2.1.1 Head

Use this domain for the parts of the head.

  • What words refer to the head?
    head
  • What are the parts of the head?
    feature, scalp, back of the head, chin, temple, poll, skull, brain,
  • What are the parts of the face?
    face, forehead, cheek, chin, cleft (in chin), dimple (in cheek), jaw,
  • What are the parts of the neck?
    neck, nape (back of the neck), throat, Adam's apple, wrinkle, fold in skin of neck
  • What words describe the parts of a person's face?
    facial, thin (face), high (forehead), thick (eyebrows), long (eyelashes), beady (eyes), stubby (nose), fleshy (cheeks), narrow (mouth), double chin
  • 2.1.1.1 Eye

    Use this domain for words related to the eye.

  • What words refer to an eye?
    eye,
  • What are the parts of the eye?
    eyebrow, brow, eyelash, lash, eyelid, lid, pupil, cornea, iris, white, eyeball, ball of the eye, corner of the eye, tear duct, retina, eye socket,
  • What words describe a person's eyes?
    bloodshot, bleary, bleary-eyed, beady eyes, thick (eyebrows), long (eyelashes), blue-eyed, cross-eyed,
  • What do the eyes do?
    see, cry, water,
  • What words refer to the eyes moving?
    look cross-eyed, roll, flicker, raise, lower, glaze,
  • What words refer to the eyelids moving?
    blink, wink, close, open, squint, open wide (in amazement), bat (eyelids), flutter,
  • What do people do to their eyes?
    rub (your eyes), cover (your eyes)
  • What do the eyes produce?
    tears,
  • What words refer to the material that collects in the corner of the eyes while sleeping?
    sleep, sand, matter
  • What words refer to the pupil of the eye getting bigger or smaller?
    dilate
  • What words describe something to do with the eyes?
    optic, retinal,
  • 2.1.1.2 Ear

    Use this domain for words related to the ear.

  • What words refer to an ear?
    ear,
  • What are the parts of the ear?
    earlobe, lobe, inner ear, eardrum, tympanum, Eustachian tube, auditory nerve, canal, cochlea,
  • What words describe a person's ears?
    stick out,
  • What do the ears do?
    hear,
  • What words refer to the ears moving?
    wiggle,
  • What do people do to their ears?
    scratch, pick (your ear), clean, cup (put hand behind to help hearing), pierce (for earrings),
  • What do people do to their ears so they won't hear something?
    plug your ears, cover your ears, stuff cotton in your ears, stick your fingers in your ears, earplugs
  • What do the ears produce?
    wax, earwax,
  • What do people use to clean their ears?
    Q-tip
  • What words describe something to do with the ears?
    aural,
  • 2.1.1.3 Nose

    Use this domain for words related to the nose.

  • What words refer to the nose?
    nose,
  • What are the parts of the nose?
    nostril, bridge, septum, sinus, nasal passage, mucous membrane,
  • What words describe a person's nose?
    pointed, flat, turned-up, snub-nosed, stubby, wide, long, upturned, hooked, aquiline,
  • What does the nose do?
    smell, breathe,
  • What words describe the way air moves through the nose?
    sneeze, sniff, sniffle, snort, snuffle, wheeze
  • What words refer to the nose moving?
    nostrils flare, wrinkle your nose,
  • What do people do to their nose?
    hold your nose, pierce (the septum), put a ring in (the nose)
  • What words describe something to do with the nose?
    nasal,
  • 2.1.1.4 Mouth

    Use this domain for words related to the mouth. Do not use this domain for words referring to eating, drinking, or speaking.

    Louw Nida Codes: 
    23B Processes Involving the Mouth, Other Than Eating and Drinking x
  • What words refer to the mouth?
    mouth,
  • What are the parts of the mouth?
    lip, tongue, tooth, gum, uvula, palate, alveolar ridge, mouth cavity, roof, velum, throat,
  • What words describe a person's mouth?
    narrow, curved, thin lips, thick lips,
  • What do people do with their mouth?
    breathe, talk, eat, taste, clear your throat, suck, blow, kiss, gag,
  • What words refer to moving the mouth?
    open, close, smile, purse your lips,
  • What words refer to yawning?
    yawn, yawn (n),
  • What words refer to vomiting?
    vomit (v), vomit (n), regurgitate, disgorge, heave, retch, throw up,
  • What do people do with their tongue?
    lick, lick your lips, stick your tongue out, click your tongue, bite your tongue,
  • What do people do to their mouth?
    wipe, cover, gag someone,
  • What words describe something to do with the mouth?
    oral, orally, labial, palatal, velar,
  • 2.1.1.5 Tooth

    Use this domain for words related to the teeth.

  • What words refer to a tooth?
    tooth, incisor, canine tooth, molar, wisdom tooth, milk tooth, baby tooth,
  • What are the parts of a tooth?
    enamel, root, crown, ivory,
  • What words describe a person's teeth?
    even, crooked, decayed, white, yellow,
  • What do the teeth do?
    bite, chew,
  • What words refer to moving the teeth against each other?
    grind, gnash,
  • What do people do to their teeth?
    pick,
  • What words describe something to do with the teeth?
    dental,