Barbel: alternatives and connections

The act or process of making slender, or the state of being slender; emaciation.

To exist in a certain manner or relation, -- whether as a reality or as a product of thought; to exist as the subject of a certain pre…

Having two lips, as the corols of certain flowers.

A physiological organ; a living organ; an organ endowed with function; -- distinguished from idorgan.

A writing under seal, by which a person binds himself, his heirs, executors, and administrators, to pay a certain sum on or before a f…

established beyond doubt or question; definitely known; "what is certain is that every effect must have a cause"; "it is certain that…

a slender flexible animal appendage as on barnacles or crinoids or many insects; often tactile

A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slende…

Relating to the measurement of the tactile sensibility of parts; as, diaphemetric compasses.

Having the lips, or edges, of the aperture abruptly spreading; -- said of certain shells.

An instrument to measure the degree of sensation, by determining at how short a distance two impressions upon the skin can be distingu…

In inland duty or impost operating as an indirect tax on the consumer, levied upon certain specified articles, as, tobacco, ale, spiri…

Any fine, slender thread, or threadlike substance; as, a fiber of spun glass; especially, one of the slender rootlets of a plant.

To set the teeth together and open the lips, or to open the mouth and withdraw the lips from the teeth, so as to show them, as in laug…

Furnished with lips; as, a labial organ pipe.

To touch with the lips; to put the lips to; hence, to kiss.

Any one of several species of small lemurs of the genus Stenops. They have long, slender limbs and large eyes, and are arboreal in the…

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the…