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rouge collapse: makeup consisting of a pink or red powder applied to the cheeks; redden by applying rouge to; "she rouged her cheeks"

contemporary collapse: a person of nearly the same age as another; belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders"; characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in design"; "the role of computers in modern-day medicine"

letter collapse: a written message addressed to a person or organization; "mailed an indignant letter to the editor"; an award earned by participation in a school sport; "he won letters in three sports"; the conventional characters of the alphabet used to represent speech; "his grandmother taught him his letters"; a strictly literal interpretation (as distinct from the intention); "he followed instructions to the letter"; "he obeyed the letter of the law"; owner who lets another person use something (housing usually) for hire; mark letters on or mark with letters; set down or print with letters; win an athletic letter

long ago collapse: of the distant or comparatively distant past; "We met once long ago"; "they long ago forsook their nomadic life"; "left for work long ago"; "he has long since given up mountain climbing"; "This name has long since been forgotten"; "lang syne" is Scottish

hieroglyphic collapse: written in or belonging to a writing system using pictorial symbols; resembling hieroglyphic writing

rust collapse: any of various fungi causing rust disease in plants; the formation of reddish-brown ferric oxides on iron by low-temperature oxidation in the presence of water; a reddish-brown discoloration of leaves and stems caused by a rust fungus; a red or brown oxide coating on iron or steel caused by the action of oxygen and moisture; of the brown color of rust; become coated with oxide

avoidance collapse: deliberately avoiding; keeping away from or preventing from happening

incandescent collapse: emitting light as a result of being heated; "an incandescent bulb"; characterized by ardent emotion or intensity or brilliance; "an incandescent performance"

WASP collapse: social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting; a white person of Anglo-Saxon ancestry who belongs to a Protestant denomination

nigger collapse: (ethnic slur) extremely offensive name for a Black person; "only a Black can call another Black a nigga"

Oriental collapse: a member of an Oriental race; the term is regarded as offensive by Asians (especially by Asian Americans)

paleface collapse: a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians)

Caucasian collapse: a number of languages spoken in the Caucasus that have no known affiliations to languages spoken elsewhere; of or relating to Caucasian people; of or relating to the geographical region of Caucasia; "Caucasian languages"

colored person collapse: a United States term for Blacks that is now considered offensive

Negro collapse: relating to or characteristic of or being a member of the traditional racial division of mankind having brown to black pigmentation and tightly curled hair

centennial collapse: the 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it); of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years; "centennial celebration"

fiery collapse: like or suggestive of fire; "the burning sand"; "a fiery desert wind"; "an igneous desert atmosphere"; very intense; "a fiery temper"; "flaming passions"

Man collapse: game equipment consisting of an object used in playing certain board games; "he taught me to set up the men on the chess board"; "he sacrificed a piece to get a strategic advantage"; one of the British Isles in the Irish Sea; an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman); "there were two women and six men on the bus"; a male person who plays a significant role (husband or lover or boyfriend) in the life of a particular woman; "she takes good care of her man"; an adult male person who has a manly character (virile and courageous competent); "the army will make a man of you"; the generic use of the word to refer to any human being; "it was every man for himself"; a male subordinate; "the chief stationed two men outside the building"; "he awaited word from his man in Havana"; provide with men; "We cannot man all the desks"; take charge of a certain job; occupy a certain work place; "Mr. Smith manned the reception desk in the morning"

today collapse: the day that includes the present moment (as opposed to yesterday or tomorrow); "Today is beautiful"; "did you see today's newspaper?"; the present time or age; "the world of today"; "today we have computers"; on this day as distinct from yesterday or tomorrow; "I can't meet with you today"

commemoration collapse: a ceremony to honor the memory of someone or something

pi collapse: the 16th letter of the Greek alphabet; the ratio of the circumference to the diameter of a circle; approximately equal to 3.14159265358979323846...

Indian collapse: a member of the race of people living in America when Europeans arrived; a native or inhabitant of India; of or pertaining to American Indians or their culture or languages; "Native American religions"; "Indian arrowheads"; of or relating to or characteristic of India or the East Indies or their peoples or languages or cultures; "the Indian subcontinent"; "Indian saris"

biennial collapse: a plant having a life cycle that normally takes two seasons from germination to death to complete; flowering biennials usually bloom and fruit in the second season; having a life cycle lasting two seasons; "a biennial life cycle"; "parsnips and carrots are biennial plants often grown as annuals"; occurring every second year; "they met at biennial conventions"

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