bend (noun)
121weaver's knot — noun a hitch used for temporarily tying a rope to the middle of another rope (or to an eye) • Syn: ↑sheet bend, ↑becket bend, ↑weaver s hitch • Hypernyms: ↑hitch …
122bender cotton — ˈbendə(r) noun Etymology: bend (III) + er : cotton grown on land partly enclosed by the bends of the Mississippi river …
123circumbendibus — ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ˈbendə̇bəs noun ( es) Etymology: Latin circum round about + English bend + Latin ibus, abl. plural ending more at circum : an indirect or roundabout course especially in writing or speaking : circumlocution …
124flanking — noun ( s) Etymology: from gerund of flank (II) : the maneuvering of towed barges around a bend in a river by means of a towboat at the rear which is backed as a brake so that the barges are controlled but brought around the bend primarily by the… …
125dorsiflexion — noun the act of bending backward (of the body or a body part) • Hypernyms: ↑flexion, ↑flexure * * * noun see dorsiflex * * * /dawr seuh flek sheuhn/, n. Anat. flexion toward the back. [1815 25; dorsiflex to bend backward (DORSI + FLE …
126national park — noun a tract of land declared by the national government to be public property (Freq. 1) • Hypernyms: ↑park, ↑parkland • Instance Hyponyms: ↑Acadia National Park, ↑Arches National Park, ↑Badlands National Park, ↑ …
127radial artery — noun branch of the brachial artery beginning below the elbow and extending down the forearm around the wrist and into the palm • Syn: ↑arteria radialis • Hypernyms: ↑artery, ↑arteria, ↑arterial blood vessel * * * noun : the smaller of t …
128ear — noun 1 part of the body ADJECTIVE ▪ left, right ▪ inner, middle ▪ external, outer ▪ big …
