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refined collapse: (used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined taste"; freed from impurities by processing; "refined sugar"; "refined oil"; "to gild refined gold"- Shakespeare

cyclone collapse: a violent rotating windstorm; (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low-pressure center; circling counterclockwise in the northern hemisphere and clockwise in the southern

fantastic collapse: extraordinarily good; used especially as intensifiers; "a fantastic trip to the Orient"; "the film was fantastic!"; "a howling success"; "a marvelous collection of rare books"; "had a rattling conversation about politics"; "a tremendous achievement"; exceedingly or unbelievably great; "the bomb did fantastic damage"; "Samson is supposed to have had fantastic strength"; "phenomenaRl feats of memory"; extravagantly fanciful in design, construction, appearance; "Gaudi's fantastic architecture"; existing in fancy only; "fantastic figures with bulbous heads the circumference of a bushel"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; extravagantly fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance"

grit collapse: a hard coarse-grained siliceous sandstone; clench together; "grit one's teeth"; cover with a grit; "grit roads"

lemon collapse: an artifact (especially an automobile) that is defective or unsatisfactory; a distinctive tart flavor characteristic of lemons; yellow oval fruit with juicy acidic flesh; a small evergreen tree that originated in Asia but is widely cultivated for its fruit

backbone collapse: the part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"; fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"

sturdy collapse: substantially made or constructed; "sturdy steel shelves"; "sturdy canvas"; "a tough all-weather fabric"; "some plastics are as tough as metal"

buff collapse: an implement consisting of soft material mounted on a block; used for polishing (as in manicuring); bare skin; naked; "swimming in the buff"; a soft thick undyed leather from the skins of e.g. buffalo or oxen; of the yellowish-beige color of buff leather; polish and make shiny; "buff the wooden floors"; "buff my shoes"

sallow collapse: any of several Old World shrubby broad-leaved willows having large catkins; some are important sources for tanbark and charcoal; unhealthy looking; cause to become sallow; "The illness has sallowed her face"

papery collapse: thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"

creamy collapse: of the color of cream; "creamy translucent pebbles"; thick like cream

fragile collapse: vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

knob collapse: a round handle; a circular rounded projection or protuberance; an ornament in the shape of a ball on the hilt of a sword or dagger

hill collapse: a local and well-defined elevation of the land; "they loved to roam the hills of West Virginia"; risque English comedian (1925-1992); United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916); form into a hill

ethereal collapse: characterized by unusual lightness and delicacy; "this smallest and most ethereal of birds"; "gossamer shading through his playing"; of or containing or dissolved in ether; "ethereal solution"

brittle collapse: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured; lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

roach collapse: European freshwater food fish having a greenish back; the butt of a marijuana cigarette; a roll of hair brushed back from the forehead; cut the mane off (a horse); comb (hair) into a roach

fortitude collapse: strength of mind that enables one to endure adversity with courage

debased collapse: lowered in value; "the dollar is low"; "a debased currency"

durable collapse: existing for a long time; "hopes for a durable peace"; "a long-lasting friendship"; very long lasting; "less durable rocks were gradually worn away to form valleys"; "the perdurable granite of the ancient Appalachian spine of the continent"; serviceable for a long time; "durable denim jeans"

raise hell collapse: take strong and forceful action, as to object or express discontent; "She raised hell when she found out that she wold not be hired again"

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