Definition of body

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Body (n.) Any mass or portion of matter; any substance distinct from others; as, a metallic body; a moving body; an aeriform body..

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Inflammation :: Inflammation (n.) Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as, an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties..
Transmigration :: Transmigration (n.) The passing of the soul at death into another mortal body; metempsychosis.
Gravity :: Gravity (a.) The tendency of a mass of matter toward a center of attraction; esp., the tendency of a body toward the center of the earth; terrestrial gravitation..
Casket :: Casket (n.) The body.
Gloss :: Gloss (n.) Brightness or luster of a body proceeding from a smooth surface; polish; as, the gloss of silk; cloth is calendered to give it a gloss..
Ministry :: Ministry (n.) The body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body..
Skate :: Skate (n.) Any one of numerous species of large, flat elasmobranch fishes of the genus Raia, having a long, slender tail, terminated by a small caudal fin. The pectoral fins, which are large and broad and united to the sides of the body and head, give a somewhat rhombic form to these fishes. The skin is more or less spinose..
Imbody :: Imbody (v. i.) To become corporeal; to assume the qualities of a material body. See Embody.
Predisposition :: Predisposition (n.) Previous fitness or adaptation to any change, impression, or purpose; susceptibility; -- applied to material things; as, the predisposition of the body to disease..
Splice :: Splice (v. t.) To unite, as two ropes, or parts of a rope, by a particular manner of interweaving the strands, -- the union being between two ends, or between an end and the body of a rope..
Anatomize :: Anatomize (v. t.) To dissect; to cut in pieces, as an animal vegetable body, for the purpose of displaying or examining the structure and use of the several parts..
Incarnate :: Incarnate (a.) Invested with flesh; embodied in a human nature and form; united with, or having, a human body..
Numerical :: Numerical (n.) The same in number; hence, identically the same; identical; as, the same numerical body..
Emprosthotonos :: Emprosthotonos (n.) A drawing of the body forward, in consequence of the spasmodic action of some of the muscles..
Rack :: Rack (v.) To amble fast, causing a rocking or swaying motion of the body; to pace; -- said of a horse..
Hospital :: Hospital (n.) A building in which the sick, injured, or infirm are received and treated; a public or private institution founded for reception and cure, or for the refuge, of persons diseased in body or mind, or disabled, infirm, or dependent, and in which they are treated either at their own expense, or more often by charity in whole or in part; a tent, building, or other place where the sick or wounded of an army cared for..
Reserve :: Reserve (n.) A body of troops in the rear of an army drawn up for battle, reserved to support the other lines as occasion may require; a force or body of troops kept for an exigency..
Pycnodontini :: Pycnodontini (n. pl.) An extinct order of ganoid fishes. They had a compressed body, covered with dermal ribs (pleurolepida) and with enameled rhomboidal scales..
Vesicle :: Vesicle (n.) A small bladderlike body in the substance of vegetable, or upon the surface of a leaf..
Preaxial :: Preaxial (a.) Situated in front of any transverse axis in the body of an animal; anterior; cephalic; esp., in front, or on the anterior, or cephalic (that is, radial or tibial) side of the axis of a limb..
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