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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

copyhold collapse: a medieval form of land tenure in England; a copyhold was a parcel of land granted to a peasant by the lord of the manor in return for agricultural services

fief collapse: a piece of land held under the feudal system

atomic collapse: immeasurably small; of or relating to or comprising atoms; "atomic structure"; "atomic hydrogen"

standoffish collapse

feud collapse: a bitter quarrel between two parties; carry out a feud; "The two professors have been feuding for years"

equilibrium collapse: a sensory system located in structures of the inner ear that registers the orientation of the head; a stable situation in which forces cancel one another

separative collapse: (of a word) referring singly and without exception to the members of a group; "whereas `each,' `every,' `either,' `neither,' and `none' are distributive or referring to a single member of a group, `which' in `which of the men' is separative"; used of an accent in Hebrew orthography; indicates that the word marked is separated to a greater or lesser degree rhythmically and grammatically from the word that follows it

personal collapse: a short newspaper article about a particular person or group; particular to a given individual; concerning or affecting a particular person or his or her private life and personality; "a personal favor"; "for your personal use"; "personal papers"; "I have something personal to tell you"; "a personal God"; "he has his personal bank account and she has hers"; intimately concerning a person's body or physical being; "personal hygiene"; indicating grammatical person; "personal verb endings"; of or arising from personality; "personal magnetism"

limiting collapse: strictly limiting the reference of a modified word or phrase; "the restrictive clause in `Each made a list of the books that had influenced him' limits the books on the list to only those particular ones defined by the clause"

prepossess collapse: make a positive impression (on someone) beforehand; "A prepossessing appearance"; cause to be preoccupied; "The idea of his failure prepossesses him"; possess beforehand

lone collapse

modish collapse

indivisible collapse: impossible of undergoing division; "an indivisible union of states"; "one nation indivisible"

endowed collapse: provided or supplied or equipped with (especially as by inheritance or nature); "an well-endowed college"; "endowed with good eyesight"; "endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"

restrictive collapse: (of tariff) protective of national interests by restricting imports; serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"

occupation collapse: the act of occupying or taking possession of a building; "occupation of a building without a certificate of occupancy is illegal"; the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money; "he's not in my line of business"; any activity that occupies a person's attention; "he missed the bell in his occupation with the computer game"; the control of a country by military forces of a foreign power; the period of time during which a place or position or nation is occupied; "during the German occupation of Paris"

earn collapse: acquire or deserve by one's efforts or actions

corner collapse: the intersection of two streets; "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"; (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone; an interior angle formed be two meeting walls; "a piano was in one corner of the room"; the point where two lines meet or intersect; "the corners of a rectangle"; a place off to the side of an area; "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "he glanced out of the corner of his eye"; a remote area; "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"; the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect; "the corners of a cube"; a projecting part where two sides or edges meet; "he knocked off the corners"; a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible; "his lying got him into a tight corner"; a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade; "a corner on the silver market"; turn a corner; "the car corners"; force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape; gain control over; "corner the gold market"

come into collapse

suppressive collapse: tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"

monomania collapse: a mania restricted to one thing or idea

undivided collapse: not separated into parts or shares; constituting an undivided unit; "an undivided interest in the property"; "a full share"; not shared by or among others; "undivided responsibility"; not parted by conflict of opinion; "presented an undivided front"

prohibitive collapse: tending to discourage (especially of prices); "the price was prohibitive"

repressive collapse

inaccessible collapse: capable of being reached only with great difficulty or not at all; not capable of being obtained; "a rare work, today almost inaccessible"; "timber is virtually unobtainable in the islands"; "untouchable resources buried deep within the earth"

selective collapse: tending to select; characterized by careful choice; "an exceptionally quick and selective reader"- John Mason Brown; characterized by very careful or fastidious selection; "the school was very selective in its admissions"

appurtenances collapse

appointments collapse

arrogate collapse: make undue claims to having

fashionable collapse: being or in accordance with current social fashions; "fashionable clothing"; "the fashionable side of town"; "a fashionable cafe"; patronized by

self-control collapse: the trait of resolutely controlling your own behavior

chosen collapse: an exclusive group of people; "one of the elect who have power inside the government"; the name for Korea as a Japanese province (1910-1945); one who is the object of choice; who is given preference; "she was Mama's chosen"; preferred above all others; "the chosen few"; "her chosen abode"

adopt collapse: take into one's family; "They adopted two children from Nicaragua"; take up and practice as one's own; choose and follow; as of theories, ideas, policies, strategies or plans; "She followed the feminist movement"; "The candidate espouses Republican ideals"

only collapse: with nevertheless the final result; "He arrived only to find his wife dead"; "We won only to lose again in the next round"; in the final outcome; "These news will only make you more upset"; as recently as; "I spoke to him only an hour ago"; except that; "It was the same story; only this time she came out better"; never except when; "call me only if your cold gets worse"

disdainful collapse: having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy; "some economists are disdainful of their colleagues in other social disciplines"; "haughty aristocrats"; "his lordly manners were offensive"; "walked with a prideful swagger"; "very sniffy about breaches of etiquette"; "his mother eyed my clothes with a supercilious air"; "a more swaggering mood than usual"- W.L.Shirer

get hold of collapse

things collapse: any movable possession (especially articles of clothing); "she packed her things and left"

snobbish collapse

less collapse: (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"; (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"; used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly"; comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"

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