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ambages collapse: (archaic) roundabout or mysterious ways of action

orbital collapse: of or relating to the eye socket; "orbital scale"; "orbital arch"; of or relating to an orbit; "orbital revolution"; "orbital velocity"

mealy-mouthed collapse

outer collapse: being on or toward the outside of the body; "the outer ear"; located outside; "outer reality"

outermost collapse: situated at the farthest possible point from a center

circumferential collapse: lying around or just outside the edges or outskirts; "circumferential highways around cities"

detour collapse: a roundabout road (especially one that is used temporarily while a main route is blocked); travel via a detour

ambient collapse: completely enveloping; "the ambient air"; "ambient sound"; "the ambient temperature"

outmost collapse

encircling collapse

digression collapse: wandering from the main path of a journey; a message that departs from the main subject

embracing collapse

surrounding collapse

enclosing collapse

torsional collapse

outlying collapse

helical collapse

rotor collapse: rotating mechanism consisting of an assembly of rotating airfoils; "there are horizontal rotors on a helicopter or compressor rotors in a jet engine"; the rotating armature of a motor or generator; the revolving bar of a distributor

outing collapse

tangled collapse: in a confused mass; "pushed back her tangled hair"; "the tangled ropes"

twisty collapse

backhanded collapse: roundabout or ambiguous; "attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity"; "a backhanded and dishonest way of reaching his goal"

rotator collapse

merry-go-round collapse: a never-ending cycle of activities and events (especially when they seem to have little purpose); "if we lose the election the whole legislative merry-go-round will have to start over"

side road collapse: a minor road branching off of a main road

neighboring collapse: situated near one another; "neighbor states"

bypass collapse: a road that takes traffic around the edge of a town; a surgically created shunt (usually around a damaged part); avoid something unpleasant or laborious; "You cannot bypass these rules!"

snarled collapse

whorled collapse

anfractuous collapse: full of twists and turns; "anfractuous cliffs"

excursion collapse: a journey taken for pleasure; "many summer excursions to the shore"; "it was merely a pleasure trip"; "after cautious sashays into the field"

round trip collapse: a trip to some place and back again

runaround collapse

carousel collapse: large mechanical apparatus with seats for children to ride on; carries luggage to air travelers

peripheral collapse: (computer science) electronic equipment connected by cable to the CPU of a computer; "disk drives and printers are important peripherals"; on or near an edge or constituting an outer boundary; the outer area; "Russia's peripheral provinces"; "peripheral suburbs"; related to the key issue but not of central importance; "a peripheral interest"; "energy is far from a peripheral issue in the economy"; "peripheral issues"

junket collapse: a trip taken by an official at public expense; dessert made of sweetened milk coagulated with rennet

whirligig collapse: whirl or spin like a whirligig

digressive collapse: (of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects; "amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"; of superficial relevance if any; "a digressive allusion to the day of the week"; "a tangential remark"

excursive collapse

suburban collapse: relating to or characteristic of or situated in suburbs; "suburban population"

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