muss :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

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

v. make messy or untidy; "the child mussed up my hair"

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

disarray, disorder, disturb the order of, bring disorder to, bring into disorder, throw into disorder

v. bring disorder to

grapple, deal, cope, contend, get by, manage

v. come to terms or deal successfully with; "We got by on just a gallon of gas"; "They made do on half a loaf of bread every day"

fight, struggle

v. make a strenuous or labored effort; "She struggled for years to survive without welfare"; "He fought for breath"

twist, wriggle, squirm, wrestle, worm, writhe

v. to move in a twisting or contorted motion, (especially when struggling); "The prisoner writhed in discomfort"; "The child tried to wriggle free from his aunt's embrace"

order, orderliness

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

arrange, set up

v. put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

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