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desideratum collapse: something desired as a necessity; "the desiderata for a vacation are time and money"

dictate collapse: a guiding principle; "the dictates of reason"; an authoritative rule; say out loud for the purpose of recording; "He dictated a report to his secretary"; rule as a dictator

moderation collapse: the action of lessening in severity or intensity; "the object being control or moderation of economic depressions"; quality of being moderate and avoiding extremes

bicentennial collapse: the 200th anniversary (or the celebration of it); of or relating to or completing a period of 200 years; "bicentennial celebration"

propitious collapse: presenting favorable circumstances; likely to result in or show signs or success; "propitious omens"; "propitious gales speeded us along"; "a propitious alignment of planets for space exploration"

centenarian collapse: someone who is at least 100 years old; being at least 100 years old

gilded collapse: based on pretense; deceptively pleasing; "the gilded and perfumed but inwardly rotten nobility"; "meretricious praise"; "a meretricious argument"

tranquillity collapse: a state of peace and quiet; an untroubled state; free from disturbances

temptation collapse: something that seduces or has the quality to seduce; the desire to have or do something that you know you should avoid; "he felt the temptation and his will power weakened"

theorem collapse: an idea accepted as a demonstrable truth; a proposition deducible from basic postulates

bovine collapse: any of various members of the genus Bos; dull and slow-moving and stolid; like an ox; "showed a bovine apathy"; of or relating to or belonging to the genus Bos (cattle)

mitzvah collapse: (Judaism) a good deed performed out of religious duty; (Judaism) a precept or commandment of the Jewish law

Methuselah collapse: (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years

median collapse: the value below which 50% of the cases fall; relating to or situated in or extending toward the middle

axiom collapse: (logic) a proposition that is not susceptible of proof or disproof; its truth is assumed to be self-evident

cattle collapse: domesticated bovine animals as a group regardless of sex or age; "so many head of cattle"; "wait till the cows come home"; "seven thin and ill-favored kine"- Bible; "a team of oxen"

gaffer collapse: an electrician responsible for lighting on a movie or tv set

lamb collapse: young sheep; the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food; a sweet innocent mild-mannered person (especially a child); a person easily deceived or cheated (especially in financial matters); English essayist (1775-1834); give birth to a lamb; "the ewe lambed"

golden rule collapse: a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount; "Whatsoever ye would that men do unto you, do you even so unto them" (Matthew 7:12); any important rule; "the golden rule of teaching is to be clear"

shank collapse: a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball; the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole; cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill; cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head; cylinder forming a long narrow part of something; the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle; a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg; hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

mellow collapse: having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"; having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"; having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit"; make or grow (more) mellow; "These apples need to mellow a bit more"; "The sun mellowed the fruit"; become more relaxed, easygoing, or genial; "With age, he mellowed"; soften, make mellow; "Age and experience mellowed him over the years"

maxim collapse: a saying that is widely accepted on its own merits; English inventor (born in the United States) who invented the Maxim gun that was used in World War I (1840-1916)

primrose collapse: any of numerous short-stemmed plants of the genus Primula having tufted basal leaves and showy flowers clustered in umbels or heads

chimera collapse: a grotesque product of the imagination; (Greek mythology) fire-breathing female monster with a lion's head and a goat's body and a serpent's tail; daughter of Typhon

terrific collapse: causing extreme terror; "a terrifying wail"; very great or intense; "a terrific noise"; "a terrific thunderstorm storm"; "fought a terrific battle"

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