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isthmus collapse: a cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure; a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas

syndication collapse: selling (an article or cartoon) for publication in many magazines or newspapers at the same time; "he received a comfortable income from the syndication of his work"; organizing into or administering as a syndicate

systole collapse: the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery

individuality collapse: the quality of being individual; "so absorbed by the movement that she lost all sense of individuality"

singleness collapse: the quality of concentrating on one central objective; "his singleness of purpose"; without hypocrisy; "the singleness of his motives could not be questioned"

compression collapse: applying pressure; encoding information while reducing the bandwidth or bits required; the process or result of becoming smaller or pressed together; "the contraction of a gas on cooling"

constriction collapse: the action or process of compressing; a tight feeling in some part of the body; "he felt a constriction in her chest"; "she felt an alarming tightness in her chest"; "emotion caused a constriction of his throat"; tight or narrow compression; a narrowing that reduces the flow through a channel

narrowing collapse: the act of making something narrower; an instance of becoming narrow; a decrease in width

agglutination collapse: the building of words from component morphemes that retain their form and meaning in the process of combining; a clumping of bacteria or red cells when held together by antibodies (agglutinins); the coalescing of small particles that are suspended in solution; these larger masses are then (usually) precipitated

cling collapse: fruit (especially peach) whose flesh adheres strongly to the pit; hold on tightly or tenaciously; "hang on to your father's hands"; "The child clung to his mother's apron"; come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation; "The dress clings to her body"; "The label stuck to the box"; "The sushi rice grains cohere"; to remain emotionally or intellectually attached; "He clings to the idea that she might still love him."

hardening collapse: the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact); the process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening of concrete"; "he tested the set of the glue"; abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue

abbreviation collapse: shortening something by omitting parts of it; a shortened form of a word or phrase

astringency collapse: the ability to contract or draw together soft body tissues to check blood flow or restrict secretion of fluids; a sharp astringent taste; the taste experience when a substance causes the mouth to pucker

wedding collapse: the social event at which the ceremony of marriage is performed; a party of people at a wedding

syncretism collapse: the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections); the union (or attempted fusion) of different systems of thought or belief (especially in religion or philosophy); "a syncretism of material and immaterial theories"

coherence collapse: logical and orderly and consistent relation of parts; the state of cohering or sticking together

synthesis collapse: the combination of ideas into a complex whole; the process of producing a chemical compound (usually by the union of simpler chemical compounds)

confederation collapse: the act of forming an alliance or confederation; a union of political organizations

hookup collapse: a system of components assembled together for a particular purpose; a device providing a connection between a power source and a user; "some campsites have electrical hookups for trailers"

inclusion collapse: the act of including; the relation of comprising something; "he admired the inclusion of so many ideas in such a short work"; the state of being included

incorporation collapse: including by incorporating; consolidating two or more things; union in (or into) one body

bottleneck collapse: the narrow part of a bottle near the top; become narrow, like a bottleneck; "Right by the bridge, the road bottlenecks"; slow down or impede by creating an obstruction; "His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system"

agglomeration collapse: the act of collecting in a mass; the act of agglomerating; a jumbled collection or mass

particularity collapse: the quality of being particular and pertaining to a specific case or instance; "the particularity of human situations"

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