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fossilize collapse: become mentally inflexible; convert to a fossil; "The little animals fossilized and are now embedded in the limestone"

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

corrosion collapse: erosion by chemical action; a state of deterioration in metals caused by oxidation or chemical action

spoilage collapse: the process of becoming spoiled; the amount that has spoiled

stagnate collapse: cease to flow; stand without moving; "Stagnating waters"; "blood stagnates in the capillaries"; cause to stagnate; "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"; stand still; "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"

pest collapse: any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.; "he sprayed the garden to get rid of pests"; "many pests have developed resistance to the common pesticides"; a persistently annoying person

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

cantankerous collapse: having a difficult and contrary disposition; "a cantankerous and venomous-tongued old lady"- Dorothy Sayers

worm collapse: any of numerous relatively small elongated soft-bodied animals especially of the phyla Annelida and Chaetognatha and Nematoda and Nemertea and Platyhelminthes; also many insect larvae; screw thread on a gear with the teeth of a worm wheel or rack; a software program capable of reproducing itself that can spread from one computer to the next over a network; "worms take advantage of automatic file sending and receiving features found on many computers"; a person who has a nasty or unethical character undeserving of respect

fungus collapse: a parasitic plant lacking chlorophyll and leaves and true stems and roots and reproducing by spores

canker collapse: an ulceration (especially of the lips or lining of the mouth); a fungal disease of woody plants that causes localized damage to the bark; infect with a canker; become infected with a canker

decomposition collapse: the analysis of a vector field; (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action; (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance; in a decomposed state

must collapse: grape juice before or during fermentation; a necessary or essential thing; "seat belts are an absolute must"

contaminated collapse: rendered unwholesome by contaminants and pollution; "had to boil the contaminated water"; "polluted lakes and streams"; corrupted by contact or association; "contaminated evidence"; contaminated with infecting organisms; "dirty wounds"; "obliged to go into infected rooms"- Jane Austen

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

lipstick collapse: makeup that is used to color the lips; apply lipstick to; "She lipsticked her mouth"; form by tracing with lipstick; "The clown had lipsticked circles on his cheeks"

copper collapse: any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings; a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper; a copper penny; a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor; coat with a layer of copper

puffball collapse: any of various fungi of the family Lycoperdaceae whose round fruiting body discharges a cloud of spores when mature

creeper collapse: any of various small insectivorous birds of the northern hemisphere that climb up a tree trunk supporting themselves on stiff tail feathers and their feet; any plant (as ivy or periwinkle) that grows by creeping

vetch collapse: any of various climbing plants of the genus Vicia having pinnately compound leaves that terminate in tendrils and small variously colored flowers; includes valuable forage and soil-building plants

toadstool collapse: common name for an inedible or poisonous agaric (contrasting with the edible mushroom)

saprophyte collapse: an organism that feeds on dead organic matter especially a fungus or bacterium

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