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retainer collapse: a dental appliance that holds teeth (or a prosthesis) in position after orthodontic treatment; a fee charged in advance to retain the services of someone

callous collapse: emotionally hardened; "a callous indifference to suffering"; "cold-blooded and indurate to public opinion"; make insensitive or callous; deaden feelings or morals

family collapse: primary social group; parents and children; "he wanted to have a good job before starting a family"; people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"; a social unit living together; "he moved his family to Virginia"; "It was a good Christian household"; "I waited until the whole house was asleep"; "the teacher asked how many people made up his home"; (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera; "sharks belong to the fish family"; an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"

coxcomb collapse: a conceited dandy who is overly impressed by his own accomplishments

sweetness and light collapse: a mild reasonableness; "when he learned who I was he became all sweetness and light"

sob story collapse: a sentimental story (or drama) of personal distress; designed to arouse sympathy

eyestrain collapse: a tiredness of the eyes caused by prolonged close work by a person with an uncorrected vision problem

ingenuous collapse: characterized by an inability to mask your feelings; not devious; "an ingenuous admission of responsibility"

retrospection collapse: memory for experiences that are past; "some psychologists tried to contrast retrospection and introspection"; reference to things past; "the story begins with no introductory retrospections"

laboriously collapse: in a laborious manner; "their lives were spent in committee making decisions for others to execute on the basis of data laboriously gathered for them"

primarily collapse: of primary import; "this is primarily a question of economics"; "it was in the first place a local matter"

artless collapse: simple and natural; without cunning or deceit; "an artless manner"; "artless elegance"; (of persons) lacking art or knowledge; showing lack of art; "an artless translation"

prostration collapse: the act of assuming a prostrate position; abject submission; the emotional equivalent of prostrating your body

melancholy collapse: a feeling of thoughtful sadness; a constitutional tendency to be gloomy and depressed; characterized by or causing or expressing sadness; "growing more melancholy every hour"; "her melancholic smile"; "we acquainted him with the melancholy truth"

bounty collapse: a ship of the British navy; in 1789 part of the crew mutinied against their commander William Bligh and set him afloat in an open boat; generosity evidenced by a willingness to give freely; payment or reward (especially from a government) for acts such as catching criminals or killing predatory animals or enlisting in the military

stroke collapse: a light touch with the hands; a single complete movement; (sports) the act of swinging or striking at a ball with a club or racket or bat or cue or hand; "it took two strokes to get out of the bunker"; "a good shot require good balance and tempo"; "he left me an almost impossible shot"; any one of the repeated movements of the limbs and body used for locomotion in swimming or rowing; a mark made by a writing implement (as in cursive writing); a light touch; the oarsman nearest the stern of the shell who sets the pace for the rest of the crew; a sudden loss of consciousness resulting when the rupture or occlusion of a blood vessel leads to oxygen lack in the brain; treat gingerly or carefully; "You have to stroke the boss"; strike a ball with a smooth blow; row at a particular rate; touch lightly and with affection, with brushing motions; "He stroked his long beard"

duke collapse: a British peer of the highest rank; a nobleman (in various countries) of high rank

marquis collapse: nobleman (in various countries) ranking above a count; humorist who wrote about the imaginary life of cockroaches (1878-1937)

viscount collapse: a British peer who ranks below an earl and above a baron; (in various countries) a son or younger brother or a count

chivalry collapse: courtesy towards women; the medieval principles governing knighthood and knightly conduct

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