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pyramid collapse: a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt; (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases; a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex; increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base; arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid; use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal; enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

octave collapse: a rhythmic group of eight lines of verse; a musical interval of eight tones; a feast day and the seven days following it

garrote collapse: an instrument of execution for execution by strangulation; strangle with an iron collar; "people were garrotted during the Inquisition in Spain"

colon collapse: the part of the large intestine between the cecum and the rectum; it extracts moisture from food residues before they are excreted; a punctuation mark (:) used after a word introducing a series or an example or an explanation (or after the salutation of a business letter); a port city at the Caribbean entrance to the Panama Canal; the basic unit of money in Costa Rica; equal to 100 centimos; the basic unit of money in El Salvador; equal to 100 centavos

intensity collapse: high level or degree; the property of being intense; the amount of energy transmitted (as by acoustic or electromagnetic radiation); "he adjusted the intensity of the sound"; "they measured the station's signal strength"

holystone collapse: a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship; scrub with a holystone; "holystone the ship's deck"

sheathe collapse: plunge or bury (a knife or sword) in flesh; enclose with a sheath; "sheathe a sword"; cover with a protective sheathing; "sheathe her face"

zing collapse: a brief high-pitched buzzing or humming sound; "the zing of the passing bullet"

flyover collapse: a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground

saunter collapse: a careless leisurely gait; "he walked with a kind of saunter as if he hadn't a care in the world"

brumal collapse: characteristic of or relating to winter; "bears in brumal sleep"

wintry collapse: characteristic of or occurring in winter; "suffered severe wintry weather"; "brown wintry grasses"

sum collapse: the whole amount; a quantity obtained by the addition of a group of numbers; the final aggregate; "the sum of all our troubles did not equal the misery they suffered"; a quantity of money; "he borrowed a large sum"; "the amount he had in cash was insufficient"; the basic unit of money in Uzbekistan

wobble collapse: an unsteady rocking motion; move unsteadily; "His knees wobbled"; "The old cart wobbled down the street"

anthrax collapse: a disease of humans that is not communicable; caused by infection with Bacillus anthracis followed by septicemia; a highly infectious animal disease (especially cattle and sheep); it can be transmitted to people

mange collapse: a persistent and contagious disease of the skin causing inflammation and itching and loss of hair; affects domestic animals (and sometimes people)

rifleman collapse: a soldier whose weapon is a rifle; someone skilled in the use of a rifle

algid collapse: chilly; "a person who is algid is marked by prostration and has cold clammy skin and low blood pressure"

scuttle collapse: container for coal; shaped to permit pouring the coal onto the fire

cathartic collapse: strongly laxative; emotionally purging (of e.g. art); emotionally purging

highball collapse: a mixed drink made of alcoholic liquor mixed with water or a carbonated beverage and served in a tall glass

laziness collapse: relaxed and easy activity; "the laziness of the day helped her to relax"

altarpiece collapse: a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table

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