(nautical) The part of a vessel adjacent to the midship section having a uniform or nearly uniform cross-section, usually referred to as the parallel middle body. / (anatomy) The midsection of the body.

Any significant accumulation of water, usually covering the Earth or another planet, such as an ocean, a river, lake or a bay. / Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see body, of, water.

plural of body scan

The practice, in meditation or relaxation, of mentally focusing on various parts of one's own body.

A research facility where the decomposition of bodies can be studied.

plural of body farm

To criticize or deride someone's physical appearance

Of a crystal lattice: having an atom at the centre of each unit cell and one at each vertex.

heat produced from within the body of a (warmblooded) animal as opposed to absorbed from the environment

An unwanted, intruding object or piece of matter.