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bell collapse: a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck; the flared opening of a tubular device; the sound of a bell being struck; "saved by the bell"; "she heard the distant toll of church bells"; United States inventor (born in Scotland) of the telephone (1847-1922); English painter; sister of Virginia Woolf; prominent member of the Bloomsbury Group (1879-1961); a phonetician and father of Alexander Graham Bell (1819-1905); the shape of a bell; (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.; attach a bell to; "bell cows"

crimson collapse: a deep and vivid red color; characterized by violence or bloodshed; "writes of crimson deeds and barbaric days"- Andrea Parke; "fann'd by Conquest's crimson wing"- Thomas Gray; "convulsed with red rage"- Hudson Strode; (especially of the face) reddened or suffused with or as if with blood from emotion or exertion; "crimson with fury"; "turned red from exertion"; "with puffy reddened eyes"; "red-faced and violent"; "flushed (or crimson) with embarrassment"

alarm collapse: a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event; an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger; fear resulting from the awareness of danger; warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries"

stormy petrel collapse: sooty black petrel with white markings; of the northern Atlantic and Mediterranean

beacon collapse: a tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships; a fire (usually on a hill or tower) that can be seen from a distance; guide with a beacon; shine like a beacon

maroon collapse: an exploding firework used as a warning signal; a dark purplish-red to dark brownish-red color; a person who is stranded (as on an island); "when the tide came in I was a maroon out there"; of dark brownish to purplish red; leave stranded on a desert island without resources; "The mutinous sailors were marooned on an island"; leave stranded or isolated with little hope of rescue; "the travellers were marooned"

nudge collapse: a slight push or shake; push into action by pestering or annoying gently; to push against gently; "She nudged my elbow when she saw her friend enter the restaurant"

ruby collapse: a transparent piece of ruby that has been cut and polished and is valued as a precious gem; a transparent deep red variety of corundum; used as a gemstone and in lasers

flare collapse: (baseball) a fly ball hit a short distance into the outfield; a device that produces a bright light for warning or illumination or identification; a burst of light used to communicate or illuminate; a sudden outburst of emotion; "she felt a flare of delight"; "she could not control her flare of rage"; am unwanted reflection in an optical system (or the fogging of an image that is caused by such a reflection); a sudden burst of flame; a shape that spreads outward; "the skirt had a wide flare"; a sudden recurrence or worsening of symptoms; "a colitis flare"; "infection can cause a lupus flare"; reddening of the skin spreading outward from a focus of infection or irritation; burn brightly; "Every star seemed to flare with new intensity"; shine with a sudden light; "The night sky flared with the massive bombardment"

glance collapse: a quick look; throw a glance at; take a brief look at; "She only glanced at the paper"; "I only peeked--I didn't see anything interesting"

jack collapse: male donkey; any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas; tool for exerting pressure or lifting; one of four face cards in a deck bearing a picture of a young prince; small flag indicating a ship's nationality; game equipment consisting of one of several small six-pointed metal pieces that are picked up while bouncing a ball in the game of jacks; an electrical device consisting of a connector socket designed for the insertion of a plug; a small ball at which players aim in lawn bowling; a small worthless amount; "you don't know jack"; lift with a special device; "jack up the car so you can change the tire"

Mayday collapse: an internationally recognized distress signal via radiotelephone (from the French m'aider)

tocsin collapse: a bell used to sound an alarm; the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)

precursor collapse: a person who goes before or announces the coming of another; a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction)

all clear collapse: permission to proceed because obstacles have been removed; a signal (usually a siren) that danger is over

signalize collapse: make conspicuous or noteworthy; point out carefully and clearly; provide with traffic signals; "signalize a busy intersection"

symptom collapse: anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence; (medicine) any sensation or change in bodily function that is experienced by a patient and is associated with a particular disease

moratorium collapse: suspension of an ongoing activity; a legally authorized postponement before some obligation must be discharged

redden collapse: turn red or redder; "The sky reddened"; make red; "The setting sun reddened the sky"

peace offering collapse: something offered to an adversary in the hope of obtaining peace

flag collapse: a conspicuously marked or shaped tail; emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design; stratified stone that splits into pieces suitable as paving stones; a rectangular piece of fabric used as a signalling device; provide with a flag; "Flag this file so that I can recognize it immediately"; communicate or signal with a flag; decorate with flags; "the building was flagged for the holiday"

inflamed collapse: adorned with tongues of flame; resulting from inflammation; hot and swollen and reddened; "eyes inflamed with crying"

segregation collapse: the act of segregating or sequestering; "sequestration of the jury"; a social system that provides separate facilities for minority groups; (genetics) the separation of paired alleles during meiosis so that members of each pair of alleles appear in different gametes

bureaucracy collapse: any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape; a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials; nonelective government officials

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