Definition of body

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Body (n.) The real, as opposed to the symbolical; the substance, as opposed to the shadow..

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Lucifer :: Lucifer (n.) A genus of free-swimming macruran Crustacea, having a slender body and long appendages..
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Person :: Person (n.) The bodily form of a human being; body; outward appearance; as, of comely person..
Basset Hound :: Basset hound () A small kind of hound with a long body and short legs, used as an earth dog..
Statesmen :: States-general (n.) In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers..
Sphere :: Sphere (n.) Hence, any globe or globular body, especially a celestial one, as the sun, a planet, or the earth..
Anthropotomy :: Anthropotomy (n.) The anatomy or dissection of the human body; androtomy.
Abutment :: Abutment (n.) That on or against which a body abuts or presse.
Cephalad :: Cephalad (adv.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.
Function :: Function (n.) The appropriate action of any special organ or part of an animal or vegetable organism; as, the function of the heart or the limbs; the function of leaves, sap, roots, etc.; life is the sum of the functions of the various organs and parts of the body..
Division :: Division (n.) The portion separated by the divining of a mass or body; a distinct segment or section.
Farinose :: Farinose (a.) Civered with a sort of white, mealy powder, as the leaves of some poplars, and the body of certain insects; mealy..
Slanderous :: Slanderous (a.) Embodying or containing slander; calumnious; as, slanderous words, speeches, or reports..
Utraquist :: Utraquist (n.) One who receives the eucharist in both kinds; esp., one of a body of Hussites who in the 15th century fought for the right to do this. Called also Calixtines..
Planet :: Planet (n.) A celestial body which revolves about the sun in an orbit of a moderate degree of eccentricity. It is distinguished from a comet by the absence of a coma, and by having a less eccentric orbit. See Solar system..
Distort :: Distort (v. t.) To twist of natural or regular shape; to twist aside physically; as, to distort the limbs, or the body..
Strength :: Strength (n.) One who, or that which, is regarded as embodying or affording force, strength, or firmness; that on which confidence or reliance is based; support; security..
Volumenometer :: Volumenometer (n.) An instrument for measuring the volume of a body, especially a solid, by means of the difference in tension caused by its presence and absence in a confined portion of air..
Sainthood :: Sainthood (n.) The order, or united body, of saints; saints, considered collectively..
Semicircle :: Semicircle (n.) A body in the form of half of a circle, or half of a circumference..
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