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auto body the main part of a car; the part of a car that you sit inside.
body bag a zippered bag, usu. rubber, used to transport a human corpse.
body clock (non-technical) the internal mechanisms that regulate bodily functions; Circadian rhythm. [2 definitions]
body English a twisting of the body after launching, hitting, or kicking a ball, as if to guide its course.
body fat fat in a person's body, or the concentration of fat in a person's body.
body language the shifts of posture, gestures, and facial expressions that communicate nonverbally, sometimes supplementing and sometimes diverging from or contradicting verbal communication.
body part a part or section of the human body, such as the arm, chest, nose, neck, or knee. [2 definitions]
body politic in any governed society, the people collectively.
body shop an automobile garage or shop that specializes in the repair and maintenance of car bodies.
body stocking a snug, one-piece garment or undergarment, worn usu. by women, that covers the torso and sometimes the legs.
celestial body a natural object found outside earth's atmosphere, such as a planet, moon, star, or asteroid.
continuous body a legislative body, such as the U.S. Senate, that achieves stability by staggering the terms of its members to prevent more than a minority of seats from changing in a single election.
Golgi body an organelle consisting of a series of flattened saccules, vesicles, and vacuoles that is active in the modification and transport of proteins.
immune body an antibody.