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cuneiform collapse: an ancient wedge-shaped script used in Mesopotamia and Persia; of or relating to the tarsal bones (or other wedge-shaped bones)

heroine collapse: the main good female character in a work of fiction; a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds

muckraking collapse: the exposure of scandal (especially about public figures)

mime collapse: a performance using gestures and body movements without words; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

trusty collapse: a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges

matriarch collapse: a female head of a family or tribe; a feisty older woman with a big bosom (as drawn in cartoons)

gene collapse: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"

heredity collapse: the total of inherited attributes; the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

pedant collapse: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

mistress collapse: a woman master who directs the work of others; an adulterous woman; a woman who has an ongoing extramarital sexual relationship with a man

character assassination collapse: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

hero collapse: the principal character in a play or movie or novel or poem; (Greek mythology) priestess of Aphrodite who killed herself when her lover Leander drowned while trying to swim the Hellespont to see her; (classical mythology) a being of great strength and courage celebrated for bold exploits; often the offspring of a mortal and a god; a man distinguished by exceptional courage and nobility and strength; "RAF pilots were the heroes of the Battle of Britain"; Greek mathematician and inventor who devised a way to determine the area of a triangle and who described various mechanical devices (first century)

tart collapse: a pastry cup with a filling of fruit or custard and no top crust; a small open pie with a fruit filling

evocation collapse: imaginative re-creation; stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"; calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

personage collapse: another word for person; a person not meriting identification; "a strange personage appeared at the door"

human collapse: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty"; characteristic of humanity; "human nature"; relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"

rib collapse: support resembling the rib of an animal; a projecting molding on the underside of a vault or ceiling; may be ornamental or structural; a riblike supporting or strengthening part of an animal or plant; any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates); a teasing remark; cut of meat including one or more ribs; form vertical ribs by knitting; "A ribbed sweater"

slander collapse: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

antisocial collapse: hostile to or disruptive of normal standards of social behavior; "criminal behavior or conduct that violates the rights of other individuals is antisocial"; "crimes...and other asocial behavior"; "an antisocial deed"; shunning contact with others; "standoffish and antisocial"; "he's not antisocial; just shy"

demimonde collapse: a class of woman not considered respectable because of indiscreet or promiscuous behavior

conformist collapse: someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters); marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"

shorthand collapse: a method of writing rapidly; written in abbreviated or symbolic form; "shorthand notes"

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