Kissing
71Kissing comfit — Kiss Kiss, v. i. 1. To make or give salutation with the lips in token of love, respect, etc.; as, kiss and make friends. [1913 Webster] 2. To meet; to come in contact; to touch fondly. [1913 Webster] Like fire and powder, Which as they kiss… …
72kissing disease — noun Etymology: from the belief that it is frequently transmitted by kissing Date: 1962 infectious mononucleosis …
73Kissing Hands — To kiss hands is a constitutional term used in the United Kingdom to refer to the formal installation of Crown appointed British government ministers to their office. In the past, it referred to the requirement that the office holder actually… …
74Kissing spine disease — Klassifikation nach ICD 10 M48.2 Baastrup Syndrom …
75kissing bug — 1. Informal. a. a person much given to kissing. b. an irresistible desire to kiss or be kissed. 2. any of several assassin bugs that attack humans, sometimes inflicting painful bites. [1895 1900, Amer.] * * * …
76kissing kin — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin). * * * …
77kissing-bunch — noun A bundle of evergreen leaves or branches, typically with berries, hung up at Christmas time, under which people may kiss. The kissing bunch, of berried holly hung with bright and glittering things, spun slowly over Mrs Morels head as she… …
78kissing gourami — noun Helostoma temminckii, a large tropical freshwater fish. They are commercial food fish which are farmed in their native Southeast Asia, and are also popular with aquarists for the fishs peculiar kissing behaviour. Syn: kisser …
79kissing disease — noun Nickname for mononucleosis. It was in a college, West Point, that infectious mononucleosis won a romantic reputation. . . . Investigators at a girls school also found post vacation peaks, and mono became known as the kissing disease …
80Kissing disease — A name for infectious mononucleosis ("mono"), a very common illness caused by the Epstein Barr virus (EBV). By the time most people reach adulthood, an antibody against EBV can be detected in their blood meaning they have been infected… …
