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ordeal collapse: a primitive method of determining a person's guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused person to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under divine control; escape was usually taken as a sign of innocence; a severe or trying experience

bone of contention collapse: the subject of a dispute; "the real bone of contention, as you know, is money"

linkage collapse: the act of linking things together; a mechanical system of rods or springs or pivots that transmits power or motion; (genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go); an associative relation

harassment collapse: the act of tormenting by continued persistent attacks and criticism; a feeling of intense annoyance caused by being tormented; "so great was his harassment that he wanted to destroy his tormentors"

sexual intercourse collapse: the act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur

galley collapse: the area for food preparation on a ship; the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner; (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars; a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow; a complement of 1,000 men; used mainly in the Mediterranean for war and trading

fornication collapse: voluntary sexual intercourse between persons not married to each other

interrogation collapse: formal systematic questioning; a transmission that will trigger an answering transmission from a transponder

union collapse: the act of making or becoming a single unit; "the union of opposing factions"; "he looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"; a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner); the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts; "lightning produced an unusual union of the metals"; a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets; "let C be the union of the sets A and B"; an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer; "you have to join the union in order to get a job"; a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations; "the Soviet Union"; the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War); "he has visited every state in the Union"; "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union"; "the North's superior resources turned the scale"; healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones; the state of being joined or united or linked; "there is strength in union"; being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War; "Union soldiers"; "Federal forces"; "a Federal infantryman"; of trade unions; "the union movement"; "union negotiations"; "a union-shop clause in the contract"

catechism collapse: an elementary book summarizing the principles of a Christian religion; written as questions and answers; a series of question put to an individual (such as a political candidate) to elicit their views

appanage collapse: a grant (by a sovereign or a legislative body) of resources to maintain a dependent member of a ruling family; "bishoprics were received as appanages for the younger sons of great families"; any customary and rightful perquisite appropriate to your station in life; "for thousands of years the chair was an appanage of state and dignity rather than an article of ordinary use"

persecution collapse: the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

bed collapse: a piece of furniture that provides a place to sleep; "he sat on the edge of the bed"; "the room had only a bed and chair"; a plot of ground in which plants are growing; "the gardener planted a bed of roses"; a foundation of earth or rock supporting a road or railroad track; "the track bed had washed away"; the flat surface of a printing press on which the type form is laid in the last stage of producing a newspaper or magazine or book etc.; a depression forming the ground under a body of water; "he searched for treasure on the ocean bed"; (geology) a stratum of rock (especially sedimentary rock); "they found a bed of sandstone"; put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"; place (plants) in a prepared bed of soil; furnish with a bed; "The inn keeper could bed all the new arrivals"

joust collapse: a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances; joust against somebody in a tournament by fighting on horseback

question mark collapse: a punctuation mark (?) placed at the end of a sentence to indicate a question

verification collapse: (law) an affidavit attached to a statement confirming the truth of that statement

basic training collapse: the initial period of training for new military personnel; involves intense physical activity and behavioral discipline

test collapse: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"; the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"; any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"; a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins; undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"; determine the presence or properties of (a substance); achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"; put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"; show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV"

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

spadework collapse: dull or routine preliminary work preparing for an undertaking

calamity collapse: an event resulting in great loss and misfortune; "the whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity"; "the earthquake was a disaster"

coupling collapse: the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes; "the casual couplings of adolescents"; "the mating of some species occurs only in the spring"; a mechanical device that serves to connect the ends of adjacent objects

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