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acrostic collapse: verse in which certain letters such as the first in each line form a word or message

construction collapse: drawing a figure satisfying certain conditions as part of solving a problem or proving a theorem; "the assignment was to make a construction that could be used in proving the Pythagorean theorem"; the act of constructing something; "during the construction we had to take a detour"; "his hobby was the building of boats"; the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades"; the creation of a construct; the process of combining ideas into a congruous object of thought; a group of words that form a constituent of a sentence and are considered as a single unit; "I concluded from his awkward constructions that he was a foreigner"; an interpretation of a text or action; "they put an unsympathetic construction on his conduct"

formation collapse: the fabrication of something in a particular shape; creation by mental activity; "the formation of sentences"; "the formation of memories"; a particular spatial arrangement; an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes"; natural process that causes something to form; "the formation of gas in the intestine"; "the formation of crystals"; "the formation of pseudopods"

compound collapse: an enclosure of residences and other building (especially in the Orient); a whole formed by a union of two or more elements or parts; (chemistry) a substance formed by chemical union of two or more elements or ingredients in definite proportion by weight; of leaf shapes; of leaves composed of several similar parts or lobes; consisting of two or more substances or ingredients or elements or parts; "soap is a compound substance"; "housetop is a compound word"; "a blackberry is a compound fruit"; put or add together; "combine resources"; combine so as to form a whole; mix; "compound the ingredients"; create by mixing or combining; calculate principal and interest

amalgam collapse: a combination or blend of diverse things; "his theory is an amalgam of earlier ideas"; an alloy of mercury with another metal (usually silver) used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth; except for iron and platinum all metals dissolve in mercury and chemists refer to the resulting mercury mixtures as amalgams

compost collapse: a mixture of decaying vegetation and manure; used as a fertilizer; convert to compost; "compost organic debris"

multinational collapse: involving or operating in several nations or nationalities; "multinational corporations"; "transnational terrorist networks"

multiracial collapse: made up of or involving or acting on behalf of various races; "a multiracial society"; "multiracial government"

prefabricate collapse: produce synthetically, artificially, or stereotypically and unoriginally; to manufacture sections of (a building), especially in a factory, so that they can be easily transported to and rapidly assembled on a building site of buildings

discount rate collapse: interest on an annual basis deducted in advance on a loan; the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System

alkali collapse: a mixture of soluble salts found in arid soils and some bodies of water; detrimental to agriculture

confection collapse: the act of creating something (a medicine or drink or soup etc.) by compounding or mixing a variety of components

admixture collapse: an additional ingredient that is added by mixing with the base; "the growing medium should be equal parts of sand and loam with an admixture of peat moss and cow manure"; "a large intermixture of sand"; the state of impairing the quality or reducing the value of something

amphibious collapse: operating or living on land and in water; "amphibious vehicles"; "amphibious operations"; "amphibious troops"; "frogs are amphibious animals"; relating to or characteristic of animals of the class Amphibia

miscellaneous collapse: constituting a grab-bag category; "the usual collection of miscellaneous expenses"

molecule collapse: (physics and chemistry) the simplest structural unit of an element or compound

tempo collapse: (music) the speed at which a composition is to be played; the rate of some repeating event

emulsify collapse: form into or become an emulsion; "The solution emulsified"; cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion

homogenize collapse: cause to become equal or homogeneous as by mixing; "homogenize the main ingredients"; become homogeneous or similar, as by mixing; "The two liquids homogenized in the blender"; break up the fat globules of; "homogenized milk"

complicated collapse: difficult to analyze or understand; "a complicated problem"; "complicated Middle East politics"

isomer collapse: a compound that exists in forms having different arrangements of atoms but the same molecular weight

largo collapse: (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner; very slow in tempo and broad in manner; slowly and broadly

composite collapse: considered the most highly evolved dicotyledonous plants, characterized by florets arranged in dense heads that resemble single flowers; consisting of separate interconnected parts; of or relating to or belonging to the plant family Compositae

hybrid collapse: an organism that is the offspring of genetically dissimilar parents or stock; especially offspring produced by breeding plants or animals of different varieties or breeds or species; "a mule is a cross between a horse and a donkey"; a composite of mixed origin; "the vice-presidency is a hybrid of administrative and legislative offices"

biochemical collapse: of or relating to biochemistry; involving chemical processes in living organisms

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