Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. Plural form of bowel.
- n. The deepest or innermost part.
- n. The concept or quality that defines something at its very core.
- n. The intestines.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the center of the Earth
Examples
“Fastened to the sides of the winding tunnels, the tubes gave new visual meaning to the phrase "bowels of the Earth.”
“We English even, fastidious as we are, employ the term bowels as a natural symbolization for the affections of pity, mercy, or parental and brotherly affection.”
“Mrs Wilson has had an inflammation in her bowels, is recovered, and gaining strength.”
“Salvadorean gangster prisoners hide cellphones in bowels”
“I fear will be no long liver; for I am told she has sometimes the gout in her bowels (I hate the word bowels).”
“Personally, I believe that the only possible way to prevent loose bowels is to take your nourishment intravenously, and that is far from safe!”
“As you may know, Rocky's MOH has been in bowels of the bureaucracy since February, 2000.”
“A few days before the term the bowels should be freely opened and kept open until the period for the discharge has arrived.”
The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources
“Facing this, the very centre of the bowels is knotted.”
“The Queen is well, but I fear will be no long liver; for I am told she has sometimes the gout in her bowels (I hate the word bowels).”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘bowels’.
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Guide to the Perplexed
Lexicon of terms set forth in Maimonides 'Guide to the Perplexed'. A fascinating exercise in theosophy and translation if one substitutes these definitions for a "revised" reading of the Old Testa...
eye, apprehend, associations, air, ruah : or ruhoth,..., affection, attribute, approach, accidents, ascending, articulated, back and 119 more...
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RELI - Genesis
Protagonists and relevant words in the Book of Creation (Source: King James Bible)
wrath, leaf, belly, prey, death, break, six, nod, dim, end, inn, judge and 1286 more...
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2nd part
prelude, ample, escalate, prototype, accession, acquisition, archives, zealot, indict, verdict, intimidating, timid and 454 more...
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Words from books I've read
These are some words I didn't know when I read and now I want to know!
Scribble, Newfangled, swift, swathe, budget, obstreperous, trickle, rank, covetous, scratch, hunch, dodge and 179 more...
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The Sog Collection
My big word list.
chaos, flaccid, empirical, flotsam, cacophony, grumble, assuage, awe, romance, mortality, coalesce, fortuitous and 3282 more...
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1stDay
lucid, tenacious, adhesive, cling, reconcile, scenic, picturesque, inundate, gastrointestinal, diarrhea, heredity, alimentary canal and 89 more...
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phooky's Words
blunderbuss, pantaloons, tessellate, bowels, mistaken, allegorical, blunder, classical, geometry, trumble, catastrophe, civilisation and 4 more...
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Wilton's words
Favourite words, usages and passages from Nashe's "The Unfortunate Traveller: or, the Life of Iacke Wilton" (1594)
doit, dandiprat, weep one's urine ..., snudge, scuppet, langret, fullam, hedgecreeper, pickthanke, go shop the gander, together by the ears, quagmire and 42 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for bowels.
yarb Citation on revenge. Apr 14, 2010
brobbins Precisely, substitute the word heart for the term "bowels"!!! Jul 22, 2009
brobbins heart Jul 22, 2009
brobbins heart Jul 22, 2009
sonofgroucho "I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken." Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658).
Jan 22, 2008