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topknot collapse: showy crest or knot of hair or feathers; headdress consisting of a decorative ribbon or bow worn in the hair

blacktop collapse: a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock; coat with blacktop; "blacktop the driveway"

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

floss collapse: a soft loosely twisted thread used in embroidery; use dental floss to clean; "floss your teeth after every meal"

fledge collapse: grow feathers; "The young sparrows are fledging already"; decorate with feathers; "fledge an arrow"; feed, care for, and rear young birds for flight

grill collapse: a framework of metal bars used as a partition or a grate; "he cooked hamburgers on the grill"; cook over a grill; "grill the sausages"

plume collapse: a feather or cluster of feathers worn as an ornament; form a plume; "The chimneys were pluming the sky"; "The engine was pluming black smoke"; deck with a plume; "a plumed helmet"

butter collapse: an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use; a fighter who strikes the opponent with his head; spread butter on; "butter bread"

imprisonment collapse: the act of confining someone in a prison (or as if in a prison); putting someone in prison or in jail as lawful punishment

quill collapse: a stiff hollow protective spine on a porcupine or hedgehog; the hollow spine of a feather; pen made from a bird's feather

inlay collapse: a decoration made by fitting pieces of wood into prepared slots in a surface; (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place; decorate the surface of by inserting wood, stone, and metal

wainscot collapse: wooden panels that can be used to line the walls of a room; panel forming the lower part of an interior wall when it is finished differently from the rest of the wall

picket collapse: a form of military punishment used by the British in the late 17th century in which a soldier was forced to stand on one foot on a pointed stake; a wooden strip forming part of a fence; a vehicle performing sentinel duty; a detachment of troops guarding an army from surprise attack; a protester posted by a labor organization outside a place of work; fasten with a picket; "picket the goat"; serve as pickets or post pickets; "picket a business to protest the layoffs"

Poseidon collapse: (Greek mythology) the god of the sea and earthquakes in ancient mythology; brother of Zeus and Hades and Hera; identified with Roman Neptune

navigator collapse: in earlier times, a person who explored by ship; the member of an aircrew who is responsible for the aircraft's course

gauntlet collapse: a form of punishment in which a person is forced to run between two lines of men facing each other and armed with clubs or whips to beat the victim; a glove with long sleeve; a glove of armored leather; protects the hand; to offer or accept a challenge; "threw down the gauntlet"; "took up the gauntlet"

gantlet collapse: the convergence of two parallel railroad tracks in a narrow place; the inner rails cross and run parallel and then diverge so a train remains on its own tracks at all times

asphalt collapse: a dark bituminous substance found in natural beds and as residue from petroleum distillation; consists mainly of hydrocarbons; mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand; used especially for paving but also for roofing; cover with tar or asphalt; "asphalt the driveway"

ink collapse: dark protective fluid ejected into the water by cuttlefish and other cephalopods; a liquid used for printing or writing or drawing; fill with ink; "ink a pen"; append one's signature to; "They inked the contract"

exultant collapse: joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout"

coward collapse: a person who shows fear or timidity; English dramatist and actor and composer noted for his witty and sophisticated comedies (1899-1973)

tuft collapse: a bunch of feathers or hair; a bunch of hair or feathers or growing grass

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