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Heel , heel1 / hēl/ • n. 1. the back part of the foot below the ankle. ∎ a corresponding part of the foot in vertebrate animals. ∎ the part of the palm of t… Afroyim v. Rusk 387 U.S. 253 (1967) , aft •Taft •abaft, aft, craft, daft, draft, draught, engraft, graft, haft, kraft, raft, shaft, understaffed, unstaffed, waft •backdraft • handcraft •… trail , trail / trāl/ • n. 1. a mark or a series of signs or objects left behind by the passage of someone or something: a trail of blood on the grass. ∎ a t… astern , a·stern / əˈstərn/ • adv. 1. behind or toward the rear of a ship or aircraft: the engine rooms lay astern. 2. (of a ship) backward: the lifeboat was… hip-hop , hind1 / hīnd/ • adj. (esp. of a bodily part) situated at the back; posterior: he snagged a calf by the hind leg. PHRASES: on one's hind legs see leg.… Pharynx , pharynx Derived from the Greek for throat, the pharynx is the continuous space behind the nose and the mouth that leads down both to the passage for…
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