Thesaurus results for NEBS

nebs

noun

plural of neb

as in mouths

the jaws of a bird together with their hornlike covering the cardinal has a black face and a noticeable bright red neb

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the part of the face bearing the nostrils and nasal cavity with her round glasses perched on her small neb, the librarian certainly presents an owlish appearance

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Noun

Children of the players walked around with their mouths full of ice cream sandwiches and popsicles.

— PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 22 July 2026
Kittens especially use their mouths to investigate new textures and objects.

— Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026

Definition of mouths

Noun

This is a sport in which bodies get crunched, ears, noses and faces get peppered, and matches can be won by an anaconda choke or a guillotine choke.

— Joe Davidson, Sacbee.com, 25 July 2026
Some researchers have experimented with bionic noses and implants that pulse electrical signals into the olfactory system to try and restore smell.

— Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 24 July 2026

Definition of noses

Noun

Their long, droopy tails would likely pull them downward and send their snouts bobbing up.

— Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 15 July 2026
With their snouts, the pigs would feel each beat of my heart the way a human would feel a silver dollar that had been flipped in the air then caught in an open palm, flipped and caught, coming up heads or tails, whichever side had been called when the coin was at its apogee.

— Will Mackin, New Yorker, 28 June 2026

Definition of snouts

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The weight of the world—the dismal news alerts, the rent bills, the doomscrolling—isn’t putting them in the mood for lighthearted banter or seductive dancing or organic inquisitiveness.

— Faith Hill, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026
While the outgoing Congress typically passes a series of bills prior to ending its term in early January, there are a series of major legislative issues related to government funding and defense that have yet to be addressed.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 24 July 2026

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These efforts will target current and next-generation aeroengine platforms, commercial aircraft, Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) blades and structures, Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA), and solid rocket motor nozzles.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 18 July 2026
Manuel Varela, who also pilots Goodie, says the drone has switchable nozzles for whatever the cleaning job calls for.

— Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

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