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garden variety collapse

systematics collapse: the science of systematic classification

omnibus collapse: an anthology of articles on a related subject or an anthology of the works of a single author

shell collapse: the hard largely calcareous covering of a mollusc; ammunition consisting of a cylindrical metal casing containing an explosive charge and a projectile; fired from a large gun; the housing or outer covering of something; "the clock has a walnut case"; a very light narrow racing boat; a rigid covering that envelops an object; "the satellite is covered with a smooth shell of ice"; the exterior covering of a bird's egg; the hard usually fibrous outer layer of some fruits especially nuts; the material that forms the hard outer covering of many animals; remove from its shell or outer covering; "shell the legumes"; "shell mussels"; look for and collect shells by the seashore; hit the pitches of hard and regularly; "He shelled the pitcher for eight runs in the first inning"; fall out of the pod or husk; "The corn shelled"

shop collapse: a mercantile establishment for the retail sale of goods or services; "he bought it at a shop on Cape Cod"; do one's shopping; "She goes shopping every Friday"; shop around; not necessarily buying; "I don't need help, I'm just browsing"

Cockney collapse: the nonstandard dialect of natives of the east end of London; a native of the east end of London; relating to or resembling a cockney; "Cockney street urchins"; characteristic of Cockneys or their dialect; "cockney vowels"

parish collapse: a local church community; the local subdivision of a diocese committed to one pastor

person collapse: a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"; a human body (usually including the clothing); "a weapon was hidden on his person"; a grammatical category of pronouns and verb forms; "stop talking about yourself in the third person"

Babbitt collapse: line with a Babbitt metal

pleasantness collapse: the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"; the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

classify collapse: arrange or order by classes or categories; "How would you classify these pottery shards--are they prehistoric?"; declare unavailable, as for security reasons; "Classify these documents"

conformist collapse: someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters); marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"

bureaucracy collapse: any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape; a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials; nonelective government officials

heraldry collapse: emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms; the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies

patois collapse: a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

centurion collapse: (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers

blue blood collapse

base collapse: a support or foundation; "the base of the lamp"; place that runner must touch before scoring; "he scrambled to get back to the bag"; (electronics) the part of a transistor that separates the emitter from the collector; installation from which a military force initiates operations; "the attack wiped out our forward bases"; a flat bottom on which something is intended to sit; "a tub should sit on its own base"; the principal ingredient of a mixture; "glycerinated gelatin is used as a base for many ointments"; "he told the painter that he wanted a yellow base with just a hint of green"; "everything she cooked seemed to have rice as the base"; the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end; (anatomy) the part of an organ nearest its point of attachment; "the base of the skull"; the bottom or lowest part; "the base of the mountain"; (numeration system) the positive integer that is equivalent to one in the next higher counting place; "10 is the radix of the decimal system"; the bottom side of a geometric figure from which the altitude can be constructed; "the base of the triangle"; any of various water-soluble compounds capable of turning litmus blue and reacting with an acid to form a salt and water; "bases include oxides and hydroxides of metals and ammonia"; debased; not genuine; "an attempt to eliminate the base coinage"; illegitimate; having or showing an ignoble lack of honor or morality; "that liberal obedience without which your army would be a base rabble"- Edmund Burke; "taking a mean advantage"; "chok'd with ambition of the meaner sort"- Shakespeare; "something essentially vulgar and meanspirited in politics"; of low birth or station (`base' is archaic in this sense); "baseborn wretches with dirty faces"; "of humble (or lowly) birth"; not adhering to ethical or moral principles; "base and unpatriotic motives"; "a base, degrading way of life"; "cheating is dishonorable"; "they considered colonialism immoral"; "unethical practices in handling public funds"; (used of metals) consisting of or alloyed with inferior metal; "base coins of aluminum"; "a base metal"

pica collapse: magpies

inferiority collapse: an inferior quality; the quality of being a competitive disadvantage; the state of being inferior

consign collapse: give over to another for care or safekeeping; "consign your baggage"; commit forever; commit irrevocably; send to an address

accidental collapse: a musical notation that makes a note sharp or flat or natural although that is not part of the key signature; without intention (especially resulting from heedless action); "with an inadvertent gesture she swept the vase off the table"; "accidental poisoning"; "an accidental shooting"; associated by chance and not an integral part; "poetry is something to which words are the accidental, not by any means the essential form"- Frederick W. Robertson; "they had to decide whether his misconduct was adventitious or the result of a flaw in his character"; occurring or appearing or singled out by chance; "their accidental meeting led to a renewal of their friendship"; "seek help from casual passers-by"; "a casual meeting"; "a chance occurrence"

burgher collapse

brethren collapse: (plural) the lay members of a male religious order

precisian collapse

populace collapse: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

evaluate collapse: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

aegis collapse

sleazy collapse: of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

buy collapse: accept as true; "I can't buy this story"; obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company"; "She buys for the big department store"; acquire by trade or sacrifice or exchange; "She wanted to buy his love with her dedication to him and his work"; be worth or be capable of buying; "This sum will buy you a ride on the train"

livery collapse: the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay; uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs

warrant officer collapse: holds rank by virtue of a warrant

appraise collapse

sect collapse: a subdivision of a larger religious group

secondary collapse: the defensive football players who line up behind the linemen; belonging to a lower class or rank; not of major importance; "played a secondary role in world events"; being of second rank or importance or value; not direct or immediate; "the stone will be hauled to a secondary crusher"; "a secondary source"; "a secondary issue"; "secondary streams"; depending on or incidental to what is original or primary; "a secondary infection"

anniversary collapse: the date on which an event occurred in some previous year (or the celebration of it)

carriage trade collapse: trade from upper-class customers

warehouse collapse: a storehouse for goods and merchandise; store in a warehouse

carriage collapse: a vehicle with wheels drawn by one or more horses; a machine part that carries something else; characteristic way of bearing one's body; "stood with good posture"

description collapse: sort or variety; "every description of book was there"; a statement that represents something in words; the act of describing something

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