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spectacle collapse: a blunder that makes you look ridiculous; used in the phrase `make a spectacle of' yourself; an elaborate and remarkable display on a lavish scale; something or someone seen (especially a notable or unusual sight); "the tragic spectacle of cripples trying to escape"

hall collapse: a large building for meetings or entertainment; a large room for gatherings or entertainment; "lecture hall"; "pool hall"; a large building used by a college or university for teaching or research; "halls of learning"; United States astronomer who discovered Phobos and Deimos (the two satellites of Mars) (1829-1907); United States explorer who led three expeditions to the Arctic (1821-1871); United States chemist who developed an economical method of producing aluminum from bauxite (1863-1914); United States child psychologist whose theories of child psychology strongly influenced educational psychology (1844-1924); English writer whose novel about a lesbian relationship was banned in Britain for many years (1883-1943)

notation collapse: the activity of representing something by a special system of marks or characters; a technical system of symbols used to represent special things

modus vivendi collapse: a temporary accommodation of a disagreement between parties pending a permanent settlement

mime collapse: a performance using gestures and body movements without words; an actor who communicates entirely by gesture and facial expression; act out without words but with gestures and bodily movements only; "The acting students mimed eating an apple"

romanticism collapse: impractical romantic ideals and attitudes; an exciting and mysterious quality (as of a heroic time or adventure); a movement in literature and art during the late 18th and early 19th centuries that celebrated nature rather than civilization; "Romanticism valued imagination and emotion over rationality"

bleeding heart collapse: someone who is excessively sympathetic toward those who claim to be exploited or underprivileged; garden plant having deep-pink drooping heart-shaped flowers

romance collapse: a novel dealing with idealized events remote from everyday life; the group of languages derived from Latin; relating to languages derived from Latin; "Romance languages"; tell romantic or exaggerated lies; "This author romanced his trip to an exotic country"; have a love affair with

masterpiece collapse: an outstanding achievement; the most outstanding work of a creative artist or craftsman

contraceptive collapse: an agent or device intended to prevent conception; capable of preventing conception or impregnation; "contraceptive devices and medications"

cantor collapse: the official of a synagogue who conducts the liturgical part of the service and sings or chants the prayers intended to be performed as solos

safety collapse: a score in American football; a player is tackled behind his own goal line; a safe place; "He ran to safety"; the state of being certain that adverse effects will not be caused by some agent under defined conditions; "insure the safety of the children"; "the reciprocal of safety is risk"

mat collapse: a thick flat pad used as a floor covering; sports equipment consisting of a piece of thick padding on the floor for gymnastic sports; a small pad of material that is used to protect surface from an object placed on it; mounting consisting of a border or background for a picture; a mass that is densely tangled or interwoven; "a mat of weeds and grass"

tableau collapse: any dramatic scene; a group of people attractively arranged (as if in a painting)

county collapse: a region created by territorial division for the purpose of local government; "the county has a population of 12,345 people"; the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"

drama collapse: the quality of being arresting or highly emotional; the literary genre of works intended for the theater; an episode that is turbulent or highly emotional

trailer collapse: a wheeled vehicle that can be pulled by a car or truck and is equipped for occupancy; a large transport conveyance designed to be pulled by a truck or tractor

bamboo curtain collapse: an ideological barrier around communist China especially in the 1950s and 1960s

logjam collapse: an immovable mass of logs blocking a river; any stoppage attributable to unusual activity; "the legislation ran into a logjam"

telescope collapse: a magnifier of images of distant objects; make smaller or shorter; "the novel was telescoped into a short play"; crush together or collapse; "In the accident, the cars telescoped"; "my hiking sticks telescope and can be put into the backpack"

lathe collapse: machine tool for shaping metal or wood; the workpiece turns about a horizontal axis against a fixed tool

insulation collapse: the act of protecting something by surrounding it with material that reduces or prevents the transmission of sound or heat or electricity; the state of being isolated or detached; "the insulation of England was preserved by the English Channel"

weir collapse: a low dam built across a stream to raise its level or divert its flow; a fence or wattle built across a stream to catch or retain fish

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