Body English Flashcards

(62 cards)

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Aconal

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Relating to the elbow

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Acronyx

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Ingrown nail

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Albuginea

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The white of the eye

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Aspectabund

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Of a pleasantly changing countenance

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Axilla

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The armpit

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Blype

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A piece of sken that peels off after a sunburn

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Buccula

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Double chin

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Canthus

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The point at either end of each eye where the upper and lower lids meet

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Carminative

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Relarting to farting; that which induces gas

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Cerumen

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Earwax

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Chaetophorous

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Bristle-bearing; in need of a shave

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Cilia

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Eyelash

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Circadian

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Having to do with bodily cycles,like those interrupted by jet travel

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Columella

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The fleshy part of the nose, just above the lip, that separates the nostrils

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Dolichopodous

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Having long feet

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Dorsum

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The back part of the tongue

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Embrasure

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The space between your teeth

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Exungulation

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Paring the nails

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Frenulum

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The thin muscle under the tongue

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Furfuration

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The falling of dandruff from the scalp

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Gelasin

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a dimple on the cheek, when you smile

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Geromorphism

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Looking elder than one’s real age

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Gnathion

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The tip of the chin

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Gonion

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Either end of the lower part of the jaw

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Hallux
Big toe
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Hirci
Armpit hair
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Hircinous
With goat-like odour
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Horripilation
Goose bumps
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Lentiginous
Heavily freckled
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Lunula
The white crescent-shaped part of the fingernail at the base of the nail
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Macrotous
Large-eared
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Melanotrichous
Having black hair
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Noop
Sharp point of the elbow
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Olecranon
The funny bone
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Opisthenar
The back of the hand
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Oscitancy
The act of yawning
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Ozostomia
Evil-smelling breath
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Pandiculation
A stretching and yawning, just before sleeping
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Papuliferous
Pimply
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Patrician
The very long, very full, almost rectangular beard
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Paxwax
Neck tendon, nuchal ligament
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Philosity
The degree of body hair
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Philtrum
The indentation in the middle of the upper lip just below the nose
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Plook
Scottish word for a nasty boil or pimple
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Podobromhidrosis
Smelly feet
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Popliteal
Pertaining to the hollow area at the back of the knee
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Pronasale
The tip of the nail
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Psedosmia
False smell-perception
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Purlicue
The space between the index finger and the extended thumb
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Pygia
A pain in the rump
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Racklettes
The little lines on the wrist
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Sciapodous
Having very large feet
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Sexdigitism
Having six fingers or toes
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Simity
The state of being pug-nosed
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Snoach
The breath through the nose
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Steatopygic
Having excessively fat buttocks bottom heavy
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Sternutation
Sneezing
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Tragus
The fleshy bump on your ear between the face and the ear cavity
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Ulotrichous
Having woolly hair
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Uvula
The thing that hangs down from the back of the mouth
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Vellus
Short, downy hair found on the face
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Vomer
The slender bone separating the nostrils