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The answer MUSCLE has 120 possible clue(s) in existing crosswords.
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Definitions of muscle in various dictionaries:
noun - one of the contractile organs of the body
noun - animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells
noun - a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard
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| The sartorius, which flexes the thigh, is the body's longest one of these |
| It's any tissue that contracts & relaxes, causing movement of the limbs & other body parts |
| The stapedius in the middle ear is one of these that moves the stapes |
| The stapedius, the smallest of these, controls the stapes, the smallest bone |
| It's healthy to keep down your body fat, but not to the point of the Growleywogs, who are all bone, skin & this |
| In 1996 Gary Hack discovered the sphenomandibularis, a previously unknown one of these in the face |
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| Muscular strength: enough muscle to be a high jumper. |
| authority or power or force (especially when used in a coercive way) |
| animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells |
| one of the contractile organs of the body |
| a bully employed as a thug or bodyguard |
| make one's way by force |
| muscular strength |
| one of many tissues in the body that can tighten and relax to produce movement: |
| to injure a muscle by stretching it too far so that it is very painful: |
| the power to do difficult things or to make people behave in a certain way: |
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Muscle is a soft tissue found in most animals. Muscle cells contain protein filaments of actin and myosin that slide past one another, producing a contraction that changes both the length and the shape of the cell. Muscles function to produce force and motion. They are primarily responsible for maintaining and changing posture, locomotion, as well as movement of internal organs, such as the contraction of the heart and the movement of food through the digestive system via peristalsis. * Muscle tissues are derived from the mesodermal layer of embryonic germ cells in a process known as myogenesis. There are three types of muscle, skeletal or striated, cardiac, and smooth. Muscle action can be classified as being either voluntary or involuntary. Cardiac and smooth muscles contract without conscious thought and are termed involuntary, whereas the skeletal muscles contract upon command. Skeletal muscles in turn can be divided into fast and slow twitch fibers. * Muscles are predominantly power |