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harp collapse: a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers; a pair of curved vertical supports for a lampshade; come back to; "Don't dwell on the past"; "She is always harping on the same old things"; play the harp; "She harped the Saint-Saens beautifully"

iris collapse: diaphragm consisting of thin overlapping plates that can be adjusted to change the diameter of a central opening; muscular diaphragm that controls the size of the pupil; it forms the colored portion of the eye; plants with sword-shaped leaves and erect stalks bearing bright-colored flowers composed of three petals and three drooping sepals

snout collapse: a long projecting or anterior elongation of an animal's head; especially the nose; beaklike projection of the anterior part of the head of certain insects such as e.g. weevils

transplant collapse: the act of removing something from one location and introducing it in another location; "the transplant did not flower until the second year"; "too frequent transplanting is not good for families"; "she returned to Alabama because she could not bear transplantation"; an operation moving an organ from one organism (the donor) to another (the recipient); "he had a kidney transplant"; "the long-term results of cardiac transplantation are now excellent"; "a child had a multiple organ transplant two months ago"; place the organ of a donor into the body of a recipient; lift and reset in another soil or situation; "Transplant the young rice plants"; be transplantable; "These delicate plants do not transplant easily"

prosthetics collapse: the branch of medicine dealing with the production and use of artificial body parts

smell collapse: the act of perceiving the odor of something; the faculty that enables us to distinguish scents; the sensation that results when olfactory receptors in the nose are stimulated by particular chemicals in gaseous form; "she loved the smell of roses"; emit an odor; "The soup smells good"; smell bad; "He rarely washes, and he smells"; inhale the odor of; perceive by the olfactory sense

monthly collapse: a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year); occurring or payable every month; "monthly payments"; "the monthly newsletter"; without missing a month; "we get paid monthly"

fortnightly collapse: occurring every two weeks; every two weeks; "he visited his cousins fortnightly"

quarterly collapse: a periodical that is published every quarter (or four issues per year); of or relating to or consisting of a quarter; "quarterly report"; in three month intervals; "interest is compounded quarterly"; in diagonally opposed quarters of an escutcheon; "two coats of arms borne quarterly"

biweekly collapse: a periodical that is published twice a week or every two weeks (either 104 or 26 issues per year)

larynx collapse: a cartilaginous structure at the top of the trachea; contains elastic vocal cords that are the source of the vocal tone in speech

antenna collapse: one of a pair of mobile appendages on the head of e.g. insects and crustaceans; typically sensitive to touch and taste; an electrical device that sends or receives radio or television signals; sensitivity similar to that of a receptor organ; "he had a special antenna for public relations"

hearing collapse: (law) a proceeding (usually by a court) where evidence is taken for the purpose of determining an issue of fact and reaching a decision based on that evidence; the ability to hear; the auditory faculty; "his hearing was impaired"; a session (of a committee or grand jury) in which witnesses are called and testimony is taken; "the investigative committee will hold hearings in Chicago"; an opportunity to state your case and be heard; "they condemned him without a hearing"; "he saw that he had lost his audience"

catheter collapse: a thin flexible tube inserted into the body to permit introduction or withdrawal of fluids or to keep the passageway open

instrumentation collapse: the act of providing or using the instruments needed for some implementation; the instruments called for in a musical score or arrangement for a band or orchestra

plastic surgery collapse: surgery concerned with therapeutic or cosmetic reformation of tissue

solar plexus collapse: a large plexus of sympathetic nerves in the abdomen behind the stomach

spinal cord collapse: a major part of the central nervous system which conducts sensory and motor nerve impulses to and from the brain; a long tubelike structure extending from the base of the brain through the vertebral canal to the upper lumbar region

synapse collapse: the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle; "nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters"

nervous system collapse: the sensory and control apparatus consisting of a network of nerve cells

pate collapse: the top of the head; liver or meat or fowl finely minced or ground and variously seasoned

orb collapse: move in an orbit; "The moon orbits around the Earth"; "The planets are orbiting the sun"; "electrons orbit the nucleus"

beak collapse: horny projecting mouth of a bird; beaklike mouth of animals other than birds (e.g., turtles); informal terms for the nose

nostril collapse: either one of the two external openings to the nasal cavity in the nose

ganglion collapse: an encapsulated neural structure consisting of a collection of cell bodies or neurons

pictorial collapse: a periodical (magazine or newspaper) containing many pictures; pertaining to or consisting of pictures; "pictorial perspective"; "pictorial records"

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