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recorder collapse: equipment for making records; a barrister or solicitor who serves as part-time judge in towns or boroughs

parchment collapse: skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on; a superior paper resembling sheepskin

reed collapse: a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"; United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902); United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920); tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites

in passing collapse: incidentally; in the course of doing something else; "he made this remark in passing"

convection collapse: the transfer of heat through a fluid (liquid or gas) caused by molecular motion; (meteorology) the vertical movement of heat or other properties by massive motion within the atmosphere

certificate of deposit collapse: a debt instrument issued by a bank; usually pays interest

letter of credit collapse: a document issued by a bank that guarantees the payment of a customer's draft; substitutes the bank's credit for the customer's credit

pass through collapse: cause to move through; "Pass a chemical through a solution"

perambulate collapse: walk with no particular goal; "we were walking around in the garden"; "after breakfast, she walked about in the park"; make an official inspection on foot of (the bounds of a property); "Selectmen are required by law to perambulate the bounds every five years"

migration collapse: the movement of persons from one country or locality to another; the periodic passage of groups of animals (especially birds or fishes) from one region to another for feeding or breeding; (chemistry) the nonrandom movement of an atom or radical from one place to another within a molecule; a group of people migrating together (especially in some given time period)

transportation collapse: the act of moving something from one location to another; the commercial enterprise of moving goods and materials

apple polisher collapse: someone who humbles himself as a sign of respect; who behaves as if he had no self-respect

marimba collapse: a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

vibraphone collapse: a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

glockenspiel collapse: a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers

celesta collapse: a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard

alchemy collapse: a pseudoscientific forerunner of chemistry in medieval times

naturalization collapse: changing the pronunciation of a borrowed word to agree with the borrowers' phonology; "the naturalization in English of many Italian words"; the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous; the proceeding whereby a foreigner is granted citizenship; the quality of being brought into conformity with nature

percussive collapse: involving percussion or featuring percussive instruments; "percussive music"

document collapse: anything serving as a representation of a person's thinking by means of symbolic marks; writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature); a written account of ownership or obligation; support or supply with references; "Can you document your claims?"; record in detail; "The parents documented every step of their child's development"

backslapper collapse: someone who demonstrates enthusiastic or excessive cordiality

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