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sandbank
collapse
a submerged bank of sand near a shore or in a river; can be exposed at low tide
related words >
ait
,
archipelago
,
atoll
,
bank
,
bar
,
cay
,
continental island
,
coral head
,
coral heads
,
coral island
,
coral reef
,
flat
,
ford
,
holm
,
insularity
,
ironbound coast
,
island
,
island group
,
islandology
,
isle
,
islet
,
key
,
ledges
,
lee shore
,
oceanic island
,
pitfall
,
quicksands
,
reef
,
rockbound coast
,
rocks
,
sandbar
,
sands
,
shallow
,
shallows
,
shelf
,
shoal
,
shoal water
,
shoals
,
tidal flats
,
undercurrent
,
undertow
,
wetlands
acculturation
collapse
the process of assimilating new ideas into an existing cognitive structure
all the knowledge and values shared by a society
related words >
Americanization
,
admission
,
adoption
,
affiliation
,
assimilation
,
citizenship by naturalization
,
citizenship papers
,
civility
,
civilization
,
complex
,
cultivation
,
cultural drift
,
culture
,
culture area
,
culture center
,
culture complex
,
culture conflict
,
culture contact
,
culture pattern
,
culture shock
,
culture trait
,
education
,
enculturation
,
enlightenment
,
ethos
,
folkways
,
key trait
,
mores
,
nationalization
,
naturalization
,
naturalized citizenship
,
papers
,
polish
,
refinement
,
socialization
,
society
,
trait
,
trait-complex
silhouette
collapse
a drawing of the outline of an object; filled in with some uniform color
an outline of a solid object (as cast by its shadow)
represent by a silhouette
project on a background, such as a screen, like a silhouette
related words >
adumbration
,
black and white
,
broad lines
,
brouillon
,
cartoon
,
charcoal
,
charcoal drawing
,
chiaroscuro
,
configuration
,
contour
,
crayon
,
dark shade
,
delineate
,
delineation
,
design
,
diagram
,
doodle
,
draft
,
drawing
,
ebauche
,
echo
,
esquisse
,
features
,
figuration
,
figure
,
framework
,
galbe
,
gestalt
,
gloom
,
graph
,
head
,
limn
,
line
,
line drawing
,
lineaments
,
lineation
,
lines
,
main features
,
mere shadow
,
miniature
,
outline
,
pastel
,
pen-and-ink
,
pencil drawing
,
penumbra
,
portrait
,
portraiture
,
portrayal
,
profile
,
reflection
,
reflex
,
relief
,
rough copy
,
rough draft
,
rough outline
,
shade
,
shadiness
,
shadow
,
shadows numberless
,
shapes
,
silver-print drawing
,
sinopia
,
skeleton
,
sketch
,
skiagram
,
skiagraph
,
study
,
tournure
,
tracing
,
umbra
,
umbrage
,
umbrageousness
,
vignette
Svengali
collapse
the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically
someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding
related words >
Mesmer
,
Rasputin
,
VIP
,
access
,
bad influence
,
big wheel
,
court
,
eminence grise
,
five-percenter
,
friend at court
,
good influence
,
gray eminence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
hypnotist
,
hypnotizer
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
lords of creation
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
mesmerizer
,
open sesame
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
coral reef
collapse
a reef consisting of coral consolidated into limestone
related words >
ait
,
archipelago
,
atoll
,
bank
,
bar
,
bill
,
breakwater
,
cape
,
cay
,
chersonese
,
continental island
,
coral head
,
coral island
,
delta
,
flat
,
ford
,
foreland
,
head
,
headland
,
holm
,
hook
,
insularity
,
island
,
island group
,
islandology
,
isle
,
islet
,
key
,
mull
,
naze
,
ness
,
oceanic island
,
peninsula
,
point
,
promontory
,
reef
,
sandbank
,
sandbar
,
sandspit
,
shallow
,
shallows
,
shelf
,
shoal
,
shoal water
,
spit
,
spur
,
tidal flats
,
tongue
,
wetlands
pandect
collapse
related words >
Code Napoleon
,
Napoleonic code
,
abbreviation
,
abbreviature
,
abrege
,
abridgment
,
abstract
,
article
,
body of law
,
brief
,
capitulary
,
capsule
,
causerie
,
code
,
code of laws
,
codification
,
compend
,
condensation
,
condensed version
,
conspectus
,
corpus juris
,
descant
,
digest
,
digest of law
,
discourse
,
discussion
,
disquisition
,
dissertation
,
draft
,
epitome
,
equity
,
essay
,
etude
,
examination
,
excursus
,
exposition
,
feature
,
first approach
,
head
,
homily
,
introductory study
,
lucubration
,
memoir
,
monograph
,
morceau
,
note
,
outline
,
overview
,
paper
,
paragraph
,
penal code
,
piece
,
precis
,
preliminary study
,
prolegomenon
,
research paper
,
review
,
rubric
,
screed
,
shortened version
,
skeleton
,
sketch
,
special article
,
study
,
survey
,
syllabus
,
synopsis
,
term paper
,
theme
,
thesis
,
thumbnail sketch
,
topical outline
,
tract
,
tractate
,
treatise
,
treatment
catchword
collapse
related words >
acknowledgments
,
adage
,
ana
,
analects
,
aphorism
,
apothegm
,
axiom
,
back
,
back matter
,
bastard title
,
battle cry
,
bibliography
,
bugle call
,
byword
,
call to arms
,
call-up
,
catch line
,
catch phrase
,
clarion
,
clarion call
,
cliche
,
clue
,
collected sayings
,
colophon
,
conscription
,
contents
,
contents page
,
copyright page
,
cry
,
cue
,
cue word
,
current saying
,
dedication
,
device
,
dictate
,
dictum
,
distich
,
endleaf
,
endpaper
,
endsheet
,
epigram
,
epigraph
,
epithet
,
errata
,
evidence
,
exhortation
,
expression
,
fad word
,
flyleaf
,
folio
,
fore edge
,
foreword
,
front matter
,
gnome
,
go for broke
,
golden saying
,
gung ho
,
half-title page
,
head
,
hint
,
hot lead
,
imprint
,
index
,
inscription
,
intimation
,
introduction
,
key
,
key word
,
lead
,
leaf
,
levy
,
makeup
,
maxim
,
mobilization
,
moral
,
mot
,
motto
,
muster
,
oracle
,
page
,
pet expression
,
phrase
,
pithy saying
,
precept
,
preface
,
preliminaries
,
prescript
,
proverb
,
proverbial saying
,
proverbs
,
rally
,
rallying cry
,
rebel yell
,
recruitment
,
recto
,
reverso
,
running title
,
saw
,
saying
,
scent
,
sentence
,
sententious expression
,
shibboleth
,
signature
,
slogan
,
sloka
,
spoor
,
stock saying
,
subtitle
,
suggestion
,
sutra
,
table of contents
,
tag line
,
tail
,
teaching
,
telltale
,
text
,
tip-off
,
title
,
title page
,
trace
,
trim size
,
trumpet call
,
type page
,
verse
,
verso
,
vestige
,
vogue word
,
war cry
,
war whoop
,
watchword
,
whiff
,
wisdom
,
wisdom literature
,
wise saying
,
witticism
,
word
,
words of wisdom
island
collapse
a zone or area resembling an island
a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
related words >
aerodrome
,
air base
,
airdrome
,
airfield
,
airport
,
ait
,
archipelagian
,
archipelagic
,
archipelago
,
atoll
,
bar
,
cay
,
close off
,
continental island
,
coral head
,
coral island
,
coral reef
,
cut off
,
enisle
,
field
,
heliport
,
holm
,
insular
,
insularity
,
insulate
,
insulated
,
island group
,
island-dotted
,
islanded
,
islandish
,
islandlike
,
islandology
,
islandy
,
isle
,
islet
,
isleted
,
isolated
,
key
,
landing
,
landing field
,
oceanic island
,
port
,
reef
,
sandbank
,
sandbar
,
seagirt
,
segregate
,
separate
,
sequester
seal off
collapse
related words >
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bolt
,
button
,
button up
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clap
,
close
,
close up
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
cordon
,
cordon off
,
cover
,
fasten
,
fold
,
fold up
,
isolate
,
key
,
latch
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
occlude
,
padlock
,
plumb
,
quarantine
,
rope off
,
seal
,
seal up
,
seclude
,
secure
,
segregate
,
separate
,
shut
,
shut the door
,
shut up
,
slam
,
snap
,
squeeze shut
,
strangle
,
zip up
,
zipper
beef up
collapse
related words >
accelerate
,
aggrandize
,
aggravate
,
augment
,
blow up
,
boost
,
brace
,
brace up
,
buttress
,
case harden
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
confirm
,
consolidate
,
deepen
,
double
,
enhance
,
enlarge
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
expand
,
extend
,
fortify
,
gird
,
harden
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
intensify
,
invigorate
,
jazz up
,
key up
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
multiply
,
nerve
,
prop
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
refresh
,
reinforce
,
reinvigorate
,
restrengthen
,
sharpen
,
shore up
,
soup up
,
steel
,
step up
,
stiffen
,
strengthen
,
support
,
sustain
,
temper
,
toughen
,
triple
,
undergird
,
whet
five percenter
collapse
related words >
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
access
,
bad influence
,
big wheel
,
court
,
eminence grise
,
fixer
,
four-percenter
,
friend at court
,
good influence
,
gray eminence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
logroller
,
lords of creation
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
open sesame
,
power broker
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
jazz up
collapse
make more interesting or lively; "juice up a party"; "pep up your paper"
related words >
accelerate
,
aggravate
,
animate
,
arouse
,
beef up
,
blow up
,
complicate
,
concentrate
,
condense
,
consolidate
,
deepen
,
double
,
dynamize
,
electrify
,
energize
,
enhance
,
enliven
,
exacerbate
,
exaggerate
,
exhilarate
,
fillip
,
fire
,
galvanize
,
hearten
,
heat up
,
heighten
,
hop up
,
hot up
,
inflame
,
infuse life into
,
intensify
,
invigorate
,
key up
,
kindle
,
liven
,
magnify
,
make complex
,
pep up
,
perk up
,
pick up
,
pique
,
provoke
,
quicken
,
ramify
,
redouble
,
reinforce
,
renew
,
resuscitate
,
revive
,
rouse
,
sharpen
,
snap up
,
soup up
,
step up
,
stimulate
,
strengthen
,
triple
,
vitalize
,
warm
,
whet
,
zip up
pivotal
collapse
being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal"
related words >
acute
,
axial
,
behind the scenes
,
capital
,
cardinal
,
causal
,
causative
,
centermost
,
central
,
centralized
,
centric
,
centroidal
,
centrosymmetric
,
charged
,
clamorous
,
climacteric
,
compelling
,
concentrated
,
constitutive
,
critical
,
crucial
,
crying
,
decisive
,
determinative
,
effectual
,
emergent
,
essential
,
etiological
,
exigent
,
focal
,
formative
,
geocentric
,
high-pressure
,
high-priority
,
imperative
,
imperious
,
important
,
insistent
,
instant
,
institutive
,
kairotic
,
key
,
loaded
,
middle
,
middlemost
,
midmost
,
momentous
,
occasional
,
omphalic
,
originative
,
overriding
,
overruling
,
pregnant
,
pressing
,
principal
,
radical
,
ruling
,
significant
,
umbilical
,
urgent
,
vital
relics
collapse
related words >
afterglow
,
afterimage
,
ashes
,
balance
,
body
,
bones
,
butt
,
butt end
,
cadaver
,
candle ends
,
carcass
,
carrion
,
chaff
,
clay
,
corpse
,
corpus delicti
,
crowbait
,
dead body
,
dead man
,
dead person
,
debris
,
decedent
,
detritus
,
dry bones
,
dust
,
earth
,
embalmed corpse
,
end
,
fag end
,
filings
,
food for worms
,
fossil
,
holdover
,
husks
,
late lamented
,
leavings
,
leftovers
,
mortal remains
,
mummification
,
mummy
,
odds and ends
,
offscourings
,
organic remains
,
orts
,
parings
,
rags
,
refuse
,
reliquiae
,
remainder
,
remains
,
remnant
,
residue
,
residuum
,
rest
,
roach
,
rubbish
,
ruins
,
rump
,
sawdust
,
scourings
,
scraps
,
shadow
,
shavings
,
skeleton
,
stiff
,
straw
,
stubble
,
stump
,
survival
,
sweepings
,
tenement of clay
,
the dead
,
the deceased
,
the defunct
,
the departed
,
the loved one
,
trace
,
vestige
,
waste
sandbar
collapse
a bar of sand
related words >
ait
,
archipelago
,
atoll
,
bank
,
bar
,
cay
,
continental island
,
coral head
,
coral heads
,
coral island
,
coral reef
,
flat
,
ford
,
holm
,
insularity
,
ironbound coast
,
island
,
island group
,
islandology
,
isle
,
islet
,
key
,
ledges
,
lee shore
,
oceanic island
,
pitfall
,
quicksands
,
reef
,
rockbound coast
,
rocks
,
sand
,
sand dune
,
sand pile
,
sandbank
,
sands
,
shallow
,
shallows
,
shelf
,
shoal
,
shoal water
,
shoals
,
tidal flats
,
undercurrent
,
undertow
,
wetlands
sounder
collapse
a device for making soundings
related words >
TelAutography
,
Teletype
,
Teletype network
,
Teletyping
,
barometer
,
closed-circuit telegraphy
,
code
,
duplex telegraphy
,
electricity
,
facsimile telegraph
,
feeler
,
interrupter
,
key
,
multiplex telegraphy
,
news ticker
,
pilot balloon
,
probe
,
quadruplex telegraphy
,
railroad telegraphy
,
random sample
,
receiver
,
sample
,
sender
,
simplex telegraphy
,
single-current telegraphy
,
sound
,
stock ticker
,
straw vote
,
submarine telegraphy
,
telegraphics
,
telegraphy
,
teleprinter
,
teletypewriter
,
teletypewriting
,
telex
,
ticker
,
transmitter
,
trial balloon
,
typotelegraph
,
typotelegraphy
,
weather vane
,
weathercock
,
wire service
valve
collapse
control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it
related words >
aerophone
,
ball cock
,
ball valve
,
bell
,
bung
,
bunghole
,
check valve
,
cock
,
cork
,
discharge tube
,
double reed
,
drain cock
,
draw cock
,
embouchure
,
faucet
,
gate
,
horn
,
key
,
lid
,
lip
,
mouthpiece
,
needle valve
,
peg
,
petcock
,
pin
,
pipe
,
plug
,
radio tube
,
reed
,
sea cock
,
slide
,
spigot
,
spike
,
spile
,
spill
,
stop
,
stopcock
,
stopgap
,
stopper
,
stopple
,
tap
,
tooter
,
tube
,
vacuum tube
,
valvula
,
valvule
,
wind
,
wind instrument
late lamented
collapse
related words >
ashes
,
asleep
,
asleep in Jesus
,
at rest
,
bereft of life
,
body
,
bones
,
breathless
,
cadaver
,
called home
,
carcass
,
carrion
,
clay
,
corpse
,
corpus delicti
,
croaked
,
crowbait
,
dead
,
dead and gone
,
dead body
,
dead man
,
dead person
,
death-struck
,
deceased
,
decedent
,
defunct
,
demised
,
departed
,
departed this life
,
destitute of life
,
done for
,
dry bones
,
dust
,
earth
,
embalmed corpse
,
exanimate
,
fallen
,
finished
,
food for worms
,
gone
,
gone to glory
,
gone west
,
inanimate
,
late
,
launched into eternity
,
lifeless
,
martyred
,
mortal remains
,
mummification
,
mummy
,
no more
,
organic remains
,
passed on
,
pushing up daisies
,
released
,
relics
,
reliquiae
,
remains
,
reposing
,
resting easy
,
sainted
,
skeleton
,
sleeping
,
smitten with death
,
stiff
,
still
,
stillborn
,
taken away
,
taken off
,
tenement of clay
,
the dead
,
the deceased
,
the defunct
,
the departed
,
the loved one
,
with the Lord
,
with the saints
,
without life
,
without vital functions
characterize
collapse
be characteristic of; "What characterizes a Venetian painting?"
related words >
adumbrate
,
argue
,
be characteristic
,
be indicative of
,
be significant of
,
be symptomatic of
,
bespeak
,
betoken
,
block out
,
brand
,
bring to life
,
catch a likeness
,
chalk out
,
character
,
chart
,
connote
,
define
,
delineate
,
demarcate
,
denominate
,
denote
,
depict
,
describe
,
diagram
,
differentiate
,
disclose
,
display
,
distinguish
,
draft
,
draw
,
earmark
,
entail
,
evoke
,
express
,
give evidence
,
give token
,
give words to
,
highlight
,
hint
,
hit off
,
identify
,
indicate
,
individualize
,
individuate
,
involve
,
keynote
,
label
,
limn
,
manifest
,
map
,
mark
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
mean
,
notate
,
note
,
outline
,
paint
,
peculiarize
,
personalize
,
picture
,
picturize
,
portray
,
print
,
qualify
,
register
,
render
,
represent
,
reveal
,
rough out
,
rub
,
schematize
,
set apart
,
set forth
,
set the pace
,
set the tone
,
show
,
signalize
,
signify
,
skeleton
,
sketch
,
sound the keynote
,
stand for
,
suggest
,
symbolize
,
symptomatize
,
symptomize
,
take a rubbing
,
testify
,
trace
,
trace out
,
trace over
,
write
indispensable
collapse
unavoidable; "the routine but indispensable ceremonies of state"
not to be dispensed with; essential; "foods indispensable to good nutrition"
related words >
bare necessities
,
basic
,
bedrock
,
call for
,
called for
,
cardinal
,
central
,
compelling
,
compulsory
,
crucial
,
demand
,
demand for
,
demanded
,
desideration
,
desideratum
,
essential
,
essentials
,
focal
,
fundamental
,
imperative
,
important
,
in demand
,
indicated
,
ineluctable
,
inescapable
,
irreducible
,
irreductible
,
irreplaceable
,
key
,
life-and-death
,
life-or-death
,
mandatory
,
material
,
must
,
must item
,
necessaries
,
necessary
,
necessities
,
necessitous
,
necessity
,
need
,
need for
,
needed
,
needful
,
obligatory
,
occasion
,
of the essence
,
of vital importance
,
prerequirement
,
prerequisite
,
required
,
requirement
,
requisite
,
requisition
,
sine qua non
,
substantive
,
the necessary
,
the needful
,
unavoidable
,
unforgoable
,
urgent
,
vital
,
want
,
wanted
gray eminence
collapse
related words >
Machiavellian
,
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
access
,
bad influence
,
behind-the-scenes operator
,
big wheel
,
court
,
eminence grise
,
finagler
,
five-percenter
,
friend at court
,
gamesman
,
good influence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
logroller
,
lords of creation
,
machinator
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
open sesame
,
operator
,
pork-barrel politician
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
strategist
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
kingmaker
collapse
an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"
related words >
Machiavellian
,
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
access
,
bad influence
,
behind-the-scenes operator
,
big wheel
,
court
,
eminence grise
,
finagler
,
five-percenter
,
friend at court
,
gamesman
,
good influence
,
gray eminence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
key
,
lobby
,
lobbyist
,
logroller
,
lords of creation
,
machinator
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
open sesame
,
operator
,
pork-barrel politician
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
strategist
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
graph
collapse
a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes
represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"
plot upon a graph
related words >
alphabetic character
,
black and white
,
blueprint
,
brouillon
,
cartoon
,
catalog
,
catalogue raisonne
,
character
,
charcoal
,
charcoal drawing
,
chart
,
chiaroscuro
,
cipher
,
copy
,
crayon
,
delineation
,
design
,
device
,
diagram
,
doodle
,
draft
,
drawing
,
ebauche
,
elevation
,
esquisse
,
figure
,
grapheme
,
ground plan
,
house plan
,
ichnography
,
lay off
,
lay out
,
letter
,
lexigraphic character
,
line drawing
,
map
,
map out
,
mark off
,
mark out
,
monogram
,
outline
,
pastel
,
pattern
,
pen-and-ink
,
pencil drawing
,
phonetic character
,
phonetic symbol
,
pictographic character
,
plan
,
plot
,
plot out
,
profile
,
projection
,
rough
,
rough copy
,
rough draft
,
rough outline
,
schema
,
scheme
,
set out
,
sign
,
silhouette
,
silver-print drawing
,
sinopia
,
skeleton
,
sketch
,
sketch out
,
study
,
syllabic
,
symbol
,
table
,
table of contents
,
tracing
,
vignette
,
working drawing
,
writing
,
written character
abbreviation
collapse
shortening something by omitting parts of it
a shortened form of a word or phrase
related words >
abbreviature
,
abrege
,
abridgment
,
abstract
,
apocope
,
aposiopesis
,
astriction
,
astringency
,
blue-penciling
,
bottleneck
,
bowdlerization
,
brief
,
cancellation
,
capsule
,
censoring
,
censorship
,
cervix
,
circumscription
,
clipping
,
coarctation
,
compactedness
,
compaction
,
compend
,
compression
,
compressure
,
concentration
,
condensation
,
condensed version
,
consolidation
,
conspectus
,
constriction
,
constringency
,
contraction
,
contracture
,
crasis
,
curtailment
,
cutting
,
decrease
,
deletion
,
digest
,
diminuendo
,
draft
,
editing
,
elision
,
ellipsis
,
epitome
,
erasure
,
expurgation
,
foreshortening
,
head
,
hourglass
,
hourglass figure
,
isthmus
,
knitting
,
narrow place
,
narrowing
,
neck
,
omission
,
outline
,
overview
,
pandect
,
precis
,
pruning
,
puckering
,
pursing
,
recap
,
recapitulation
,
reduction
,
retrenchment
,
review
,
rubric
,
shortened version
,
shortening
,
skeleton
,
sketch
,
solidification
,
stranglement
,
strangulation
,
striction
,
stricture
,
striking
,
summary
,
summation
,
survey
,
syllabus
,
syncope
,
syneresis
,
synopsis
,
systole
,
telescoping
,
thumbnail sketch
,
topical outline
,
truncation
,
wasp waist
,
wrinkling
lobbyist
collapse
someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that the lobbyists favor
related words >
Rasputin
,
Svengali
,
VIP
,
access
,
bad influence
,
big wheel
,
court
,
eminence grise
,
five-percenter
,
friend at court
,
good influence
,
gray eminence
,
heavyweight
,
hidden hand
,
influence
,
influence peddler
,
influencer
,
ingroup
,
key
,
kingmaker
,
legislative lobby
,
lobby
,
lobbyer
,
lords of creation
,
man of influence
,
manipulator
,
open sesame
,
parliamentary agent
,
powers that be
,
pressure group
,
registered lobbyist
,
sinister influence
,
special interests
,
special-interest group
,
special-interest lobby
,
the Establishment
,
very important person
,
wheeler-dealer
,
wire-puller
telex
collapse
communicate by telex; "We telexed the information to our sister company"
related words >
TelAutography
,
Teletype
,
Teletype network
,
Teletyping
,
cable
,
cablegram
,
closed-circuit telegraphy
,
code
,
day letter
,
duplex telegraphy
,
electricity
,
facsimile telegraph
,
fast telegram
,
flash
,
interrupter
,
key
,
multiplex telegraphy
,
news ticker
,
night letter
,
quadruplex telegraphy
,
radio
,
radiogram
,
railroad telegraphy
,
receiver
,
send a wire
,
sender
,
sign off
,
sign on
,
simplex telegraphy
,
single-current telegraphy
,
sounder
,
stock ticker
,
submarine telegraphy
,
telegram
,
telegraph
,
telegraphics
,
telegraphy
,
teleprinter
,
teletypewriter
,
teletypewriting
,
ticker
,
transmitter
,
typotelegraph
,
typotelegraphy
,
wire
,
wire service
glossary
collapse
an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field
related words >
amplification
,
bilingual text
,
biographical dictionary
,
chemical dictionary
,
clavis
,
crib
,
decipherment
,
decoding
,
desk dictionary
,
dialect dictionary
,
dictionary
,
dictionary of quotations
,
electronics dictionary
,
etymological dictionary
,
faithful translation
,
foreign-language dictionary
,
free translation
,
gazetteer
,
general dictionary
,
geological dictionary
,
gloss
,
gradus
,
interlinear
,
interlinear translation
,
key
,
lexicon
,
loose translation
,
metaphrase
,
nomenclator
,
onomasticon
,
paraphrase
,
phrase book
,
polyglot dictionary
,
pony
,
promptorium
,
restatement
,
rewording
,
rhyming dictionary
,
science dictionary
,
slang dictionary
,
specialized dictionary
,
synonym dictionary
,
synonymy
,
terminology
,
thesaurus
,
transcription
,
translation
,
transliteration
,
treasury of words
,
trot
,
unabridged dictionary
,
vocabulary
,
word list
,
wordbook
carrion
collapse
the dead and rotting body of an animal; unfit for human food
related words >
ashes
,
bilge
,
bilgewater
,
body
,
bones
,
cadaver
,
carcass
,
caries
,
clay
,
corpse
,
corpus delicti
,
corruption
,
crowbait
,
dandruff
,
dead body
,
dead man
,
dead person
,
decay
,
decedent
,
decomposition
,
dishwater
,
ditchwater
,
dry bones
,
dry rot
,
dust
,
earth
,
embalmed corpse
,
excrement
,
filth
,
food for worms
,
foul matter
,
foulness
,
furfur
,
gangrene
,
garbage
,
late lamented
,
mess
,
mortal remains
,
mortification
,
muck
,
mucus
,
mummification
,
mummy
,
necrosis
,
obscenity
,
offal
,
offscourings
,
ordure
,
organic remains
,
pus
,
putrefaction
,
putrescence
,
putrid matter
,
putridity
,
putridness
,
rancidity
,
rancidness
,
rankness
,
refuse
,
relics
,
reliquiae
,
remains
,
riffraff
,
rot
,
rottenness
,
scum
,
scurf
,
scuz
,
sewage
,
sewerage
,
skeleton
,
slime
,
slop
,
slops
,
slough
,
smut
,
sphacelation
,
sphacelus
,
spoilage
,
stiff
,
swill
,
tenement of clay
,
the dead
,
the deceased
,
the defunct
,
the departed
,
the loved one
,
tooth decay
apercu
collapse
a short synopsis
related words >
a priori knowledge
,
abbreviation
,
abbreviature
,
abrege
,
abridgment
,
abstract
,
anticipation
,
article
,
brief
,
buddhi
,
capsule
,
causerie
,
clairvoyance
,
compend
,
condensation
,
condensed version
,
conspectus
,
descant
,
digest
,
direct apprehension
,
discourse
,
discussion
,
disquisition
,
dissertation
,
draft
,
epitome
,
essay
,
etude
,
examination
,
excursus
,
exposition
,
feature
,
first approach
,
head
,
homily
,
immediate cognition
,
insight
,
inspiration
,
introductory study
,
intuition
,
intuitionism
,
intuitive reason
,
intuitiveness
,
intuitivism
,
knowledge without thought
,
lucubration
,
memoir
,
monograph
,
morceau
,
note
,
outline
,
overview
,
pandect
,
paper
,
paragraph
,
piece
,
precis
,
precognition
,
preliminary study
,
prolegomenon
,
research paper
,
review
,
rubric
,
satori
,
screed
,
second sight
,
second-sightedness
,
shortened version
,
sixth sense
,
skeleton
,
sketch
,
special article
,
study
,
subconscious knowledge
,
subconscious perception
,
survey
,
syllabus
,
synopsis
,
term paper
,
theme
,
thesis
,
thumbnail sketch
,
topical outline
,
tract
,
tractate
,
treatise
,
treatment
,
unmediated perception
zip up
collapse
close with a zipper; "Zip up your jacket--it's cold"
related words >
animate
,
arouse
,
bang
,
bar
,
barricade
,
batten
,
batten down
,
bolt
,
button
,
button up
,
choke
,
choke off
,
clap
,
close
,
close up
,
constrict
,
contain
,
contract
,
cover
,
dynamize
,
electrify
,
energize
,
enliven
,
exhilarate
,
fasten
,
fire
,
fold
,
fold up
,
galvanize
,
hearten
,
inflame
,
invigorate
,
jazz up
,
key
,
kindle
,
latch
,
liven
,
lock
,
lock out
,
lock up
,
occlude
,
padlock
,
pep up
,
perk up
,
plumb
,
quicken
,
rouse
,
seal
,
seal off
,
seal up
,
secure
,
shut
,
shut the door
,
shut up
,
slam
,
snap
,
snap up
,
squeeze shut
,
stimulate
,
strangle
,
vitalize
,
warm
,
zipper
anomalous
collapse
deviating from the general or common order or type; "advanced forms of life may be anomalous in the universe"
related words >
aberrant
,
abnormal
,
absurd
,
amorphous
,
anomalistic
,
atypical
,
crank
,
crankish
,
cranky
,
crotchety
,
deviant
,
deviative
,
different
,
disproportionate
,
divergent
,
dotty
,
eccentric
,
erratic
,
exceptional
,
fey
,
flaky
,
foreign
,
formless
,
freakish
,
funny
,
heteroclite
,
heteromorphic
,
idiocratic
,
idiosyncratic
,
incoherent
,
incommensurable
,
incommensurate
,
incompatible
,
incongruous
,
inconsequent
,
inconsistent
,
inconsonant
,
irreconcilable
,
irregular
,
kinky
,
kooky
,
maggoty
,
monstrous
,
nutty
,
odd
,
oddball
,
off-key
,
out of proportion
,
oxymoronic
,
paradoxical
,
peculiar
,
preternatural
,
prodigious
,
queer
,
quirky
,
screwball
,
screwy
,
self-contradictory
,
shapeless
,
singular
,
strange
,
stray
,
straying
,
subnormal
,
twisted
,
unconventional
,
unnatural
,
unregular
,
unrepresentative
,
untypical
,
wacky
,
wandering
,
whimsical
disharmonious
collapse
related words >
absonant
,
antagonistic
,
antipathetic
,
at cross-purposes
,
at loggerheads
,
at odds
,
at variance
,
at war
,
atonal
,
cacophonic
,
cacophonous
,
clashing
,
colliding
,
conflicting
,
contradictory
,
contrary
,
cracked
,
cranky
,
cross
,
diaphonic
,
differing
,
disaccordant
,
disagreeable
,
disagreeing
,
disconsonant
,
discordant
,
discrepant
,
disharmonic
,
disproportionate
,
dissentient
,
dissident
,
dissonant
,
divergent
,
flat
,
grating
,
harsh
,
hostile
,
immelodious
,
immiscible
,
inaccordant
,
incompatible
,
inharmonic
,
inharmonious
,
jangling
,
jarring
,
musicless
,
negative
,
nonmelodious
,
off
,
off-key
,
off-tone
,
out of accord
,
out of pitch
,
out of tone
,
out of tune
,
out of whack
,
raucous
,
repugnant
,
sharp
,
shrill
,
sour
,
strident
,
tuneless
,
uncongenial
,
unharmonious
,
unmelodious
,
unmusical
,
untunable
,
untuned
,
untuneful
,
variant
tune
collapse
the adjustment of a radio receiver or other circuit to a required frequency
the property of producing accurately a note of a given pitch; "he cannot sing in tune"; "the clarinet was out of tune"
a succession of notes forming a distinctive sequence; "she was humming an air from Beethoven"
adjust the pitches of (musical instruments); "My piano needs to be tuned"
adjust for (better) functioning; "tune the engine"
related words >
French pitch
,
accommodate
,
accord
,
accordance
,
adapt
,
adjust
,
adjust to
,
agreement
,
air
,
align
,
aria
,
assimilate
,
assonate
,
atone
,
attend to
,
attune
,
attunement
,
be aware of
,
be blind to
,
be harmonious
,
be in tune
,
blend
,
calibrate
,
canto
,
cantus
,
capacitate
,
carol
,
chant
,
chart
,
chime
,
chiming
,
chord
,
chorus
,
classical pitch
,
codify
,
composition
,
concentus
,
concert
,
concord
,
concordance
,
condition
,
conform
,
conformity
,
consonance
,
consonancy
,
consort
,
coordinate
,
correspondence
,
cut to
,
depth
,
descant
,
dial
,
diapason
,
disregard
,
dulcetness
,
enable
,
equalize
,
equip
,
euphony
,
extent
,
fit
,
fix
,
furnish
,
gear to
,
harmonics
,
harmonize
,
harmony
,
heavy harmony
,
height
,
high pitch
,
homologate
,
homologize
,
homophony
,
ignore
,
integrate
,
key
,
key to
,
lay
,
line
,
listen to
,
low pitch
,
magnitude
,
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,
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,
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gruel
collapse
a thin porridge (usually oatmeal or cornmeal)
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tuba
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sousaphone
collapse
related words >
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slide trombone
collapse
related words >
alpenhorn
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
serpent
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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althorn
collapse
related words >
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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saxhorn
collapse
any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
related words >
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,
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,
althorn
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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gear to
collapse
related words >
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
right
,
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,
set
,
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,
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,
shape
,
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,
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,
suit
,
sync
,
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,
tailor
,
tally with
,
trim to
,
true
,
true up
,
tune
,
yield
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