combat n. Duel.

- cream n. Thin cream with a relatively low fat content.

- file —n. Line of people one behind another. —adv. One behind the other.

- parent n. Person bringing up a child or children alone.

- —adj. - one only, not double or multiple.

- united or undivided.

- for or done by one person etc.

- one by itself (a single tree).

- regarded separately (every single thing).

- not married.

- (with neg. Or interrog.) Even one (not a single car).

- (of a flower) having only one circle of petals. —n. - single thing, esp. A single room in a hotel.

- (in full single ticket) ticket valid for an outward journey only.

- pop record with one item on each side.

- cricket hit for one run.

- (usu. In pl.) Game with one player on each side.

- (in pl.) Unmarried people. —v. (foll. By out) choose for special attention etc. singly adv. [latin singulus]

n. Weight used to sink a fishing-line or sounding-line.

n. Person who sins, esp. Habitually.

—n. - tube shaped like an inverted v or u with unequal legs, used to convey liquid from a container to a lower level by atmospheric pressure.

- bottle from which aerated water is forced by the pressure of gas. —v. (often foll. By off) 1 (cause to) flow through a siphon.

- divert or set aside (funds etc.). [greek, = pipe]

n. Yellowish-green songbird. [dutch]

n. - woman or girl in relation to her siblings.

- female fellow member of a trade union, feminist group, etc.

- senior female nurse.

- member of a female religious order.

- (often attrib.) Of the same type, design, or origin etc. (sister ship; prose, the younger sister of verse). sisterly adj. [old english]

n. Colloq. Situation comedy. [abbreviation]

n. - person who sits, esp. For a portrait.

- = babysitter (see *babysit).

- colloq. Easy catch or shot.

—v. (-ling) 1 sputter or hiss, esp. In frying.

- colloq. Be very hot or excited etc. —n. Sizzling sound. sizzling adj. & adv. [imitative]

n. (pl. -ies) scot. Reef, rocky island. [old norse]