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external collapse: outward features; "he enjoyed the solemn externals of religion"; happening or arising or located outside or beyond some limits or especially surface; "the external auditory canal"; "external pressures"; purely outward or superficial; "external composure"; "an external concern for reputation"- A.R.Gurney,Jr.; from or between other countries; "external commerce"; "international trade"; "developing nations need outside help"; coming from the outside; "extraneous light in the camera spoiled the photograph"; "relying upon an extraneous income"; "disdaining outside pressure groups"

illusive collapse: based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"

carefulness collapse: the quality of being careful and painstaking; "I admired the carefulness of his work"

icicle collapse: a pendent spear of ice formed by the freezing of dripping water

iceberg collapse: a large mass of ice floating at sea; usually broken off of a polar glacier

berg collapse: Austrian composer in Schoenberg's twelve-tone music system (1885-1935)

chimerical collapse: produced by a wildly fanciful imagination; "his Utopia is not a chimerical commonwealth but a practical improvement on what already exists"- Douglas Bush

glossy collapse: a photograph that is printed on smooth shiny paper; (of paper and fabric and leather) having a surface made smooth and glossy especially by pressing between rollers; "calendered paper"; "a dress of glossy sateen"; having a smooth, gleaming surface; "glossy auburn hair"; "satiny gardenia petals"; "sleek black fur"; "silken eyelashes"; "silky skin"; "a silklike fabric"; "slick seals and otters"

calculating collapse: used of persons; "the most calculating and selfish men in the community"

furtive collapse: marked by quiet and caution and secrecy; taking pains to avoid being observed; "a furtive manner"; "a sneak attack"; "stealthy footsteps"; "a surreptitious glance at his watch"

integument collapse: an outer protective covering such as the skin of an animal or a cuticle or seed coat or rind or shell

parade collapse: a visible display; "she made a parade of her sorrows"; a ceremonial procession including people marching; an extended (often showy) succession of persons or things; "a parade of strollers on the mall"; "a parade of witnesses"; march in a procession; "the veterans paraded down the street"; walk ostentatiously; "She parades her new husband around town"

fallout shelter collapse: a shelter to protect occupants from the fallout from an atomic bomb

fortunate collapse: presaging good fortune; "she made a fortunate decision to go to medical school"; "rosy predictions"; having unexpected good fortune; "other, less fortunate, children died"; "a fortunate choice"

simulated collapse: reproduced or made to resemble; imitative in character; "under simulated combat conditions"

demonstration collapse: a show of military force or preparedness; "he confused the enemy with feints and demonstrations"; a public display of group feelings (usually of a political nature); "there were violent demonstrations against the war"; proof by a process of argument or a series of proposition proving an asserted conclusion; a visual presentation showing how something works; "the lecture was accompanied by dramatic demonstrations"; "the lecturer shot off a pistol as a demonstration of the startle response"

pious collapse: having or showing or expressing reverence for a deity; "pious readings"

lineal collapse: arranged in a line; in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child; "lineal ancestors"; "lineal heirs"; "a direct descendant of the king"; "direct heredity"

unscrupulous collapse: without scruples or principles; "unscrupulous politicos who would be happy to sell...their country in order to gain power"

envelope collapse: any wrapper or covering; a flat rectangular paper container for papers; the bag containing the gas in a balloon; the maximum operating capability of a system; "test pilots try to push the envelope"; a natural covering (as by a fluid); "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet"; a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves

lap collapse: movement once around a course; "he drove an extra lap just for insurance"; a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"; the part of a piece of clothing that covers the thighs; "his lap was covered with food stains"; the upper side of the thighs of a seated person; "he picked up the little girl and plopped her down in his lap"; an area of control or responsibility; "the job fell right in my lap"; take up with the tongue; "The cat lapped up the milk"; "the cub licked the milk from its mother's breast"; move with or cause to move with a whistling or hissing sound; "The bubbles swoshed around in the glass"; "The curtain swooshed open"; lie partly over or alongside of something or of one another

sleet collapse: partially melted snow (or a mixture of rain and snow); precipitate as a mixture of rain and snow; "If the temperature rises above freezing, it will probably sleet"

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