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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

plotter collapse: an instrument (usually driven by a computer) for drawing graphs or pictures; a clerk who marks data on a chart

fat collapse: a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat"; a chubby body; "the boy had a rounded face and fat cheeks"; having much flesh (especially fat); "he hadn't remembered how fat she was"; marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil"; lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job"; having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope"

louse collapse: wingless usually flattened bloodsucking insect parasitic on warm-blooded animals

deuce collapse: one of the four playing cards in a deck that have two spots; a tie in tennis or table tennis that requires winning two successive points to win the game

reptile collapse: any cold-blooded vertebrate of the class Reptilia including tortoises turtles snakes lizards alligators crocodiles and extinct forms

porpoise collapse: any of several small gregarious cetacean mammals having a blunt snout and many teeth

Gordian knot collapse: an intricate knot tied by Gordius, the king of Phrygia, and cut by the sword of Alexander the Great after he heard that whoever undid it would become ruler of Asia; any very difficult problem; insoluble in its own terms

gas collapse: the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid states by: relatively low density and viscosity; relatively great expansion and contraction with changes in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become distributed uniformly throughout any container; a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely; attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed the rebellious tribes"

dolphin collapse: any of various small toothed whales with a beaklike snout; larger than porpoises

jiggle collapse: move to and fro; "Don't jiggle your finger while the nurse is putting on the bandage!"

juggler collapse: a performer who juggles objects and performs tricks of manual dexterity

paganism collapse: any of various religions other than Christianity or Judaism or Islamism

sod collapse: an informal British term for a youth or man; "the poor sod couldn't even buy a drink"; cover with sod

sweet nothings collapse: inconsequential expressions of affection; "he whispered sweet nothings into her ear"

varmint collapse: any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable; e.g., coyote

hyena collapse: doglike nocturnal mammal of Africa and southern Asia that feeds chiefly on carrion

vermin collapse: any of various small animals or insects that are pests; e.g. cockroaches or rats; "cereals must be protected from mice and other vermin"; "he examined the child's head for vermin"; "boys in the village have probably been shooting vermin"; an irritating or obnoxious person

crude collapse: not processed or subjected to analysis; "raw data"; "the raw cost of production"; "only the crude vital statistics"; belonging to an early stage of technical development; characterized by simplicity and (often) crudeness; "the crude weapons and rude agricultural implements of early man"; "primitive movies of the 1890s"; "primitive living conditions in the Appalachian mountains"; not carefully or expertly made; "managed to make a crude splint"; "a crude cabin of logs with bark still on them"; "rough carpentry"

belladonna collapse: an alkaloidal extract or tincture of the poisonous belladonna plant that is used medicinally; perennial Eurasian herb with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries; extensively grown in United States; roots and leaves yield atropine

Judas collapse: a one-way peephole in a door; someone who betrays under the guise of friendship; (New Testament) the Apostle who betrayed Jesus to his enemies for 30 pieces of silver

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