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gallant collapse: unflinching in battle or action; "a gallant warrior"; "put up a gallant resistance to the attackers"; having or displaying great dignity or nobility; "a gallant pageant"; "lofty ships"; "majestic cities"; "proud alpine peaks"

squirt collapse: wet with a spurt of liquid; "spurt the wall with water"; cause to come out in a squirt; "the boy squirted water at his little sister"

inward collapse: relating to or existing in the mind or thoughts; "a concern with inward reflections"; toward the center or interior; "move the needle further inwards!"

phase collapse: (astronomy) the particular appearance of a body's state of illumination (especially one of the recurring shapes of the part of Earth's moon that is illuminated by the sun); "the full phase of the moon"; (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"; a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle; any distinct time period in a sequence of events; "we are in a transitional stage in which many former ideas must be revised or rejected"; adjust so as to be in a synchronized condition; "he phased the intake with the output of the machine"; arrange in phases or stages; "phase a withdrawal"

priest collapse: a clergyman in Christian churches who has the authority to perform or administer various religious rites; one of the Holy Orders; a person who performs religious duties and ceremonies in a non-Christian religion

knight collapse: a chessman shaped to resemble the head of a horse; can move two squares horizontally and one vertically (or vice versa); originally a person of noble birth trained to arms and chivalry; today in Great Britain a person honored by the sovereign for personal merit; raise (someone) to knighthood; "The Beatles were knighted"

informed collapse: having much knowledge or education; "an informed public"; "informed opinion"; "the informed customer"

flash in the pan collapse: someone who enjoys transient success but then fails

intern collapse: an advanced student or graduate in medicine gaining supervised practical experience (`houseman' is a British term); work as an intern; "The young doctor is interning at the Medical Center this year"; deprive of freedom; "During WW II, Japanese were interned in camps in the West"

detective collapse: a police officer who investigates crimes; an investigator engaged or employed in obtaining information not easily available to the public

scriptwriter collapse: someone who writes scripts for plays or movies or broadcast dramas

cocky collapse: overly self-confident or self-assertive; "a very cocky young man"

jewel collapse: a precious or semiprecious stone incorporated into a piece of jewelry; a person who is a brilliant and precious as a piece of jewelry

Flying Dutchman collapse: a phantom ship that is said to appear in storms near the Cape of Good Hope; the captain of a phantom ship (the Flying Dutchman) who was condemned to sail against the wind until Judgment Day

in unison collapse: at the same pitch; "they sang in unison"; speaking or singing at the same time; simultaneously; "they shouted `Yes!' in unison"; "they responded in chorus to the teacher's questions"; in complete agreement; "my feelings about the matter are in unison with yours"

captive collapse: an animal that is confined; a person held in the grip of a strong emotion or passion; giving or marked by complete attention to; "that engrossed look or rapt delight"; "then wrapped in dreams"; "so intent on this fantastic...narrative that she hardly stirred"- Walter de la Mare; "rapt with wonder"; "wrapped in thought"; in captivity

pater collapse: an informal use of the Latin word for father; sometimes used by British schoolboys or used facetiously

follower collapse: a person who accepts the leadership of another; someone who travels behind or pursues another

sword collapse: a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard

player collapse: a person who participates in or is skilled at some game; an important participant (as in a business deal); "he was a major player in setting up the corporation"

specialist collapse: an expert who is devoted to one occupation or branch of learning; practices one branch of medicine

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