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childless collapse: without offspring; "in some societies a childless woman is rejected by her tribesmen"

unplowed collapse: (of farmland) not plowed; "unplowed fields"; "unbroken land"

pivot collapse: the act of turning on (or as if on) a pivot; "the golfer went to the driving range to practice his pivot"; axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns; the person in a rank around whom the others wheel and maneuver; turn on a pivot

essential collapse: basic and fundamental; "the essential feature"; absolutely required and not to be used up or sacrificed; absolutely necessary; vitally necessary; "essential tools and materials"; "funds essential to the completion of the project"; "an indispensable worker"; being or relating to or containing the essence of a plant etc; "essential oil"

grounds collapse: a tract of land cleared for some special purposes (recreation or burial etc.)

obligation collapse: a legal agreement specifying a payment or action and the penalty for failure to comply; a personal relation in which one is indebted for a service or favor; the state of being obligated to do or pay something; "he is under an obligation to finish the job"

unproductive collapse: not producing desired results; "the talks between labor and management were unproductive"; not producing or capable of producing; "elimination of high-cost or unproductive industries"

pith collapse: soft spongelike central cylinder of the stems of most flowering plants; remove the pith from (a plant)

core collapse: a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil; the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place; a small group of indispensable persons or things; "five periodicals make up the core of their publishing program"; the center of an object; "the ball has a titanium core"; the central part of the Earth; a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill; remove the core or center from; "core an apple"

climax collapse: the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"; arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness; the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"; the most severe stage of a disease

fundamental collapse: the lowest tone of a harmonic series; being or involving basic facts or principles; "the fundamental laws of the universe"; "a fundamental incomatibility between them"; "these rudimentary truths"; "underlying principles"; far-reaching and thoroughgoing in effect especially on the nature of something; "the fundamental revolution in human values that has occurred"; "the book underwent fundamental changes"; "committed the fundamental error of confusing spending with extravagance"; "profound social changes"

equation collapse: the act of regarding as equal; a mathematical statement that two expressions are equal

provision collapse: the activity of supplying or providing something; a stipulated condition; "he accepted subject to one provision"; a store or supply of something (especially of food or clothing or arms); supply with provisions

reciprocation collapse: alternating back-and-forth movement; the act of making or doing something in return

essence collapse: any substance possessing to a high degree the predominant properties of a plant or drug or other natural product from which it is extracted

joker collapse: a playing card that is usually printed with a picture of a jester; an inconspicuous clause in a document or bill that affects its meaning in a way that is not immediately apparent; "when I demanded my money he showed me the joker in the contract"; a person who enjoys telling or playing jokes; a person who does something thoughtless or annoying; "some joker is blocking the driveway"

substance collapse: that which has mass and occupies space; "an atom is the smallest indivisible unit of matter"; the stuff of which an object consists

alternation collapse: successive change from one thing or state to another and back again; being regularly exchangeable

meat collapse: the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

celibate collapse: an unmarried person who has taken a religious vow of chastity; abstaining from sexual intercourse; "celibate priests"

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