(idiomatic) A body motion made to coax an object already propelled go in a desired direction. For example, a nervous leaning or twisting movement while playing sports such as golf or bowling, to "persuade" the ball to go in a desired direction. Also applies to various riding sports, such as motorcycling or surfing.

A political institution which holds the legislative power in a state, and often controls the executive power. / Its equivalent, exercising legislative power at a sub-state administrative level.

(biology) A crystalline structure, within the core of an endospore, containing endotoxins that act as pesticides

plural of body modification

plural of body bag

A painless nodule found in the heart of patients with rheumatic fever.

(anatomy) One of a pair of small round bodies, located on the undersurface of the human brain, that act as a relay for impulses coming from the amygdalae and hippocampi to the thalamus, and (as part of the diencephalon) form part of the limbic system.

All the students (pupils) enrolled at an educational institution. / (American football slang) A football play in which most of the players run to one side of the field.

(geology) A seismic wave that travels through the Earth's interior rather than over the surface. P-waves and S-waves are examples of body waves.

(biochemistry) Any of several compounds that are intermediates in the metabolism of fatty acids; principally acetoacetate and acetone (together with hydroxybutyrate which is not a ketone)