ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD NAVEL
Old English nafela; related to Old Frisian navla, Old High German nabulo (German Nabel), Latin umbilīcus.
5 QUOTES WITH «NAVEL»
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navel.
The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.
What's it like being opposite Arnold Schwarzenegger? For me? Are you kidding? Maybe if I'm lucky, come up to his navel!
Forty pictures I was in, and all I remember is 'What kind of bra will you be wearing today, honey?' That was always the area of big decision - from the neck to the navel.
I hate going to the gym, so sweating outdoors sure beats sitting on a stationary bike staring at my navel.
In every decade rock and roll starts to get very serious and navel gazing and kind of self serious and every once and a while it kind of needs a kick in the pants.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «NAVEL»
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navel in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
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Adam's
Navel: A Natural and Cultural History of the Human Form
In this amusing and brilliantly conceived book, Michael Sims introduces you to your body.
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Navel Gazing: One Woman's Quest for a Size Normal
Navel Gazing is a funny, passionate and no-holds-barred memoir of one woman's quest to accept her own body -- to feel normal.
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Fuzzy
Navel - A Thriller
"Things sour quickly when a group of vigilantes on a murderous spree decide to take down a cop and the people she cares about-- and they turn downright awful when Jack discovers that Kork may not be dead after all.
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The
Navel of the Demoness : Tibetan Buddhism and Civil ...
The beliefs and practices of the local popular religion, a highly developed legal tradition, and a form of government that is both democratic and accountable to its people all these are shown to have developed to promote survival in the ...
University of Oxford Charles Ramble Lecturer in Tibetan and Himalayan Studies Oriental Institute, 2007
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Navel Gazing: Essays, Half-Truths, and Mystery Flights
Funny, wise, idiosyncratic and original, these occasional essays chart a course through the various genres of writing that Peter Goldsworthy has investigated: fiction, science fiction, poetry, opera and film.
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The Ruby in Her
Navel: A Novel of Love and Intrigue in the ...
The novel opens in Palermo, in which Latin and Greek, Arab and Jew live together in precarious harmony.
Given the task of finding his missing brothers, Benjamin finds a clue in a mysterious file in his father's office that is written in ancient Lemurian.
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Navel-Gazing: The Days and Nights of a Mother in the Making
A journal writer describes the highs and lows she experienced during the time she was pregnant.
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Carnal Knowledge: A
Navel Gazer's Dictionary of Anatomy, ...
A word lover's reference provides a close-up look at the words used to describe the human body, providing detailed etymologies and trivia about such words as eye, gry, sideburns, nostril, and bourdonnement.
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The Temples of Light: An Initiatory Journey into the Heart ...
Before you take action to create and manifest, take some time and do the navel
breathing outlined below. This one exercise will change your life. You simply
have to do it and then do it again, and again, and again. The feeling of emptiness
, ...
Danielle Rama Hoffman, 2009
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «NAVEL»
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navel is used in the context of the following news items.
Top 50+50: Firms grow fees despite navel-gazing
LAST YEAR Accountancy Age spoke of a profession that was looking to take advantage of increased businesses sentiment, more liquidity and ... «Accountancy Age, Jul 15»
Everything is Teeth by Evie Wyld; Illustration by Joe Sumner, book …
In these times of culturally sanctioned self-absorption and self-promotion, with navel-gazing novels from Knausgaard and the New Brooklyn ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
Pilates Exercises For Beginners To Try At Home, Including Pelvic …
Draw your navel in towards your spine and draw your stomach muscles in. "Begin to tilt your tail bone up off the floor, slowly peeling your pelvis ... «Huffington Post UK, Jul 15»
Vogue Williams braless as she flashes her cleavage in plunging …
... presenter, 29, flattered her svelte figure and natural warm skin tone in a pale icy blue dress, cut almost dangerously low, almost to her navel. «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
A Complete Guide to the History of the Supermodel
If you can recall the early '90s, then you'll remember it was a time when the navel piercing was completely, un-ironically in vogue – and that's ... «Highsnobiety, Jul 15»
David Fincher's Strangers on a Train Remake Update
... be a massive reworking of Hitch's classic (which was based on a Patricia Highsmith novel) by moving the concept into the navel-gazing world ... «Den of Geek!, Jul 15»
New cirtus varieties unveiled
The prospective new citrus fruit varieties were taste tested at the launch which included a brown-skinned navel orange, seedless mandarins ... «Farm Weekly, Jul 15»
New cirrus varieties unveiled
The prospective new citrus fruit varieties were taste tested at the launch which included a brown-skinned navel orange, seedless mandarins ... «Farm Weekly, Jul 15»
Is there no limit to the power of the Eurogroup?
Surely the EU can raise its democratic bar a bit higher; let's all help lift it instead of merely indulging in vain, navel-gazing Euroscepticism. «Left Foot Forward, Jul 15»
Queensland's first heart transplant mother
She awoke with an incision from the top of her chest to just above her navel. Surgeons had to cut through her breastbone to access her heart. «Courier Mail, Jul 15»
