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specialization collapse: the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"; the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose; (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"

metier collapse: an occupation for which you are especially well suited; "in law he found his true metier"

vassal collapse: a person holding a fief; a person who owes allegiance and service to a feudal lord

chattel collapse: personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)

inflict collapse: impose something unpleasant; "The principal visited his rage on the students"

responsible collapse: being the agent or cause; "determined who was the responsible party"; "termites were responsible for the damage"; worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable; "a responsible adult"; "responsible journalism"; "a responsible position"; "the captain is responsible for the ship's safety"; "the cabinet is responsible to the parliament"

chapter collapse: a subdivision of a written work; usually numbered and titled; "he read a chapter every night before falling asleep"; a series of related events forming an episode; "a chapter of disasters"; a local branch of some fraternity or association; "he joined the Atlanta chapter"; an ecclesiastical assembly of the monks in a monastery or even of the canons of a church; any distinct period in history or in a person's life; "the industrial revolution opened a new chapter in British history"; "the divorce was an ugly chapter in their relationship"

pursuit collapse: the act of pursuing in an effort to overtake or capture; "the culprit started to run and the cop took off in pursuit"; a search for an alternative that meets cognitive criteria; "the pursuit of love"; "life is more than the pursuance of fame"; "a quest for wealth"

nuzzle collapse: dig out with the snout; "the pig nuzzled the truffle"; rub noses

dudgeon collapse: a feeling of intense indignation (now used only in the phrase `in high dudgeon')

serf collapse: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

nickname collapse: a familiar name for a person (often a shortened version of a person's given name); "Joe's mother would not use his nickname and always called him Joseph"; "Henry's nickname was Slim"; a descriptive name for a place or thing; "the nickname for the U.S. Constitution is `Old Ironsides'"

liege collapse: city in eastern Belgium; largest French-speaking city in Belgium; a feudal lord entitled to allegiance and service; owing or owed feudal allegiance and service; "one's liege lord"; "a liege subject"

cuddle collapse: a close and affectionate (and often prolonged) embrace; move or arrange oneself in a comfortable and cozy position; "We cuddled against each other to keep warm"; "The children snuggled into their sleeping bags"; hold (a person or thing) close, as for affection, comfort, or warmth; "I cuddled the baby"

captive collapse: an animal that is confined; a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion; giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"; in captivity

motif collapse: a design that consists of recurring shapes or colors; a theme that is elaborated on in a piece of music

shibboleth collapse: a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people

topic collapse: some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several years"; "it is a matter for the police"

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