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leeway collapse: (of a ship or plane) sideways drift

fee simple collapse: a fee without limitation to any class of heirs; they can sell it or give it away

leasehold collapse: land or property held under a lease

moth eaten collapse

alternative collapse: necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities; "`either' and `or' in `either this or that'"; pertaining to unconventional choices; "an alternative life style"

decrepit collapse: lacking physical strength or vitality; "a feeble old woman"; "her body looked sapless"

remainder collapse: the number that remains after subtraction; the number that when added to the subtrahend gives the minuend; the part of the dividend that is left over when the dividend is not evenly divisible by the divisor; something left after other parts have been taken away; "there was no remainder"; "he threw away the rest"; "he took what he wanted and I got the balance"; sell cheaply as remainders; "The publisher remaindered the books"

white collapse: (board games) the lighter pieces; the quality or state of the achromatic color of greatest lightness (bearing the least resemblance to black); a tributary of the Mississippi River that flows southeastward through northern Arkansas and southern Missouri; a member of the Caucasoid race; United States educator who in 1865 (with Ezra Cornell) founded Cornell University and served as its first president (1832-1918); United States writer noted for his humorous essays (1899-1985); United States architect (1853-1906); United States political journalist (1915-1986); Australian writer (1912-1990); United States jurist appointed chief justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1910 by President Taft; noted for his work on antitrust legislation (1845-1921); of or belonging to a racial group having light skin coloration; "voting patterns within the white population"; of summer nights in northern latitudes where the sun barely sets; "white nights"; being of the achromatic color of maximum lightness; having little or no hue owing to reflection of almost all incident light; "as white as fresh snow"; "a bride's white dress"; (of hair) having lost its color; "the white hairs of old age"; (of coffee) having cream or milk added; benevolent; without malicious intent; "that's white of you"; glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire"; restricted to whites only; "under segregation there were even white restrooms and white drinking fountains"; "a lily-white movement which would expel Negroes from the organization"; marked by the presence of snow; "a white Christmas"; "the white hills of a northern winter"; free from moral blemish or impurity; unsullied; "in shining white armor"

decision collapse: the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"; a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination"; the outcome of a game or contest; "the team dropped three decisions in a row"; (boxing) a victory won on points when no knockout has occurred; "had little trouble in taking a unanimous decision over his opponent"

perspective collapse: the appearance of things relative to one another as determined by their distance from the viewer

thoughtfulness collapse: the trait of thinking carefully before acting

sexual desire collapse: a desire for sexual intimacy

shriveled collapse: reduced in efficacy or vitality or intensity; "our shriveled receipts during the storm"; "as the project wore on she found her enthusiasm shriveled"; "the dollar's shrunken buying power"; lean and wrinkled by shrinkage as from age or illness; "the old woman's shriveled skin"; "he looked shriveled and ill"; "a shrunken old man"; "a lanky scarecrow of a man with withered face and lantern jaws"-W.F.Starkie; "he did well despite his withered arm"; "a wizened little man with frizzy grey hair"

wizened collapse

prime collapse: a number that has no factor but itself and 1; the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest; the second canonical hour; about 6 a.m.; being at the best stage of development; "our manhood's prime vigor"- Robert Browning; of or relating to or being an integer that cannot be factored into other integers; "prime number"; insert a primer into (a gun, mine, or charge) preparatory to detonation or firing; "prime a cannon"; "prime a mine"; fill with priming liquid; "prime a car engine"; cover with a primer; apply a primer to

early collapse: at or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time; "early morning"; "an early warning"; "early diagnosis"; "an early death"; "took early retirement"; "an early spring"; "early varieties of peas and tomatoes mature before most standard varieties"; being or occurring at an early stage of development; "in an early stage"; "early forms of life"; "early man"; "an early computer"; of an early stage in the development of a language or literature; "the Early Hebrew alphabetical script is that used mainly from the 11th to the 6th centuries B.C."; "Early Modern English is represented in documents printed from 1476 to 1700"; very young; "at an early age"; expected in the near future; "look for an early end to the negotiations"; before the usual time or the time expected; "she graduated early"; "the house was completed ahead of time"; in good time; "he awoke betimes that morning"

hugger mugger collapse: act stealthily or secretively

fee collapse: an interest in land capable of being inherited; a fixed charge for a privilege or for professional services

lease collapse: a contract granting use or occupation of property during a specified time for a specified payment; property that is leased or rented out or let; the period of time during which a contract conveying property to a person is in effect; engage for service under a term of contract; "We took an apartment on a quiet street"; "Let's rent a car"; "Shall we take a guide in Rome?"; grant use or occupation of under a term of contract; "I am leasing my country estate to some foreigners"

canniness collapse

forethought collapse

preview collapse: a screening for a select audience in advance of release for the general public; an advertisement consisting of short scenes from a motion picture that will appear in the near future; watch (a movie or play) before it is released to the general public

modesty collapse: formality and propriety of manner; freedom from vanity or conceit

intention collapse: an act of intending; a volition that you intend to carry out; "my intention changed once I saw her"; (usually plural) the goal with respect to a marriage proposal; "his intentions are entirely honorable"

liking collapse: a feeling of pleasure and enjoyment; "I've always had a liking for reading"; "she developed a liking for gin"

providence collapse: the guardianship and control exercised by a deity; "divine providence"; the prudence and care exercised by someone in the management of resources; the capital and largest city of Rhode Island; located in northeastern Rhode Island on Narragansett Bay; site of Brown University; a manifestation of God's foresightful care for his creatures

pleasure collapse: sexual gratification; "he took his pleasure of her"; an activity that affords enjoyment; "he puts duty before pleasure"; a formal expression; "he serves at the pleasure of the President"; a fundamental feeling that is hard to define but that people desire to experience; "he was tingling with pleasure"

ad lib collapse: without advance preparation; "he spoke ad lib"

solicitude collapse: a feeling of excessive concern

reversion collapse: turning in the opposite direction; a return to a normal phenotype (usually resulting from a second mutation); (law) an interest in an estate that reverts to the grantor (or his heirs) at the end of some period (e.g., the death of the grantee)

distance collapse: the property created by the space between two objects or points; size of the gap between two places; "the distance from New York to Chicago"; "he determined the length of the shortest line segment joining the two points"; indifference by personal withdrawal; "emotional distance"; a distant region; "I could see it in the distance"; the interval between two times; "the distance from birth to death"; "it all happened in the space of 10 minutes"; a remote point in time; "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details"; keep at a distance; "we have to distance ourselves from these events in order to continue living"

judiciousness collapse: the trait of forming opinions by distinguishing and evaluating; good judgment

crabbed collapse: perversely irritable

anticipation collapse: something expected (as on the basis of a norm); "each of them had their own anticipations"; "an indicator of expectancy in development"; pleasurable expectation; wishing with confidence of fulfillment

tenderness collapse: a tendency to express warm and affectionate feeling; warm compassionate feelings; a pain that is felt (as when the area is touched); "the best results are generally obtained by inserting the needle into the point of maximum tenderness"; "after taking a cold, rawness of the larynx and trachea come on"

diplomacy collapse: negotiation between nations

choice collapse: the act of choosing or selecting; "your choice of colors was unfortunate"; "you can take your pick"; the person or thing chosen or selected; "he was my pick for mayor"; of superior grade; "choice wines"; "prime beef"; "prize carnations"; "quality paper"; "select peaches"; appealing to refined taste; "choice wine"

extent collapse: the distance or area or volume over which something extends; "the vast extent of the desert"; "an orchard of considerable extent"; the point or degree to which something extends; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right"

stride collapse: significant progress (especially in the phrase "make strides"); "they made big strides in productivity"; cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"; walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"

animus collapse

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