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wind tunnel collapse: a structure resembling a tunnel where air is blown at known velocities for testing parts of aircraft

gadabout collapse: a restless seeker after amusement or social companionship

rambler collapse: a person whose speech or writing is not well organized; a person who takes long walks in the country

underpass collapse: an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway

aisle collapse: passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores; part of a church divided laterally from the nave proper by rows of pillars or columns; a long narrow passage (as in a cave or woods)

duct collapse: an enclosed conduit for a fluid; a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; "the tear duct was obstructed"; "the alimentary canal"; "poison is released through a channel in the snake's fangs"; a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls

ceremony collapse: any activity that is performed in an especially solemn elaborate or formal way; "the ceremony of smelling the cork and tasting the wine"; "he makes a ceremony of addressing his golf ball"; "he disposed of it without ceremony"; the proper or conventional behavior on some solemn occasion; "an inaugural ceremony"; a formal event performed on a special occasion; "a ceremony commemorating Pearl Harbor"

ermine collapse: mustelid of northern hemisphere in its white winter coat; the expensive white fur of the ermine

imperial collapse: a piece of luggage carried on top of a coach; a small tufted beard worn by Emperor Napoleon III; belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler; "golden age of imperial splendor"; "purple tyrant"; "regal attire"; "treated with royal acclaim"; "the royal carriage of a stag's head"; befitting or belonging to an emperor or empress; "imperial palace"; relating to or associated with an empire; "imperial colony"; "the imperial gallon was standardized legally throughout the British Empire"

cadenza collapse: a brilliant solo passage occuring near the end of a piece of music

imperious collapse: able to deal authoritatively with affairs; "dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand"

cadence collapse: a recurrent rhythmical series; the close of a musical section

coronet collapse: margin between the skin of the pastern and the horn of the hoof; a small crown; usually indicates a high rank but below that of sovereign

legislation collapse: the act of making or enacting laws; law enacted by a legislative body

stimulant collapse: a drug that temporarily quickens some vital process; that stimulates; "stimulant phenomena"

refrain collapse: the part of a song where a soloist is joined by a group of singers; resist doing something; "He refrained from hitting him back"; "she could not forbear weeping"

shady collapse: filled with shade; "the shady side of the street"; "the surface of the pond is dark and shadowed"; "we sat on rocks in a shadowy cove"; "cool umbrageous woodlands"

route collapse: divert in a specified direction; "divert the low voltage to the engine cylinders"; send via a specific route; send documents or materials to appropriate destinations

convection collapse: the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion; (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere

conduit collapse: a passage (a pipe or tunnel) through which water or electric wires can pass; "the computers were connected through a system of conduits"

rhetorical collapse: concerned with effect or style of writing and speaking; "a rhetorical question is one asked solely to produce an effect (especially to make an assertion) rather than to elicit a reply"; of or relating to rhetoric; "accepted two or three verbal and rhetorical changes I suggested"- W.A.White; "the rhetorical sin of the meaningless variation"- Lewis Mumford

gangplank collapse: a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside

gangway collapse: a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site)

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