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cog collapse: tooth on the rim of gear wheel; a subordinate who performs an important but routine function; "he was a small cog in a large machine"; join pieces of wood with cogs; roll steel ingots

colony collapse: a group of animals of the same type living together; (microbiology) a group of organisms grown from a single parent cell; a body of people who settle far from home but maintain ties with their homeland; inhabitants remain nationals of their home state but are not literally under the home state's system of government; a geographical area politically controlled by a distant country; one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States

embellished collapse: rich in decorative detail; excessively elaborate or showily expressed; "a writer of empurpled literature"; "many purple passages"; "speech embellished with classical quotations"; "an over-embellished story of the fish that got away"

Gothic collapse: a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches; a heavy typeface in use from 15th to 18th centuries; extinct East Germanic language of the ancient Goths; the only surviving record being fragments of a 4th-century translation of the Bible by Bishop Ulfilas; characterized by gloom and mystery and the grotesque; "gothic novels like `Frankenstein'"; of or relating to the Goths; "Gothic migrations"; of or relating to the language of the ancient Goths; "the Gothic Bible translation"; characteristic of the style of type commonly used for printing German

kingdom collapse: a basic group of natural objects; the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia; a monarchy with a king or queen as head of state; the domain ruled by a king or queen; a country with a king as head of state; a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton in the south"

classification collapse: restriction imposed by the government on documents or weapons that are available only to certain authorized people; the basic cognitive process of arranging into classes or categories; a group of people or things arranged by class or category

codify collapse: organize into a code or system, such as a body of law; "Hammurabi codified the laws"

moocher collapse: someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free)

baron collapse: a very wealthy or powerful businessman; "an oil baron"; a British peer of the lowest rank; a nobleman (in various countries) of varying rank

optimum collapse: most favorable condition or greatest degree or amount possible under given circumstances; most desirable possible under a restriction expressed or implied; "an optimum return on capital"; "optimal concentration of a drug"

commonwealth collapse: a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another; the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)

category collapse: a general concept that marks divisions or coordinations in a conceptual scheme

topmost collapse: at or nearest to the top; "the uppermost book in the pile"; "on the topmost step"

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

thrash out collapse: discuss vehemently in order to reach a solution or an agreement; "The leaders of the various Middle Eastern countries are trying to hammer out a peace agreement"

categorize collapse: place into or assign to a category; "Children learn early on to categorize"

advanced collapse: (of societies) highly developed especially in technology or industry; "advanced societies"; "an advanced country technologically"; far along in time; "a man of advanced age"; "advanced in years"; "a ripe old age"; "the ripe age of 90"; ahead in development; complex or intricate; "advanced technology"; "a sophisticated electronic control system"; at a higher level in training or knowledge or skill; "an advanced degree"; "an advanced text in physics"; "special seminars for small groups of advanced students at the University"; farther along in physical or mental development; "the child's skeletal age was classified as `advanced'"; "children in the advanced classes in elementary school read far above grade average"; ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"

mineral kingdom collapse: all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms

terminology collapse: a system of words used to name things in a particular discipline; "legal terminology"; "biological nomenclature"; "the language of sociology"

uppermost collapse: in or into the highest position; "the blade turned uppermost"; in or into the most prominent position, as in the mind; "say what comes uppermost"

freeloader collapse: someone who takes advantage of the generosity of others

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