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mess

n. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

mess

n. soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"

mess hall

n. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

messiness, muss, mussiness

n. a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

mess together

v. eat in a mess hall

mess up, make a mess of

v. make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"

bedding, litter, bedding material

n. material used to provide a bed for animals

force, strength, forcefulness

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

insolvency

n. the lack of financial resources

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

neglect, negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

n. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

dereliction, delinquency

n. willful negligence

failure

n. an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"

bankruptcy

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

breakdown, crack-up

n. a mental or physical breakdown

tangle, tousle, dishevel

v. disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"

order, orderliness

n. a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

order, bring order into, bring order to

v. bring order to or into; "Order these files"

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