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source collapse: a facility where something is available; anything that provides inspiration for later work; a document (or organization) from which information is obtained; "the reporter had two sources for the story"; (technology) a process by which energy or a substance enters a system; "a heat source"; "a source of carbon dioxide"; specify the origin of; "The writer carefully sourced her report"; get (a product) from another country or business; "She sourced a supply of carpet"; "They are sourcing from smaller companies"

psychosis collapse: any severe mental disorder in which contact with reality is lost or highly distorted

general collapse: a fact about the whole (as opposed to particular); "he discussed the general but neglected the particular"; a general officer of the highest rank; the head of a religious order or congregation; prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent"; not specialized or limited to one class of things; "general studies"; "general knowledge"; applying to all or most members of a category or group; "the general public"; "general assistance"; "a general rule"; "in general terms"; "comprehensible to the general reader"; of national scope; "a general election"; affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms"; somewhat indefinite; "bearing a general resemblance to the original"; "a general description of the merchandise"; command as a general; "We are generaled by an incompetent!"

generic collapse: any product that can be sold without a brand name; a wine that is a blend of several varieties of grapes with no one grape predominating; a wine that does not carry the name of any specific grape; applicable to an entire class or group; "is there a generic Asian mind?"; (of drugs) not protected by trademark; "`Acetaminophen' is the generic form of the proprietary drug `Tylenol'"; relating to or common to or descriptive of all members of a genus; "the generic name"

literature collapse: the profession or art of a writer; "her place in literature is secure"; the humanistic study of a body of literature; "he took a course in Russian lit"; creative writing of recognized artistic value; published writings in a particular style on a particular subject; "the technical literature"; "one aspect of Waterloo has not yet been treated in the literature"

word collapse: a unit of language that native speakers can identify; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning"; a brief statement; "he didn't say a word about it"; a verbal command for action; "when I give the word, charge!"; a word is a string of bits stored in computer memory; "large computers use words up to 64 bits long"

marshal collapse: a law officer having duties similar to those of a sheriff in carrying out the judgments of a court of law; (in some countries) a military officer of highest rank; arrange in logical order; "marshal facts or arguments"; place in proper rank; "marshal the troops"; lead ceremoniously, as in a procession

grapevine collapse: gossip spread by spoken communication; "the news of their affair was spread by word of mouth"

schooling collapse: the act of teaching at school; the training of an animal (especially the training of a horse for dressage)

radio collapse: a communication system based on broadcasting electromagnetic waves; medium for communication; indicating radiation or radioactivity; "radiochemistry"; transmit messages via radio waves; "he radioed for help"

bill of particulars collapse: the particular events to be dealt with in a criminal trial; advises the defendant and the court of the facts the defendant will be required to meet

lawsuit collapse: a comprehensive term for any proceeding in a court of law whereby an individual seeks a legal remedy; "the family brought suit against the landlord"

academician collapse: an educator who works at a college or university; a scholar who is skilled in academic disputation; someone elected to honorary membership in an academy

intensification collapse: action that makes something stronger or more extreme; the act of increasing the contrast of (a photographic film)

unselective collapse: not selective or discriminating; "unselective in her reading habits; her choices seemed completely random"

third degree collapse: interrogation often accompanied by torture to extort information or a confession

socialistic collapse: advocating or following the socialist principles; "socialistic government"

redundancy collapse: repetition of an act needlessly; the attribute of being superfluous and unneeded; "the use of industrial robots created redundancy among workers"; (electronics) a system design that duplicates components to provide alternatives in case one component fails; repetition of messages to reduce the probability of errors in transmission

bail collapse: the legal system that allows an accused person to be temporarily released from custody (usually on condition that a sum of money guarantees their appearance at trial); "he is out on bail"; (criminal law) money that must be forfeited by the bondsman if an accused person fails to appear in court for trial; "the judge set bail at $10,000"; "a $10,000 bond was furnished by an alderman"; remove (water) from a vessel with a container; empty (a vessel) by bailing; secure the release of (someone) by providing security; deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period; release after a security has been paid

revisionism collapse: a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism; any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx

acceleration collapse: the act of accelerating; increasing the speed; an increase in rate of change; "modern science caused an acceleration of cultural change"; (physics) a rate of increase of velocity

engram collapse: a postulated biochemical change (presumably in neural tissue) that represents a memory

humanist collapse: a classical scholar or student of the liberal arts; an advocate of the principles of humanism; pertaining to or concerned with the humanities; "humanistic studies"; "a humane education"; of or pertaining to a philosophy asserting human dignity and man's capacity for fulfillment through reason and scientific method and often rejecting religion; "the humanist belief in continuous emergent evolution"- Wendell Thomas

clerk collapse: an employee who performs clerical work (e.g., keeps records or accounts); work as a clerk, as in the legal business

dipsomania collapse: an intense persistent desire to drink alcoholic beverages to excess

agnosticism collapse: the disbelief in any claims of ultimate knowledge; a religious orientation of doubt; a denial of ultimate knowledge of the existence of God; "agnosticism holds that you can neither prove nor disprove God's existence"

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