plural of body modification

Deliberate physical alteration of the human body for aesthetic purposes, such as tattooing and piercing.

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.

plural of body check

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of body check

present participle of body check

(biology) A sex chromosome inactivated by packing in heterochromatin.

(medicine) An abnormal aggregate of protein that develops inside nerve cells.

(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.