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gene collapse: (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors"

heredity collapse: the total of inherited attributes; the biological process whereby genetic factors are transmitted from one generation to the next

antagonist collapse: a drug that neutralizes or counteracts the effects of another drug; a muscle that relaxes while another contracts; "when bending the elbow the triceps are the antagonist"

pedant collapse: a person who pays more attention to formal rules and book learning than they merit

antihero collapse: a protagonist who lacks the characteristics that would make him a hero (or her a heroine)

character assassination collapse: an attack intended to ruin someone's reputation

soubrette collapse: a minor female role as a pert flirtatious lady's maid in a comedy; a pert or flirtatious young girl

syntactic collapse: of or relating to or conforming to the rules of syntax; "the syntactic rules of a language"

grammatical collapse: conforming to the rules of grammar or usage accepted by native speakers; "spoke in grammatical sentences"; of or pertaining to grammar; "the grammatic structure of a sentence"; "grammatical rules"; "grammatical gender"

villain collapse: a wicked or evil person; someone who does evil deliberately; the principle bad character in a film or work of fiction

evocation collapse: imaginative re-creation; stimulation that calls up (draws forth) a particular class of behaviors; "the elicitation of his testimony was not easy"; calling up supposed supernatural forces by spells and incantations

descriptive collapse: describing the structure of a language; "descriptive linguistics simply describes language"; serving to describe or inform or characterized by description; "the descriptive variable"; "a descriptive passage"

slander collapse: words falsely spoken that damage the reputation of another

conformist collapse: someone who conforms to established standards of conduct (especially in religious matters); marked by convention and conformity to customs or rules or styles; "underneath the radical image teenagers are surprisingly conformist"

cameo collapse: engraving or carving in low relief on a stone (as in a brooch or ring)

details collapse: true confidential information; "after the trial he gave us the real details"

role collapse: normal or customary activity of a person in a particular social setting; "what is your role on the team?"

chromosome collapse: a threadlike body in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order

structural collapse: concerned with systematic structure in a particular field of study; affecting or involved in structure or construction; "the structural details of a house such as beams and joists and rafters; not ornamental elements"; "structural damage"; relating to or having or characterized by structure; "structural engineer"; "structural errors"; "structural simplicity"; relating to or caused by structure, especially political or economic structure; "structural unemployment in a technological society"

recommend collapse: make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"; push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

patronage collapse: (politics) granting favors or giving contracts or making appointments to office in return for political support; support by being a patron of

heritage collapse: practices that are handed down from the past by tradition; "a heritage of freedom"

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