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ounce collapse: a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams; a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

slashing collapse: as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon-ridden cadenza"

hair collapse: a filamentous projection or process on an organism; any of the cylindrical filaments characteristically growing from the epidermis of a mammal; "there is a hair in my soup"; a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss; "he combed his hair"; "each hair consists of layers of dead keratinized cells"; filamentous hairlike growth on a plant; "peach fuzz"

Yom Kippur collapse: (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law

fleece collapse: a soft bulky fabric with deep pile; used chiefly for clothing; the wool of a sheep or similar animal; shear the wool from; "shear sheep"

phallus collapse: genus of fungi having the cap or pileus hanging free around the stem

ovary collapse: (vertebrates) one of usually two organs that produce ova and secrete estrogen and progesterone; the organ that bears the ovules of a flower

minutely collapse: in minute detail; "our inability to see everything minutely and clearly is due merely to the infirmity of our senses"

uterus collapse: a hollow muscular organ in the pelvic cavity of females; contains the developing fetus

bagatelle collapse: a table game in which short cues are used to knock balls into holes that are guarded by wooden pegs; penalties are incurred if the pegs are knocked over; something of little value or significance; a light piece of music for piano

fortissimo collapse: chiefly a direction or description in music; a direction in music; to be played very loudly

house of cards collapse: an unstable construction with playing cards; "he built three levels of his cardcastle before it collapsed"; a speculative scheme that depends on unstable factors that the planner cannot control; "his proposal was nothing but a house of cards"; "a real estate bubble"

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