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tocsin collapse: a bell used to sound an alarm; the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)

registered collapse: (of a boat or vessel) furnished with necessary official documents specifying ownership etc; listed or recorded officially; "record is made of `registered mail' at each point on its route to assure safe delivery"; "registered bonds"; (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association; especially in a stud book; "a registered Percheron"

incite collapse: provoke or stir up; "incite a riot"; "set off great unrest among the people"

awaken collapse: cause to become awake or conscious; "He was roused by the drunken men in the street"; "Please wake me at 6 AM."; make aware; "They were awakened to the sad facts"

sequence collapse: film consisting of a succession of related shots that develop a given subject in a movie; a following of one thing after another in time; "the doctor saw a sequence of patients"; several repetitions of a melodic phrase in different keys; serial arrangement in which things follow in logical order or a recurrent pattern; "the sequence of names was alphabetical"; "he invented a technique to determine the sequence of base pairs in DNA"; arrange in a sequence; determine the order of constituents in; "They sequenced the human genome"

foolproof collapse: not liable to failure; "a foolproof identification system"; "the unfailing sign of an amateur"; "an unfailing test"

beacon collapse: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships; a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance; guide with a beacon; shine like a beacon

all clear collapse: permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed; a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over

cache collapse: a hidden storage space (for money or provisions or weapons); (computer science) RAM memory that is set aside as a specialized buffer storage that is continually updated; used to optimize data transfers between system elements with different characteristics

salamander collapse: any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed; reptilian creature supposed to live in fire

monotone collapse: an unchanging intonation; a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts)

snorkel collapse: air passage provided by a retractable device containing intake and exhaust pipes; permits a submarine to stay submerged for extended periods of time; breathing device consisting of a bent tube fitting into a swimmer's mouth and extending above the surface; allows swimmer to breathe while face down in the water; dive with a snorkel

daredevil collapse: a reckless impetuous irresponsible person; presumptuously daring; "a daredevil test pilot having the right stuff"

detonate collapse: burst and release energy as through a violent chemical or physical reaction;"the bomb detonated at noon"; "The Molotov cocktail exploded"

excite collapse: produce a magnetic field in; "excite the neurons"; raise to a higher energy level; "excite the atoms"; arouse or elicit a feeling

foghorn collapse: a warning device consisting of a horn that generates a loud low tone; a loud low warning signal that can be heard by fogbound ships

pigeonhole collapse: a specific (often simplistic) category; treat or classify according to a mental stereotype; "I was stereotyped as a lazy Southern European"; place into a small compartment

parchment collapse: skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on; a superior paper resembling sheepskin

lathe collapse: machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

series collapse: (mathematics) the sum of a finite or infinite sequence of expressions; a periodical that appears at scheduled times; (sports) several contests played successively by the same teams; "the visiting team swept the series"; similar things placed in order or happening one after another; "they were investigating a series of bank robberies"; a group of postage stamps having a common theme or a group of coins or currency selected as a group for study or collection; "the Post Office issued a series commemorating famous American entertainers"; "his coin collection included the complete series of Indian-head pennies"; (electronics) connection of components in such a manner that current flows first through one and then through the other; "the voltage divider consisted of a series of fixed resistors"

pepper collapse: sweet and hot varieties of fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum; pungent seasoning from the berry of the common pepper plant of East India; use whole or ground; climber having dark red berries (peppercorns) when fully ripe; southern India and Sri Lanka; naturalized in northern Burma and Assam; attack and bombard with or as if with missiles; "pelt the speaker with questions"; add pepper to; "pepper the soup"

smolder collapse: burn slowly and without a flame; "a smoldering fire"; have strong suppressed feelings

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