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re collapse: the syllable naming the second (supertonic) note of any major scale in solmization

respect collapse: (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point; "it differs in that respect"; an attitude of admiration or esteem; "she lost all respect for him"; regard highly; think much of; "I respect his judgement"; "We prize his creativity"; show respect towards; "honor your parents!"

accounting collapse: a system that provides quantitative information about finances; a convincing explanation that reveals basic causes; "he was unable to give a clear accounting for his actions"; a bookkeeper's chronological list of related debits and credits of a business; forms part of a ledger of accounts

straw vote collapse: an unofficial vote taken to determine opinion on some issue

plebiscite collapse: a vote by the electorate determining public opinion on a question of national importance

recommend collapse: make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"; push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

road map collapse: a map showing roads (for automobile travel); a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action; "the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam"

brain collapse: that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord; mental ability; "he's got plenty of brains but no common sense"; the brain of certain animals used as meat; kill by smashing someone's skull; hit on the head

nerve collapse: any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body

refer collapse: think of, regard, or classify under a subsuming principle or with a general group or in relation to another; "This plant can be referred to a known species"; send or direct for treatment, information, or a decision; "refer a patient to a specialist"; "refer a bill to a committee"; have to do with or be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments"

data collapse: a collection of facts from which conclusions may be drawn; "statistical data"

etiology collapse: the philosophical study of causation; the cause of a disease

information collapse: (communication theory) a numerical measure of the uncertainty of an outcome; "the signal contained thousands of bits of information"; knowledge acquired through study or experience or instruction; a message received and understood; formal accusation of a crime

voucher collapse: a document that serves as evidence of some expenditure; someone who vouches for another or for the correctness of a statement

ballot collapse: a document listing the alternatives that is used in voting; vote by ballot; "The voters were balloting in this state"

Yellow Pages collapse: a telephone directory or section of a directory (usually printed on yellow paper) where business products and services are listed alphabetically by field along with classified advertising

gazetteer collapse: a geographical dictionary (as at the back of an atlas); a journalist who writes for a gazette

norm collapse: a standard or model or pattern regarded as typical; "the current middle-class norm of two children per family"

comment collapse: a written explanation or criticism or illustration that is added to a book or other textual material; "he wrote an extended comment on the proposal"; explain or interpret something; make or write a comment on; "he commented the paper of his colleague"

needle collapse: a sharp pointed implement (usually steel); a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument; goad or provoke,as by constant criticism; "He needled her with his sarcastic remarks"; prick with a needle

slant collapse: a biased way of looking at or presenting something; present with a bias; "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"; lie obliquely; "A scar slanted across his face"

noise collapse: incomprehensibility resulting from irrelevant information or meaningless facts or remarks; "all the noise in his speech concealed the fact that he didn't have anything to say"; the auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me"; a loud outcry of protest or complaint; "the announcement of the election recount caused a lot of noise"; "whatever it was he didn't like it and he was going to let them know by making as loud a noise as he could"; sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking"; "during the firework display that ended the gala the noise reached 98 decibels"; electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication

iconology collapse: the branch of art history that studies visual images and their symbolic meaning (especially in social or political terms)

metric system collapse: a decimal system of weights and measures based on the meter and the kilogram and the second

yea collapse: an affirmative; "The yeas have it"; not only so, but; "I therein do rejoice, yea, and will rejoice"

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