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racer collapse: slender fast-moving North American snakes; an animal that races; a fast car that competes in races; someone who drives racing cars at high speeds

transfusion collapse: the action of pouring a liquid from one vessel to another; the introduction of blood or blood plasma into a vein or artery

lineman collapse: the position of a player on a football team who is stationed on the line of scrimmage; one of the players on the line of scrimmage; the surveyor who marks positions with a range pole

authority collapse: official permission or approval; "authority for the program was renewed several times"; the power or right to give orders or make decisions; "he has the authority to issue warrants"; "deputies are given authorization to make arrests"; "a place of potency in the state"; an authoritative written work; "this book is the final authority on the life of Milton"; an expert whose views are taken as definitive; "he is an authority on corporate law"; (usually plural) persons who exercise (administrative) control over others; "the authorities have issued a curfew"

proxy collapse: a power of attorney document given by shareholders of a corporation authorizing a specific vote on their behalf at a corporate meeting; a person authorized to act for another

quarterback collapse: the position of the football player in the backfield who directs the offensive play of his team; "quarterback is the most important position on the team"; (football) the person who plays quarterback; play the quarterback

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)

mightily collapse: to a great degree; "rejoiced mightily at the news"; powerfully or vigorously; "he strove mightily to achieve a better position in life"

technician collapse: someone whose occupation involves training in a specific technical process; someone known for high skill in some intellectual or artistic technique

dominance collapse: the organic phenomenon in which one of a pair of alleles present in a genotype is expressed in the phenotype and the other allele of the pair is not; the state that exists when one person or group has power over another; "her apparent dominance of her husband was really her attempt to make him pay attention to her"

quintessence collapse: the most typical example or representative of a type; the purest and most concentrated essence of something; the fifth and highest element after air and earth and fire and water; was believed to be the substance composing all heavenly bodies

say collapse: the chance to speak; "let him have his say"; indicate; "The clock says noon"; communicate or express nonverbally; "What does this painting say?"; "Did his face say anything about how he felt?"; recite or repeat a fixed text; "Say grace"; "She said her `Hail Mary'"; utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office"; state as one's opinion or judgement; declare; "I say let's forget this whole business"

seniority collapse: higher rank than that of others especially by reason of longer service

leverage collapse: investing with borrowed money as a way to amplify potential gains (at the risk of greater losses); strategic advantage; power to act effectively; "relatively small groups can sometimes exert immense political leverage"; the mechanical advantage gained by being in a position to use a lever; provide with leverage; "We need to leverage this company"; supplement with leverage; "leverage the money that is already available"

hypostasis collapse: (metaphysics) essential nature or underlying reality; any of the three persons of the Godhead constituting the Trinity especially the person of Christ in which divine and human natures are united; the accumulation of blood in an organ; the suppression of a gene by the effect of an unrelated gene

aficionado collapse: a serious devotee of some particular music genre or musical performer; a fan of bull fighting

task collapse: assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"

governing collapse: responsible for making and enforcing rules and laws; "governing bodies"

doctrinaire collapse: stubbornly insistent on theory without regard for practicality or suitability

close in collapse: advance or converge on; "The police were closing in on him"

perfusion collapse: pumping a liquid into an organ or tissue (especially by way of blood vessels)

city hall collapse: a building that houses administrative offices of a municipal government

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