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- Dictionaryhightail/ˈhʌɪteɪl/
verb
- 1. move or travel fast: informal North American "they hightailed it to India"
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5 days ago · Law portal. v. t. e. Female genital mutilation (FGM) (also known as female genital cutting, female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) and female circumcision[a]) is the cutting or removal of some or all of the vulva for non-medical reasons.
4 days ago · A mathematical symbol is a figure or a combination of figures that is used to represent a mathematical object, an action on mathematical objects, a relation between mathematical objects, or for structuring the other symbols that occur in a formula.
6 days ago · Hyperinflation is a period of fast-rising inflation; stagflation is a period of spiking inflation plus slow economic growth and high unemployment. Deflation is when prices drop significantly, due...
3 days ago · Characteristics. Physical properties. As a solid, sulfur is a characteristic lemon yellow; when burned, sulfur melts into a blood-red liquid and emits a blue flame. Sulfur forms several polyatomic molecules. The best-known allotrope is octasulfur, cyclo-S 8.
6 days ago · Australopithecus, (genus Australopithecus), group of extinct primates closely related to, if not actually ancestors of, modern human beings and known from a series of fossils found at numerous sites in eastern, north-central, and southern Africa.
5 days ago · It stands above the surrounding surface, which may be a coastal plain, as along the western Andes in northern Chile, or a high plateau, as within and along the Plateau of Tibet in southwest China.
4 days ago · The Britannica Dictionary. Word of the Day . 9/26/2024 isolate : to put (someone or something) in a place that is separate from others Learn More » Ask the Editor . In the sentence "Unfortunately, there were ___ accidents," which is correct to fill in the blank, "few" or "a few"? — Clau, Argentina.
