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forbidden fruit collapse: originally an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil in the Garden of Eden; it is now used to refer to anything that is tempting but dangerous (as sexuality)

microfilm collapse: film on which materials are photographed at greatly reduced size; useful for storage; a magnification system is used to read the material; record on microfilm

secondary collapse: the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen; belonging to a lower class or rank; not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"; being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"; depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"

cost of living collapse: average cost of basic necessities of life (as food and shelter and clothing); "a rise in the cost of living reflects the rate of inflation"

gravure collapse: the act of intaglio printing; an intaglio print produced by gravure; a printing plate used in the process of gravure

typography collapse: the craft of composing type and printing from it; art and technique of printing with movable type

rotogravure collapse: printed material (text and pictures) produced by an intaglio printing process in a rotary press; printing by transferring an image from a photogravure plate to a cylinder in a rotary press

snapshot collapse: an informal photograph; usually made with a small hand-held camera; "my snapshots haven't been developed yet"; "he tried to get unposed shots of his friends"

mug shot collapse: a photograph of someone's face (especially one made for police records)

blanch collapse: cook (vegetables) briefly; "Parboil the beans before freezing them"

embargo collapse: a government order imposing a trade barrier; prevent commerce; "The U.S. embargoes Libya"; ban the publication of (documents), as for security or copyright reasons; "embargoed publications"

Wall Street collapse: used to allude to the securities industry of the United States; a street in lower Manhattan where the New York Stock Exchange is located; symbol of American finance

printmaking collapse: artistic design and manufacture of prints as woodcuts or silkscreens

xerography collapse: forming an image by the action of light on a specially coated charged plate; the latent image is developed with powders that adhere only to electrically charged areas; "edge enhancement is intrinsic in xerography"

rouge collapse: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks; redden by applying rouge to; "she rouged her cheeks"

lithography collapse: the act of making a lithographic print; a method of planographic printing from a metal or stone surface

crimson collapse: a deep and vivid red color; characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode; (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

pointer collapse: a strong slender smooth-haired dog of Spanish origin having a white coat with brown or black patches; scents out and points game; an indicator as on a dial

coating collapse: a thin layer covering something; "a second coat of paint"; a heavy fabric suitable for coats; a decorative texture or appearance of a surface (or the substance that gives it that appearance); "the boat had a metallic finish"; "he applied a coat of a clear finish"; "when the finish is too thin it is difficult to apply evenly"

emulsion collapse: a light-sensitive coating on paper or film; consists of fine grains of silver bromide suspended in a gelatin; (chemistry) a colloid in which both phases are liquids; "an oil-in-water emulsion"

interdict collapse: a court order prohibiting a party from doing a certain activity; an ecclesiastical censure by the Roman Catholic Church withdrawing certain sacraments and Christian burial from a person or all persons in a particular district; destroy by firepower, such as an enemy's line of communication

arrow collapse: a projectile with a straight thin shaft and an arrowhead on one end and stabilizing vanes on the other; intended to be shot from a bow; a mark to indicate a direction or relation

tinge collapse: affect as in thought or feeling; "My personal feelings color my judgment in this case"; "The sadness tinged his life"

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