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Microaerophilous (ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs)

Meaning of microaerophilous in English:

microaerophilous

ADJECTIVE

rare Microbiology

Requiring or having less oxygen than that of the atmosphere.

Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Benjamin Jackson (1846–1927). From French microaérophile + -ous; compare -philous.

Pronunciation /ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs/
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Microaerophilous (ˌmʌɪkrəʊɛ ˈrɒfɪləs)
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Suck-It-Up (Sʌk-ɪt-ʌp)

Suck-It-Up

used for saying that someone has to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation even if they do not want to
You can either suck it up and be a man, or every time you get an ache and pain you can go out of the game.
'Suck it up dude be a man and win the game'

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Meaning of Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in English:

Council for Mutual Economic Assistance

PROPER NOUN

historical
fuller form of Comecon

Origin
Translating Russian Sovet ékonomicheskoĭ vzaimopomoshchi.
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Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (ˈkaʊns(ə)l fɔ (r) ˈmju tʃuəl ˌi kəˈnɒmɪk əˈsɪst(ə)ns)
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Namaste (ˈnɑməˌsteɪ/ˈnäməˌstā)

Definition of namaste in English:

namaste

EXCLAMATION

A respectful greeting said when giving a namaskar.

NOUN

another term for namaskar

Origin
Via Hindi from Sanskrit namas ‘bowing’ + te ‘to you’.

Pronunciation
namaste
/ˈnäməˌstā/ /ˈnɑməˌsteɪ/
‘The standard greeting in Fiji Hindi is ‘namaste’.’
‘The customary greeting is to press one's palms together in front of the chest and say ‘namaste’.’
‘The waiter gives the usual response, ‘Namaste, namaste,’ his hands joined in silent prayer, his head bowed in traditional deference.’
‘He stands listening quietly to another music of his own world, shyly doing a namaste or shaking hands and looking embarrassed if called upon to respond.’
‘In India or Thailand, the preferred greeting is not the handshake, but the namaste - hands with palms together under chin area (as if in prayer) with a slight bow of the head.’
‘Her hands still folded in a namaste, Lakshmi, whose husband has been out of a job for the last five years, keeps gazing down the road even after Sonia's convoy is out of sight.’
‘Or the leader you have been watching all the while on the idiot box, with his trademark election smile and hands joined in a namaste.’
‘The old stationmaster greeted her with a namaste and offered her a cup of tea.’

Namaste (ˈnɑməˌsteɪ/ˈnäməˌstā)
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Adjective (ˈædʒəktɪv)

Definition of adjective in English:

adjective

NOUN

Grammar

A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

Origin
Late Middle English from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’.

Pronunciation
adjective
/ˈajəktiv/ /ˈædʒəktɪv/
‘Use verbs, nouns and adjectives and get a copy of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.’
‘In Swinburne's work as a whole many adjectives are used as nouns and many nouns as adjectives.’
‘Firstly I think one of the big problems is the use of descriptive adjectives as nouns.’
‘Reading becomes an exercise in spotting nouns and adjectives; there is nothing to engage or delight.’

Adjective (ˈædʒəktɪv)
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Meaning of monounsaturated in English:

monounsaturated

ADJECTIVE

Chemistry

(of an organic compound, especially a fat) saturated except for one multiple bond.

Pronunciation /ˌmɒnəʊʌnˈsatʃʊreɪtɪd/
‘Polyunsaturated and monounsaturated fats tend to decrease blood cholesterol levels when substituted for saturated fats.’
‘In refractory cases, monounsaturated fats may replace carbohydrates, but weight and lipid profile should be closely monitored.’
‘It is suggested that replacing saturated fats in the typical American diet with monounsaturated fats present in macadamia nuts has a favorable effect on lipoprotein levels.’
‘It contains less monounsaturated fat and more unhealthy artery-clogging saturated fat than olive oil, Weil says.’

Monounsaturated (ˌmɒnəʊʌnˈsatʃʊreɪtɪd)
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Parathyroidectomized (ˌparəˌθʌɪrɔɪˈdɛktəmʌɪzd)

Meaning of parathyroidectomized in English:

parathyroidectomized

ADJECTIVE

Surgery

That has undergone parathyroidectomy.

Origin
Early 20th century. From parathyroidectomy + -ized.

Pronunciation /ˌparəˌθʌɪrɔɪˈdɛktəmʌɪzd/
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