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immigrant collapse: a person who comes to a country where they were not born in order to settle there

extrinsic collapse: not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"

modifier collapse: a gene that modifies the effect produced by another gene; a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb; a moderator who makes less extreme or uncompromising

fumble collapse: (sports) dropping the ball; drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"; handle clumsily; make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"

hold down collapse: restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"; keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs"

inconsequent collapse: lacking worth or importance; "his work seems trivial and inconsequential"; "the quite inconsequent fellow was managed like a puppet"

phobia collapse: an anxiety disorder characterized by extreme and irrational fear of simple things or social situations; "phobic disorder is a general term for all phobias"

grouse collapse: popular game bird having a plump body and feathered legs and feet; flesh of any of various grouse of the family Tetraonidae; usually roasted; flesh too dry to broil; hunt grouse

caress collapse: a gentle affectionate stroking (or something resembling it); "he showered her with caresses"; "soft music was a fond caress"; "the caresses of the breeze played over his face"; touch or stroke lightly in a loving or endearing manner; "He caressed her face"; "They caressed in the back seat of the taxi"

less collapse: (nonstandard in some uses but often idiomatic with measure phrases) fewer; "less than three weeks"; "no less than 50 people attended"; "in 25 words or less"; (usually preceded by `no') lower in quality; "no less than perfect"; used to form the comparative of some adjectives and adverbs; "less interesting"; "less expensive"; "less quickly"; comparative of little; "she walks less than she should"; "he works less these days"

treasury note collapse: securities with maturities of 1 to 10 years; sold for cash or in exchange for maturing issues or at auction

national collapse: a person who owes allegiance to that nation; "a monarch has a duty to his subjects"; concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests"; limited to or in the interests of a particular nation; "national interests"; "isolationism is a strictly national policy"; owned or maintained for the public by the national government; "national parks"; of or relating to or belonging to a nation or country; "national hero"; "national anthem"; "a national landmark"; of or relating to nationality; "national origin"; characteristic of or peculiar to the people of a nation; "a national trait"

manner collapse: a way of acting or behaving; how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"; a kind; "what manner of man are you?"

science collapse: a particular branch of scientific knowledge; "the science of genetics"

syntax collapse: the grammatical arrangement of words in sentences; studies of the rules for forming admissible sentences; a systematic orderly arrangement

seminar collapse: a course offered for a small group of advanced students; any meeting for an exchange of ideas

incident collapse: a single distinct event; a public disturbance; "the police investigated an incident at the bus station"; falling or striking of light rays on something; "incident light"

elective collapse: subject to popular election; "elective official"; not compulsory; "elective surgery"; "an elective course of study"

extraneous collapse: not essential; "the ballet struck me as extraneous and somewhat out of keeping with the rest of the play"; not pertinent to the matter under consideration; "an issue extraneous to the debate"; "the price was immaterial"; "mentioned several impertinent facts before finally coming to the point"; not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"

dominate collapse: have dominance or the power to defeat over; "Her pain completely mastered her"; "The methods can master the problems"; be in control; "Her husband completely dominates her"; look down on; "The villa dominates the town"

inspection collapse: a formal or official examination; "the platoon stood ready for review"; "we had to wait for the inspection before we could use the elevator"

inapplicable collapse: not capable of being applied; "rules inapplicable to day students"

aversion collapse: the act of turning yourself (or your gaze) away; "averting her gaze meant that she was angry"

architect collapse: someone who creates plans to be used in making something (such as buildings)

hay collapse: grass mowed and cured for use as fodder; convert (plant material) into hay

meal collapse: coarsely ground foodstuff; especially seeds of various cereal grasses or pulse; the food served and eaten at one time; any of the occasions for eating food that occur by custom or habit at more or less fixed times

conquer collapse: overcome by conquest; "conquer your fears"; "conquer a country"

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