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| eyetooth |
a canine tooth in the upper jaw, located beneath the eye. |
| fisher spider |
any of a family of nursery-web spiders that have the ability to skate across and dive beneath the surface of water, also called a dock spider. |
| flesh |
the soft tissue beneath the skin and surrounding the bones of an animal or human body, including muscle and fat. [2/9 definitions] |
| foundation |
the masonry or stone structure that supports a building from beneath. [1/4 definitions] |
| ground water |
the water beneath the earth's surface that supplies springs and wells. |
| hardpan |
any hard layer beneath the soil, such as hard subsoil or clay. [1/2 definitions] |
| harmonica |
a small rectangular hand-held wind instrument played by blowing and inhaling air over a set of metal reeds recessed beneath a row of air holes; mouth organ. |
| hoop skirt |
a long, full skirt, fashionable in the eighteenth century, that was made to bell out by hoops worn beneath. |
| hypo- |
under; beneath. [1/2 definitions] |
| hypodermic |
pertaining to the layer of tissue beneath the skin. [1/4 definitions] |
| hypodermic injection |
the injection of a substance, usu. a medicine or drug, into a vein, muscle, or tissue beneath the skin. |
| hypodermis |
in plants, a layer of cells directly beneath the epidermis. [2 definitions] |
| infra- |
beneath; below. |
| infra dig |
(informal) beneath one's dignity. |
| kneehole |
a space for the knees, as beneath a desk. |
| land mine |
an explosive device concealed beneath the surface of the ground, that is detonated by pressure, as of moving troops or vehicles. |
| liposuction |
a surgical procedure that uses suction to remove fat from beneath the skin for cosmetic purposes. |
| magma |
the hot, liquefied rock beneath the earth's surface that rises to the top of a volcano. [1/2 definitions] |
| marimba |
a large musical instrument similar to a xylophone, consisting of a series of graduated hardwood bars, usu. with resonators beneath them, that are struck with small mallets. |
| mascon |
a massive concentration of very dense matter beneath the surface of the moon. |
| Mohole |
a hole that penetrates the earth's crust and the area beneath the Mohorovicic discontinuity, used for geological study. |
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