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kinship collapse: (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption

ashram collapse: (India) a place of religious retreat for Hindus; a place of religious retreat modeled after the Indian ashram

affinity collapse: a natural attraction or feeling of kinship; "an affinity for politics"; "the mysterious affinity between them"; "James's affinity with Sam"; inherent resemblance between persons or things; the force attracting atoms to each other and binding them together in a molecule; "basic dyes have an affinity for wool and silk"; (immunology) the attraction between an antigen and an antibody; a close connection marked by community of interests or similarity in nature or character; "found a natural affinity with the immigrants"; "felt a deep kinship with the other students"; "anthropology's kinship with the humanities"; (biology) state of relationship between organisms or groups of organisms resulting in resemblance in structure or structural parts; "in anatomical structure prehistoric man shows close affinity with modern humans"; (anthropology) kinship by marriage or adoption; not a blood relationship

paternity collapse: the state of being a father; "tests were conducted to determine paternity"

caste collapse: a social class separated from others by distinctions of hereditary rank or profession or wealth; (Hinduism) a hereditary social class among Hindus; stratified according to ritual purity; social status or position conferred by a system based on class; "lose caste by doing work beneath one's station"

pedigree collapse: ancestry of a purebred animal; line of descent of a purebred animal

commune collapse: a body of people or families living together and sharing everything; the smallest administrative district of several European countries; communicate intimately with; be in a state of heightened, intimate receptivity; "He seemed to commune with nature"; receive Communion, in the Catholic church

hearth collapse: home symbolized as a part of the fireplace; "driven from hearth and home"; "fighting in defense of their firesides"; an area near a fireplace (usually paved and extending out into a room); "they sat on the hearth and warmed themselves before the fire"

interrogate collapse: pose a series of questions to; "The suspect was questioned by the police"; "We questioned the survivor about the details of the explosion"; transmit (a signal) for setting off an appropriate response, as in telecommunication

lineage collapse: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

totem collapse: emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians); a clan or tribe identified by their kinship to a common totemic object

moiety collapse: one of two basic subdivisions of a tribe; one of two (approximately) equal parts

ancestry collapse: inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline

pipeline collapse: a pipe used to transport liquids or gases; "a pipeline runs from the wells to the seaport"

subclass collapse: (biology) a taxonomic category below a class and above an order

contraception collapse: birth control by the use of devices (diaphragm or intrauterine device or condom) or drugs or surgery

phylogenetic collapse: of or relating to the evolutionary development of organisms; "phylogenetic development"

clannish collapse: befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior; characteristic of a clan especially in being unified; "clannish loyalty"

re collapse: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

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