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conductor collapse: a device designed to transmit electricity, heat, etc.; the person who leads a musical group; the person who collects fares on a public conveyance; a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat

true collapse: proper alignment; the property possessed by something that is in correct or proper alignment; "out of true"; accurately placed or thrown; "his aim was true"; "he was dead on target"; accurately fitted; level; "the window frame isn't quite true"; devoted (sometimes fanatically) to a cause or concept or truth; "true believers bonded together against all who disagreed with them"; consistent with fact or reality; not false; "the story is true"; "it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true"- B. Russell; "the true meaning of the statement"; conforming to definitive criteria; "the horseshoe crab is not a true crab"; "Pythagoras was the first true mathematician"; as acknowledged; "true, she is the smartest in her class"; make level, square, balanced, or concentric; "true up the cylinder of an engine"

scholastic collapse: a Scholastic philosopher or theologian; of or relating to schools; "scholastic year"; of or relating to the philosophical doctrine of scholasticism; "scholastic philosophy"

libidinal collapse: belonging to the libido; "libidinal impulses"; "libidinal gratification"

winner collapse: a gambler who wins a bet; the contestant who wins the contest

serf collapse: (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord

unmitigated collapse: not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier; "unmitigated suffering"; "an unmitigated horror"; "an unmitigated lie"

intensive collapse: characterized by a high degree or intensity; often used as a combining form; "the questioning was intensive"; "intensive care"; "research-intensive"; "a labor-intensive industry"; of agriculture; intended to increase productivity of a fixed area by expending more capital and labor; "intensive agriculture"; "intensive conditions"; tending to give force or emphasis; "an intensive adverb"

conclusive collapse: forming an end or termination; especially putting an end to doubt or question; "conclusive proof"; "the evidence is conclusive"; final and deciding; "the conclusive reason"

none collapse: a service in the Roman Catholic Church formerly read or chanted at 3 PM (the ninth hour counting from sunrise) but now somewhat earlier; a canonical hour that is the ninth hour of the day counting from sunrise; not any; "thou shalt have none other gods before me"; not at all or in no way; "seemed none too pleased with his dinner"; "shirt looked none the worse for having been slept in"; "none too prosperous"; "the passage is none too clear"

Federal collapse: any federal law-enforcement officer; a member of the Union Army during the American Civil War; national; especially in reference to the government of the United States as distinct from that of its member units; "the Federal Bureau of Investigation"; "federal courts"; "the federal highway program"; "federal property"; characterized by or constituting a form of government in which power is divided between one central and several regional authorities; "a federal system like that of the United States"; "federal governments often evolved out of confederations"; of or relating to the central government of a federation; "a federal district is one set aside as the seat of the national government"

squarely collapse: with firmness and conviction; without compromise; "he stood foursquare for religious liberty and toleration"- C.G.Bowers; "dealt straightforwardly with all issues"; firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"; in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"; directly and without evasion; not roundabout; "to face a problem squarely"; "the responsibility lies squarely with them"; "spoke forthright (or forthrightly) and to the point"; in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"

cynosure collapse: something that strongly attracts attention and admiration; "if he was the cynosure of all eyes he didn't notice"; something that provides guidance (as Polaris guides mariners); "let faith be your cynosure to walk by"

chastise collapse: censure severely; "She chastised him for his insensitive remarks"

hustler collapse: a shrewd or unscrupulous person who knows how to circumvent difficulties

subordinate collapse: an assistant subject to the authority or control of another; lower in rank or importance; subject or submissive to authority or the control of another; "a subordinate kingdom"; make subordinate, dependent, or subservient; "Our wishes have to be subordinated to that of our ruler"; rank or order as less important or consider of less value; "Art is sometimes subordinated to Science in these schools"

cavalier collapse: a royalist supporter of Charles I during the English Civil War; a gallant or courtly gentleman; given to haughty disregard of others

gee collapse: give a command to a horse to turn to the right side; turn to the right side; "the horse geed"

pursuance collapse: the continuance of something begun with a view to its completion

rightly collapse: with honesty; "he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time"

anal collapse: a stage in psychosexual development when the child's interest is concentrated on the anal region; fixation at this stage is said to result in orderliness, meanness, stubbornness, compulsiveness, etc.; of or related to the anus; "anal thermometer"

procurator collapse: (ancient Rome) someone employed by the Roman Emperor to manage finance and taxes

nihilist collapse: someone who rejects all theories of morality or religious belief

singleton collapse: the playing card that is the only card in a suit held in a bridge hand as initially dealt; a set containing a single member; a single object (as distinguished from a pair)

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