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administration collapse: the act of administering medication; a method of tending to (especially business) matters; the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something; "he claims that the present administration is corrupt"; "the governance of an association is responsible to its members"; "he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment"

mineral kingdom collapse: all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms

candle collapse: stick of wax with a wick in the middle; the basic unit of luminous intensity adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites; equal to 1/60 of the luminous intensity per square centimeter of a black body radiating at the temperature of 2,046 degrees Kelvin; examine eggs for freshness by holding them against a light

fixer collapse: someone who intervenes with authorities for a person in trouble (usually using underhand or illegal methods for a fee)

pursuance collapse: the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

argument collapse: a variable in a logical or mathematical expression whose value determines the dependent variable; if f(x)=y, x is the independent variable; a summary of the subject or plot of a literary work or play or movie; "the editor added the argument to the poem"; a fact or assertion offered as evidence that something is true; "it was a strong argument that his hypothesis was true"; a discussion in which reasons are advanced for and against some proposition or proposal; "the argument over foreign aid goes on and on"

ideal collapse: the idea of something that is perfect; something that one hopes to attain; model of excellence or perfection of a kind; one having no equal; constituting or existing only in the form of an idea or mental image or conception; "a poem or essay may be typical of its period in idea or ideal content"; conforming to an ultimate standard of perfection or excellence; embodying an ideal; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of the reality of ideas

motorboat collapse: a boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine; ride in a motorboat

recourse collapse: act of turning to for assistance; "have recourse to the courts"; "an appeal to his uncle was his last resort"; something or someone turned to for assistance or security; "his only recourse was the police"; "took refuge in lying"

task collapse: assign a task to; "I tasked him with looking after the children"

dowry collapse: money or property brought by a woman to her husband at marriage

anima collapse: (Jungian psychology) the inner self (not the external persona) that is in touch with the unconscious

philanthropist collapse: someone who makes charitable donations intended to increase human well-being

beneficence collapse: the quality of being kind or helpful or generous; doing good; feeling beneficent

lattice collapse: framework consisting of an ornamental design made of strips of wood or metal; an arrangement of points or particles or objects in a regular periodic pattern in 2 or 3 dimensions

hierarchy collapse: the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body; a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"

domain collapse: a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"; territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"; the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

meaning collapse: the idea that is intended; "What is the meaning of this proverb?"; the message that is intended or expressed or signified; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous"

elite collapse: a group or class of persons enjoying superior intellectual or social or economic status

weight collapse: an artifact that is heavy; sports equipment used in calisthenic exercises and weightlifting; it is not attached to anything and is raised and lowered by use of the hands and arms; the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity; the relative importance granted to something; "his opinion carries great weight"; "the progression implied an increasing weightiness of the items listed"; an oppressive feeling of heavy force; "bowed down by the weight of responsibility"; (statistics) a coefficient assigned to elements of a frequency distribution in order to represent their relative importance

mutiny collapse: open rebellion against constituted authority (especially by seamen or soldiers against their officers); engage in a mutiny against an authority

utensil collapse: an implement for practical use (especially in a household)

main collapse: a principal pipe in a system that distributes water or gas or electricity or that collects sewage; any very large body of (salt) water

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