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| anal-retentive |
in psychoanalysis, having or showing unusual obstinacy, frugality, or an excessive concern with trivial details that supposedly results from conflict over toilet training in childhood. [1/2 definitions] |
| ball cock |
a device used to regulate the supply of water in a tank or toilet, consisting of a lever connected to a floating ball that shuts a valve when raised and opens it when lowered. |
| bathroom |
a room containing a bath or shower, a sink, and often a toilet. [2 definitions] |
| bedpan |
a shallow pan for use as a toilet by one who cannot get out of bed. |
| bowl1 |
the rounded, dishlike part of something, as of a spoon, sink, or toilet. [1/6 definitions] |
| chamber pot |
a small, portable, pot-shaped receptacle for urine and other waste, usu. kept in a bedroom, esp. one that is some distance from a toilet. |
| comfort station |
a public toilet or lavatory. |
| commode |
a toilet. [1/3 definitions] |
| float |
a hollow ball used to operate a valve or gauge, as in a toilet tank or gas tank. [1/14 definitions] |
| flush1 |
to be cleaned or emptied by a gush or flow of water, as a toilet. [1/10 definitions] |
| go to the bathroom |
(informal; polite) to use a toilet, or to relieve oneself without a toilet. |
| head |
the toilet on a boat or ship. [1/20 definitions] |
| John |
(usually l.c., informal) a room with a toilet. [1/5 definitions] |
| latrine |
a toilet for use by many, with or without plumbing, as in a camp or a military barracks or bivouac. |
| lavatory |
a room provided with washing and often toilet facilities. [2/3 definitions] |
| loo |
(chiefly British; informal) a toilet, or a room with a toilet. |
| musette bag |
a small leather or canvas bag for toilet articles, carried by a shoulder strap. |
| outhouse |
an outbuilding, often a small shed housing an outdoor toilet; privy. |
| potty |
a removable pot that fits under a small open seat, used in the toilet training of a child. [2 definitions] |
| privy |
an outside toilet enclosed in a small structure. [1/2 definitions] |
| pyxis |
a lidded vase or box, usu. cylindrical, that was used to store toilet articles in ancient Greece and Rome. [1/3 definitions] |
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