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gem collapse: art highly prized for its beauty or perfection; a crystalline rock that can be cut and polished for jewelry; "he had the gem set in a ring for his wife"; "she had jewels made of all the rarest stones"

entrench collapse: fix firmly or securely; occupy a trench or secured area; "The troops dug in for the night"

stooge collapse: act as a stooge, in a compliant or subordinate manner; "He stooged for the flamboyant Senator"; act as the stooge; "His role was to stooge for the popular comedian"; cruise in slow or routine flights

beggar collapse: a pauper who lives by begging; reduce to beggary; be beyond the resources of; "This beggars description!"

liberty collapse: freedom of choice; "liberty of opinion"; "liberty of worship"; "liberty--perfect liberty--to think or feel or do just as one pleases"; "at liberty to choose whatever occupation one wishes"; personal freedom from servitude or confinement or oppression

franchise collapse: a statutory right or privilege granted to a person or group by a government (especially the rights of citizenship and the right to vote); an authorization to sell a company's goods or services in a particular place; a business established or operated under an authorization to sell or distribute a company's goods or services in a particular area; grant a franchise to

life collapse: living things collectively; "the oceans are teeming with life"; the experience of being alive; the course of human events and activities; "he could no longer cope with the complexities of life"; a motive for living; "pottery was his life"; a living person; "his heroism saved a life"; the organic phenomenon that distinguishes living organisms from nonliving ones; "there is no life on the moon"; the course of existence of an individual; the actions and events that occur in living; "he hoped for a new life in Australia"; "he wanted to live his own life without interference from others"; a characteristic state or mode of living; "social life"; "city life"; "real life"; the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death); "the battery had a short life"; "he lived a long and happy life"; the period between birth and the present time; "I have known him all his life"; the period from the present until death; "he appointed himself emperor for life"

sheep collapse: woolly usually horned ruminant mammal related to the goat; a docile and vulnerable person who would rather follow than make an independent decision; "his students followed him like sheep"; a timid defenseless simpleton who is readily preyed upon

federal collapse: any federal law-enforcement officer; a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War; national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"; characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederations"; of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"

prodigy collapse: an impressive or wonderful example of a particular quality; "the Marines are expected to perform prodigies of valor"; an unusually gifted or intelligent (young) person; someone whose talents excite wonder and admiration; "she is a chess prodigy"

spook collapse: frighten or scare, and often provoke into a violent action; "The noise spooked the horse"

craniology collapse: the scientific study of the skulls of various human races

human collapse: having human form or attributes as opposed to those of animals or divine beings; "human beings"; "the human body"; "human kindness"; "human frailty"; characteristic of humanity; "human nature"; relating to a person; "the experiment was conducted on 6 monkeys and 2 human subjects"

masculine collapse: a gender that refers chiefly (but not exclusively) to males or to objects classified as male; associated with men and not with women; of grammatical gender; (music or poetry) ending on an accented beat or syllable; "a masculine cadence"; "the masculine rhyme of `annoy, enjoy'"

reeve collapse: female ruff; fasten by passing through a hole or around something; pass through a hole or opening; "reeve a rope"; pass a rope through; "reeve an opening"

pearl collapse: a smooth lustrous round structure inside the shell of a clam or oyster; much valued as a jewel; gather pearls, from oysters in the ocean

inside collapse: the inner or enclosed surface of something; the region that is inside of something; away from the outer edge; "an inner lane"; "the inside lane"; relating to or being on the side closer to the center or within a defined space; "he reached into his inside jacket pocket"; "inside out"; "an inside pitch is between home plate and the batter"; confined to an exclusive group; "privy to inner knowledge"; "inside information"; "privileged information"; within a building; "in winter we play inside"; on the inside; "inside, the car is a mess"

obituary collapse: a notice of someone's death; usually includes a short biography

generality collapse: the quality of being general or widespread or having general applicability

mail collapse: a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system; the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"; the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service; any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post"; cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"; send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"

Poseidon collapse: (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune

number one collapse: a reference to yourself or myself etc.; `take care of number one' means to put your own interests first

announcer collapse: reads news, commercials on radio or television; someone who proclaims a message publicly

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