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jester collapse: a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the middle ages

lengthen collapse: become long or longer; "In Spring, the days lengthen"; make longer; "Lengthen this skirt, please"

pedicel collapse: a small stalk bearing a single flower of an inflorescence; an ultimate division of a common peduncle

hoist collapse: lifting device for raising heavy or cumbersome objects; raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help; "hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"; raise; "hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"; move from one place to another by lifting; "They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"

hawk collapse: diurnal bird of prey typically having short rounded wings and a long tail; an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations; hunt with hawks; "the tribes like to hawk in the desert"

contraindication collapse: (medicine) a reason that makes it inadvisable to prescribe a particular drug or employ a particular procedure or treatment

penny collapse: a coin worth one-hundredth of the value of the basic unit; a fractional monetary unit of Ireland and the United Kingdom; equal to one hundredth of a pound

disagreeable collapse: not to your liking; "a most disagreeable journey"; "a disagreeable old man"; "in a disagreeable mood"; not agreeing with your tastes or expectations; "found the task disagreeable and decided to abandon it"; "a job temperamentally unsympathetic to him"

lame duck collapse: an elected official still in office but not slated to continue

parlay collapse: a series of wagers in which the winnings from one wager are used as a stake for the subsequent wagers; stake winnings from one bet on a subsequent wager

jenny collapse: United States architect who designed the first skyscraper in which a metal skeleton was used (1832-1907)

derrick collapse: a simple crane having lifting tackle slung from a boom; a framework erected over an oil well to allow drill tubes to be raised and lowered

staff collapse: a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose; "he walked with the help of a wooden staff"; (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written; a rod carried as a symbol; the body of teachers and administrators at a school; "the dean addressed the letter to the entire staff of the university"; personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task; "the hospital has an excellent nursing staff"; "the general relied on his staff to make routine decisions"; building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration; provide with staff; "This position is not always staffed"; serve on the staff of; "The two men staff the reception desk"

womanish collapse: having characteristics associated with women and considered undesirable in men; "womanish tears"

armory collapse: a place where arms are manufactured; a collection of resources; "he dipped into his intellectual armory to find an answer"

uncongenial collapse: used of plant stock or scions; incapable of being grafted; not suitable to your tastes or needs; "the uncongenial roommates were always fighting"; "the task was uncongenial to one sensitive to rebuffs"

G collapse: the 7th letter of the Roman alphabet; a unit of force equal to the force exerted by gravity; used to indicate the force to which a body is subjected when it is accelerated

fish collapse: any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"; the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people started eating fish instead of meat"; "they have a chef who specializes in fish"; catch or try to catch fish or shellfish; "I like to go fishing on weekends"; seek indirectly; "fish for compliments"

specimen collapse: a bit of tissue or blood or urine that is taken for diagnostic purposes; "they collected a urine specimen for urinalysis"; an example regarded as typical of its class

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