Search

Search results

Displaying 1 - 10

The Body

Director/Writer:Jonas McCordPG-13; 100 minutesRelease:4/01Cast:Antonio Banderas, Olivia Williams, Derek Jacobi Being generous, one could say that The Body tries to stick a limb in each genre…

Brewer's: Bodies

Compound bodies, in chemical phraseology, mean those which have two or more simple bodies or elements in their composition, as water. Simple bodies, in chemical phraseology, mean the…

Brewer's: Body

(Anglo-Saxon, bodig.) A regular body, in geometry, means one of the five regular solids, called “Platonic” because first suggested by Plato. (See Platonic Bodies.) To body forth. To give…

Body Fat

Research suggests that the location of body fat also is an important factor in health risks for adults. Excess fat in the abdomen (stomach area) is a greater health risk than excess fat in the hips…

Human Body

All About Blood Types The Top Ten: Longest Bones in the Human Body 100 Years Young Anatomy and PhysiologyAnatomy and Physiology: Acting in ConcertAnatomy and Physiology: All Parts, Big and…

body language

(Encyclopedia) body language, nonverbal communication by means of facial expessions, eye behavior, gestures, posture, and the like. Body language expresses emotions, feelings, and attitudes,…

body-marking

(Encyclopedia) body-marking, painting, tattooing, or scarification (cutting or burning) of the body for ritual, esthetic, medicinal, magic, or religious purposes. Evidence from prehistoric burials,…

body snatching

(Encyclopedia) body snatching, the stealing of corpses from graves and morgues. Before cadavers were legally available for dissection and study by medical students, traffic in stolen bodies was…

body temperature

(Encyclopedia) body temperature, internal temperature of a living organism. Mammals and birds are termed warm-blooded, or homeothermic, i.e., they are able to maintain a relatively constant inner…