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gnat collapse: (British usage) mosquito; any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies

droplet collapse: a tiny drop

acropolis collapse: the citadel in ancient Greek towns

pillbox collapse: a small enclosed gun emplacement (usually of fortified concrete); a small case for holding pills; a small round woman's hat

fasthold collapse

fortress collapse: a fortified defensive structure

fort collapse: station (troops) in a fort; gather in, or as if in, a fort, as for protection or defense

citadel collapse

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

black sheep collapse: sheep with a black coat

misfit collapse: someone unable to adapt to their circumstances

smidgen collapse

ounce collapse: a unit of weight equal to one sixteenth of a pound or 16 drams or 28.349 grams; a unit of apothecary weight equal to 480 grains or one twelfth of a pound

driblet collapse

blockhouse collapse: a stronghold that is reinforced for protection from enemy fire; with apertures for defensive fire

whit collapse

castle collapse: interchanging the positions of the king and a rook; a large building formerly occupied by a ruler and fortified against attack; (chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard; move the king two squares toward a rook and in the same move the rook to the square next past the king

granule collapse: a tiny grain

spume collapse: foam or froth on the sea

intruder collapse: someone who intrudes on the privacy or property of another without permission

nutshell collapse: the shell around the kernel of a nut

iota collapse: the 9th letter of the Greek alphabet

sliver collapse: form into slivers; "sliver wood"; divide into slivers or splinters

pebble collapse: a small smooth rounded rock

stronghold collapse: a strongly fortified defensive structure

bridgehead collapse: a defensive post at the end of a bridge nearest to the enemy; an area in hostile territory that has been captured and is held awaiting further troops and supplies; "an attempt to secure a bridgehead behind enemy lines"; "the only foothold left for British troops in Europe was Gibraltar"

beachhead collapse: an initial accomplishment that opens the way for further developments; "the town became a beachhead in the campaign to ban smoking outdoors"; "they are presently attempting to gain a foothold in the Russian market"; a bridgehead on the enemy's shoreline seized by an amphibious operation; "the Germans were desperately trying to contain the Anzio beachhead"

trivia collapse

flue collapse: a conduit to carry off smoke

fuzz collapse: the first beard of an adolescent boy

pittance collapse: an inadequate payment; "they work all day for a mere pittance"

pinhead collapse: the head of a pin

cobweb collapse: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web; filaments from a web that was spun by a spider; a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider

snippet collapse

fairy collapse: a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

flyspeck collapse: a tiny dark speck made by the excrement of a fly

bastion collapse: projecting part of a rampart or other fortification; a stronghold into which people could go for shelter during a battle; a group that defends a principle; "a bastion against corruption"; "the last bastion of communism"

microbe collapse: a minute life form (especially a disease-causing bacterium); the term is not in technical use

handful collapse: the quantity that can be held in the hand; a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were received"

dribble collapse: the propulsion of a ball by repeated taps or kicks; propel, "Carry the ball"; "dribble the ball"; let or cause to fall in drops; "dribble oil into the mixture"

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