a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | the external structure of a vehicle |
electro-acoustic transducer that vibrates to receive or produce sound waves | a resonating chamber in a musical instrument (as the body of a violin) |
a contraceptive device consisting of a flexible dome-shaped cup made of rubber or plastic; it is filled with spermicide and fitted over the uterine cervix | the property of holding together and retaining its shape |
(anatomy) a muscular partition separating the abdominal and thoracic cavities; functions in respiration | the main mass of a thing |
| the entire physical structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being) |
| the body excluding the head and neck and limbs |
| a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person |
| the central message of a communication |
| a group of persons associated by some common tie or occupation and regarded as an entity |
| a collection of particulars considered as a system |
| an individual 3-dimensional object that has mass and that is distinguishable from other objects |