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rusticate collapse: lend a rustic character to; "rusticate the house in the country"; give (stone) a rustic look; send to the country; "He was rusticated for his bad behavior"; live in the country and lead a rustic life

archaic collapse: little evolved from or characteristic of an earlier ancestral type; "archaic forms of life"; "primitive mammals"; "the okapi is a short-necked primitive cousin of the giraffe"

big business collapse: commercial enterprises organized and financed on a scale large enough to influence social and political policies; "big business is growing so powerful it is difficult to regulate it effectively"

balance of trade collapse: the difference in value over a period of time of a country's imports and exports of merchandise; "a nation's balance of trade is favorable when its exports exceed its imports"

rubberneck collapse: a person who stares inquisitively; strain to watch; stare curiously; "The cars slowed down and the drivers rubbernecked after the accident"

latitudinarian collapse: a person who is broad-minded and tolerant (especially in standards of religious belief and conduct)

trust company collapse: an organization (usually with a commercial bank) that is engaged as a trustee or fiduciary or agent in handling trust funds or estates of custodial arrangements or stock transfers or related services

clearing house collapse: a central collection place where banks exchange checks or drafts; participants maintain an account against which credits or debits are posted

supernaturalism collapse: the quality of being attributed to power that seems to violate or go beyond natural forces; a belief in forces beyond ordinary human understanding

mineral kingdom collapse: all inorganic objects; contrasts with animal and plant kingdoms

universe collapse: everything stated or assumed in a given discussion; everything that exists anywhere; "they study the evolution of the universe"; "the biggest tree in existence"

unknown collapse: a variable whose values are solutions of an equation; an unknown and unexplored region; "they came like angels out the unknown"; not known; "an unknown amount"; "an unknown island"; "an unknown writer"; "an unknown source"; not known to exist; "things obscurely felt surged up from unsuspected depths in her"- Edith Wharton

seclude collapse: keep away from others; "He sequestered himself in his study to write a book"

system collapse: instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity; "he bought a new stereo system"; "the system consists of a motor and a small computer"; the living body considered as made up of interdependent components forming a unified whole; "exercise helped him get the alcohol out of his system"; a group of physiologically or anatomically related organs or parts; "the body has a system of organs for digestion"; a complex of methods or rules governing behavior; "they have to operate under a system they oppose"; "that language has a complex system for indicating gender"; a procedure or process for obtaining an objective; "they had to devise a system that did not depend on cooperation"; a group of independent but interrelated elements comprising a unified whole; "a vast system of production and distribution and consumption keep the country going"; (physical chemistry) a sample of matter in which substances in different phases are in equilibrium; "in a static system oil cannot be replaced by water on a surface"; "a system generating hydrogen peroxide"

order of the day collapse: the order of business for an assembly on a given day

straphanger collapse: a standing subway or bus passenger who grips a hanging strap for support; a commuter who uses public transportation

voyager collapse: a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea)

commuter collapse: a passenger train that is ridden primarily by passengers who travel regularly from one place to another; someone who travels regularly from home in a suburb to work in a city

wayfarer collapse: a traveler going on a trip; a pedestrian who walks from place to place

ceremonious collapse: rigidly formal or bound by convention; "their ceremonious greetings did not seem heartfelt"

passenger collapse: a traveler riding in a vehicle (a boat or bus or car or plane or train etc) who is not operating it

nullification collapse: the act of nullifying; making null and void; counteracting or overriding the effect or force of something; the states'-rights doctrine that a state can refuse to recognize or to enforce a federal law passed by the United States Congress

downturn collapse: a worsening of business or economic activity; "the market took a downturn"

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