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fault-finding collapse

legalistic collapse

mane collapse: long coarse hair growing from the crest of the animal's neck; growth of hair covering the scalp of a human being

overcritical collapse

seta collapse: a stiff hair or bristle; stalk of a moss capsule

horsehair collapse: fabric made from fibers taken from the mane or tail of horses; used for upholstery; hair taken from the mane or tail of a horse

spitting distance collapse

earshot collapse: the range within which a voice can be heard; "the children were told to stay within earshot"

shag collapse: a lively dance step consisting of hopping on each foot in turn; a fabric with long coarse nap; "he bought a shag rug"; a matted tangle of hair or fiber; "the dog's woolly shag"; a strong coarse tobacco that has been shredded; dance the shag

hairbreadth collapse

ambiguity collapse: unclearness by virtue of having more than one meaning; an expression whose meaning cannot be determined from its context

gunshot collapse

cleavage collapse: the act of cleaving or splitting; the line formed by a groove between two parts (especially the separation between a woman's breasts); (embryology) the repeated division of a fertilised ovum; the breaking of a chemical bond in a molecule resulting in smaller molecules; the state of being split or cleft; "there was a cleavage between the liberal and conservative members"

scission collapse: the act of dividing by cutting or splitting

wool collapse: outer coat of especially sheep and yaks; a fabric made from the hair of sheep; fiber sheared from animals (such as sheep) and twisted into yarn for weaving

toothache collapse: an ache localized in or around a tooth

ear splitting collapse

stomachache collapse: an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region

drastic collapse: forceful and extreme and rigorous; "drastic measures"

deafening collapse: loud enough to cause (temporary) hearing loss

quibble collapse: an evasion of the point of an argument by raising irrelevant distinctions or objections; argue over petty things; "Let's not quibble over pennies"; evade the truth of a point or question by raising irrelevant objections

thunderous collapse: extremely ominous; "world events of thunderous import"

dissociation collapse: the act of removing from association; (chemistry) the temporary or reversible process in which a molecule or ion is broken down into smaller molecules or ions; a state in which some integrated part of a person's life becomes separated from the rest of the personality and functions independently

inch collapse: a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot

fission collapse: a nuclear reaction in which a massive nucleus splits into smaller nuclei with the simultaneous release of energy; reproduction of some unicellular organisms by division of the cell into two more or less equal parts

hank collapse: a coil of rope or wool or yarn

barbel collapse: slender tactile process on the jaws of a fish

ear piercing collapse

barbule collapse

dichotomy collapse: being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses; "the dichotomy between eastern and western culture"

stentorian collapse

pedantic collapse

minimally collapse: to a minimal degree; "the cells minimally responsive to lines in this orientation will not fire"

imperfectly collapse: in an imperfect or faulty way; "The lobe was imperfectly developed"; "Miss Bennet would not play at all amiss if she practiced more"- Jane Austen

petrifying collapse: paralyzing with terror

rationing collapse: the act of rationing; "during the war the government imposed rationing of food and gasoline"

atom smashing collapse

nuclear fission collapse

earthshaking collapse: loud enough to shake the very earth; sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; "earthshaking proposals"; "the contest was no world-shaking affair"; "the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering"

thatch collapse: a house roof made with a plant material (as straw); hair resembling thatched roofing material; plant stalks used as roofing material; cover with thatch; "thatch the roofs"

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