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ore collapse: a monetary subunit in Denmark and Norway and Sweden; 100 ore equal 1 krona; a mineral that contains metal that is valuable enough to be mined

waxen collapse: having the paleness of wax; "the poor face with the same awful waxen pallor"- Bram Stoker; "the soldier turned his waxlike features toward him"; "a thin face with a waxy paleness"; made of or covered with wax; "waxen candles"; "careful, the floor is waxy"

boring collapse: the act of drilling a hole in the earth in the hope of producing petroleum; so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness; "a boring evening with uninteresting people"; "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"; "a dull play"; "his competent but dull performance"; "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"; "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"- Edmund Burke; "tedious days on the train"; "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"- Mark Twain; "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"

ivory collapse: a hard smooth ivory colored dentine that makes up most of the tusks of elephants and walruses

Franciscan collapse: a Roman Catholic friar wearing the grey habit of the Franciscan order; of or relating to Saint Francis of Assisi or to the order founded by him; "Franciscan monks"

oppressor collapse: a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures

epoch collapse: a unit of geological time; (astronomy) the precise date that is the point of reference for which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is referred

era collapse: a major division of geological time; an era is usually divided into two or more periods; a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

ganglion collapse: an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons

kingmaker collapse: an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"

lobbyist collapse: someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that the lobbyists favor

foothold collapse: a place providing support for the foot in standing or climbing

hands collapse: (with `in') guardianship over; in divorce cases it is the right to house and care for and discipline a child; "my fate is in your hands"; "too much power in the president's hands"; "your guests are now in my custody"; "the mother was awarded custody of the children"

irreconcilable collapse: impossible to reconcile; "irreconcilable differences"

toneless collapse: lacking in tone or expression; "his toneless mechanical voice"

repeater collapse: (electronics) electronic device that amplifies a signal before transmitting it again; "repeaters can be used in computer networks to extend cabling distances"; a person who repeats; "the audience consisted largely of repeaters who had seen the movie many times"

mangle collapse: clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers; alter so as to make unrecognizable; "The tourists murdered the French language"; press with a mangle; "mangle the sheets"

grim collapse: not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; "grim determination"; "grim necessity"; "Russia's final hour, it seemed, approached with inexorable certainty"; "relentless persecution"; "the stern demands of parenthood"

aborigine collapse: a dark-skinned member of a race of people living in Australia when Europeans arrived; the earliest known inhabitants of a region

revisionism collapse: a moderate evolutionary form of Marxism; any dangerous departure from the teachings of Marx

treadle collapse: operate (machinery) by a treadle; tread over; "the brick maker treadles over clay to pick out the stones"

black out collapse: suppress by censorship as for political reasons; "parts of the newspaper article were blacked out"; darken completely; "The dining room blackened out"; obliterate or extinguish; "Some life-forms were obliterated by the radiation, others survived"

Mafioso collapse: a member of the Mafia crime syndicate in the United States; a member of the Sicilian Mafia

dull collapse: (of business) not active or brisk; "business is dull (or slow)"; "a sluggish market"; emitting or reflecting very little light; "a dull glow"; "dull silver badly in need of a polish"; "a dull sky"; (of color) very low in saturation; highly diluted; "dull greens and blues"; darkened with overcast; "a dark day"; "a dull sky"; "a grey rainy afternoon"; "grey clouds"; "the sky was leaden and thick"; not having a sharp edge or point; "the knife was too dull to be of any use"; not keenly felt; "a dull throbbing"; "dull pain"; lacking in liveliness or animation; "he was so dull at parties"; "a dull political campaign"; "a large dull impassive man"; "dull days with nothing to do"; "how dull and dreary the world is"; "fell back into one of her dull moods"; being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"; not clear and resonant; sounding as if striking with or against something relatively soft; "the dull thud"; "thudding bullets"; blunted in responsiveness or sensibility; "a dull gaze"; "so exhausted she was dull to what went on about her"- Willa Cather; make less lively or vigorous; "Middle age dulled her appetite for travel"; become dull or lusterless in appearance; lose shine or brightness; "the varnished table top dulled with time"; make dull in appearance; "Age had dulled the surface"; make dull or blunt; "Too much cutting dulls the knife's edge"

dealer collapse: a firm engaged in trading; the person who distributes the playing cards in a card game; a seller of illicit goods; "a dealer in stolen goods"

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