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kind collapse: a category of things distinguished by some common characteristic or quality; "sculpture is a form of art"; "what kinds of desserts are there?"; tolerant and forgiving under provocation; "our neighbor was very kind about the window our son broke"; agreeable, conducive to comfort; "a dry climate kind to asthmatics"; "the genial sunshine";"hot summer pavements are anything but kind to the feet"; having or showing a tender and considerate and helpful nature; used especially of persons and their behavior; "kind to sick patients"; "a kind master"; "kind words showing understanding and sympathy"; "thanked her for her kind letter"

pleasantness collapse: the quality of giving pleasure; "he was charmed by the sweetness of her manner"; "the pleasantness of a cool breeze on a hot summer day"; the feeling caused by agreeable stimuli; one pole of a continuum of states of feeling

establishment collapse: a public or private structure (business or governmental or educational) including buildings and equipment for business or residence; the cognitive process of establishing a valid proof; any large organization; (ecology) the process by which a plant or animal becomes established in a new habitat

denomination collapse: a class of one kind of unit in a system of numbers or measures or weights or money; "he flashed a fistful of bills of large denominations"; a group of religious congregations having its own organization and a distinctive faith

bureaucracy collapse: any organization in which action is obstructed by insistence on unnecessary procedures and red tape; a government that is administered primarily by bureaus that are staffed with nonelective officials; nonelective government officials

object lesson collapse

heraldry collapse: emblem indicating the right of a person to bear arms; the study and classification of armorial bearings and the tracing of genealogies

patois collapse: a regional dialect of a language (especially French); usually considered substandard

centurion collapse: (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers

blue blood collapse

characteristic collapse: a distinguishing quality; any measurable property of a device measured under closely specified conditions; the integer part (positive or negative) of the representation of a logarithm; in the expression log 643 = 2.808 the characteristic is 2; typical or distinctive; "heard my friend's characteristic laugh"; "red and gold are the characteristic colors of autumn"; "stripes characteristic of the zebra"

distinctive collapse: of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing; "Jerusalem has a distinctive Middle East flavor"- Curtis Wilkie; "that is typical of you!"

exemplary collapse: worthy of imitation; "exemplary behavior"; "model citizens"

face collapse: a vertical surface of a building or cliff; the side upon which the use of a thing depends (usually the most prominent surface of an object); "he dealt the cards face down"; the striking or working surface of an implement; the general outward appearance of something; "the face of the city is changing"; status in the eyes of others; "he lost face"; the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news"; the part of an animal corresponding to the human face; a part of a person that is used to refer to a person; "he looked out at a roomful of faces"; "when he returned to work he met many new faces"; cover the front or surface of; "The building was faced with beautiful stones"; line the edge (of a garment) with a different material; "face the lapels of the jacket"; turn so as to face; turn the face in a certain direction; "Turn and face your partner now"; turn so as to expose the face; "face a playing card"; be opposite; "the facing page"; "the two sofas face each other"

brethren collapse: (plural) the lay members of a male religious order

speciality collapse

populace collapse: people in general considered as a whole; "he is a hero in the eyes of the public"

evaluate collapse: form a critical opinion of; "I cannot judge some works of modern art"; "How do you evaluate this grant proposal?" "We shouldn't pass judgment on other people"

sleazy collapse: of cloth; thin and loosely woven; "the coat has a sleazy lining"

airmail collapse: a system of conveying mail by aircraft; letters and packages that are transported by aircraft; send or transport by airmail; "Letters to Europe from the U.S. are best airmailed"

verso collapse: left-hand page

parameter collapse: a constant in the equation of a curve that can be varied to yield a family of similar curves; a quantity (such as the mean or variance) that characterizes a statistical population and that can be estimated by calculations from sample data; any factor that defines a system and determines (or limits) its performance

livery collapse: the care (feeding and stabling) of horses for pay; uniform worn by some menservants and chauffeurs

format collapse: the general appearance of a publication; the organization of information according to preset specifications (usually for computer processing); divide (a disk) into marked sectors so that it may store data; "Please format this disk before entering data!"; determine the arrangement of (data) for storage and display (in computer science); set (printed matter) into a specific format; "Format this letter so it can be printed out"

specialization collapse: the special line of work you have adopted as your career; "his specialization is gastroenterology"; the act of specializing; making something suitable for a special purpose; (biology) the structural adaptation of some body part for a particular function; "cell differentiation in the developing embryo"

contents collapse: a list of divisions (chapters or articles) and the pages on which they start

slashing collapse: as if striking with slashing blows; "his slashing demon-ridden cadenza"

quintessential collapse: representing the perfect example of a class or quality

tinhorn collapse

warrant officer collapse: holds rank by virtue of a warrant

appraise collapse

inscription collapse: the activity of inscribing (especially carving or engraving) letters or words; letters inscribed (especially words engraved or carved) on something

subtitle collapse: secondary or explanatory title; translation of foreign dialogue of a movie or TV program; usually displayed at the bottom of the screen; supply (a movie) with subtitles

sect collapse: a subdivision of a larger religious group

normal collapse: conforming with or constituting a norm or standard or level or type or social norm; not abnormal; "serve wine at normal room temperature"; "normal diplomatic relations"; "normal working hours"; "normal word order"; "normal curiosity"; "the normal course of events"; being approximately average or within certain limits in e.g. intelligence and development; "a perfectly normal child"; "of normal intelligence"; "the most normal person I've ever met"; in accordance with scientific laws; forming a right angle

carriage trade collapse: trade from upper-class customers

partiality collapse: an inclination to favor one group or view or opinion over alternatives

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"

example collapse: an item of information that is representative of a type; "this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome"; "there is an example on page 10"; punishment intended as a warning to others; "they decided to make an example of him"

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