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thanksgiving collapse: fourth Thursday in November in the United States; second Monday in October in Canada; commemorates a feast held in 1621 by the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag

thanks collapse: with the help of or owing to; "thanks to hard work it was a great success"; an acknowledgment of appreciation

entreaty collapse: earnest or urgent request; "an entreaty to stop the fighting"; "an appeal for help"; "an appeal to the public to keep calm"

Rasputin collapse: Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II; was assassinated by Russian noblemen who feared that his debauchery would weaken the monarchy (1872-1916)

cobweb collapse: a dense elaborate spider web that is more efficient than the orb web; filaments from a web that was spun by a spider; a fabric so delicate and transparent as to resemble a web of a spider

Svengali collapse: the musician in a novel by George du Maurier who controls Trilby's singing hypnotically; someone (usually maleficent) who tries to persuade or force another person to do his bidding

systole collapse: the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery

perfume collapse: a toiletry that emits and diffuses a fragrant odor; apply perfume to; "She perfumes herself every day"; fill or impregnate with an odor; "orange blossoms perfumed the air in the garden"

navigation collapse: the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place; ship traffic; "the channel will be open to navigation as soon as the ice melts"

moon collapse: any natural satellite of a planet; "Jupiter has sixteen moons"; the natural satellite of the Earth; "the average distance to the moon is 384,400 kilometers"; "men first stepped on the moon in 1969"; any object resembling a moon; "he made a moon lamp that he used as a night light"; "the clock had a moon that showed various phases"; United States religious leader (born in Korea) who founded the Unification Church in 1954; was found guilty of conspiracy to evade taxes (born in 1920); expose one's buttocks to; "moon the audience"; be idle in a listless or dreamy way

maritime collapse: bordering on or living or characteristic of those near the sea; "a maritime province"; "maritime farmers"; "maritime cultures"

attenuate collapse: reduced in strength; "the faded tones of an old recording"; become weaker, in strength, value, or magnitude

drown collapse: die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"; get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"; kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens"

denature collapse: make (alcohol) unfit for drinking without impairing usefulness for other purposes; modify (as a native protein) especially by heat, acid, alkali, or ultraviolet radiation so that all of the original properties are removed or diminished; add nonfissionable material to (fissionable material) so as to make unsuitable for use in an atomic bomb

tiller collapse: lever used to turn the rudder on a boat; someone who tills land (prepares the soil for the planting of crops); a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass

seaward collapse: the direction toward the sea; directed or situated away from inland regions and toward the sea or coast; "from the hill he took a seaward course"; "on the seaward side of the road"; in the direction of the sea; "the sailor looked seaward"

whirlwind collapse: a more or less vertical column of air whirling around itself as it moves over the surface of the Earth

gyrate collapse: to wind or move in a spiral course; "the muscles and nerves of his fine drawn body were coiling for action"; "black smoke coiling up into the sky"; "the young people gyrated on the dance floor"

tidewater collapse: the coastal plain of the South: eastern parts of Virginia and North Carolina and South Carolina and Georgia; low-lying coastal land drained by tidal streams

nautical collapse: relating to or involving ships or shipping or navigation or seamen; "nautical charts"; "maritime law"; "marine insurance"

kingmaker collapse: an important person who can bring leaders to power through the exercise of political influence; "the Earl of Warwick was the first kingmaker"

lobbyist collapse: someone who tries to persuade legislators to vote for bills that the lobbyists favor

cutoff collapse: a device that terminates the flow in a pipe; a designated limit beyond which something cannot function or must be terminated

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