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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"

still life collapse: a painting of inanimate objects such as fruit or flowers

nymph collapse: a larva of an insect with incomplete metamorphosis (as the dragonfly or mayfly); (classical mythology) a minor nature goddess usually depicted as a beautiful maiden; "the ancient Greeks believed that nymphs inhabited forests and bodies of water"; a voluptuously beautiful young woman

tick collapse: any of two families of small parasitic arachnids with barbed proboscis; feed on blood of warm-blooded animals; a light mattress; a metallic tapping sound; "he counted the ticks of the clock"; sew; "tick a mattress"; make a sound like a clock or a timer; "the clocks were ticking"; "the grandfather clock beat midnight"

altarpiece collapse: a painted or carved screen placed above and behind an altar or communion table

discoloration collapse: the act of changing the natural color of something by making it duller or dingier or unnatural or faded

marking collapse: the act of making a visible mark on a surface; evaluation of performance by assigning a grade or score; "what he disliked about teaching was all the grading he had to do"; a pattern of marks

negative collapse: a piece of photographic film showing an image with black and white tones reversed; a reply of denial; "he answered in the negative"; expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial; having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant; "ran a negative campaign"; "delinquents retarded by their negative outlook on life"; characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features; "a negative outlook on life"; "a colorless negative personality"; "a negative evaluation"; "a negative reaction to an advertising campaign"; less than zero; "a negative number"; reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive; "negative interest rates"; not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition; "the HIV test was negative"; having a negative electric charge; "electrons are negative"

silviculture collapse: the branch of forestry dealing with the development and care of forests

forestry collapse: the science of planting and caring for forests and the management of growing timber

afforestation collapse: the conversion of bare or cultivated land into forest (originally for the purpose of hunting)

impression collapse: the act of pressing one thing on or into the surface of another; "he watched the impression of the seal on the hot wax"; an impressionistic portrayal of a person; "he did a funny impression of a politician"; (dentistry) an imprint of the teeth and gums in wax or plaster; "the dentist took an impression for use in preparing an inlay"; an outward appearance; "he made a good impression"; "I wanted to create an impression of success"; "she retained that bold effect in her reproductions of the original painting"; a vague idea in which some confidence is placed; "his impression of her was favorable"; "what are your feelings about the crisis?"; "it strengthened my belief in his sincerity"; "I had a feeling that she was lying"; all the copies of a work printed at one time; "they ran off an initial printing of 2000 copies"

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

membrane collapse: a thin pliable sheet of material; a pliable sheet of tissue that covers or lines or connects organs or cells of animals

backlog collapse: an accumulation of jobs not done or materials not processed that are yet to be dealt with (especially unfilled customer orders for products or services); large log at the back of a hearth fire; accumulate and create a backlog

mining collapse: the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth; laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

stave collapse: one of several thin slats of wood forming the sides of a barrel or bucket; burst or force (a hole) into something; furnish with staves; "stave a ladder"

panorama collapse: a picture (or series of pictures) representing a continuous scene

designing collapse: concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest; "a selfish and designing nation obsessed with the dark schemes of European intrigue"- W.Churchill; "a scheming wife"; "a scheming gold digger"

indentation collapse: the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions; the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line; a concave cut into a surface or edge (as in a coastline)

scarecrow collapse: an effigy in the shape of a man to frighten birds away from seeds

diptych collapse: a painting or carving (especially an altarpiece) on two panels (usually hinged like a book)

dado collapse: a rectangular groove cut into a board so that another piece can fit into it; the section of a pedestal between the base and the surbase; cut a dado into or fit into a dado; provide with a dado; "The owners wanted to dado their dining room"

vegetable oil collapse: any of a group of liquid edible fats that are obtained from plants

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