| neck exercise | exercise designed to strengthen the neck muscles |
soft-shell clam
steamer
steamer clam
long-neck clam
Mya arenaria | an edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe |
choker
ruff
ruffle
neck ruff | a high tight collar |
crew neck
crew neckline | a plain straight neckline opening from shoulder to shoulder of sweaters |
neck
neck opening | an opening in a garment for the neck of the wearer, a part of the garment near the wearer's neck |
| neck | a narrow part of an artifact that resembles a neck in position or form, the banjo had a long neck, the bottle had a wide neck |
| neck brace | a brace worn to steady the neck |
turtleneck
turtle
polo-neck | a sweater or jersey with a high close-fitting collar |
turtleneck collar
polo-neck collar | a high close-fitting turnover collar |
| V neck | the neck of a garment has the shape in front of the letter V |
femoral artery
arteria femoralis | the chief artery of the thigh, a continuation of the external iliac artery |
circumflex femoral vein
vena circumflexus femoris | either of two veins that accompany arteries of the same name serving the hip and thigh |
femoral vein
vena femoralis | a vein that accompanies the femoral artery in the same sheath, a continuation of the popliteal vein, becomes the external iliac vein |
neck
cervix | the part of an organism (human or animal) that connects the head to the rest of the body, he admired her long graceful neck, the horse won by a neck |
| bull neck | a thick short powerful neck |
femoral nerve
nervus femoralis
anterior crural nerve | one of a pair of nerves that originate from lumbar nerves and supply the muscles and skin of the anterior part of the thigh |
musculus biceps femoris
femoral biceps | the biceps muscle of the thigh, it flexes the knee and rotates the leg laterally |
cervical vertebra
neck bone | one of vertebrae in the human spine located in the neck region |
annoyance
bother
botheration
pain infliction
pain in the neck
pain in the ass | something or someone that causes trouble, a source of unhappiness, washing dishes was a nuisance before we got a dish washer, a bit of a bother, he's not a friend, he's an infliction |
neck sweetbread
throat sweetbread | edible thymus gland of an animal |
| neck | a cut of meat from the neck of an animal |
| beef neck | a cut of beef from the neck of the animal |
soft-shell clam
steamer
steamer clam
long-neck clam | a clam that is usually steamed in the shell |
vicinity
locality
neighborhood
neighbourhood
neck of the woods | a surrounding or nearby region, the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville, it is a rugged locality, he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood, I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods |
| neck | a narrow elongated projecting strip of land |
pain
pain in the neck
nuisance | a bothersome annoying person, that kid is a terrible pain |
swan orchid
swanflower
swan-flower
swanneck
swan-neck | any of several orchids of the genus Cycnoches having slender arching columns of flowers suggesting the neck of a swan |
| femoral pulse | pulse of the femoral artery (felt in the groin) |
neck
make out | kiss, embrace, or fondle with sexual passion, The couple were necking in the back seat of the car |
neck and neck
head-to-head
nip and tuck | inconclusive as to outcome, close or just even in a race or comparison or competition, as they approached the finish line they were neck and neck, the election was a nip and tuck affair |
neck-deep
up to my neck
up to your neck
up to her neck
up to his neck
up to our necks
up to their neck | deeply involved, neck-deep in work, up to their necks in debt |
| femoral | of or relating to or near the femur or thigh |
neck and neck
head-to-head
nip and tuck | even or close in a race or competition or comparison, the horses ran neck and neck, he won nip and tuck |