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texture collapse: the feel of a surface or a fabric; "the wall had a smooth texture"; the characteristic appearance of a surface having a tactile quality; the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together; "then another melodic line is added to the texture"; the essential quality of something; "the texture of Neapolitan life"

constituent collapse: (grammar) a word or phrase or clause forming part of a larger grammatical construction; a member of a constituency; a citizen who is represented in a government by officials for whom he or she votes; "needs continued support by constituents to be re-elected"

White House collapse: the government building that serves as the residence and office of the President of the United States; the chief executive department of the United States government

cliff dwelling collapse: a rock and adobe dwelling built on sheltered ledges in the sides of a cliff; "the Anasazi built cliff dwellings in the southwestern United States"

standardize collapse: cause to conform to standard or norm; "The weights and measures were standardized"; evaluate by comparing with a standard

prefabrication collapse: the manufacture of sections of a building at the factory so they can be easily and rapidly assembled at the building site

normalize collapse: make normal or cause to conform to a norm or standard; "normalize relations with China"; "normalize the temperature"; "normalize the spelling"; become normal or return to its normal state; "Let us hope that relations with this country will normalize soon"

basic collapse: (usually plural) a necessary commodity for which demand is constant; a popular programming language that is relatively easy to learn; an acronym for beginner's all-purpose symbolic instruction code; no longer in general use; of or denoting or of the nature of or containing a base; serving as a base or starting point; "a basic course in Russian"; "basic training for raw recruits"; "a set of basic tools"; "an introductory art course"; pertaining to or constituting a base or basis; "a basic fact"; "the basic ingredients"; "basic changes in public opinion occur because of changes in priorities"; reduced to the simplest and most significant form possible without loss of generality; "a basic story line"; "a canonical syllable pattern"

regularize collapse: make regular or more regular; "regularize the heart beat with a pace maker"

ratable collapse: liable to payment of rates or taxes; "the ratable value of property"

hull collapse: the frame or body of ship; a large fishing port in northeastern England; United States diplomat who did the groundwork for creating the United Nations (1871-1955); United States naval officer who commanded the `Constitution' during the War of 1812 and won a series of brilliant victories against the British (1773-1843); persistent enlarged calyx at base of e.g. a strawberry or raspberry; dry outer covering of a fruit or seed or nut; remove the hulls from; "hull the berries"

context collapse: discourse that surrounds a language unit and helps to determine its interpretation; the set of facts or circumstances that surround a situation or event; "the historical context"

capitalization collapse: the sale of capital stock; the act of capitalizing on an opportunity; an estimation of the value of a business; writing in capital letters

parsonage collapse: an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector

hierarchy collapse: the organization of people at different ranks in an administrative body; a series of ordered groupings of people or things within a system; "put honesty first in her hierarchy of values"

domain collapse: a knowledge domain that you are interested in or are communicating about; "it was a limited domain of discourse"; "here we enter the region of opinion"; "the realm of the occult"; territory over which rule or control is exercised; "his domain extended into Europe"; "he made it the law of the land"; the set of values of the independent variable for which a function is defined

hidden collapse: difficult to find; "hidden valleys"; "a hidden cave"; "an obscure retreat"; designed to elude detection; "a hidden room or place of concealment such as a priest hole"; "a secret passage"; "the secret compartment in the desk"

nap collapse: sleeping for a short period of time (usually not in bed); a soft or fuzzy surface texture; take a siesta; "She naps everyday after lunch for an hour"

dramatics collapse: participation in theatrical productions as an extracurricular activity

veiled collapse: muted or unclear; "veiled sounds"; "the image is veiled or foggy"; having or as if having a veil or concealing cover; "a veiled dancer"; "a veiled hat"; "veiled threats"; "veiled insults"

rudimentary collapse: being in the earliest stages of development; "rudimentary plans"

tissue collapse: part of an organism consisting of an aggregate of cells having a similar structure and function; a soft thin (usually translucent) paper

architecture collapse: the profession of designing buildings and environments with consideration for their esthetic effect; an architectural product or work; the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"

setup collapse: the way something is organized or arranged; "it takes time to learn the setup around here"

modality collapse: a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment; a particular sense; a classification of propositions on the basis of whether they claim necessity or possibility or impossibility

dormant collapse: inactive but capable of becoming active; "her feelings of affection are dormant but easily awakened"; of e.g. volcanos; not erupting and not extinct ; "a dormant volcano"; in a condition of biological rest or suspended animation; "dormant buds"; "a hibernating bear"; "torpid frogs"

elemental collapse: relating to or being an element; "elemental sulphur"; relating to severe atmospheric conditions; "a race against hail or cold rains or some other elemental catastrophe"- J.K.Howard

systematize collapse: arrange according to a system or reduce to a system; "systematize our scientific knowledge"

capital collapse: the upper part of a column that supports the entablature; one of the large alphabetic characters used as the first letter in writing or printing proper names and sometimes for emphasis; "printers once kept the type for capitals and for small letters in separate cases; capitals were kept in the upper half of the type case and so became known as upper-case letters"; the federal government of the United States; a seat of government; a center that is associated more than any other with some activity or product; "the crime capital of Italy"; "the drug capital of Columbia"; wealth in the form of money or property owned by a person or business and human resources of economic value; assets available for use in the production of further assets; uppercase; "capital A"; "great A"; "many medieval manuscripts are in majuscule script"; of primary important; "our capital concern was to avoid defeat"; first-rate; "a capital fellow"; "a capital idea"

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