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  • 21Venter — Vent er, n. [L.] 1. (Anat.) (a) The belly; the abdomen; sometimes applied to any large cavity containing viscera. (b) The uterus, or womb. (c) A belly, or protuberant part; a broad surface; as, the venter of a muscle; the venter, or anterior… …

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  • 22promontory — /prom euhn tawr ee, tohr ee/, n., pl. promontories. 1. a high point of land or rock projecting into the sea or other water beyond the line of coast; a headland. 2. a bluff, or part of a plateau, overlooking a lowland. 3. Anat. a prominent or… …

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  • 23Ball — Sir Charles B., Irish surgeon, 1851–1916. See B. operation. * * * ball bȯl n a round or roundish body or mass: as a) a roundish protuberant part of the body: as (1) the rounded eminence by which the base of the thumb is continuous with the palm… …

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  • 24ball — 1. A round mass. See bezoar. 2. In veterinary medicine, a large pill or bolus. chondrin b. one of the globular masses formed by a group of cells enclosed in a capsule, in hyaline cartilage. food …

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  • 25promontory — prom•on•to•ry [[t]ˈprɒm ənˌtɔr i, ˌtoʊr i[/t]] n. pl. ries 1) a high point of land or rock projecting into water beyond the line of coast; headland 2) a bluff, or part of a plateau, overlooking a lowland 3) anat. a prominent or protuberant part • …

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  • 26horn — /hɔn / (say hawn) noun 1. a hard, projected, often curved and pointed, hollow and permanent growth (usually one of a pair, a right and a left) on the head of certain mammals, as cattle, sheep, goats, antelopes, etc. (true horn). 2. each of the… …

  • 27swell — v., n., & adj. v. (past part. swollen or swelled) 1 intr. & tr. grow or cause to grow bigger or louder or more intense; expand; increase in force or intensity. 2 intr. (often foll. by up) & tr. rise or raise up from the surrounding surface. 3… …

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  • 28Pommel — Pom mel, n. [OE. pomel, OF. pomel, F. pommeau, LL. pomellus, fr. L. pomum fruit, LL. also, an apple. See {Pome}.] A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form; as: (a) The knob on the hilt of a sword. Macaulay. (b) The knob or protuberant… …

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  • 29Snag — Snag, n. [Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut off,… …

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  • 30Snag boat — Snag Snag, n. [Prov. E., n., a lump on a tree where a branch has been cut off; v., to cut off the twigs and small branches from a tree, of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. snaigh, snaidh, to cut down, to prune, to sharpen, p. p. snaighte, snaidhte, cut… …

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