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best collapse: the supreme effort one can make; "they did their best"; the person who is most outstanding or excellent; someone who tops all others; "he could beat the best of them"; Canadian physiologist (born in the United States) who assisted F. G. Banting in research leading to the discovery of insulin (1899-1978); (superlative of `good') having the most positive qualities; "the best film of the year"; "the best solution"; "the best time for planting"; "wore his best suit"; it would be sensible; "you'd best stay at home"; in a most excellent way or manner; "he played best after a couple of martinis"

gallery collapse: narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade; a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns); a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose; "shooting gallery"; a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited; spectators at a golf or tennis match

rectitude collapse

catacombs collapse

cist collapse

virtue collapse: the quality of doing what is right and avoiding what is wrong; a particular moral excellence; morality with respect to sexual relations

recover collapse: regain a former condition after a financial loss; "We expect the stocks to recover to $2.90"; "The company managed to recuperate"; cover anew; "recover a chair"; get or find back; recover the use of; "She regained control of herself"; "She found her voice and replied quickly"; regain or make up for; "recuperate one's losses"

dint collapse: interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'

beauty collapse: the qualities that give pleasure to the senses; an outstanding example of its kind; "his roses were beauties"; "when I make a mistake it's a beaut"

proliferate collapse: cause to grow or increase rapidly; "We must not proliferate nuclear arms"; grow rapidly; "Pizza parlors proliferate in this area"

milestone collapse: stone post at side of a road to show distances; a significant event in your life (or in a project)

milepost collapse

choir collapse: the area occupied by singers; the part of the chancel between sanctuary and nave; a chorus that sings as part of a religious ceremony; a family of similar musical instrument playing together; sing in a choir

leaning collapse: the act of deviating from a vertical position; an inclination to do something; "he felt leanings toward frivolity"

charnel house collapse: a vault or building where corpses or bones are deposited

brace up collapse

sepulcher collapse

wax collapse: any of various substances of either mineral origin or plant or animal origin; they are solid at normal temperatures and insoluble in water; go up or advance; "Sales were climbing after prices were lowered"; increase in phase; "the moon is waxing"; cover with wax; "wax the car"

privacy collapse: the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others; the condition of being concealed or hidden

ossuary collapse: any receptacle for the burial of human bones

cairn collapse: small rough-haired breed of terrier from Scotland; a mound of stones piled up as a memorial or to mark a boundary or path

academic collapse: hypothetical or theoretical and not expected to produce an immediate or practical result; "an academic discussion"; "an academic question"; marked by a narrow focus on or display of learning especially its trivial aspects; associated with academia or an academy; "the academic curriculum"; "academic gowns"

density collapse: the amount per unit size

construct collapse: draw with suitable instruments and under specified conditions; "construct an equilateral triangle"; make by combining materials and parts; "this little pig made his house out of straw"; "Some eccentric constructed an electric brassiere warmer"; create by organizing and linking ideas, arguments, or concepts; "construct a proof"; "construct an argument"; create by linking linguistic units; "construct a sentence"; "construct a paragraph"

hale collapse: prolific United States writer (1822-1909); United States astronomer who discovered that sunspots are associated with strong magnetic fields (1868-1938); a soldier of the American Revolution who was hanged as a spy by the British; his last words were supposed to have been `I only regret that I have but one life to give for my country' (1755-1776); exhibiting or restored to vigorous good health; "hale and hearty"; "whole in mind and body"; "a whole person again"

hypertrophy collapse: abnormal enlargement of a body part or organ; undergo hypertrophy; "muscles can hypertrophy when people take steroids"

virulence collapse: extreme hostility; "the virulence of the malicious old man"; extreme harmfulness (as the capacity of a microorganism to cause disease); "the virulence of the plague"

spring up collapse

porch collapse: a structure attached to the exterior of a building often forming a covered entrance

swag collapse: a bundle containing the personal belongings of a swagman; valuable goods; sway heavily or unsteadily

nave collapse: the central area of a church

speciality collapse

toughness collapse

vehemence collapse: intensity or forcefulness of expression; "the vehemence of his denial"; "his emphasis on civil rights"

vegetate collapse: propagate asexually; "The bacterial growth vegetated along"; grow or spread abnormally; "warts and polyps can vegetate if not removed"; grow like a plant; "This fungus usually vegetates vigorously"; produce vegetation; "The fields vegetate vigorously"; establish vegetation on; "They vegetated the hills behind their house"; lead a passive existence without using one's body or mind

better collapse: the superior one of two alternatives; "chose the better of the two"; a superior person having claim to precedence; "the common man has been kept in his place by his betters"; (comparative of `good') superior to another (of the same class or set or kind) in excellence or quality or desirability or suitability; more highly skilled than another; "You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din"; "a better coat"; "a better type of car"; "a suit with a better fit"; "a better chance of success"; "produced a better mousetrap"; "she's better in math than in history"; (comparative of `good') changed for the better in health or fitness; "her health is better now"; "I feel better"; more than half; "argued for the better part of an hour"; comparative of `well'; in a better or more excellent manner or more advantageously or attractively or to a greater degree etc.; "She had never sung better"; "a deed better left undone"; "better suited to the job"; from a position of superiority or authority; "father knows best"; "I know better."; get better; "The weather improved toward evening"; to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"; surpass in excellence; "She bettered her own record"; "break a record"

productiveness collapse: the quality of being productive or having the power to produce

broaden collapse: become broader; "The road broadened"; make broader; "broaden the road"

landmark collapse: an anatomical structure used as a point of origin in locating other anatomical structures (as in surgery) or as point from which measurements can be taken; a mark showing the boundary of a piece of land; an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend; "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"; the position of a prominent or well-known object in a particular landscape; "the church steeple provided a convenient landmark"

intensify collapse: become more intense; "The debate intensified"; "His dislike for raw fish only deepened in Japan"; make more intense, stronger, or more marked; "The efforts were intensified", "Her rudeness intensified his dislike for her"; "Pot smokers claim it heightens their awareness"; "This event only deepened my convictions"; make the chemically affected part of (a negative) denser or more opaque in order produce a stronger contrast between light and dark

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