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mail collapse: a conveyance that transports the letters and packages that are conveyed by the postal system; the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"; the bags of letters and packages that are transported by the postal service; any particular collection of letters or packages that is delivered; "your mail is on the table"; "is there any post for me?"; "she was opening her post"; cause to be directed or transmitted to another place; "send me your latest results"; "I'll mail you the paper when it's written"; send via the postal service; "I'll mail you the check tomorrow"

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

leap year collapse: in the Gregorian calendar: any year divisible by 4 except centenary years not divisible by 400

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

noteworthy collapse: worthy of notice; "a noteworthy fact is that her students rarely complain"; "a remarkable achievement"; worthy of notice; "a noteworthy advance in cancer research"

summer school collapse: an academic session during the summer; usually for remedial or supplementary study

Communist collapse: a socialist who advocates communism; a member of the communist party; relating to or marked by communism; "Communist Party"; "communist governments"; "communistic propaganda"

Red collapse: red color or pigment; the chromatic color resembling the hue of blood; a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows eastward from Texas along the southern boundary of Oklahoma and through Louisiana; red with or characterized by blood; "waving our red weapons o'er our heads"- Shakespeare; "The Red Badge of Courage"; "the red rules of tooth and claw"- P.B.Sears; of a color at the end of the color spectrum (next to orange); resembling the color of blood or cherries or tomatoes or rubies

chestnut collapse: a dark golden-brown or reddish-brown horse; a small horny callus on the inner surface of a horse's leg; edible nut of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea; any of several attractive deciduous trees yellow-brown in autumn; yield a hard wood and edible nuts in a prickly bur; wood of any of various chestnut trees of the genus Castanea; (of hair) of a golden brown to reddish brown color; "a chestnut horse"; "chestnut hair"

field day collapse: a day devoted to an outdoor social gathering; a time of unusual pleasure and success; a day for outdoor athletic competition; (military) a day for military exercises and display

now collapse: the momentary present; "Now is a good time to do it"; "it worked up to right now"; used to preface a command or reproof or request; "now hear this!"; "now pay attention"; at the present moment; "goods now on sale"; "the now-aging dictator"; "they are now abroad"; "he is busy at present writing a new novel"; "it could happen any time now"; in the historical present; at this point in the narration of a series of past events; "President Kennedy now calls in the National Guard"; "Washington now decides to cross the Delaware"; "the ship is now listing to port"; in the immediate past; "told me just now"; (prefatory or transitional) indicates a change of subject or activity; "Now the next problem is..."

eleventh hour collapse: the latest possible moment; "money became available at the eleventh hour"; "at the last minute the government changed the rules"

take the cake collapse: rank first; used often in a negative context; "He takes the cake for chutzpah!"

interminably collapse: all the time; seemingly without stopping; "a theological student with whom I argued interminably"; "her nagging went on endlessly"

rusty collapse: covered with or consisting of rust; "a rusty machine"; "rusty deposits"

lagging collapse: used to wrap around pipes or boilers or laid in attics to prevent loss of heat

monogram collapse: a graphic symbol consisting of 2 or more letters combined (usually your initials); printed on stationery or embroidered on clothing

Yom Kippur collapse: (Judaism) a solemn and major fast day on the Jewish calendar; 10th of Tishri; its observance is one of the requirements of the Mosaic law

rainy day collapse: a (future) time of financial need; "I am saving for a rainy day"

Jacobin collapse: a member of the radical movement that instituted the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution

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