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Belly

That part of the human body which extends downward from the breast to the thighs, and contains the bowels, or intestines; the abdomen.

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Bay window 76% connected

A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often…

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Corporation 76% connected

A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society ha…

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Pot 76% connected

A metallic or earthen vessel, appropriated to any of a great variety of uses, as for boiling meat or vegetables, for holding liquids, for plants, etc…

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Bulge 76% connected

The bilge or protuberant part of a cask.

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Bump 76% connected

To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

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Excrescence 76% connected

An excrescent appendage, as, a wart or tumor; anything growing out unnaturally from anything else; a preternatural or morbid development; hence, a tr…

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Extrusion 76% connected

The act of thrusting or pushing out; a driving out; expulsion.

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Fat 76% connected

A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat.

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Hump 76% connected

A protuberance; especially, the protuberance formed by a crooked back.

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Inside 76% connected

Within the sides of; in the interior; contained within; as, inside a house, book, bottle, etc.

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Interior 76% connected

Being within any limits, inclosure, or substance; inside; internal; inner; -- opposed to exterior, or superficial; as, the interior apartments of a h…

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Intumesce 76% connected

To enlarge or expand with heat; to swell; specifically, to swell up or bubble up under the action of heat, as before the blowpipe.

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Jut 76% connected

To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building.

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Prominence 76% connected

Alt. of Prominency

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Protrusion 76% connected

The act of protruding or thrusting forward, or beyond the usual limit.

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Protuberance 76% connected

That which is protuberant swelled or pushed beyond the surrounding or adjacent surface; a swelling or tumor on the body; a prominence; a bunch or kno…

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Swell 76% connected

To grow larger; to dilate or extend the exterior surface or dimensions, by matter added within, or by expansion of the inclosed substance; as, the le…

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Swelling 76% connected

of Swell

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Tumefy 76% connected

To swell; to cause to swell, or puff up.

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Underpart 76% connected

A subordinate part.

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Ventral 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish…

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Ventral 74% connected

Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the belly, or ventral side, of an animal or of one of its parts; hemal; abdominal; as, the ventral fin of a fish…

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Ab 70% connected

The fifth month of the Jewish year according to the ecclesiastical reckoning, the eleventh by the civil computation, coinciding nearly with August.

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Abdomen 70% connected

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains…

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Abdominal 70% connected

Of or pertaining to the abdomen; ventral; as, the abdominal regions, muscles, cavity.

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Bowel 70% connected

One of the intestines of an animal; an entrail, especially of man; a gut; -- generally used in the plural.

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Gut 70% connected

A narrow passage of water; as, the Gut of Canso.

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Hypochondrium 70% connected

Either of the hypochondriac regions.

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Intestine 70% connected

Internal; inward; -- opposed to external.

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Navel 70% connected

A mark or depression in the middle of the abdomen; the umbilicus. See Umbilicus.

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Omphalos 70% connected

The navel.

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Umbilicus 70% connected

The depression, or mark, in the median line of the abdomen, which indicates the point where the umbilical cord separated from the fetus; the navel.

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Containing whole 4

Body 70% connected

The material organized substance of an animal, whether living or dead, as distinguished from the spirit, or vital principle; the physical person.

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Torso 70% connected

The human body, as distinguished from the head and limbs; in sculpture, the trunk of a statue, mutilated of head and limbs; as, the torso of Hercules.

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Trunk 70% connected

The stem, or body, of a tree, apart from its limbs and roots; the main stem, without the branches; stock; stalk.

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Vertebrate 70% connected

One of the Vertebrata.

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Synonym 4

Abdomen 92% connected

The belly, or that part of the body between the thorax and the pelvis. Also, the cavity of the belly, which is lined by the peritoneum, and contains…

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Paunch 92% connected

The belly and its contents; the abdomen; also, the first stomach, or rumen, of ruminants. See Rumen.

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Stomach 92% connected

An enlargement, or series of enlargements, in the anterior part of the alimentary canal, in which food is digested; any cavity in which digestion tak…

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Venter 92% connected

One who vents; one who utters, reports, or publishes.

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