Small+lump

  • 41dot — [OE] The underlying meaning of dot seems to be ‘small lump or raised mark’. In Old English (in which there is only a single record of its use) it meant ‘head of a boil’, and it could well be related to English tit ‘nipple’. The word disappears… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 42nut — /nʌt / (say nut) noun 1. a dry fruit consisting of an edible kernel or meat enclosed in a woody or leathery shell. 2. the kernel itself. 3. Botany a hard, indehiscent, one seeded fruit, as the chestnut or the acorn. 4. any of various devices or… …

  • 43dot — [OE] The underlying meaning of dot seems to be ‘small lump or raised mark’. In Old English (in which there is only a single record of its use) it meant ‘head of a boil’, and it could well be related to English tit ‘nipple’. The word disappears… …

    Word origins

  • 44Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Hitchhiker s portal This is a list of places featured in Douglas Adams s science fiction series, The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy. The series is set in a fictionalised version of the Milky Way galaxy and thus, while most locations are pure… …

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  • 45Lepromin — The lepromin skin test is used to determine what type of leprosy a person has. It involves the injection of a standardized extract of the inactivated leprosy bacillus ,( Mycobacterium leprae or Hansen s Bacillus ) under the skin. It is not… …

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  • 46node — [ noud ] noun count * ▸ 1 where lines cross/meet ▸ 2 small lump in body ▸ 3 where leaf grows ▸ 4 where two parts meet ▸ 5 in computing 1. ) the place where lines cross or meet, for example on a GRAPH 2. ) MEDICAL a small lump in your body 3. )… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 47nugget — nug|get [ nʌgət ] noun count 1. ) a rough lump of gold or other metal as it is found in the earth 2. ) food in the shape of a small lump: chicken nuggets 3. ) a small piece of information or advice that can be useful or important: nugget of: Is… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 48gob — gob1 noun Brit. informal a person s mouth. Origin C16: perh. from Sc. Gaelic gob beak, mouth . gob2 informal noun 1》 a lump of a slimy or viscous substance.     ↘N. Amer. a small lump. 2》 (gobs of) N. Amer. a lot of. verb ( …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 49nugget — noun 1》 a small lump of gold or other precious metal found ready formed in the earth. 2》 a small but valuable fact. Derivatives nuggety adjective (chiefly Austral./NZ). Origin C19: appar. from dialect nug lump , of unknown origin …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 50nugget — UK [ˈnʌɡɪt] / US [ˈnʌɡət] noun [countable] Word forms nugget : singular nugget plural nuggets 1) a rough lump of gold or other metal as it is found in the earth 2) food in the shape of a small lump chicken nuggets 3) a small piece of information… …

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