Crossword-Solution: ABSCESS
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Abscess | n. | A collection of pus or purulent matter in any tissue or organ of the body, the result of a morbid process. |
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Hint 1 meaning
The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which
covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.
Hint 2 anagram
RACNOE
Hint 3 another clue
COVER THE EYES
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Sentences with ABSCESS (5)
Our little Sophie's father and mother were killed in a railroad accident, and the only reason she wasn't killed was because they had just left her in a hospital to get an abscess cut out of her throat.
Cold abscess, an abscess of slow formation, unattended with the pain and heat characteristic of ordinary abscesses, and lasting for years without exhibiting any tendency towards healing; a chronic abscess.
The real truth is, Winterborne, that medical practice in places like this is a very rule-of-thumb matter; a bottle of bitter stuff for this and that old woman—the bitterer the better—compounded from a few simple stereotyped prescriptions; occasional attendance at births, where mere presence is almost sufficient, so healthy and strong are the people; and a lance for an abscess now and then.
Westlake?” “Westlake? Why?” “I noticed him on the street today.” “Was he limping? If the poor fish would have his teeth X-rayed, I'll bet nine and a half cents he'd find an abscess there.
One would think that in more men the shell of secrecy would have had to open, the pent‐in abscess to burst and gain relief, even though the ear that heard the confession were unworthy.
Quotes with ABSCESS (3)
Some biblical scholars believe that the story of the fall from the Garden of Eden was a cultural memory of the transition from foraging to agriculture: “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.” 79 So why did our foraging ancestors leave Eden? For many, it was never an explicit choice: they had multiplied themselves into a Malthusian trap in which the fat of the land could no longer support them, and they had to grow their food themselves. The states emerged only later,…
If you want an abscess to cure you must press it hard
The major abscess in the mind is a lack of acknowledgement of evil.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, Daily Beast, LAT, New Yorker, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY.
Used 16 times in crossword archives (1949–2023).