| hostess-ship | The character, personality, or office of a hostess. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ship | A structure resembling the hull of a ship. Fabricius' ship, the outlines of the sphenoid, occipital, and frontal bones, from their fancied resemblance to the hull of a ship. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ship beriberi | A form of thiamine deficiency seen among sailors. (05 Mar 2000) |
| ship fever | <disease, microbiology> An acute infectious disease characterised by high fever, a skin eruption and severe headache. In the past, typhus has been a disease of war, famine or catastrophe, being spread by lice, ticks or fleas. The infecting organism is Rickettsia prowazekii, sensitive to sulpha drugs or tetracycline. (27 Sep 1997) |