Definition of nose

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Nose (n.) The prominent part of the face or anterior extremity of the head containing the nostrils and olfactory cavities; the olfactory organ. See Nostril, and Olfactory organ under Olfactory..

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Sea Elephant :: Sea elephant () A very large seal (Macrorhinus proboscideus) of the Antarctic seas, much hunted for its oil. It sometimes attains a length of thirty feet, and is remarkable for the prolongation of the nose of the adult male into an erectile elastic proboscis, about a foot in length. Another species of smaller size (M. angustirostris) occurs on the coast of Lower California, but is now nearly extinct..
Nosel :: Nosel (v. t.) To nurse; to lead or teach; to foster; to nuzzle.
Arenose :: Arenose (a.) Sandy; full of sand.
Barnacle :: Barnacle (n.) An instrument for pinching a horse's nose, and thus restraining him..
Shank :: Shank (v.) Flat-nosed pliers, used by opticians for nipping off the edges of pieces of glass to make them round..
Peptone :: Peptone (n.) Collectively, in a broader sense, all the products resulting from the solution of albuminous matter in either gastric or pancreatic juice. In this case, however, intermediate products (albumose bodies), such as antialbumose, hemialbumose, etc., are mixed with the true peptones. Also termed albuminose..
Nasal :: Nasal (a.) Of or pertaining to the nose.
Proboscis :: Proboscis (n.) The nose.
Phenose :: Phenose (n.) A sweet amorphous deliquescent substance obtained indirectly from benzene, and isometric with, and resembling, dextrose..
Ozena :: Ozena (n.) A discharge of fetid matter from the nostril, particularly if associated with ulceration of the soft parts and disease of the bones of the nose..
Acanthopterygian :: Acanthopterygian (a.) Belonging to the order of fishes having spinose fins, as the perch..
Nosed :: Nosed (imp. & p. p.) of Nos.
Adductor :: Adductor (n.) A muscle which draws a limb or part of the body toward the middle line of the body, or closes extended parts of the body; -- opposed to abductor; as, the adductor of the eye, which turns the eye toward the nose..
Accipiter :: Accipiter (n.) A bandage applied over the nose, resembling the claw of a hawk..
Nose :: Nose (v. i.) To smell; to sniff; to scent.
Negro :: Negro (n.) A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed African blood, wherever found..
Gamosepalous :: Gamosepalous (a.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.
Siliginose :: Siliginose (a.) Made of fine wheat.
Bottlehead :: Bottlehead (n.) A cetacean allied to the grampus; -- called also bottle-nosed whale.
Wrong :: Wrong (a.) Twisted; wry; as, a wrong nose..
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