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diaphanous collapse: so thin as to transmit light; "a hat with a diaphanous veil"; "filmy wings of a moth"; "gauzy clouds of dandelion down"; "gossamer cobwebs"; "sheer silk stockings"; "transparent chiffon"; "vaporous silks"

broad collapse: slang term for a woman; "a broad is a woman who can throw a mean punch"; showing or characterized by broad-mindedness; "a broad political stance"; "generous and broad sympathies"; "a liberal newspaper"; "tolerant of his opponent's opinions"; lacking subtlety; obvious; "gave us a broad hint that it was time to leave"; not detailed or specific; "a broad rule"; "the broad outlines of the plan"; "felt an unspecific dread"; (of speech) heavily and noticeably regional; "a broad southern accent"; very large in expanse or scope; "a broad lawn"; "the wide plains"; "a spacious view"; "spacious skies"

jade collapse: a semiprecious gemstone that takes a high polish; is usually green but sometimes whitish; consists of jadeite or nephrite; of something having the color of jade; especially varying from bluish green to yellowish green

mother collapse: a condition that is the inspiration for an activity or situation; "necessity is the mother of invention"; a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"; a term of address for a mother superior; a term of address for an elderly woman; a stringy slimy substance consisting of yeast cells and bacteria; forms during fermentation and is added to cider or wine to produce vinegar; care for like a mother; "She fusses over her husband"

sop collapse: a concession given to mollify or placate; "the offer was a sop to my feelings"; piece of solid food for dipping in a liquid; dip into liquid; "sop bread into the sauce"; be or become thoroughly soaked or saturated with a liquid; give a conciliatory gift or bribe to

probe collapse: an investigation conducted using a flexible surgical instrument to explore an injury or a body cavity; an exploratory action or expedition; a flexible slender surgical instrument used to explore wounds or body cavities; an inquiry into unfamiliar or questionable activities; "there was a congressional probe into the scandal"; question or examine thoroughly and closely; examine physically with or as if with a probe; "probe an anthill"

diluted collapse: reduced in strength or concentration or quality or purity; "diluted alcohol"; "a dilute solution"; "dilute acetic acid"; made less strong or severe; "a pale gleam of diluted sunlight"

deciduous collapse: (of plants and shrubs) shedding foliage at the end of the growing season; (of teeth, antlers, etc.) being shed at the end of a period of growth; "deciduous teeth"

bitch collapse: female of any member of the dog family; an unpleasant difficulty; "this problem is a real bitch"

afraid collapse: filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong"; feeling worry or concern or insecurity; "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict"; having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion"

unhealthy collapse: not conducive to good health; "an unhealthy diet of fast foods"; "an unhealthy climate"; not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers"

papery collapse: thin and paperlike; "papery leaves"; "wasps that make nests of papery material"

fragile collapse: vulnerably delicate; "she has the fragile beauty of youth"

shivery collapse: cold enough to cause shivers; "felt all shivery"; "shivery weather"

funk collapse: an earthy type of jazz combining it with blues and soul; has a heavy bass line that accentuates the first beat in the bar; United States biochemist (born in Poland) who showed that several diseases were caused by dietary deficiencies and who coined the term `vitamin' for the chemicals involved (1884-1967); a state of nervous depression; "he was in a funk"

basket collapse: a score in basketball made by throwing the ball through the hoop; a container that is usually woven and has handles; horizontal circular metal hoop supporting a net through which players try to throw the basketball; the quantity contained in a basket

moribund collapse: being on the point of death; breathing your last; "a moribund patient"

prostitute collapse: a woman who engages in sexual intercourse for money; sell one's body; exchange sex for money

brittle collapse: caramelized sugar cooled in thin sheets; having little elasticity; hence easily cracked or fractured or snapped; "brittle bones"; "glass is brittle"; "`brickle' and `brickly' are dialectal"; (of metal or glass) not annealed and consequently easily cracked or fractured; lacking warmth and generosity of spirit; "a brittle and calculating woman"

valetudinarian collapse: weak or sickly person especially one morbidly concerned with his or her health; of or relating to or characteristic of a person who is a valetudinarian

temporal collapse: of this earth or world; "temporal joys"; "our temporal existence"; not eternal; "temporal matters of but fleeting moment"- F.D.Roosevelt; concerned with secular rather than sacred matters; "lords temporal and spiritual"; of the material world; "temporal possessions of the church"; of or relating to the temples (the sides of the skull behind the orbit); "temporal bone"; of or relating to or limited by time; "temporal processing"; "temporal dimensions"; "temporal and spacial boundaries"; "music is a temporal art"

relative collapse: an animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus); a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger"

human collapse: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty"; characteristic of humanity; "human nature"; relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"

decrepit collapse: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

reporter collapse: a person who investigates and reports or edits news stories

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