apocalypse | (noun) a cosmic cataclysm in which God destroys the ruling powers of evil | - |
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apse | (noun) a domed or vaulted recess or projection on a building especially the east end of a church; usually contains the altar | Synonyms: apsis |
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collapse | (noun) the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink | Synonyms: flop |
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(noun) a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in | - |
(noun) a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures) | Synonyms: crash |
(noun) an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion | Synonyms: prostration |
copse | (noun) a dense growth of bushes | Synonyms: brush, brushwood, coppice, thicket |
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corpse | (noun) the dead body of a human being | Synonyms: cadaver, clay, remains, stiff |
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eclipse | (noun) one celestial body obscures another | Synonyms: occultation |
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ellipse | (noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it | Synonyms: oval |
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glimpse | (noun) a quick look | Synonyms: coup d'oeil, glance |
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(noun) a brief or incomplete view | - |
(noun) a vague indication | - |
hydroisohypse | (noun) a line on a map connecting points of equal level on the piezometric surface. | - |
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lapse | (noun) a mistake resulting from inattention | Synonyms: oversight |
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(noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
(noun) a break or intermission in the occurrence of something | - |
prolapse | (noun) the slipping or falling out of place of an organ (as the uterus) | Synonyms: descensus, prolapsus |
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relapse | (noun) a failure to maintain a higher state | Synonyms: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapsing, reversion, reverting |
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synapse | (noun) the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle | - |
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