Definition of canal

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Canal (n.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear..

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Alimentation :: Alimentation (n.) The act or process of affording nutriment; the function of the alimentary canal.
Lock :: Lock (n.) An inclosure in a canal with gates at each end, used in raising or lowering boats as they pass from one level to another; -- called also lift lock..
Ingest :: Ingest (v. t.) To take into, or as into, the stomach or alimentary canal..
Vaginal :: Vaginal (a.) Of or pertaining to the vagina of the genital canal; as, the vaginal artery..
Viatecture :: Viatecture (n.) The art of making roads or ways for traveling, including the construction of bridges, canals, viaducts, etc..
Crural :: Crural (a.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring..
Neurocoele :: Neurocoele (n.) The central canal and ventricles of the spinal cord and brain; the myelencephalic cavity.
Canaliculate :: Canaliculate (a.) Alt. of Canaliculate.
Blood Vessel :: Blood vessel () Any vessel or canal in which blood circulates in an animal, as an artery or vein..
Catchdrain :: Catchdrain (n.) A ditch or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water..
Cutting :: Cutting (n.) Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or scion cut off from a stock for the purpose of grafting or of rooting as an independent plant; something cut out of a newspaper; an excavation cut through a hill or elsewhere to make a way for a railroad, canal, etc.; a cut..
Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To separate (the food) in its passage through the alimentary canal into the nutritive and nonnutritive elements; to prepare, by the action of the digestive juices, for conversion into blood; to convert into chyme..
Knuckle :: Knuckle (n.) A convex portion of a vessel's figure where a sudden change of shape occurs, as in a canal boat, where a nearly vertical side joins a nearly flat bottom..
Enteric :: Enteric (a.) Of or pertaining to the enteron, or alimentary canal; intestinal..
Weighlock :: Weighlock (n.) A lock, as on a canal, in which boats are weighed and their tonnage is settled..
Hindgut :: Hindgut (n.) The posterior part of the alimentary canal, including the rectum, and sometimes the large intestine also..
Gut :: Gut (n.) An intenstine; a bowel; the whole alimentary canal; the enteron; (pl.) bowels; entrails.
Esophagus :: Esophagus (n.) That part of the alimentary canal between the pharynx and the stomach; the gullet. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus, under Digestive..
Culvert :: Culvert (n.) A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge..
Conduit :: Conduit (n.) A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid..
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