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outskirts collapse: outlying areas (as of a city or town); "they lived on the outskirts of Houston"; "they mingled in the outskirts of the crowd"

ring collapse: jewelry consisting of a circlet of precious metal (often set with jewels) worn on the finger; "she had rings on every finger"; "he noted that she wore a wedding band"; a square platform marked off by ropes in which contestants box or wrestle; a characteristic sound; "it has the ring of sincerity"; the sound of a bell ringing; "the distinctive ring of the church bell"; "the ringing of the telephone"; "the tintinnabulation that so voluminously swells from the ringing and the dinging of the bells"--E. A. Poe; a toroidal shape; "a ring of ships in the harbor"; "a halo of smoke"; attach a ring to the foot of, in order to identify; "ring birds"; "band the geese to observe their migratory patterns"; sound loudly and sonorously; "the bells rang"; make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification; "Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

knight errantry collapse: quixotic (romantic and impractical) behavior; (Middle Ages) the code of conduct observed by a knight errant who is wandering in search of deeds of chivalry

princely collapse: having the rank of or befitting a prince; "a princely bearing"; "princely manner"

inconsiderable collapse: too small or unimportant to merit attention; "passed his life in an inconsiderable village"; "their duties were inconsiderable"; "had no inconsiderable influence"

calorie collapse: unit of heat defined as the quantity of heat required to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 degree centigrade at atmospheric pressure; a unit of heat equal to the amount of heat required to raise the temperature of one kilogram of water by one degree at one atmosphere pressure; used by nutritionists to characterize the energy-producing potential in food

swivel collapse: a coupling (as in a chain) that has one end that turns on a headed pin

liberality collapse: the trait of being generous in behavior and temperament; an inclination to favor progress and individual freedom

admirable collapse: deserving of the highest esteem or admiration; "an estimable young professor"; "trains ran with admirable precision"; "his taste was impeccable, his health admirable"; inspiring admiration or approval; "among her many admirable qualities are generosity and graciousness"

flyover collapse: a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground

period collapse: a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"; the end or completion of something; "death put a period to his endeavors"; "a change soon put a period to my tranquility"; a unit of geological time during which a system of rocks formed; "ganoid fishes swarmed during the earlier geological periods"; one of three periods of play in hockey games; the interval taken to complete one cycle of a regularly repeating phenomenon; a stage in the history of a culture having a definable place in space and time; "a novel from the Victorian period"

colosseum collapse: a large amphitheater in Rome whose construction was begun by Vespasian about AD 75 or 80

cockpit collapse: compartment where the pilot sits while flying the aircraft; seat where the driver sits while driving a racing car; an enclosure for cockfights

tracery collapse: decoration consisting of an open pattern of interlacing ribs

marginal collapse: being close to a lower limit or or of lower class; "marginal abilities"; producing at a rate that barely covers production costs; "marginal industries"; "marginal land"

curl collapse: American chemist who with Richard Smalley and Harold Kroto discovered fullerenes and opened a new branch of chemistry (born in 1933); form a curl, curve, or kink; "the cigar smoke curled up at the ceiling"; play the Scottish game of curling; twist or roll into coils or ringlets; "curl my hair, please"

oscillate collapse: move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating"

undulate collapse: having a wavy margin and rippled surface; increase and decrease in volume or pitch, as if in waves; "The singer's voice undulated"

eon collapse: (Gnosticism) a divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe; an immeasurably long period of time; "oh, that happened eons ago"; the longest division of geological time

festival collapse: an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); "a drama festival"; a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration

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