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lay down the law collapse

not listen collapse

sterling collapse: British money; especially the pound sterling as the basic monetary unit of the UK

anarchic collapse: without law or control; "the system is economically inefficient and politically anarchic"

printout collapse: the output of a computer in printed form

civilian collapse: a nonmilitary citizen; associated with or performed by civilians as contrasted with the military; "civilian clothing"; "civilian life"

constabulary collapse

graph collapse: a visual representation of the relations between certain quantities plotted with reference to a set of axes; represent by means of a graph; "chart the data"; plot upon a graph

writing collapse: the activity of putting something in written form; "she did the thinking while he did the writing"; the act of creating written works; "writing was a form of therapy for him"; "it was a matter of disputed authorship"; letters or symbols written or imprinted on a surface to represent the sounds or words of a language; "he turned the paper over so the writing wouldn't show"; "the doctor's writing was illegible"; the work of a writer; anything expressed in letters of the alphabet (especially when considered from the point of view of style and effect); "the writing in her novels is excellent"; "that editorial was a fine piece of writing"; (usually plural) the collected work of an author; "the idea occurs with increasing frequency in Hemingway's writings"

press agent collapse: someone employed to arrange publicity (for a firm or a public figure)

helpmate collapse: a helpful partner

assizes collapse: the county courts of England (replaced in 1971 by crown courts)

lettering collapse

law of averages collapse: a law affirming that in the long run probabilities will determine performance

official collapse: someone who administers the rules of a game or sport; "the golfer asked for an official who could give him a ruling"; a worker who holds or is invested with an office; having official authority or sanction; "official permission"; "an official representative"; verified officially; "the election returns are now official"; (of a church) given official status as a national or state institution; conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order"; of or relating to an office; "official privileges"

kangaroo court collapse: an irregular unauthorized court

obedient collapse: dutifully complying with the commands or instructions of those in authority; "an obedient soldier"; "obedient children"; "a little man obedient to his wife"; "the obedient colonies...are heavily taxed; the refractory remain unburdened"- Edmund Burke

birthright collapse: personal characteristics that are inherited at birth; a right or privilege that you are entitled to at birth; "free public education is the birthright of every American child"; an inheritance coming by right of birth (especially by primogeniture)

decent collapse: conforming to conventions of sexual behavior; "speech in this circle, if not always decent, never became lewd"- George Santayana; observing conventional sexual mores in speech or behavior or dress; "a modest neckline in her dress"; "though one of her shoulder straps had slipped down, she was perfectly decent by current standards"; decently clothed; "are you decent?"; socially or conventionally correct; refined or virtuous; "from a decent family"; "a nice girl"

graphic collapse: an image that is generated by a computer; describing nudity or sexual activity in graphic detail; "graphic sexual scenes"; evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description"; written or drawn or engraved; "graphic symbols"; relating to or presented by a graph; "a graphic presentation of the data"; of or relating to the graphic arts; "the etchings, drypoints, lithographs, and engravings which together form his graphic work"- British Book News

matron collapse: a married woman (usually middle-aged with children) who is staid and dignified; a woman in charge of nursing in a medical institution; a wardress in a prison

truism collapse: an obvious truth

justice collapse: the administration of law; the act of determining rights and assigning rewards or punishments; "justice deferred is justice denied"; the quality of being just or fair

guiding principle collapse

syllabic collapse: (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable; "the syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'"; consisting of a syllable or syllables; (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities; consisting of or using a syllabary; "eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing"; of or relating to syllables; "syllabic accent"; "syllabic characters each represent a syllable"

judicial collapse: decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; "a judicial decision"; relating to the administration of justice or the function of a judge; "judicial system"; belonging or appropriate to the office of a judge; "judicial robes"

deputy collapse: an assistant with power to act when his superior is absent; someone authorized to exercise the powers of sheriff in emergencies; a person appointed to represent or act on behalf of others; a member of the lower chamber of a legislative assembly (such as in France)

parchment collapse: skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on; a superior paper resembling sheepskin

prosecutor collapse: a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state

disorganization collapse: the disturbance of a systematic arrangement causing disorder and confusion; "the disorganization of the enemy troops by a flank attack"; a condition in which an orderly system has been disrupted

goody collapse

dutiful collapse: willingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respect; "a dutiful child"; "a dutiful citizen"; "Patient Griselda was a chaste and duteous wife";

primogeniture collapse: right of inheritance belongs exclusively to the eldest son

old lady collapse: your own wife; "meet my old lady"

copper collapse: any of various small butterflies of the family Lycaenidae having coppery wings; a reddish-brown color resembling the color of polished copper; a copper penny; a ductile malleable reddish-brown corrosion-resistant diamagnetic metallic element; occurs in various minerals but is the only metal that occurs abundantly in large masses; used as an electrical and thermal conductor; coat with a layer of copper

test collapse: the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"; the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"; any standardized procedure for measuring sensitivity or memory or intelligence or aptitude or personality etc; "the test was standardized on a large sample of students"; a hard outer covering as of some amoebas and sea urchins; undergo a test; "She doesn't test well"; determine the presence or properties of (a substance); achieve a certain score or rating on a test; "She tested high on the LSAT and was admitted to all the good law schools"; put to the test, as for its quality, or give experimental use to; "This approach has been tried with good results"; "Test this recipe"; show a certain characteristic when tested; "He tested positive for HIV"

legit collapse

dictum collapse

chaos collapse: (physics) a dynamical system that is extremely sensitive to its initial conditions; (Greek mythology) the most ancient of gods; the personification of the infinity of space preceding creation of the universe; the formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos; a state of extreme confusion and disorder

varsity collapse: a team representing a college or university; a British abbreviation of `university'; usually refers to Oxford University or Cambridge University

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