belly | (noun) the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish | - |
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(noun) the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis | Synonyms: abdomen, stomach, venter |
(noun) a protruding abdomen | Synonyms: paunch |
(noun) the hollow inside of something | - |
(noun) a part that bulges deeply | - |
bellyache | (noun) an ache localized in the stomach or abdominal region | Synonyms: gastralgia, stomach ache, stomachache |
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bellyacher | (noun) a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | Synonyms: complainer, crybaby, grumbler, moaner, sniveller, squawker, whiner |
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bellyband | (noun) a strap around the belly of a draft animal holding the shafts of a wagon | - |
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(noun) a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed) | - |
bellybutton | (noun) a scar where the umbilical cord was attached | Synonyms: belly button, navel, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus |
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bellyful | (noun) an undesirable overabundance | - |
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felly | (noun) rim (or part of the rim) into which spokes are inserted | Synonyms: felloe |
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gelly | (noun) a type of dynamite in which the nitroglycerin is absorbed in a base of wood pulp and sodium or potassium nitrate | Synonyms: gelignite |
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jelly | (noun) a preserve made of the jelled juice of fruit | - |
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(noun) an edible jelly (sweet or pungent) made with gelatin and used as a dessert or salad base or a coating for foods | Synonyms: gelatin |
(noun) any substance having the consistency of jelly or gelatin | - |
jellyfish | (noun) any of numerous usually marine and free-swimming coelenterates that constitute the sexually reproductive forms of hydrozoans and scyphozoans | - |
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(noun) large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles | Synonyms: man-of-war, Portuguese man-of-war |
jellyleaf | (noun) herb widely distributed in tropics and subtropics used for forage and medicinally as a demulcent and having a fine soft bast stronger than jute; sometimes an aggressive weed | Synonyms: Queensland hemp, Sida rhombifolia |
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jellyroll | (noun) thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake | Synonyms: Swiss roll |
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potbelly | (noun) a bulbous stove in which wood or coal is burned | Synonyms: potbelly stove |
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(noun) slang for a paunch | Synonyms: bay window, corporation, pot, tummy |
redbelly | (noun) freshwater turtle of Chesapeake Bay tributaries having red markings on the lower shell | Synonyms: Pseudemys rubriventris, red-bellied terrapin, red-bellied turtle |
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sowbelly | (noun) salt pork from the belly of a hog carcass | - |
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telly | (noun) an electronic device that receives television signals and displays them on a screen | Synonyms: boob tube, goggle box, idiot box, television, television receiver, television set, tv, tv set |
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underbelly | (noun) the quality of being weak or unprotected | - |
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(noun) the soft belly or underside of an animal's body | Synonyms: underbody |
(noun) lower side | - |