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Trunk

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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Baggage 76% connected

The clothes, tents, utensils, and provisions of an army.

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Compartment 76% connected

One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a gar…

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Luggage 76% connected

That which is lugged; anything cumbrous and heavy to be carried; especially, a traveler's trunks, baggage, etc., or their contents.

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Neb 76% connected

The nose; the snout; the mouth; the beak of a bird; a nib, as of a pen.

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Snout 76% connected

The long, projecting nose of a beast, as of swine.

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Stalk 76% connected

The stem or main axis of a plant; as, a stalk of wheat, rye, or oats; the stalks of maize or hemp.

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Stem 76% connected

Alt. of Steem

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Locker 76% connected

One who, or that which, locks.

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Component part 38

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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Arse 70% connected

The buttocks, or hind part of an animal; the posteriors; the fundament; the bottom.

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Ass 70% connected

A quadruped of the genus Equus (E. asinus), smaller than the horse, and having a peculiarly harsh bray and long ears. The tame or domestic ass is pat…

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Back 70% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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Backside 70% connected

The hinder part, posteriors, or rump of a person or animal.

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Bark 70% connected

To strip the bark from; to peel.

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Behind 70% connected

On the side opposite the front or nearest part; on the back side of; at the back of; on the other side of; as, behind a door; behind a hill.

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Belly 70% connected

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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Bottom 70% connected

The lowest part of anything; the foot; as, the bottom of a tree or well; the bottom of a hill, a lane, or a page.

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Bum 70% connected

The buttock.

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Butt 70% connected

Alt. of But

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Buttock 70% connected

The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.

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Can 70% connected

an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]

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Cheek 70% connected

The side of the face below the eye.

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Chest 70% connected

A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

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Diaphragm 70% connected

A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it.

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Dorsum 70% connected

The ridge of a hill.

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Fundament 70% connected

Foundation.

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Haunch 70% connected

The hip; the projecting region of the lateral parts of the pelvis and the hip joint; the hind part.

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Hip 70% connected

The projecting region of the lateral parts of one side of the pelvis and the hip joint; the haunch; the huckle.

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Middle 70% connected

Equally distant from the extreme either of a number of things or of one thing; mean; medial; as, the middle house in a row; a middle rank or station…

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Midriff 70% connected

See Diaphragm, n., 2.

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Nates 70% connected

The buttocks.

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Paunch 70% connected

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

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Pectus 70% connected

The breast of a bird.

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Posterior 70% connected

Later in time; hence, later in the order of proceeding or moving; coming after; -- opposed to prior.

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Rear 70% connected

Early; soon.

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Rump 70% connected

The end of the backbone of an animal, with the parts adjacent; the buttock or buttocks.

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Seat 70% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Shoulder 70% connected

The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bo…

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Side 70% connected

The margin, edge, verge, or border of a surface; especially (when the thing spoken of is somewhat oblong in shape), one of the longer edges as distin…

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Stern 70% connected

The black tern.

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Stomach 70% 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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Tail 70% connected

Limitation; abridgment.

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Thorax 70% connected

The part of the trunk between the neck and the abdomen, containing that part of the body cavity the walls of which are supported by the dorsal verteb…

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Tush 70% connected

An exclamation indicating check, rebuke, or contempt; as, tush, tush! do not speak of it.

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Venter 70% connected

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

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Waist 70% connected

That part of the human body which is immediately below the ribs or thorax; the small part of the body between the thorax and hips.

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Containing whole 7

Auto 70% connected

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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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Car 70% connected

A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

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Elephant 70% connected

A mammal of the order Proboscidia, of which two living species, Elephas Indicus and E. Africanus, and several fossil species, are known. They have a…

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Machine 70% connected

In general, any combination of bodies so connected that their relative motions are constrained, and by means of which force and motion may be transmi…

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Mammoth 70% connected

An extinct, hairy, maned elephant (Elephas primigenius), of enormous size, remains of which are found in the northern parts of both continents. The l…

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Tree 70% connected

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

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Body 92% 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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Bole 92% connected

The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.

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Boot 92% connected

Remedy; relief; amends; reparation; hence, one who brings relief.

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Proboscis 92% connected

A hollow organ or tube attached to the head, or connected with the mouth, of various animals, and generally used in taking food or drink; a snout; a…

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Torso 92% 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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