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Adopter
noun · 78% connection
A receiver, with two necks, opposite to each other, one of which admits the neck of a retort, and the other is joined to another recei…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Banister
noun · 78% connection
A stringed musical instrument having a head and neck like the guitar, and its body like a tambourine. It has five strings, and is play…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Bill
noun · 78% connection
A cutting instrument, with hook-shaped point, and fitted with a handle; -- used in pruning, etc.; a billhook. When short, called a han…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Bistoury
noun · 78% connection
A surgical instrument consisting of a slender knife, either straight or curved, generally used by introducing it beneath the part to b…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Burr
noun · 78% connection
The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Cervix
noun · 78% connection
the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body; "he admired her long graceful neck"; "the ho…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Crane
verb · 78% connection
To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Decollete
adjective · 78% connection
Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Ewe-necked
adjective · 78% connection
Having a neck like a ewe; -- said of horses in which the arch of the neck is deficent, being somewhat hollowed out.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Excavation
noun · 78% connection
An uncovered cutting in the earth, in distinction from a covered cutting or tunnel.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Gorgerin
noun · 78% connection
In some columns, that part of the capital between the termination of the shaft and the annulet of the echinus, or the space between tw…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Hook
noun · 78% connection
An implement for cutting grass or grain; a sickle; an instrument for cutting or lopping; a billhook.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Hyperbola
noun · 78% connection
A curve formed by a section of a cone, when the cutting plane makes a greater angle with the base than the side of the cone makes. It…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Incisive
adjective · 78% connection
Having the quality of incising, cutting, or penetrating, as with a sharp instrument; cutting; hence, sharp; acute; sarcastic; biting.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Lap
noun · 78% connection
A piece of brass, lead, or other soft metal, used to hold a cutting or polishing powder in cutting glass, gems, and the like, or in po…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Laryngotomy
noun · 78% connection
The operation of cutting into the larynx, from the outside of the neck, for assisting respiration when obstructed, or for removing for…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Lute
noun · 78% connection
A stringed instrument formerly much in use. It consists of four parts, namely, the table or front, the body, having nine or ten ribs o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
Masticator
noun · 78% connection
A machine for cutting meat into fine pieces for toothless people; also, a machine for cutting leather, India rubber, or similar tough…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: instrument, cutting, scarifying, uterus, neck.
