apple etc. N. Apple etc. Suitable for eating raw.

cake n. Round cake of pastry filled with currants etc. [eccles in n. England]

adj. (of a word) onomatopoeic.

n. Small elongated iced cake of choux pastry filled with cream. [french, = lightning]

comb. Form denoting the surgical removal of part of the body (appendectomy). [greek ektome excision]

n. Inflammation of the skin, with itching and discharge. [latin from greek]

n. Thing forming an edge or border.

adj. Fit to be eaten. edibility n. [latin edo eat]

n. - person who edits.

- person who directs the preparation of a newspaper or broadcast news programme or a particular section of one (sports editor).

- person who selects or commissions material for publication.

- computer program for entering and modifying textual data. editorship n.

v. (-cing) 1 rub or wipe out (a mark, recollection, etc.).

- surpass, eclipse.

- refl. (usu. As self-effacing adj.) Treat oneself as unimportant. effacement n. [french: related to *face]