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frontispiece collapse: front illustration facing the title page of a book; an ornamental facade

envelope collapse: any wrapper or covering; a flat rectangular paper container for papers; the bag containing the gas in a balloon; the maximum operating capability of a system; "test pilots try to push the envelope"; a natural covering (as by a fluid); "the spacecraft detected an envelope of gas around the comet"; a curve that is tangent to each of a family of curves

alchemy collapse: a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

naturalization collapse: changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"; the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous; the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship; the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

frontage collapse: the extent of the front of shop or plot of land (as along a street or river etc); the direction in which something (such as a building) faces

epidermis collapse: the outer layer of the skin covering the exterior body surface of vertebrates

append collapse: fix to; attach; "append a charm to the necklace"; add to the very end; "He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language"

forefront collapse: the part in the front or nearest the viewer; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column"

immediate collapse: having no intervening medium; "an immediate influence"; performed with little or no delay; "an immediate reply to my letter"; "prompt obedience"; "was quick to respond"; "a straightaway denial"; immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect; "the immediate result"; "the immediate cause of the trouble"; of the present time and place; "the immediate revisions"

jeer collapse: showing your contempt by derision; laugh at with contempt and derision; "The crowd jeered at the speaker"

beard collapse: hairy growth on or near the face of certain mammals; the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face; a person who diverts suspicion from someone (especially a woman who accompanies a male homosexual in order to conceal his homosexuality); a tuft or growth of hairs or bristles on certain plants such as iris or grasses; go along the rim, like a beard around the chin; "Houses bearded the top of the heights"

all of a sudden collapse: without warning; "all at once, he started shouting"

backup collapse: (computer science) a copy of a file or directory on a separate storage device; "he made a backup in case the original was accidentally damaged or erased"; an accumulation caused by clogging or a stoppage; "a traffic backup on the main street"; "he discovered a backup in the toilet"

fleer collapse: contempt expressed by mockery in looks or words; to smirk contemptuously

fore collapse: near or toward the bow of a ship or cockpit of a plane; "the captain went fore (or forward) to check the instruments"

frown collapse: a facial expression of dislike or displeasure; look angry or sullen, wrinkle one's forehead, as if to signal disapproval

objectivity collapse: judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices

seriousness collapse: the trait of being serious; "a lack of solemnity is not necessarily a lack of seriousness"- Robert Rice; the quality of arousing fear or distress; "he learned the seriousness of his illness"

cortex collapse: the tissue forming the outer layer of an organ or structure in plant or animal

afterthought collapse: an addition that was not included in the original plan; "the garage was an afterthought"

confront collapse: deal with (something unpleasant) head on; "You must confront your problems"; "He faced the terrible consequences of his mistakes"; present somebody with something, usually to accuse or criticize; "We confronted him with the evidence"; "He was faced with all the evidence and could no longer deny his actions"; "An enormous dilemma faces us"; oppose, as in hostility or a competition; "You must confront your opponent"; "Jackson faced Smith in the boxing ring"; "The two enemies finally confronted each other"; be face to face with; "The child screamed when he confronted the man in the Halloween costume"

overeager collapse: excessively eager; "overeager in his pursuit of the girl"

proscenium collapse: the wall that separates the stage from the auditorium in a modern theater; the part of a modern theater stage between the curtain and the orchestra (i.e., in front of the curtain)

slather collapse: spread thickly; "I can't eat bagels without slathering them with cream cheese"

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