buffer state - Wordage.info - Free Thesaurus Tool for Word Discovery - Expanded Thesaurus, Reverse Dictionary Lookup

singleness collapse: the quality of concentrating on one central objective; "his singleness of purpose"; without hypocrisy; "the singleness of his motives could not be questioned"

fugue collapse: a musical form consisting of a theme repeated a fifth above or a fourth below its first statement; a dreamlike state of altered consciousness that may last for hours or days; dissociative disorder in which a person forgets who they are and leaves home to creates a new life; during the fugue there is no memory of the former life; after recovering there is no memory for events during the dissociative state

colony collapse: a group of animals of the same type living together; (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell; a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country; one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

homeostasis collapse: (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes

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

materialism collapse: (philosophy) the philosophical theory that matter is the only reality; a desire for wealth and material possessions with little interest in ethical or spiritual matters

animalism collapse: preoccupation with satisfaction of physical drives and appetites; the doctrine that human beings are purely animal in nature and lacking a spiritual nature

monarchy collapse: an autocracy governed by a monarch who usually inherits the authority

democracy collapse: the political orientation of those who favor government by the people or by their elected representatives; a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

police state collapse: a country that maintains repressive control over the people by means of police (especially secret police)

theocracy collapse: the belief in government by divine guidance; a political unit governed by a deity (or by officials thought to be divinely guided)

alderman collapse: a member of a municipal legislative body (as a city council); "aldermen usually represent city wards"

dominion collapse: one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth; dominance or power through legal authority; "France held undisputed dominion over vast areas of Africa"; "the rule of Caesar"

premier collapse: preceding all others in time; "the premiere showing"; perform a work for the first time; be performed for the first time; "We premiered the opera of the young composer and it was a critical success"

polity collapse: shrewd or crafty management of public affairs; "we was innocent of stratagems and polity"; a politically organized unit

home rule collapse: self-government in local matters by a city or county that is part of a national government

territory collapse: an area of knowledge or interest; "his questions covered a lot of territory"; the geographical area under the jurisdiction of a sovereign state; "American troops were stationed on Japanese soil"

land collapse: the solid part of the earth's surface; "the plane turned away from the sea and moved back over land"; "the earth shook for several minutes"; "he dropped the logs on the ground"; material in the top layer of the surface of the earth in which plants can grow (especially with reference to its quality or use); "the land had never been plowed"; "good agricultural soil"; United States inventor who incorporated Polaroid film into lenses and invented the one-step photographic process (1909-1991); the land on which real estate is located; "he built the house on land leased from the city"; reach or come to rest; "The bird landed on the highest branch"; "The plane landed in Istanbul"; cause to come to the ground; "the pilot managed to land the airplane safely"; arrive on shore; "The ship landed in Pearl Harbor"; bring ashore; "The drug smugglers landed the heroin on the beach of the island"; deliver (a blow); "He landed several blows on his opponent's head"

ally collapse: a friendly nation; an associate who provides assistance; "he's a good ally in fight"; "they were friends of the workers"; become an ally or associate, as by a treaty or marriage; "He allied himself with the Communists"

selectman collapse: an elected member of a board of officials who run New England towns

undersecretary collapse: a secretary immediately subordinate to the head of a department of government

armistice collapse: a state of peace agreed to between opponents so they can discuss peace terms

province collapse: the proper sphere or extent of your activities; "it was his province to take care of himself"

welfare state collapse: a government that undertakes responsibility for the welfare of its citizens through programs in public health and public housing and pensions and unemployment compensation etc.

Wordage.info