WAISTS Synonyms

• the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

• a protruding abdomen

• a part that bulges deeply

• the hollow inside of something

• the underpart of the body of certain vertebrates such as snakes or fish

• swell out or bulge out

• a small group of indispensable persons or things

• an organization founded by James Leonard Farmer in 1942 to work for racial equality

• the center of an object

• the central part of the Earth

• the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience

• a cylindrical sample of soil or rock obtained with a hollow drill

• the central meaning or theme of a speech or literary work

• (computer science) a tiny ferrite toroid formerly used in a random access memory to store one bit of data; now superseded by semiconductor memories

• the chamber of a nuclear reactor containing the fissile material where the reaction takes place

• a bar of magnetic material (as soft iron) that passes through a coil and serves to increase the inductance of the coil

• remove the core or center from

• the distance around a person's body

• stable gear consisting of a band around a horse's belly that holds the saddle in place

• tie a cinch around

• the middle area of the human torso (usually in front)

• an enlarged and muscular saclike organ of the alimentary canal; the principal organ of digestion

• the region of the body of a vertebrate between the thorax and the pelvis

• an inclination or liking for things involving conflict or difficulty or unpleasantness

• an appetite for food

• bear to eat

• put up with something or somebody unpleasant

• the body excluding the head and neck and limbs

• the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips

• a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

• the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

• cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

• cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill

• the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

• lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

• a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

• hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

• the narrowing of the body between the ribs and hips