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Benedictine collapse: a French liqueur originally made by Benedictine monks; a monk or nun belonging to the order founded by Saint Benedict; of or relating to the Benedictines; of or relating to Saint Benedict or his works

Mafia collapse: any tightly knit group of trusted associates; a secret terrorist group in Sicily; originally opposed tyranny but evolved into a criminal organization in the middle of the 19th century; a crime syndicate in the United States; organized in families; believed to have important relations to the Sicilian Mafia

gambling collapse: the act of playing for stakes in the hope of winning (including the payment of a price for a chance to win a prize); "his gambling cost him a fortune"; "there was heavy play at the blackjack table"

keel over collapse: turn over and fall; "the man had a heart attack and keeled over"

Rasputin collapse: Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)

dull collapse: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"; emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"; (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"; darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a grey rainy afternoon"; "grey clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"; not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"; not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"; lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"; being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"; not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"; blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather; make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"; become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time"; make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface"; make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

Svengali collapse: the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically; someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding

synapse collapse: the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters"

nervous system collapse: the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells

spinal cord collapse: a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region

solar plexus collapse: a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach

pate collapse: the top of the head; liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned

waxen collapse: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness"; made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"

boring collapse: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum; so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

Franciscan collapse: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order; of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him; "Franciscan monks"

ganglion collapse: an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons

kingmaker collapse: an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"

lobbyist collapse: someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that the lobbyists favor

toneless collapse: lacking in tone or expression; "his toneless mechanical voice"

black out collapse: suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out"; darken completely; "The dining room blackened out"; obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived"

Mafioso collapse: a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States; a member of the Sicilian Mafia

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