Word Meanings - ABDOMEN - Book Publishers vocabulary database
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 the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm
Additional info about word: ABDOMEN
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 the stomach, bowels, and other viscera. In man, often restricted to the part between the diaphragm and the commencement of the pelvis, the remainder being called the pelvic cavity.
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- LINGET
An ingot. - LINGISM
A mode of treating certain diseases, as obesity, by gymnastics; -- proposed by Pehr Henrik Ling, a Swede. See Kinesiatrics. - LINNE
Flax. See Linen. - OTHERGUISE; OTHERGUESS
Of another kind or sort; in another way. "Otherguess arguments." Berkeley. - LINAGE
See HOLLAND - LINGUAL
Of or pertaining to the tongue; uttered by the aid of the tongue; glossal; as, the lingual nerves; a lingual letter. Lingual ribbon. See Odontophore. - LINNAEA BOREALIS
The twin flower which grows in cold northern climates. - THORAX
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 vertebræ, the ribs, and the sternum, and which the heart and lungs are situated; the chest. Note: In - LINCHI
An esculent swallow. - LINKS
A tract of ground laid out for the game of golf; a golfing green. A second links has recently been opened at Prestwick, and another at Troon, on the same coast. P. P. Alexander. - RESTRICT
Restricted. - VISCERA
pl. of Viscus. - LINER
A thin piece placed between two parts to hold or adjust them, fill a space, etc., ; a shim. (more info) 1. One who lines, as, a liner of shoes. 2. A vessel belonging to a regular line of packets; also, a line-of- battle ship; a ship of the line. - LINOLEIC
Pertaining to, or derived from, linoleum, or linseed oil; specifically , designating an organic acid, a thin yellow oil, found combined as a salt of glycerin in oils of linseed, poppy, hemp, and certain nuts. - LINGUATULIDA
See LINGUATULINA - LINGERING
1. Delaying. 2. Drawn out in time; remaining long; protracted; as, a lingering disease. To die is the fate of man; but to die with lingering anguish is generally his folly. Rambler. - LINSEED
when oil is expressed. -- Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder. -- Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed. - LINNAEAN; LINNEAN
Of or pertaining to Linnæus, the celebrated Swedish botanist. Linnaean system , the system in which the classes are founded mainly upon the stamens, and the orders upon the pistils; the artificial or sexual system. - LINDIA
A peculiar genus of rotifers, remarkable for the absence of ciliated disks. By some zoölogists it is thought to be like the ancestral form of the Arthropoda. - LINNET
Any one of several species of fringilline birds of the genera Linota, Acanthis, and allied genera, esp. the common European species , which, in full summer plumage, is chestnut brown above, with the breast more or less crimson. The feathers of its - COLLINEATION
The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. Johnson. - BRANDLING; BRANDLIN
See WORM - DUCKLING
A young or little duck. Gay. - TOOLING
Work perfomed with a tool. The fine tooling and delicate tracery of the cabinet artist is lost upon a building of colossal proportions. De Quincey. - NOTOTHERIUM
An extinct genus of gigantic herbivorous marsupials, found in the Pliocene formation of Australia. - MEDULLIN
A variety of lignin or cellulose found in the medulla, or pith, of certain plants. Cf. Lignin, and Cellulose. - SCRAMBLING
Confused and irregular; awkward; scambling. -- Scram"bling*ly, adv. A huge old scrambling bedroom. Sir W. Scott. - RIDGELING
A half-castrated male animal. (more info) castrated, a sheep having only one testicle; cf. Prov. G. rigel, rig, - CLINKSTONE
An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite. - TOWELING
Cloth for towels, especially such as is woven in long pieces to be cut at will, as distinguished from that woven in towel lengths with borders, etc. - RECTILINEAL; RECTILINEAR
Straight; consisting of a straight line or lines; bounded by straight lines; as, a rectineal angle; a rectilinear figure or course. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*al*ly, adv. -- Rec`ti*lin"e*ar*ly, adv. - STEELING
The process of pointing, edging, or overlaying with steel; specifically, acierage. See Steel, v. - CHURCHLINESS
Regard for the church. - INDWELLING
Residence within, as in the heart. The personal indwelling of the Spirit in believers. South. - TRICLINATE
Triclinic. - FRIENDLINESS
The condition or quality of being friendly. Sir P. Sidney. - DELINEABLE
Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated. Feltham.