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101si — ab·ba·si; abra·si·om·e·ter; ab·stru·si·ty; ac·ces·si·bil·i·ty; ac·ces·si·ble; ac·qui·si·tion; acra·si·a·les; acra·si·e·ae; ac·ro·tar·si·al; ac·ro·tar·si·um; adi·ba·si; ad·mis·si·bil·i·ty; ad·mis·si·ble; ad·ver·si·ty; aero·si·nus·i·tis; ali·si·er; …
102Mumps — Mumps: Der seit dem Anfang des 19. Jh.s bezeugte Name für die meist harmlos verlaufende ansteckende Entzündung der Ohrspeicheldrüse – dafür im Volksmund Bezeichnungen wie »Bauernwetzel« und »Ziegenpeter« (s. unter ↑ Ziege) – ist aus dem Engl.… …
103mumps — /mʌmps / (say mumps) plural noun (construed as singular) a specific infectious viral disease characterised by inflammatory swelling of the parotid and (usually) other salivary glands, and sometimes by inflammation of the testicles, ovaries, etc …
104mū̆ -1 — mū̆ 1 English meaning: to murmur, moo (expr.) Deutsche Übersetzung: Schallnachahmung for den with gepreßten Lippen erzeugten dumpfen Laut: “undeutlich reden, unartikuliert murmeln (hence also words for ‘stumm”); mouth, muzzle; den… …
105mumps — ► PLURAL NOUN (treated as sing. ) ▪ an infectious disease spread by a virus, causing swelling of the salivary glands at the sides of the face. ORIGIN from obsolete mump grimace …
106lump — lump1 [lump] n. [ME lompe, lumpe, akin ? to Dan lompe, a mass, lump, Swed dial. lump, a block, stump, MHG lumpe, rag: see LIMP1] 1. a solid mass of no special shape, esp. one small enough to be taken up in the hand; hunk 2. a) a small cube or… …
107mumps — [mumps] n. [pl. of obs. mump, a grimace: prob. from patient s appearance] an acute communicable disease, usually of childhood, caused by a paramyxovirus and characterized by swelling of the salivary glands, esp. the parotid, and, in adults, often …
108mumps — n.pl. 1 (treated as sing.) a contagious and infectious viral disease with swelling of the parotid salivary glands in the face. 2 a fit of sulks. Derivatives: mumpish adj. (in sense 2). Etymology: archaic mump be sullen …
109mumpish — ˈməmpish adjective Etymology: mump (II) + ish : sullen, sulky …
