| bouillon |
a thin, usu. clear broth, or the stock for making such a broth. |
| bow2 |
a long, thin piece of wood with horsehairs stretched between the ends, used for playing the violin and other stringed instruments. [1/7 definitions] |
| brad |
a thin nail with either a small head or a slight projection on the side. [1/2 definitions] |
| bronchiole |
any of the small, thin-walled branches of a bronchial tube. |
| broom |
a shrub with long, thin branches that bear white or yellow flowers. [1/3 definitions] |
| brown sugar |
unrefined or partially refined sugar whose crystals have kept a thin coating of dark syrup. |
| bubble |
a small sphere of gas surrounded by a thin liquid membrane. [1/7 definitions] |
| bud vase |
a tall thin vase used to hold a single flower such as a rosebud. |
| by the skin of one's teeth |
(informal) by an exceptionally thin margin of time, money, or the like; with little to spare. |
| cadaverous |
of or resembling a corpse; pale and thin or emaciated. [1/2 definitions] |
| cambium |
a thin layer of cells occurring between the bark and wood of a vascular plant, and producing the growth of both. |
| cambric |
a thin, white, closely woven fabric of cotton or linen. |
| came2 |
a thin, grooved strip of lead used to secure a piece of glass, as in a stained glass window. |
| caning |
the practice of using a thin, somewhat flexible stick to strike a person as a form of punishment. |
| carbon paper |
very thin paper coated on one side with carbon or a dark waxy pigment, that is placed between two sheets of paper and produces a copy on the lower sheet of text that is written or typed on the upper. |
| carina |
in biology, a thin ridgelike structure, such as the projecting part of a bird's breastbone. |
| caseharden |
to form a hard thin surface on (an alloy of iron) by bonding with carbon under heat. [1/2 definitions] |
| catgut |
a thin, strong cord made of twisted, dried animal intestines, esp. those of sheep, and used for the strings of tennis rackets and certain musical instruments, and as surgical thread. |
| catheter |
a thin, flexible, hollow tube inserted into a body passage or cavity to drain fluid, esp. urine from the bladder. |
| ceil |
to overlay (a room's ceiling or walls) with plaster or thin pieces of wood. [1/2 definitions] |
| cell |
a microscopic unit of plant or animal life, usually containing a nucleus and surrounded by a very thin membrane. [1/4 definitions] |