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punctual collapse: acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; "she expected guests to be punctual at meals"; "he is not a particularly punctual person"; "punctual payment"

mummify collapse: dry up and shrivel due to complete loss of moisture; "a mummified body was found"; remove the organs and dry out (a dead body) in order to preserve it; "Th Egyptians mummified their pharaohs"; preserve while making lifeless; "mummified ideas and institutions should be gotten rid of"

sarcasm collapse: witty language used to convey insults or scorn; "he used sarcasm to upset his opponent"; "irony is wasted on the stupid"; "Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own"--Jonathan Swift

intelligence quotient collapse: a measure of a person's intelligence as indicated by an intelligence test; the ratio of a person's mental age to their chronological age (multiplied by 100)

workmanlike collapse: worthy of a good workman; "a competent job"; "the book is a workmanlike job with chronology and bibliography and index"

lunchroom collapse: a restaurant (in a facility) where lunch can be purchased

irradiate collapse: expose to radiation; "irradiate food"; cast rays of light upon

cerebral collapse: involving intelligence rather than emotions or instinct; "a cerebral approach to the problem"; "cerebral drama"; of or relating to the cerebrum or brain; "cerebral hemisphere"; "cerebral activity"

liquid assets collapse: assets in the form of cash (or easily convertible into cash)

artistic collapse: satisfying aesthetic standards and sensibilities; "artistic workmanship"; relating to or characteristic of art or artists; "his artistic background"

conclusion collapse: an intuitive assumption; "jump to a conclusion"; the last section of a communication; "in conclusion I want to say..."; the proposition arrived at by logical reasoning (such as the proposition that must follow from the major and minor premises of a syllogism); a final settlement; "the conclusion of a business deal"; "the conclusion of the peace treaty"

elopement collapse: the act of running away with a lover (usually to get married)

squib collapse: firework consisting of a tube filled with powder (as a broken firecracker) that burns with a fizzing noise

explosive collapse: a chemical substance that undergoes a rapid chemical change (with the production of gas) on being heated or struck; serving to explode or characterized by explosion or sudden outburst; "an explosive device"; "explosive gas"; "explosive force"; "explosive violence"; "an explosive temper"; sudden and loud; "an explosive laugh"; liable to lead to sudden change or violence; "an explosive issue"; "a volatile situation with troops and rioters eager for a confrontation"

glimpse collapse: a brief or incomplete view; "from the window he could catch a glimpse of the lake"; a vague indication; "he caught only a glimpse of the professor's meaning"; catch a glimpse of or see briefly; "We glimpsed the Queen as she got into her limousine"

resistance collapse: the action of opposing something that you disapprove or disagree with; "he encountered a general feeling of resistance from many citizens"; "despite opposition from the newspapers he went ahead"; the military action of resisting the enemy's advance; "the enemy offered little resistance"; group action in opposition to those in power; (psychiatry) an unwillingness to bring repressed feelings into conscious awareness; the degree of unresponsiveness of a disease-causing microorganism to antibiotics or other drugs (as in penicillin-resistant bacteria); any mechanical force that tends to retard or oppose motion

prompt collapse: (computer science) a symbol that appears on the computer screen to indicate that the computer is ready to receive a command; a cue given to a performer (usually the beginning of the next line to be spoken); "the audience could hear his prompting"; quick in apprehending or reacting; "a prompt (or ready) response"; "a prompt smile"; serve as the inciting cause of; "She prompted me to call my relatives"; assist (somebody acting or reciting) by suggesting the next words of something forgotten or imperfectly learned

hallucination collapse: an object perceived during a hallucinatory episode; "he refused to believe that the angel was a hallucination"; illusory perception; a common symptom of severe mental disorder

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