heavenly+body

  • 11The Heavenly Body — Infobox Film name = The Heavenly Body image size = caption = director = Alexander Hall producer = Arthur Hornblow, Jr. writer = Jacques Théry (story) Harry Kurnitz Michael Arlen Walter Reisch starring = William Powell Hedy Lamarr James Craig Fay… …

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  • 12Periodic time of a heavenly body — Periodic Pe ri*od ic, Periodical Pe ri*od ic*al, a. [L. periodicus, Gr. ?: cf. F. p[ e]riodique.] 1. Of or pertaining to a period or periods, or to division by periods. [1913 Webster] The periodicaltimes of all the satellites. Sir J. Herschel.… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 13body — (n.) O.E. bodig trunk, chest (of a man or animal); related to O.H.G. botah, of unknown origin. Not elsewhere in Germanic, and the word has died out in German, replaced by leib, originally life, and körper, from Latin. In English, extension to… …

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  • 14body — bod|y W1S1 [ˈbɔdi US ˈba:di] n plural bodies ↑artery, ↑brain, ↑fatty, ↑tissue, ↑heart, ↑kidney, ↑intestine, ↑intestine2, ↑small, ↑large, ↑ …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 15body — n. substance firmness 1) to give body to group unit 2) an advisory; deliberative; elected; governing; student body; the body politic 3) in a body (they presented their petition in a body) physical object 4) a foreign body (to remove a foreign… …

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  • 16body — bod|y [ badi ] noun *** ▸ 1 of human/animal ▸ 2 group of people ▸ 3 collection of work, etc. ▸ 4 main part of something ▸ 5 appearance of hair ▸ 6 strong flavor of drink ▸ 7 piece of clothing ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the whole physical structure of …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 17body — [[t]bɒ̱di[/t]] ♦ bodies 1) N COUNT Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs. The largest organ in the body is the liver. 2) N COUNT You can also refer to the main part of your body, except for your arms, head, and …

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  • 18body */*/*/ — UK [ˈbɒdɪ] / US [ˈbɑdɪ] noun Word forms body : singular body plural bodies 1) [countable] the whole physical structure of a person or animal, including the head, arms, and legs My whole body ached. We do not really understand how mind and body… …

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  • 19heavenly — adjective 1) heavenly choirs Syn: divine, holy, celestial, angelic 2) a heavenly body Syn: celestial, cosmic, stellar, sidereal 3) informal a heavenly morning …

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  • 20body — n. & v. n. (pl. ies) 1 the physical structure, including the bones, flesh, and organs, of a person or an animal, whether dead or alive. 2 the trunk apart from the head and the limbs. 3 a the main or central part of a thing (body of the car; body… …

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