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herpes
1. n. (medicine) A viral infection, caused by and , marked by painful, watery blisters in the skin or mucous membranes or on the genitals.
tetter
1. n. (now rare) Any of various pustular skin conditions.
2. v. To affect with tetter.
any
1. adv. To even the slightest extent, at all.
I will not remain here any longer.
If you get any taller, you'll start having to duck through doorways!
2. det. At least one; of at least one kind. One at all.
do you have any biscuits?; do you have any food?; I haven't got any money; it won't do you any good
3. det. No matter what kind.
choose any items you want; any person may apply
4. pron. Any thing(s) or person(s).
Any may apply.
of
1. prep. Expressing distance or motion.
2. prep. (now obsolete, or dialectal) From (of distance, direction), "off".
3. prep. (obsolete except in phrases) Since, from (a given time, earlier state etc.).
4. prep. From, away from (a position, number, distance etc.).
There are no shops within twenty miles of the cottage.
5. prep. (North America, Scotland, Ireland) Before (the hour); to.
What's the time? / Nearly a quarter of three.
6. prep. Expressing separation.
7. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with the action indicated by a transitive verb and the quality or substance by a grammatical object.)
Finally she was relieved of the burden of caring for her sick husband.
8. prep. (Indicating removal, absence or separation, with resulting state indicated by an adjective.)
He seemed devoid of human feelings.
9. prep. (obsolete) (Indicating removal, absence or separation, construed with an intransitive verb.)
10. prep. Expressing origin.
11. prep. (Indicating an ancestral source or origin of descent.)
The word is believed to be of Japanese origin.
12. prep. (Indicating a (non-physical) source of action or emotion; introducing a cause, instigation); from, out of, as an expression of.
The invention was born of necessity.
13. prep. (following an intransitive verb) (Indicates the source or cause of the verb.)
It is said that she died of a broken heart.
14. prep. (following an adjective) (Indicates the subject or cause of the adjective.)
I am tired of all this nonsense.
15. prep. Expressing agency.
16. prep. (following a passive verb) (Indicates the agent (for most verbs, now usually expressed with by).)
I am not particularly enamoured of this idea.
17. prep. (Used to introduce the "subjective genitive"; following a noun to form the head of a postmodifying noun phrase) (see also 'Possession' senses below).
The contract can be terminated at any time with the agreement of both parties.
18. prep. (following an adjective) (Used to indicate the agent of something described by the adjective.)
It was very brave of you to speak out like that.
19. prep. Expressing composition, substance.
20. prep. (after a verb expressing construction, making etc.) (Used to indicate the material or substance used.)
Many 'corks' are now actually made of plastic.
21. prep. (directly following a noun) (Used to indicate the material of the just-mentioned object.)
She wore a dress of silk.
22. prep. (Indicating the composition of a given collective or quantitative noun.)
What a lot of nonsense!
23. prep. (Used to link a given class of things with a specific example of that class.)
Welcome to the historic town of Harwich.
24. prep. (Links two nouns in near-apposition, with the first qualifying the second); "which is also".
I'm not driving this wreck of a car.
25. prep. Introducing subject matter.
26. prep. (Links an intransitive verb, or a transitive verb and its subject (especially verbs to do with thinking, feeling, expressing etc.), with its subject-ma
I'm always thinking of you.
27. prep. (following a noun (now chiefly nouns of knowledge, communication etc.)) (Introduces its subject matter); about, concerning.
He told us the story of his journey to India.
28. prep. (following an adjective) (Introduces its subject matter.)
This behaviour is typical of teenagers.
29. prep. Having partitive effect.
30. prep. (following a number or other quantitive word) (Introduces the whole for which is indicated only the specified part or segment); "from among".
Most of these apples are rotten.
31. prep. (following a noun) (Indicates a given part.)
32. prep. (now archaic, literary, with preceding partitive word assumed, or as a predicate after to be) Some, an amount of, one of.
On the whole, they seem to be of the decent sort.
33. prep. (Links to a genitive noun or possessive pronoun, with partitive effect (though now often merged with possessive senses, below).)
He is a friend of mine.
34. prep. Expressing possession.
35. prep. Belonging to, existing in, or taking place in a given location, place or time. Compare "origin" senses, above.
He was perhaps the most famous scientist of the twentieth century.
36. prep. Belonging to (a place) through having title, ownership or control over it.
The owner of the nightclub was arrested.
37. prep. Belonging to (someone or something) as something they possess or have as a characteristic; (the "possessive genitive". (With abstract nouns, this inter
Keep the handle of the saucepan away from the flames.
38. prep. Forming the "objective genitive".
39. prep. (Follows an agent noun, verbal noun or noun of action.)
She had a profound distrust of the police.
40. prep. Expressing qualities or characteristics.
41. prep. (now archaic, or literary) (Links an adjective with a noun or noun phrase to form a quasi-adverbial qualifier); in respect to, as regards.
My companion seemed affable and easy of manner.
42. prep. (Indicates a quality or characteristic); "characterized by".
Pooh was said to be a bear of very little brain.
43. prep. (Indicates quantity, age, price, etc.)
We have been paying interest at a rate of 10%.
44. prep. (US, informal considered incorrect by some) (Used to link singular indefinite nouns (preceded by the indefinite article) and attributive adjectives mod
It's not that big of a deal.
45. prep. Expressing a point in time.
46. prep. (chiefly regional) During the course of (a set period of time, day of the week etc.), now specifically with implied repetition or regularity.
Of an evening, we would often go for a stroll along the river.
47. prep. (UK dialectal, chiefly in negative constructions) For (a given length of time).
I've not tekken her out of a goodly long while.
48. prep. (after a noun) (Indicates duration of a state, activity etc.)
After a delay of three hours, the plane finally took off.
various
1. det. More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).
Various books have been taken.
There are various ways to fix the problem.
You have broken various of the rules.
2. adj. Having a broad range (of different elements).
The reasons are various.
3. adj. (dated) That varies or differs from others; variant; different.
a various reading of a Biblical text
pustular
1. adj. Of, pertaining to, or containing pustules.
skin
1. n. The outer protective layer of the body of any animal, including of a human.
He is so disgusting he makes my skin crawl.
2. n. The outer protective layer of the fruit of a plant.
3. n. The skin and fur of an individual animal used by humans for clothing, upholstery, etc.
4. n. A congealed layer on the surface of a liquid.
In order to get to the rest of the paint in the can, you′ll have to remove the skin floating on top of it.
5. n. (computing, graphical user interface) A set of resources that modifies the appearance and/or layout of the graphical user interface of a computer program.
You can use this skin to change how the browser looks.
6. n. (slang) Rolling paper for cigarettes.
Pass me a skin, mate.
7. n. (slang) (clipping of skinhead)
8. n. (Australia) A subgroup of Australian aboriginal people; such divisions are cultural and not related to an individual′s physical skin.1994, Macquarie Aboriginal Words, Macquarie University, paperback (
9. n. (video games) An alternate appearance (texture map or geometry) for a 3D character model in a video game.
10. n. (slang) Bare flesh, particularly bare breasts.
Let me see a bit of skin.
11. n. A vessel made of skin, used for holding liquids.
12. n. (nautical) That part of a sail, when furled, which remains on the outside and covers the whole.
13. n. (nautical) The covering, as of planking or iron plates, outside the framing, forming the sides and bottom of a vessel; the shell; also, a lining inside the framing.
14. v. To injure the skin of.
He fell off his bike and skinned his knee on the concrete.
15. v. To remove the skin and/or fur of an animal or a human.
16. v. (colloquial) To high five.
17. v. (transitive, computing, colloquial) To apply a skin to (a computer program).
Can I skin the application to put the picture of my cat on it?
18. v. (soccer) To use tricks to go past a defender.
19. v. (intransitive) To become covered with skin.
A wound eventually skins over.
20. v. To cover with skin, or as if with skin; hence, to cover superficially.
21. v. (US, slang) To produce, in recitation, examination, etc., the work of another for one's own, or to use cribs, memoranda, etc., which are prohibited.
22. v. (slang) To strip of money or property; to cheat.
conditions
1. n. plural of condition.
2. v. third-person singular present indicative of condition
condition
1. n. A logical clause or phrase that a conditional statement uses. The phrase can either be true or false.
2. n. A requirement, term or requisite.
Environmental protection is a condition for sustainability. What other planets might have the right conditions for life? The union had a dispute over sick time and other
3. n. (legal) A clause in a contract or agreement indicating that a certain contingency may modify the principal obligation in some way.
4. n. The health status of a medical patient.
My aunt couldn't walk up the stairs in her condition.
5. n. The state or quality.
National reports on the condition of public education are dismal. The condition of man can be classified as civilized or uncivilized.
6. n. A particular state of being.
Hypnosis is a peculiar condition of the nervous system. Steps were taken to ameliorate the condition of slavery. Security is defined as the condition of not being threat
7. n. (obsolete) The situation of a person or persons, particularly their social and/or economic class, rank.
A man of his condition has no place to make request.
8. v. To subject to the process of acclimation.
I became conditioned to the absence of seasons in San Diego.
9. v. To subject to different conditions, especially as an exercise.
They were conditioning their shins in their karate class.
10. v. To place conditions or limitations upon.
11. v. To shape the behaviour of someone to do something.
12. v. To treat (the hair) with hair conditioner.
13. v. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.
14. v. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains).
15. v. (US, colleges transitive) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college.
to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study
16. v. To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

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