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bugbear collapse: an object of dread or apprehension; "Germany was always a bugbear for France"; "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds"--Ralph Waldo Emerson

threshold collapse: the smallest detectable sensation; the starting point for a new state or experience; "on the threshold of manhood"

penance collapse: a Catholic sacrament; repentance and confession and satisfaction and absolution; voluntary self-punishment in order to atone for some wrongdoing

stand still collapse: remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile; "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"

irresolute collapse: uncertain how to act or proceed; "the committee was timid and mediocre and irresolute"

hookah collapse: an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; "a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola"

limbo collapse: (theology) in Roman Catholicism, the place of unbaptized but innocent or righteous souls (such as infants and virtuous individuals); an imaginary place for lost or neglected things

aspersion collapse: the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare); an abusive attack on a person's character or good name; a disparaging remark; "in the 19th century any reference to female sexuality was considered a vile aspersion"; "it is difficult for a woman to understand a man's sensitivity to any slur on his virility"

scarecrow collapse: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

belly collapse: the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish; a protruding abdomen; the hollow inside of something; "in the belly of the ship"; a part that bulges deeply; "the belly of a sail"; swell out or bulge out

consecration collapse: (religion) sanctification of something by setting it apart (usually with religious rites) as dedicated to God; "the Cardinal attended the consecration of the church"; a solemn commitment of your life or your time to some cherished purpose (to a service or a goal); "his consecration to study"

reed collapse: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"; United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902); United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920); tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

sonar collapse: a measuring instrument that sends out an acoustic pulse in water and measures distances in terms of the time for the echo of the pulse to return; "sonar is an acronym for sound navigation ranging"; "asdic is an acronym for antisubmarine detection investigation committee"

bathe collapse: the act of swimming; "the Englishman said he had a good bathe"; cleanse the entire body; "bathe daily"; clean one's body by immersion into water; "The child should bathe every day"; suffuse with or as if with light; "The room was bathed in sunlight"

urine collapse: liquid excretory product; "there was blood in his urine"; "the child had to make water"

musk collapse: the scent of a greasy glandular secretion from the male musk deer; an odorous glandular secretion from the male musk deer; used as a perfume fixative

myrrh collapse: aromatic resin that is burned as incense and used in perfume

ambergris collapse: waxy substance secreted by the sperm whale and found floating at sea or washed ashore; used in perfume

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