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tempera collapse: pigment mixed with water-soluble glutinous materials such as size and egg yolk

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

storybook collapse: a book containing a collection of stories (usually for children)

plasma collapse: colorless watery fluid of blood and lymph containing no cells and in which erythrocytes and leukocytes and platelets are suspended; (physical chemistry) a fourth state of matter distinct from solid or liquid or gas and present in stars and fusion reactors; a gas becomes a plasma when it is heated until the atoms lose all their electrons, leaving a highly electrified collection of nuclei and free electrons; "particles in space exist in the form of a plasma"; a green slightly translucent variety of chalcedony used as a gemstone

leukocyte collapse: blood cells that engulf and digest bacteria and fungi; an important part of the body's defense system

representation collapse: an activity that stands as an equivalent of something or results in an equivalent; the act of representing; standing in for someone or some group and speaking with authority in their behalf; a creation that is a visual or tangible rendering of someone or something; the right of being represented by delegates who have a voice in some legislative body; a presentation to the mind in the form of an idea or image; a statement of facts and reasons made in appealing or protesting; "certain representations were made concerning police brutality"; a factual statement made by one party in order to induce another party to enter into a contract; "the sales contract contains several representations by the vendor"; a body of legislators that serve in behalf of some constituency; "a Congressional vacancy occurred in the representation from California"; the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent

counterpart collapse: a duplicate copy; a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another

pretext collapse: something serving to conceal plans; a fictitious reason that is concocted in order to conceal the real reason

copy collapse: a secondary representation of an original; "she made a copy of the designer dress"; matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials; material suitable for a journalistic account; "catastrophes make good copy"; make a replica of; "copy that drawing"; "re-create a picture by Rembrandt"; copy down as is; "The students were made to copy the alphabet over and over"

rationalization collapse: the organization of a business according to scientific principles of management in order to increase efficiency; (mathematics) the simplification of an expression or equation by eliminating radicals without changing the value of the expression or the roots of the equation; the cognitive process of making something seem consistent with or based on reason; (psychiatry) a defense mechanism by which your true motivation is concealed by explaining your actions and feelings in a way that is not threatening

museum collapse: a depository for collecting and displaying objects having scientific or historical or artistic value

mate collapse: South American tea-like drink made from leaves of a South American holly called mate; the officer below the master on a commercial ship; informal term for a friend of the same sex; the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner); "he loved the mare and all her mates"; "camels hate leaving their mates"; South American holly; leaves used in making a drink like tea

booming collapse: used of the voice; very lively and profitable; "flourishing businesses"; "a palmy time for stockbrokers"; "a prosperous new business"; "doing a roaring trade"; "a thriving tourist center"; "did a thriving business in orchids"

method collapse: a way of doing something, especially a systematic way; implies an orderly logical arrangement (usually in steps)

amplifier collapse: electronic equipment that increases strength of signals passing through it

imagine collapse: form a mental image of something that is not present or that is not the case; "Can you conceive of him as the president?"

description collapse: sort or variety; "every description of book was there"; a statement that represents something in words; the act of describing something

abstract collapse: existing only in the mind; separated from embodiment; "abstract words like `truth' and `justice'"; dealing with a subject in the abstract without practical purpose or intention; "abstract reasoning"; "abstract science"; not representing or imitating external reality or the objects of nature; "a large abstract painting"; consider a concept without thinking of a specific example; consider abstractly or theoretically; consider apart from a particular case or instance; "Let's abstract away from this particular example"; give an abstract (of)

microfiche collapse: small sheet of microfilm on which many pages of material have been photographed; a magnification system is used to read the material

photoemission collapse: an emission of photoelectrons (especially from a metallic surface)

pencil collapse: a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood; a cosmetic in a long thin stick; designed to be applied to a particular part of the face; "an eyebrow pencil"; a figure formed by a set of straight lines or light rays meeting at a point; graphite (or a similar substance) used in such a way as to be a medium of communication; "the words were scribbled in pencil"; "this artist's favorite medium is pencil"; write, draw, or trace with a pencil; "he penciled a figure"

veneer collapse: coating consisting of a thin layer of superior wood glued to a base of inferior wood; cover with veneer; "veneer the furniture to protect it"

simulation collapse: the act of imitating the behavior of some situation or some process by means of something suitably analogous (especially for the purpose of study or personnel training); (computer science) the technique of representing the real world by a computer program; "a simulation should imitate the internal processes and not merely the results of the thing being simulated"

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