an illness of long standing
1long-standing — adj. Long standing is used with these nouns: ↑advocate, ↑ambition, ↑animosity, ↑arrangement, ↑association, ↑belief, ↑boyfriend, ↑commitment, ↑conflict, ↑controversy, ↑convention, ↑ …
2illness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ deadly, fatal, incurable, terminal ▪ catastrophic (AmE, law), critical, dangerous, debilitating, devastating …
3long — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} verb ADVERB ▪ desperately ▪ He longed desperately to be back at home. ▪ secretly ▪ They were the words she had secretly longed to hear. ▪ always …
4Joseph Standing — Standing [For Joseph Standing’s middle name also being Standing see, Alice Standing (ed), History of James Standing and Mary Standing Standing and Family , (Provo, Utah: Stevenson s Genealogy Centre, 1992) p. 54.] (October 5, 1854 – July 21,… …
5The Kooks — This article is about the English band. For the Swedish band, see The Kooks (Sweden). The Kooks The Kooks at the Hurricane Festival, Germany 2006 Background information …
6Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… …
7literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
8United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… …
9performing arts — arts or skills that require public performance, as acting, singing, or dancing. [1945 50] * * * ▪ 2009 Introduction Music Classical. The last vestiges of the Cold War seemed to thaw for a moment on Feb. 26, 2008, when the unfamiliar strains …
10Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
