Word Finder - gut

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The alimentary canal, especially the intestine.

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The abdomen of a person, especially one that is enlarged

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beer gut

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The intestines of an animal used to make strings of a tennis racket or violin, etc.

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A person's emotional, visceral self.

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I have a funny feeling in my gut.

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A class that is not demanding or challenging.

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You should take Intro Astronomy: it's a gut.

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A narrow passage of water.

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the Gut of Canso

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The sac of silk taken from a silkworm when ready to spin its cocoon, for the purpose of drawing it out into a thread. When dry, it is exceedingly strong, and is used as the snood of a fishing line.

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To eviscerate.

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The fisherman guts the fish before cooking them.

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To remove or destroy the most important parts of.

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Congress gutted the welfare bill.

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Made of gut.

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a violin with gut strings

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Instinctive.

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gut reaction

I had a gut feeling that we needed to leave.

Darian moved closer, gut sinking.

The words made his gut twist.

A, Dorsal view showing the nervous system and digestive system; a, mouth; b, pharynx; c, d, e, gut; E, post-genital union of two limbs of gut; f, excretory pore; g, vaginal pore; h, j, k, brain and nerves; 1, dorsal nerves; m, ventral nerves; n, adoral sucker; o, posterior sucker; p, hooks on posterior sucker; r, vitello-intestinal duct.

The word is particularly used of the cord of a bow, and of the stretched cords of gut and wire upon a musical instrument, the vibration of which.

Between the blind gut and the cuticle is a reticular branched tissue which forms the chief substance of the body.

Gut blind (Paraseison), or opening into cloaca (Seison).

This cavity is excavated in a third mass of cells distinct from the cells lining the gut, forming the endoderm, and the cells covering the surface of the body, the ectoderm.

Advantage is taken of this peculiarity to prepare from fully developed larvae silkworm gut used for casting lines in rodfishing, and for numerous other purposes where lightness, tenacity, flexibility and strength are essential.

The board is then exposed to the sunlight till the lines dry and harden into the condition of gut.

As food particles pass in through the mouth they become enveloped in a slimy substance (secreted by the endostyle) and conveyed down the gut by the action of the vibratile cilia as a continuous food-rope, the peristaltic movements of the gut-wall being very feeble.

These bacteria are often also referred to as the ' gut flora ' .

Unlike the cells of Protozoa, these embryonic cells of the Metazoa do not remain each like its neighbour and capable of independent life, but proceed to arrange themselves into two layers, taking the form of a sac. The cavity of the two-cell-layered sac or diblastula thus formed is the primitive gut or arch-enteron.

The grounds for this view are the radial symmetry of several Polyclads and the supposed origin of gonads and excretory flame-cells from the walls of gut, the occurrence of nematocysts in Anonymus, one of the most radially constructed Polyclads, and lastly the presence of two peculiar animals Ctenoplana and Coeloplana, which suggests a transition from Ctenophora to Polyclads.

The careful study of the development of one Acoelous form and of certain Rhabdocoels has strengthened this hypothesis by showing that no definite enteron or gut is at first laid down, but that certain embryonic syncytial tracts become digestive tracts, others excretory, others again muscular.

In some species of Dinophilus there is pronounced sexual dimorphism (the male being small and without gut) as in the Rotifera.

In the same region of the body, namely, close behind the pharynx, a large diverticulum is given off from the ventral side of the gut.

The dorsal part of the somite has travelled dorsalwards, and now constitutes a small space (triangular in section) just dorsal to the gut.

Maybe there was nothing going on, but gut instinct said there was a story here – something big.

The immortals in the cell block threw out their best offers, and she couldn't help the sense of terror settling into her gut.

His gut twisted and he desired only one thing–escape.

The formulation includes vitamin D to promote calcium absorption in the gut.

Also, raw bran can simply clog up the gut, making constipation more likely.

A natural colon cleanser, stimulating the gut to expel waste Citrus fruit, berries Why?

It is very similar to the one produced by the gut bug clostridium, which causes chronic diarrhea.

Expansion of the extra-embryonic coelom cavity allows the yolk sac and allantois to expand into the coelom cavity allows the yolk sac and allantois to expand into the coelom cavity from the gut of the embryo.

Because of its effect on increasing blood flow to the gut, spinal anesthesia reduces the incidence of anastomotic dehiscence.

Some of the blood vessels have collapsed post mortem and the gut lumen is often distended with gas.

If you have functional dyspepsia, the inside of your gut looks normal.

Control To prevent an outbreak of necrotic enteritis, the aim is to maintain a healthy, stable gut environment.

The viruses colonize the gut mucosa and provoke antibody formation both in the blood stream and in the gut epithelium.

The way that the plant stanol ester in Benecol works is by blocking the absorption of cholesterol from the gut.

My gut feeling from many years of varied vehicles is that 30 mpg is fine for this auto vehicle.

Her problems included gastritis and over production of Clostridia in the gut.

Having a constant gnawing in your gut and hallucinations about pork rinds is not a merry thing.

The nematode enters the bodies of vine weevil grubs, infecting them with a fatal bacterial disease from its gut.

Without busting a gut we quite quickly closed up on the van.

See also screen design, scouring velocity Tapeworms Parasites that infect the gut of the fish.

It may also help those with the ' leaky gut ' syndrome.

It is the passing of undigested starch on to the hind gut which causes the main problems.

There are many causes, ranging from simple indigestion to a twisted gut.

Not what you would call athletic, perhaps, but no beer gut to speak of.

You've got to go with your gut instinct.

But until now the way in which haem iron was taken up in the gut had been unknown.

Find out how to gut and smoke herring to make the famous Manx kippers.

Sandflies and the transmission of the tropical disease leishmaniasis of sandfly gut infected with Leishmania parasites.

The Cry gene toxins target specific insect cell receptor proteins and create pores that lead to osmotic lysis of the insect gut cells.

Probiotic bacteria modulate the immune system and provide an ecological balance in the gut that excludes disease-causing microbes.

They found that gut microbes can open the ' ' gates ' ' fat uses to enter the body's fat cells.

Eating plenty of live yogurt restores proper gut microflora, which is extremely important for our general health.