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Synonyms for navel

bellybutton

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Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for navel

a scar where the umbilical cord was attached

the center point or middle of something

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If the spot is located near the navel region, false positive detection may occur.
Exports to the continent through week 40 of this year were up 11 percent for clementines and 19 percent for navels versus the same time period last year.
With a product list that includes navel and Valencia oranges, lemons and minneolas, Bravante is bringing 2,000-plus acres of citrus into the Sunkist system.
Mid-season varieties (bloody oranges, Salustiana, Navel, etc.), however, provide a bridge through March/April where the Maroc-Late variety takes over until July.
The subjects agreed: the best-looking navels were vertically oriented with a T-shape.
With half of California's navel orange crop destroyed by a cold snap, the wholesale price of the fruit soared last week as agriculture officials warned that consumers will soon be paying more for other produce such as avocados, carrots and lettuce.
Some argue that the Adam created in God's own image was navel-less ( sexual reproduction only came on the scene after the expulsion from Eden and the navel is a mark of our fallen state.
Indeed, narrow navels rated highly in a University of Missouri-Columbia survey of 147 women (Plast.
She dared to bare almost all in a revealing little number, proving there were navels as well as knaves in the deck.
Mr Black said: "Members need to focus their time better on providing decent public services, reducing waiting times for health care, improving our education service and investing in better quality housing rather than examining their own navels.
Blood oranges, Cara Cara navels, Melogolds, and Oroblancos usually contain few or no seeds; pummeloes usually have seeds.
Long before the current craze of metal objects piercing ears, noses, tongues, navels, and even more adventurous parts of the anatomy, prior to the long hair, love beads, and peace signs of 1960s hippiehood, the Beat Generation raised eyebrows in the 1950s.
Perhaps you've noticed that none of the women in the classic MGM musicals had navels and that all married couples slept in twin beds.
How light your glance, as you stand in the slush and mud - button-rims with dark navels, lapels slanting into the collar, your bare right hand sliding into your left sleeve.