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disjunct collapse: progressing melodically by intervals larger than a major second; used of distributions, as of statistical or natural populations; "disjunct distribution of king crabs"; marked by separation of or from usually contiguous elements; "little isolated worlds, as abruptly disjunct and unexpected as a palm-shaded well in the Sahara"- Scientific Monthly; having deep constrictions separating head, thorax, and abdomen, as in insects

focus on collapse: center upon; "Her entire attention centered on her children"; "Our day revolved around our work"

mugwump collapse: a neutral or uncommitted person (especially in politics); someone who bolted from the Republican Party during the U.S. presidential election of 1884

boatswain collapse: a petty officer on a merchant ship who controls the work of other seamen

relay collapse: the act of passing something along from one person or group to another; "the relay was successful"; electrical device such that current flowing through it in one circuit can switch on and off a current in a second circuit; a fresh team to relieve weary draft animals; a crew of workers who relieve another crew; pass along; "Please relay the news to the villagers"; control or operate by relay

on guard collapse: vigilant; "on guard against con artists"; "must remain on your guard in such a situation"

autonomous collapse: (of persons) free from external control and constraint in e.g. action and judgment; existing as an independent entity; "the partitioning of India created two separate and autonomous jute economies"; (of political bodies) not controlled by outside forces; "an autonomous judiciary"; "a sovereign state"

purser collapse: an officer aboard a ship who keeps accounts and attends to the passengers' welfare

blazer collapse: lightweight single-breasted jacket; often striped in the colors of a club or school

neuter collapse: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to inanimate objects (neither masculine nor feminine); of grammatical gender; "`it' is the third-person singular neuter pronoun"; having no or imperfectly developed or nonfunctional sex organs

audacious collapse: disposed to venture or take risks; "audacious visions of the total conquest of space"; "an audacious interpretation of two Jacobean dramas"; "the most daring of contemporary fiction writers"; "a venturesome investor"; "a venturous spirit"; unrestrained by convention or propriety; "an audacious trick to pull"; "a barefaced hypocrite"; "the most bodacious display of tourism this side of Anaheim"- Los Angeles Times; "bald-faced lies"; "brazen arrogance"; "the modern world with its quick material successes and insolent belief in the boundless possibilities of progress"- Bertrand Russell; invulnerable to fear or intimidation; "audacious explorers"; "fearless reporters and photographers"; "intrepid pioneers"

lie low collapse: to try to avoid detection especially by police; "After we knock off that liquor store we'll have to lay low for a while"; keep a low profile, try to be inconspicuous

gaze collapse: a long fixed look; "he fixed his paternal gaze on me"; look at with fixed eyes; "The students stared at the teacher with amazement"

watcher collapse: a person who keeps a devotional vigil by a sick bed or by a dead body

libertine collapse: a dissolute person; usually a man who is morally unrestrained

indenture collapse: a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term; formal agreement between the issuer of bonds and the bondholders as to terms of the debt; bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant; "an indentured servant"

self-contained collapse: constituting a complete and independent unit in and of itself; "the university is like a self-contained city with shops and all amenities"

timer collapse: a timepiece that measures a time interval and signals its end; a regulator that activates or deactivates a mechanism at set times

sign up collapse: join a club, an activity, etc. with the intention to join or participate, "Sign up for yoga classes"

drug collapse: a substance that is used as a medicine or narcotic; administer a drug to; "They drugged the kidnapped tourist"; use recreational drugs

voluntary collapse: composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance; of your own free will or design; not forced or compelled; "man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"; controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles"

time off collapse: a time period when you are not required to work; "he requested time off to attend his grandmother's funeral"

leaf collapse: hinged or detachable flat section (as of a table or door); a sheet of any written or printed material (especially in a manuscript or book); the main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants; produce leaves, of plants; turn over pages; "leaf through a book"; "leaf a manuscript"

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