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crick collapse: English biochemist who (with Watson in 1953) helped discover the helical structure of DNA (1916-2004); a painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick' and `wrick' are British); twist (a body part) into a strained position; "crick your neck"

parable collapse: (New Testament) any of the stories told by Jesus to convey his religious message; "the parable of the prodigal son"

dinky collapse: a small locomotive; (British informal) pretty and neat; "what a dinky little hat"; small and insignificant; "we stayed in a dinky old hotel"

insight collapse: grasping the inner nature of things intuitively; the clear (and often sudden) understanding of a complex situation; a feeling of understanding

doldrums collapse: a belt of calms and light winds between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific

putter collapse: the iron normally used on the putting green; a golfer who is putting; move around aimlessly; do random, unplanned work or activities or spend time idly; "The old lady is usually mucking about in her little house"

glance collapse: a quick look; throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

import collapse: commodities (goods or services) bought from a foreign country; an imported person brought from a foreign country; "the lead role was played by an import from Sweden"; "they are descendants of indentured importees"; bring in from abroad

poster collapse: a sign posted in a public place as an advertisement; "a poster advertised the coming attractions"

balance collapse: a scale for weighing; depends on pull of gravity; equality between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account; the difference between the totals of the credit and debit sides of an account; equality of distribution; a state of equilibrium; compute credits and debits of an account; bring into balance or equilibrium; "She has to balance work and her domestic duties"; "balance the two weights"; be in equilibrium; "He was balancing on one foot"

scope collapse: an area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet"; "the ambit of municipal legislation"; "within the compass of this article"; "within the scope of an investigation"; "outside the reach of the law"; "in the political orbit of a world power"

peacock collapse: male peafowl; having a crested head and very large fanlike tail marked with iridescent eyes or spots; European butterfly having reddish-brown wings each marked with a purple eyespot

mentality collapse: a habitual or characteristic mental attitude that determines how you will interpret and respond to situations

hear collapse: receive a communication from someone; "We heard nothing from our son for five years"; perceive (sound) via the auditory sense; examine or hear (evidence or a case) by judicial process; "The jury had heard all the evidence"; "The case will be tried in California"

railway collapse: line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

perceive collapse: become conscious of; "She finally perceived the futility of her protest"; to become aware of through the senses; "I could perceive the ship coming over the horizon"

improbability collapse: the quality of being improbable; "impossibility should never be confused with improbability"; "the improbability of such rare coincidences"

harpy collapse: large black-and-white crested eagle of tropical America; any of various fruit bats of the genus Nyctimene distinguished by nostrils drawn out into diverging tubes; (Greek mythology) vicious winged monster; often depicted as a bird with the head of a woman

hobbyhorse collapse: a topic to which one constantly reverts; "don't get him started on his hobbyhorse"

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