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dry collapse: a reformer who opposes the use of intoxicating beverages; practicing complete abstinence from alcoholic beverages; "he's been dry for ten years"; "no thank you; I happen to be teetotal"; lacking warmth or emotional involvement; "a dry greeting"; "a dry reading of the lines"; "a dry critique"; having a large proportion of strong liquor; "a very dry martini is almost straight gin"; without a mucous or watery discharge; "a dry cough"; "that rare thing in the wintertime; a small child with a dry nose"; humorously sarcastic or mocking; "dry humor"; "an ironic remark often conveys an intended meaning obliquely"; "an ironic novel"; "an ironical smile"; "with a wry Scottish wit"; (of food) eaten without a spread or sauce or other garnish; "dry toast"; "dry meat"; having no adornment or coloration; "dry facts"; "rattled off the facts in a dry mechanical manner"; unproductive especially of the expected results; "a dry run"; "a mind dry of new ideas"; used of solid substances in contrast with liquid ones; "dry weight"; lacking interest or stimulation; dull and lifeless; "a dry book"; "a dry lecture filled with trivial details"; "dull and juiceless as only book knowledge can be when it is unrelated to...life"- John Mason Brown; (of liquor) having a low residual sugar content because of decomposition of sugar during fermentation; "a dry white burgundy"; "a dry Bordeaux"; not shedding tears; "dry sobs"; "with dry eyes"; free from liquid or moisture; lacking natural or normal moisture or depleted of water; or no longer wet; "dry land"; "dry clothes"; "a dry climate"; "dry splintery boards"; "a dry river bed"; "the paint is dry"; not producing milk; "a dry cow"; opposed to or prohibiting the production and sale of alcoholic beverages; "the dry vote led by preachers and bootleggers"; "a dry state"; lacking moisture or volatile components; "dry paint"; remove the moisture from and make dry; "dry clothes"; "dry hair"; become dry or drier; "The laundry dries in the sun"

truck farming collapse: growing vegetables for the market

geoponics collapse

agronomics collapse

buncombe collapse

jerk collapse: an abrupt spasmodic movement; raising a weight from shoulder height to above the head by straightening the arms; a dull stupid fatuous person; (mechanics) the rate of change of acceleration; throw or toss with a quick motion; "flick a piece of paper across the table"; "jerk his head"; move with abrupt, seemingly uncontrolled motions; "The patient's legs were jerkings"

canning collapse

cosset collapse

in the bag collapse

on ice collapse

refrigerant collapse: a substance used to provide cooling (as in a refrigerator); causing cooling or freezing; "a refrigerant substance such as ice or solid carbon dioxide"

shakedown collapse: extortion of money (as by blackmail); a very thorough search of a person or a place; "a shakedown by the police uncovered the drugs"; initial adjustments to improve the functioning or the efficiency and to bring to a more satisfactory state; "the new industry's economic shakedown"; intended to test a new system under operating conditions and to familiarize the operators with the system; "a shakedown cruise"

liquid oxygen collapse: a bluish translucent magnetic liquid obtained by compressing gaseous oxygen and then cooling it below its boiling point; used as an oxidizer in rocket propellants

marina collapse: a fancy dock for small yachts and cabin cruisers

dry dock collapse: a large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline

seaport collapse: a sheltered port where ships can take on or discharge cargo

cynical collapse: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

black humor collapse: the juxtaposition of morbid and farcical elements (in writing or drama) to give a disturbing effect

wharf collapse: moor at a wharf; "The ship was wharfed"; discharge at a wharf; "wharf the passengers"; store on a wharf; "Wharf the merchandise"; provide with a wharf; "Wharf the mouth of the river"

quay collapse: wharf usually built parallel to the shoreline

famine collapse: a severe shortage of food (as through crop failure) resulting in violent hunger and starvation and death

dehydration collapse: the process of extracting moisture; depletion of bodily fluids; dryness resulting from the removal of water

haberdasher collapse

draper collapse: a dealer in fabrics and sewing materials (and sometimes in clothing and drygoods)

grippe collapse

test flight collapse

pamper collapse: treat with excessive indulgence; "grandparents often pamper the children"; "Let's not mollycoddle our students!"

subsoil collapse: the layer of soil between the topsoil and bedrock

dry land collapse

molder collapse

influenza collapse: an acute febrile highly contagious viral disease

pneumonia collapse: respiratory disease characterized by inflammation of the lung parenchyma (excluding the bronchi) with congestion caused by viruses or bacteria or irritants

flu collapse

whooping cough collapse: a disease of the respiratory mucous membrane

drained collapse: emptied or exhausted of (as by drawing off e.g. water or other liquid); "a drained marsh"; "a drained tank"; "a drained and apathetic old man...not caring any longer about anything"

gunfight collapse: a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten

shoot out collapse

shellfire collapse: shooting artillery shells

sterile collapse: deficient in originality or creativity; lacking powers of invention; "a sterile ideology lacking in originality"; "unimaginative development of a musical theme"; "uninspired writing"; incapable of reproducing; "an infertile couple"

crap collapse: obscene terms for feces

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