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51hamito- — combining form Usage: usually capitalized Etymology: Hamitic : Hamitic and Hamito Bantu Hamito Semitic usually with hyphen …
52ex div — /eks div/ (also with hyphen) short form of ex dividend, denoting a purchase of stocks and shares in which the seller and not the purchaser is entitled to the next payment of interest or dividends ORIGIN: L extra dividendum without dividend * * *… …
53blue riband — blue ribbon or blue riband noun 1. The ribbon of the Order of the Garter 2. Any very high distinction or prize (also adjective, with hyphen) 3. The badge of the teetotal Blue Ribbon Army, founded in America in 1878 • • • Main Entry: ↑blue * * *… …
54eye level — noun The same height above ground as the average person s eyes (also (with hyphen) adjective) • • • Main Entry: ↑eye * * * noun [singular] : a level that is as high as a person s eyes He hung the picture at eye level. The hook is just above eye… …
55low tech — low technology or low tech noun Simple, unsophisticated technology used in the production of basic commodities (also (with hyphen or loˈ tech) adjective) • • • Main Entry: ↑low …
56O grade — or Ordinary grade noun In Scotland, (a pass in) a former examination generally taken at the end of the 4th year of secondary education (also adjective, often with hyphen) • • • Main Entry: ↑O * * * ˈO grade f15 [O grade] ( …
57Ordinary grade — O grade or Ordinary grade noun In Scotland, (a pass in) a former examination generally taken at the end of the 4th year of secondary education (also adjective, often with hyphen) • • • Main Entry: ↑O Ordinary grade noun see ↑O grade under ↑O… …
58smart Alick — smart Alˈick, smart Alˈeck, smart Alˈec or smart alec noun A would be clever person or one too clever for their own good (also adjective, with hyphen) • • • Main Entry: ↑smart …
59hyphenate — hyphen, hyphenate, verbs. Both words mean ‘to spell (a word or phrase) with a hyphen’. This book uses hyphen, following the practice of the successive OED editors C. T. Onions and R. W. Burchfield, although hyphenate is more common in general… …
60Hyphened — Hyphen Hy phen, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hyphened}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Hyphening}.] To connect with, or separate by, a hyphen, as two words or the parts of a word. [1913 Webster] …
