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High Church collapse: a group in the Anglican Church that emphasizes the Catholic tradition (especially in sacraments and rituals and obedience to church authority)

flapper collapse: a young woman in the 1920s who flaunted her unconventional conduct and dress

pyramid collapse: a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt; (stock market) a series of transactions in which the speculator increases his holdings by using the rising market value of those holdings as margin for further purchases; a polyhedron having a polygonal base and triangular sides with a common vertex; increase rapidly and progressively step by step on a broad base; arrange or build up as if on the base of a pyramid; use or deal in (as of stock or commercial transaction) in a pyramid deal; enlarge one's holdings on an exchange on a continued rise by using paper profits as margin to buy additional amounts

dirty collapse: unpleasantly stormy; "there's dirty weather in the offing"; soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime; "dirty unswept sidewalks"; "a child in dirty overalls"; "dirty slums"; "piles of dirty dishes"; "put his dirty feet on the clean sheet"; "wore an unclean shirt"; "mining is a dirty job"; "Cinderella did the dirty work while her sisters preened themselves"; (of behavior or especially language) characterized by obscenity or indecency; "dirty words"; "a dirty old man"; "dirty books and movies"; "boys telling dirty jokes"; "has a dirty mouth"; spreading pollution or contamination; especially radioactive contamination; "the air near the foundry was always dirty"; "a dirty bomb releases enormous amounts of long-lived radioactive fallout"; unethical or dishonest; "dirty police officers"; "a sordid political campaign"; expressing or revealing hostility or dislike; "dirty looks"; obtained illegally or by improper means; "dirty money"; "ill-gotten gains"; (of a manuscript) defaced with changes; "foul (or dirty) copy"; vile; despicable; "a dirty (or lousy) trick"; "a filthy traitor"; (of color) discolored by impurities; not bright and clear; "dirty" is often used in combination; "a dirty (or dingy) white"; "the muddied grey of the sea"; "muddy colors"; "dirty-green walls"; "dirty-blonde hair"; make soiled, filthy, or dirty; "don't soil your clothes when you play outside!"

cooler collapse: a refrigerator for cooling liquids; a cell for violent prisoners; an iced drink especially white wine and fruit juice

pause collapse: temporary inactivity; a time interval during which there is a temporary cessation of something; cease an action temporarily; "We pause for station identification"; "let's break for lunch"

synchromesh collapse: an automotive system for shifting gears in which the gears revolve at the same speed and so shift smoothly

prick collapse: the act of puncturing with a small point; "he gave the balloon a small prick"; to cause a sharp emotional pain; "The thought of her unhappiness pricked his conscience"; cause a stinging pain; "The needle pricked his skin"

seam collapse: joint consisting of a line formed by joining two pieces; a stratum of ore or coal thick enough to be mined with profit; "he worked in the coal beds"; put together with a seam; "seam a dress"

innocuous collapse: not injurious to physical or mental health; not causing disapproval; "it was an innocuous remark"; "confined himself to innocuous generalities"; "unobjectionable behavior"

clock collapse: a timepiece that shows the time of day; measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time; "he clocked the runners"

vesicle collapse: a small anatomically normal sac or bladderlike structure (especially one containing fluid)

stage whisper collapse: a loud whisper that can be overheard; on the stage it is heard by the audience but it supposed to be inaudible to the rest of the cast

tacky collapse: (of a glutinous liquid such as paint) not completely dried and slightly sticky to the touch; "tacky varnish"

seamy collapse: morally degraded; "a seedy district"; "the seamy side of life"; "sleazy characters hanging around casinos"; "sleazy storefronts with...dirt on the walls"- Seattle Weekly; "the sordid details of his orgies stank under his very nostrils"- James Joyce; "the squalid atmosphere of intrigue and betrayal"; showing a seam

weakly collapse: in a weak or feeble manner or to a minor degree; "weakly agreed to a compromise"; "wheezed weakly"; "he was weakly attracted to her"

nefarious collapse: extremely wicked; "nefarious schemes"; "a villainous plot"; "a villainous band of thieves"

scummy collapse: covered with scum; "the scummy surface of the polluted pond"

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