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soft spot collapse: a sentimental affection; "she had a soft spot for her youngest son"

narrow margin collapse: a small margin; "the president was not humbled by his narrow margin of victory"; "the landslide he had in the electoral college obscured the narrowness of a victory based on just 43% of the popular vote"

Byzantine collapse: a native or inhabitant of Byzantium or of the Byzantine Empire; characterized by elaborate scheming and intrigue; devious; "Byzantine methods for holding on to his chairmanship"; "a fine hand for Byzantine deals and cozy arrangements"; highly complex or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"; of or relating to or characteristic of the Byzantine Empire or the ancient city of Byzantium; of or relating to the Eastern Orthodox Church or the rites performed in it; "Byzantine monks"; "Byzantine rites"

arduous collapse: difficult to accomplish; demanding considerable mental effort and skill; "the arduous work of preparing a dictionary"; characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace"; taxing to the utmost; testing powers of endurance; "his final, straining burst of speed"; "a strenuous task"; "your willingness after these six arduous days to remain here"- F.D.Roosevelt

comma collapse: anglewing butterfly with a comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing; a punctuation mark (,) used to indicate the separation of elements within the grammatical structure of a sentence

teaser collapse: a device for teasing wool; "a teaser is used to disentangle the fibers"; an attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show; an advertisement that offers something free in order to arouse customers' interest; a worker who teases wool

scrambled collapse: thrown together in a disorderly fashion; "a scrambled plan of action"

question collapse: the subject matter at issue; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets"; an informal reference to a marriage proposal; "he was ready to pop the question"; an instance of questioning; "there was a question about my training"; "we made inquiries of all those who were present"; a sentence of inquiry that asks for a reply; "he asked a direct question"; "he had trouble phrasing his interrogations"; pose a question; challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of; "We must question your judgment in this matter"

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"

midge collapse: minute two-winged mosquito-like fly lacking biting mouthparts; appear in dancing swarms especially near water

thorny collapse: bristling with perplexities; "the thorny question of states' rights"

nub collapse: a small piece; "a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"; a small lump or protuberance

relevant collapse: having a bearing on or connection with the subject at issue; "the scientist corresponds with colleagues in order to learn about matters relevant to her own research"

pivot collapse: the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"; axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns; the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver; turn on a pivot

denote collapse: have as a meaning; "`multi-' denotes `many' "; be a sign or indication of; "Her smile denoted that she agreed"

chapter collapse: a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"; a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"; a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"; an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church; any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"

dead reckoning collapse: navigation without the aid of celestial observations

inquiry collapse: a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest; a search for knowledge; "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"

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