lung
noun
1 lung
Either of two saclike respiratory organs in the chest of vertebrates; serves to remove carbon dioxide and provide oxygen to the blood.
Dutch: longen, long
Polish: płuco
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lungs
noun
Roget 580:
voice;
vocality†;
organ,
lungs,
bellows;
good voice,
fine voice,
powerful voice
etc.
(loud)
404;
musical voice
etc.
413;
intonation;
tone of voice
etc.
(sound)
402.
vocalization;
cry
etc.
411;
strain,
utterance,
prolation†;
exclamation,
ejaculation,
vociferation,
ecphonesis†;
enunciation,
articulation;
articulate sound,
distinctness;
clearness,
of articulation;
stage whisper;
delivery.
accent,
accentuation;
emphasis,
stress;
broad accent,
strong accent,
pure accent,
native accent,
foreign accent;
pronunciation.
[Word similarly pronounced]
homonym.
orthoepy†;
cacoepy†;
euphony
etc.
(melody)
413.
gastriloquism†,
ventriloquism;
ventriloquist;
polyphonism†,
polyphonist†.
[Science of voice]
phonology
etc.
(sound)
402.
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Roget 349:
wind,
draught,
flatus,
afflatus,
efflation†,
eluvium†;
air;
breath,
breath of air;
puff,
whiff,
zephyr;
blow,
breeze,
drift;
aura;
stream,
current,
jet stream;
undercurrent.
gust,
blast,
squall,
gale,
half a gale,
storm,
tempest,
hurricane,
whirlwind,
tornado,
samiel,
cyclone,
anticyclone,
typhoon;
simoon†,
simoom;
harmattan†,
monsoon,
trade wind,
sirocco,
mistral,
bise†,
tramontane,
levanter;
capful of wind;
fresh breeze,
stiff breeze;
keen blast;
blizzard,
barber [Can.],
candelia†,
chinook,
foehn,
khamsin†,
norther,
vendaval†,
wuther†.
windiness
etc.
adj.;
ventosity†;
rough weather,
dirty weather,
ugly weather,
stress of weather;
dirty sky,
mare's tail;
thick squall,
black squall,
white squall.
anemography†,
aerodynamics;
wind gauge,
weathercock,
vane,
weather-vane,
wind sock;
anemometer,
anemoscope†.
sufflation†,
insufflation†,
perflation†,
inflation,
afflation†;
blowing,
fanning
etc.
v.;
ventilation.
sneezing
etc.
v.;
errhine†;
sternutative†,
sternutatory†;
sternutation;
hiccup,
hiccough;
catching of the breath.
Eolus,
Boreas,
Zephyr,
cave of Eolus.
air pump,
air blower,
lungs,
bellows,
blowpipe,
fan,
ventilator,
punkah†;
branchiae†,
gills,
flabellum†,
vertilabrum†.
whiffle ball.
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Roget 404:
loudness,
power;
loud noise,
din;
blare;
clang,
clangor;
clatter,
noise,
bombilation†,
roar,
uproar,
racket,
hubbub,
bobbery†,
fracas,
charivari†,
trumpet blast,
flourish of trumpets,
fanfare,
tintamarre†,
peal,
swell,
blast,
larum†,
boom;
bang
(explosion)
406;
resonance
etc.
408.
vociferation,
hullabaloo,
etc.
411;
lungs;
Stentor.
artillery,
cannon;
thunder.
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Roget 411:
cry
etc.
v.;
voice
etc.
(human)
580;
hubbub;
bark
etc.
(animal)
412.
vociferation,
outcry,
hullabaloo,
chorus,
clamor,
hue and cry,
plaint;
lungs;
stentor.
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