill; the physiological state produced by a poison or other toxic substance

carrion collapse: the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food

pollution collapse: undesirable state of the natural environment being contaminated with harmful substances as a consequence of human activities

den collapse: a room that is comfortable and secluded; a unit of 8 to 10 cub scouts

mystification collapse: the activity of obscuring people's understanding, leaving them baffled or bewildered; something designed to mystify or bewilder

logogram collapse: a single written symbol that represents an entire word or phrase without indicating its pronunciation; "7 is a logogram that is pronounced `seven' in English and `nanatsu' in Japanese"

abomination collapse: an action that is vicious or vile; an action that arouses disgust or abhorrence; "his treatment of the children is an abomination"; a person who is loathsome or disgusting

parody collapse: humorous or satirical mimicry; a composition that imitates somebody's style in a humorous way; make a spoof of or make fun of

mucus collapse: protective secretion of the mucous membranes; in the gut it lubricates the passage of food and protects the epithelial cells; in the nose and throat and lungs it can make it difficult for bacteria to penetrate the body through the epithelium

festering collapse: (medicine) the formation of morbific matter in an abscess or a vesicle and the discharge of pus

dirt collapse: the state of being covered with unclean things; (of roads) not leveled or drained; unsuitable for all year travel

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