| NOUN | body | jowl, lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone | the jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth |
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| body | jowl | a fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging) |
| Sounds | jhaw'l | |
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| Rhymes | afoul ... waterfowl: 13 rhymes with awl... | |
| Meaning | The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth. | |
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| Synonyms | lower jaw, mandible, mandibula, mandibular bone, submaxilla, lower jawbone, jawbone | |
| Parts | condylar process, condyloid process, mandibular condyle | The condyle of the ramus of the mandible that articulates with the skull |
| coronoid process of the mandible | The coronoid process that provides an attachment for the temporal muscle | |
| gnathion | The most inferior point of the mandible in the midline | |
| gonion | The craniometric point on either side at the apex of the lower jaw | |
| mandibular notch | small indentation in the middle of the lower jawbone | |
| pogonion | The craniometric point that is the most forward-projecting point / point on the anterior surface of the chin | |
| symphysion | The most forward point of the alveolar process of the mandible | |
| Narrower | lantern jaw | A long thin lower jaw |
| Broader | articulator | A movable speech organ |
| jaw | The part of the skull of a vertebrate that frames the mouth and holds the teeth | |
| Catalan | barra | |
| Meaning | A fullness and looseness of the flesh of the lower cheek and jaw (characteristic of aging). | |
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| Part of | face, human face | The front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear |
| Broader | feature, lineament | The characteristic parts of a person's face |
| Adjectives | jowly | having sagging folds of flesh beneath the chin or lower jaw |