body : Idioms & Phrases

• adjective satellite having a strong healthy body
  able.
  
  • an able seaman
  • every able-bodied young man served in the army

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A`ble-bod"ied adjective

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1. Having a sound, strong body; physically competent; robust. "Able-bodied vagrant." Froude. -- A`ble-bod"ied*ness, n..

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• noun a seaman in the merchant marine; trained in special skills
  able seaman.
  

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• noun a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders
  acetone body.
  

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• noun common form of acute encephalitis caused by herpes simplex 1; usually affects the temporal and frontal lobes
  herpes encephalitis; herpes simplex encephalitis.
  

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• noun a unit with administrative responsibilities
  administrative unit.
  

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• noun the body of an adult human being
  

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• noun the body of an adult woman
  adult female body.
  

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• noun the body of an adult man
  adult male body.
  

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• (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat.
• (Naut.), the part of a ship abaft the dead flat, or middle part.

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• noun body temperature in the morning before rising or moving about or eating anything
  basal temperature.
  

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• noun natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
  basal body temperature method.
  

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• noun natural family planning in which the fertile period of the woman's menstrual cycle is inferred by noting the rise in basal body temperature that typically occurs with ovulation
  basal body temperature method.
  

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• noun a hypothetical object capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
  blackbody; full radiator.
  
  • a black body maintained at a constant temperature is a full radiator at that temperature because the radiation reaching and leaving it must be in equilibrium

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• noun the electromagnetic radiation that would be radiated from an ideal black body; the distribution of energy in the radiated spectrum of a black body depends only on temperature and is determined by Planck's radiation law
  blackbody radiation.
  

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• adverb with complete faith
  heart and soul.
  
  • she was with him heart and soul

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• noun armor that protects the wearer's whole body
  body armor; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armor; suit of armour.
  

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• noun armor that protects the wearer's whole body
  body armor; cataphract; coat of mail; suit of armor; suit of armour.
  

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• noun a bag in which the body of a dead soldier is placed
  human remains pouch; personnel pouch.
  

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• (Anat.), the space between the walls of the body and the inclosed viscera; the cælum; in mammals, divided by the diaphragm into thoracic and abdominal cavities.

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• a cloth or blanket for covering horses.

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• . (pl.) #1 Clothing for the body; esp. underclothing. #2 Body cloths for horses. Obs. Addison.

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• a gentleman's dress coat.

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• (Paint.), a pigment that has consistency, thickness, or body, in distinction from a tint or wash.

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• noun a count of troops killed in an operation or time period
  
  • the daily body count increased as the war went on

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• noun any covering for the body or a body part
  

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• noun a motion of the body by a player as if to make an object already propelled go in the desired direction
  

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• noun the liquid parts of the body
  bodily fluid; humor; humour; body fluid.
  

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• verb represent in bodily form
  embody; substantiate; incarnate.
  
  • He embodies all that is evil wrong with the system
  • The painting substantiates the feelings of the artist

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• verb accompany and protect from physical harm
  

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• noun short hair growing over a person's body
  

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• noun communication via the movements or attitudes of the body
  

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• noun the length of your body
  

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• noun lotion applied to the body after bathing
  

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• noun a parasitic louse that infests the body of human beings
  Pediculus corporis; cootie.
  

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• (Zoöl.), a species of louse (Pediculus vestimenti), which sometimes infests the human body and clothes. See Grayback.

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• noun a measure of someone's weight in relation to height; to calculate one's BMI, multiply one's weight in pounds and divide that by the square of one's height in inches; overweight is a BMI greater than 25; obese is a BMI greater than 30
  BMI.
  

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• noun malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe
  body odor; B.O..
  

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• noun malodorousness resulting from a failure to bathe
  body odor; B.O..
  

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• the nave.

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• (Law), the main and operative part.

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• noun the part of the earth's surface covered with water (such as a river or lake or ocean)
  water.
  
  • they invaded our territorial waters
  • they were sitting by the water's edge

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• noun the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)
  oeuvre; work.
  
  • he studied the entire Wagnerian oeuvre
  • Picasso's work can be divided into periods

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• noun a pad worn by hockey goalkeeper
  

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• noun any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity
  

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• (Shipbuilding), an end elevation, showing the conbour of the sides of a ship at certain points of her length.

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• noun plethysmograph consisting of a chamber surrounding the entire body; used in studies of respiration
  

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• noun a politically organized body of people under a single government
  commonwealth; land; res publica; country; nation; state.
  
  • the state has elected a new president
  • African nations
  • students who had come to the nation's capitol
  • the country's largest manufacturer
  • an industrialized land

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• the collective body of a nation or state as politically organized, or as exercising political functions; also, a corporation. Wharton.

  As to the persons who compose the body politic or associate themselves, they take collectively the name of "people", or "nation". Bouvier.

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• noun an organic process that takes place in the body
  bodily function; bodily process; activity.
  
  • respiratory activity

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• noun a valet or personal maid
  

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• a valet.

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• noun someone who takes bodies from graves and sells them for anatomical dissection
  graverobber; ghoul.
  

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• one who secretly removes without right or authority a dead body from a grave, vault, etc.; a resurrectionist.

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• (Law), the unauthorized removal of a dead body from the grave; usually for the purpose of dissection.

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• noun a one-piece tight-fitting undergarment for women that covers the torso (and may have sleeves and legs)
  

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• noun a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
  body structure; anatomical structure; bodily structure; structure.
  
  • he has good bone structure

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• noun the substance of the body
  

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• noun a tight-fitting garment of stretchy material that covers the body from the shoulders to the thighs (and may have long sleeves or legs reaching down to the ankles); worn by ballet dancers and acrobats for practice or performance
  leotard; cat suit; unitard.
  

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• noun temperature of the body; normally 98.6 F or 37 C in humans; usually measured to obtain a quick evaluation of a person's health
  blood heat.
  

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• noun a category of physique
  somatotype.
  

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• noun waste matter (as urine or sweat but especially feces) discharged from the body
  excrement; excretion; excretory product; excreta.
  

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• noun the weight of a person's body
  

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• noun constitution of the human body
  physique; build; habitus.
  

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• verb ride the crest of a wave without a surfboard
  

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• noun an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer
  cancer body.
  

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• noun a chemoreceptor located near the bifurcations of the carotid arteries; monitors oxygen content of the blood and helps control respiration
  

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• a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris.

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• noun natural objects visible in the sky
  celestial body.
  

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• noun small region of cytoplasm adjacent to the nucleus; contains the centrioles and serves to organize the microtubules
  centrosome.
  

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• noun the body of a human child
  

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• noun the part of the tunic of the eye between the choroid coat and the iris
  
  • the ciliary body produces aqueous humor

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Close"-bod`ied adjective

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1. Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.

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• noun a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing
  body structure; anatomical structure; bodily structure; structure.
  
  • he has good bone structure

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• noun a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person
  body.
  
  • they found the body in the lake

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• (Physics), that deviation from a strictly vertical line of descent which occurs in a body falling freely, in consequence of the rotation of the earth.

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• that apparent motion of the heavenly body which is due to the earth's diurnal motion.

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• a conical surface that has any given vertex, and is described by a straight line which moves in such manner that the moment of inertia of the given rigid body about the line is in all its positions the same.

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• noun a natural object existing outside the earth and outside the earth's atmosphere
  extraterrestrial object.
  

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• noun any body part visible externally
  

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Feat"-bod`ied adjective

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1. Having a feat or trim body. Obs. Beau. & Fl.

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• noun the body of a female human being
  

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• those which can not be volatilized or separated by a common menstruum, without great difficulty, as gold, platinum, lime, etc.

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• . (Physiol.) The circulating blood and lymph, the chyle, the gastric, pancreatic, and intestinal juices, the saliva, bile, urine, aqueous humor, and muscle serum are the more important fluids of the body. The tissues themselves contain a large amount of combined water, so much, that an entire human body dried in vacuo with a very moderate degree of heat gives about 66 per cent of water.

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• (Shipbuilding), the part of a ship forward of the largest cross-section, distinguisched from middle body abd after body.

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• (Med.), a substance occurring in any part of the body where it does not belong, and usually introduced from without.

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• noun an organ specialized for producing spores
  

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• adjective satellite marked by richness and fullness of flavor
  robust; rich; racy.
  
  • a rich ruby port
  • full-bodied wines
  • a robust claret
  • the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee

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• noun one of four small oval masses that protrude slightly from the underside of the thalamus and function as synaptic centers on the way to the cerebral cortex
  

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• noun a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
  Golgi apparatus; dictyosome; Golgi complex.
  

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• noun the persons (or committees or departments etc.) who make up a body for the purpose of administering something
  organisation; administration; governance; organization; brass; establishment.
  
  • he claims that the present administration is corrupt
  • the governance of an association is responsible to its members
  • he quickly became recognized as a member of the establishment

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• noun natural objects visible in the sky
  celestial body.
  

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• noun alternative names for the body of a human being
  form; figure; flesh; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; shape; chassis; build; human body; bod.
  
  • Leonardo studied the human body
  • he has a strong physique
  • the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

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• noun any small intracellular body found within another (characteristic of certain diseases)
  inclusion; cellular inclusion.
  
  • an inclusion in the cytoplasm of the cell

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• noun a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
  Bosin's disease; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis; SSPE; Dawson's encephalitis; inclusion body encephalitis; Van Bogaert encephalitis; sclerosing leukoencephalitis.
  

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• noun myositis characterized by weakness of limb muscles (especially the thighs and wrists and fingers); sometimes involves swallowing muscles; onset after 50 and slowly progressive; seen more often in men than in women
  

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• (Physics), the work it can do in virtue of its actual condition, without any supply of energy from without.

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• noun the body of a young person
  

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• noun a ketone that is an intermediate product of the breakdown of fats in the body; any of three compounds (acetoacetic acid, acetone, and/or beta-hydroxybutyric acid) found in excess in blood and urine of persons with metabolic disorders
  acetone body.
  

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• noun a neural structure that serves as a processing station on the way from the retina to the occipital lobe of the cerebral cortex
  lateral geniculate; corpus geniculatum laterale.
  

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• noun persons who make or amend or repeal laws
  legislature; legislative assembly; law-makers; general assembly.
  

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• noun the liquid parts of the body
  bodily fluid; humor; humour; body fluid.
  

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• adjective satellite having a lithe body
  

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• noun the body of a living animal or person
  

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• adjective satellite having a relatively long body
  

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• noun the body of a male human being
  

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• noun the capsule that contains Bowman's capsule and a glomerulus at the expanded end of a nephron
  renal corpuscle; malpighian corpuscle.
  

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• noun one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
  mamillary body; corpus mamillare.
  

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• noun one of two small round structures on the undersurface of the brain that form the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix
  mamillary body; corpus mamillare.
  

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• noun the body of an adult man
  adult male body.
  

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• noun alternative names for the body of a human being
  form; figure; flesh; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; shape; chassis; build; human body; bod.
  
  • Leonardo studied the human body
  • he has a strong physique
  • the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

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• noun a neural structure that serves as the last of a series of processing centers along the auditory pathway from the cochlea to the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex
  medial geniculate; corpus geniculatum mediale.
  

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• adjective satellite having a relatively narrow body
  

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• noun a commercial airliner with a single aisle
  narrowbody aircraft; narrow-body.
  

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• noun a commercial airliner with a single aisle
  narrowbody aircraft; narrow-body.
  

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• (Anat.), an oval prominence on each side of the medulla oblongata; called also olive.

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• noun the dissociative experience of observing yourself from an external perspective as though your mind or soul had left and was observing your body
  

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• adjective satellite having an oval body
  

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• (Astron.), the time of a complete revolution of the body about the sun, or of a satellite about its primary.

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• noun alternative names for the body of a human being
  form; figure; flesh; soma; frame; physique; material body; anatomy; shape; chassis; build; human body; bod.
  
  • Leonardo studied the human body
  • he has a strong physique
  • the spirit is willing but the flesh is weak

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• noun a small endocrine gland in the brain; situated beneath the back part of the corpus callosum; secretes melatonin
  epiphysis cerebri; pineal gland; epiphysis.
  

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• noun the master gland of the endocrine system; located at the base of the brain
  pituitary gland; pituitary; hypophysis.
  

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• (Anat.), a glandlike body of unknown function, situated in the pituitary fossa, and connected with the infundibulum of the brain; the hypophysis.

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• noun any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent
  ideal solid; Platonic solid; regular polyhedron; regular convex polyhedron; regular convex solid.
  

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• the five regular geometrical solids; namely, the tetrahedron, hexahedron or cube, octahedron, dodecahedron, and icosahedron.

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• noun any one of five solids whose faces are congruent regular polygons and whose polyhedral angles are all congruent
  ideal solid; Platonic solid; regular polyhedron; regular convex polyhedron; regular convex solid.
  

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• (Type Founding), a system adopted by the type founders of the United States by which the various sizes of type have been so modified and changed that each size bears an exact proportional relation to every other size. The system is a modification of a French system, and is based on the pica body. This pica body is divided into twelfths, which are termed "points," and every type body consist of a given number of these points. Many of the type founders indicate the new sizes of type by the number of points, and the old names are gradually being done away with. By the point system type founders cast type of a uniform size and height, whereas formerly fonts of pica or other type made by different founders would often vary slightly so that they could not be used together. There are no type in actual use corresponding to the smaller theoretical sizes of the point system. In some cases, as in that of ruby, the term used designates a different size from that heretofore so called.

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• noun a small cell containing little cytoplasm that is produced along with the oocyte and later discarded
  

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• (Biol.), a minute cell which separates by karyokinesis from the ovum during its maturation. In the maturation of ordinary ova two polar bodies are formed, but in parthogenetic ova only one. The first polar body formed is usually larger than the second one, and often divides into two after its separation from the ovum. Each of the polar bodies removes maternal chromatin from the ovum to make room for the chromatin of the fertilizing spermatozoön; but their functions are not fully understood.

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• such are essential to and inseparable from them.

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• (Anat.), two pairs of lobes, or elevations, on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the optic lobes. The anterior pair are called the nates, and the posterior the testes.

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• (Geom.), the sphere right cone, and right cylinder.

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• noun an inclusion body found in plasma cells in cases of cancer
  cancer body.
  

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Shal"low-bod`ied adjective

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1. (Naut.) Having a moderate depth of hold; -- said of a vessel.

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• adjective satellite having a relatively short body
  

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• adjective satellite having a silver-colored body
  silver-bodied.
  

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• adjective satellite having a silver-colored body
  silver-bodied.
  

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• adjective satellite having a slim body
  slender-bodied; slim-bodied.
  

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• adjective satellite having a slim body
  slender-bodied; slim-bodied.
  

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• adjective satellite having a smooth body
  

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• noun the solid parts of the body
  

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• noun a striped mass of white and grey matter located in front of the thalamus in each cerebral hemisphere; consists of the caudate nucleus and the lenticular nucleus
  striatum; corpus striatum.
  

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• noun a rare chronic progressive encephalitis caused by the measles virus and occurring primarily in children and young adults; death usually occurs within three years; characterized by primary measles infection before the age of two years
  Bosin's disease; subacute sclerosing panencephalitis; subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis; SSPE; Dawson's encephalitis; inclusion body encephalitis; Van Bogaert encephalitis; sclerosing leukoencephalitis.
  

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• (Alchemy), the metals corresponding to the planets. Obs.

  Sol gold is, and Luna silver we threpe (=call), Mars yren (=iron), Mercurie quicksilver we clepe, Saturnus lead, and Jupiter is tin, and Venus coper. Chaucer.

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• adjective satellite having a thick body
  

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• adjective satellite having a slim body
  slender-bodied; slim-bodied.
  

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• a ductless gland in the throat, or in the neighboring region, of nearly all vertebrates. In man and other mammals it is the throat, or neck, sweetbread, which lies in the upper part of the thorax and lower part of the throat. It is largest in fetal and early life, and disappears or becomes rudimentary in the adult.

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• (Anat.), a glandlike but ductless body, or pair of bodies, of unknown function, in the floor of the mouth or the region of the larynx. In man and most mammals it is a highly vascular organ, partly surrounding the base of the larynx and the upper part of the trachea. produces thyroxine.

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• to give from or shape to mentally.

  Imagination bodies forth The forms of things unknown. Shak.

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• noun the clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball
  vitreous humor; vitreous humour.
  

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• (Anat.), the vitreous humor. See the Note under Eye.

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• noun a commercial airliner with two aisles
  twin-aisle airplane; widebody aircraft; wide-body.
  

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• noun a commercial airliner with two aisles
  twin-aisle airplane; widebody aircraft; wide-body.
  

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• the mesonephros.

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• noun the body of an adult woman
  adult female body.
  

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• noun the worship of planets or stars
  astrolatry.
  

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