(informal) The archetypical content of bodice rippers; violent or aggressive sex in romance fiction.

(aeronautics) The shape with the lowest theoretical wave drag in supersonic flow, for a given body length and a given volume.

(aviation) A pod, protuberance, or swelling used to adjust the variation in an aircraft's cross-sectional area along its length so as to better conform to the area rule, reducing wave drag at transonic speeds.

A formally established organisation that is (at least in part) publicly funded to deliver a public or government service, though not as a ministerial department.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of body-shame

simple past tense and past participle of body-shame

(uncountable) The act of criticizing or deriding someone's physical appearance.

present participle of body-shame

Alternative form of bodyworn

A human cadaver that has been naturally mummified in a peat bog.