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embellished collapse: rich in decorative detail; excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

palatial collapse: suitable for or like a palace; "palatial furnishings"; "a palatial yacht"; relating to or being a palace; "the palatial residence"

purport collapse: have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming; "The letter purports to express people's opinion"

prerequisite collapse: something that is required in advance; "Latin was a prerequisite for admission"; required as a prior condition or course of study

triangulate collapse: composed of or marked with triangles; survey by triangulation; "The land surveyor worked by triangulating the plot"; measure by using trigonometry; "triangulate the angle"; divide into triangles or give a triangular form to; "triangulate the piece of cardboard"

caravan collapse: a procession (of wagons or mules or camels) traveling together in single file; "we were part of a caravan of almost a thousand camels"; "they joined the wagon train for safety"; travel in a caravan

zero collapse: the quantity that registers a reading of zero on a scale; a mathematical element that when added to another number yields the same number; indicating the absence of any or all units under consideration; "a zero score"; indicating an initial point or origin; of or relating to the null set (a set with no members); adjust (as by firing under test conditions) the zero of (a gun); "He zeroed in his rifle at 200 yards"; adjust (an instrument or device) to zero value

illegitimate collapse: contrary to or forbidden by law; "an illegitimate seizure of power"; "illicit trade"; "an outlaw strike"; "unlawful measures"; of marriages and offspring; not recognized as lawful

tin collapse: a silvery malleable metallic element that resists corrosion; used in many alloys and to coat other metals to prevent corrosion; obtained chiefly from cassiterite where it occurs as tin oxide; prepare (a metal) for soldering or brazing by applying a thin layer of solder to the surface; plate with tin

committee collapse: a special group delegated to consider some matter; "a committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours" - Milton Berle; a self-constituted organization to promote something

apocryphal collapse: being of questionable authenticity; of or belonging to the Apocrypha

soiree collapse: a party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house)

formal collapse: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"; (of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the paper was written in formal English"; logically deductive; "formal proof"; characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"

isolationist collapse: an advocate of isolationism in international affairs; of or relating to isolationism

dwelling collapse: housing that someone is living in; "he built a modest dwelling near the pond"; "they raise money to provide homes for the homeless"

ward collapse: block forming a division of a hospital (or a suite of rooms) shared by patients who need a similar kind of care; "they put her in a 4-bed ward"; a district into which a city or town is divided for the purpose of administration and elections; a person who is under the protection or in the custody of another; United States businessman who in 1872 established a successful mail-order business (1843-1913); English writer of novels who was an active opponent of the women's suffrage movement (1851-1920); English economist and conservationist (1914-1981)

walk over collapse: beat easily; "The local team walked over their old rivals for the championship"

compensation collapse: something (such as money) given or received as payment or reparation (as for a service or loss or injury); (psychiatry) a defense mechanism that conceals your undesirable shortcomings by exaggerating desirable behaviors

residence collapse: the official house or establishment of an important person (as a sovereign or president); "he refused to live in the governor's residence"; any address at which you dwell more than temporarily; "a person can have several residences"

allocate collapse: distribute according to a plan or set apart for a special purpose; "I am allocating a loaf of bread to everyone on a daily basis"; "I'm allocating the rations for the camping trip"

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