nose

     

Anatomically, a nose is a protuberance in vertebrates that houses the nostrils, or nares, which amit and expel air for respiration in conjunction with the mouth.

Trivia about nose

  • J.P. Morgan suffered from rhinophyma, which turned this part of his anatomy into a swollen horror
  • Vibrissae are the short stiff hairs that line this organ of smell
  • Make sure you "keep" this "clean" & "don't poke" it "in where it doesn't belong"
  • Rhin-- or rhino-- at the beginning of a word indicates this body part is involved
  • Cyrano's was really long, but Rudolph's was famous in a Christmas song
  • Beezer,sneezer,schnoz
  • A sharp plunge:____ dive
  • Contrary to myth, this part of a dog doesn't need to be cold, but should usually be moist
  • Proverbially, to express contempt, you "thumb" this body part
  • It’s the part of the body a doctor would examine with a rhinoscope
  • To express contempt for someone is to "turn up" this at him
  • Feature that made Jimmy Durante "The Schnozz" & Ken Harrelson "The Hawk"
  • Le nez
  • This term for a wine's bouquet is also a synonym for "snoot"
  • If this is "out of joint", it could be the internasal suture
  • It shouldn't surprise you that nasology is the study of this body part
  • A perfumer's job has this "anatomical" name, & one of them reportedly had his insured for $3 million
  • This body part is as plain as a burun on a Turk's yuz, his face
  • As you might guess by its name, the nasalis is a muscle in this facial feature
  • ...it's rhinoplasty, surgery to change the structure of this, but the patient doesn't want a horn
  • Remember that kids' game "got your" this? Well, we've got a Turk's, & in it goes
  • Words used for the smell of wine include aroma, bouquet & this body part
  • Someone who's described as nasute has a large one of these features
  • The horseshoe bat doesn't emit its echolocation squeaks through its mouth; they come out of this
  • "Anatomical" term for a wine's bouquet
  • Daniel J. Boorstin's "Cleopatra's ____"
  • The nasturtium is so named because of its effect on this sensory organ
  • Rhinitis
  • If you're a nez-sayer, you're just referring to this body part