Isthmus

What do we mean by isthmus?

A narrow strip of land connecting two larger masses of land. noun

A narrow strip of tissue joining two larger organs or parts of an organ. noun

A narrow passage connecting two larger cavities. noun

In fishes, the lower part of the septum between the opposing gill-openings. It is supported and stiffened by the urohyal. noun

A narrow strip of land bordered by water and connecting two larger bodies of land, as two continents, a continent and a peninsula, or two parts of an island. noun

In botany and zoology, some connecting part or organ, especially when narrow or joining parts larger than itself. noun

The contracted passage from the cavity of the mouth into that of the pharynx. noun

A neck or narrow slip of land by which two continents are connected, or by which a peninsula is united to the mainland noun

See Fauces. noun

A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses. noun

Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures. noun

A cord-like tissue connecting two larger parts of an anatomical structure noun

A relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas noun

A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.

Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.

An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.

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Words that are spelled similarly to isthmus:
isthmus, istmus.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word isthmus:
zapotec, corinth, kra, karelia, karelian, panama, darien, dari, gyrus, oaxaca, suez, madre, leningrad, peninsula, catalina, nicaragua, spit, mainland, steamship, loch, portage, crimea, gibraltar, ceded, continuation, inlet, gulf, oblast, connects, finland, malay, finnish, connecting, canal, colombia, strait, guatemala, linking, harbour, honduras, prehistoric, cove, auckland, neck, caribbean, cooperative, scotia, bounded, confederation, narrow, seas, sierra, bay, madison, continent, pacific, shore, ocean, thailand, ago, athens, lake, nova, sailing, interchange, atlantic, harbor, brunswick, rica, width, sea, island, treaty, assists, mexico, soviet, coast, separated, border, islands, strip, settlements, railroad, offensive, sand, spain, wide, fleet, coffee, mail, mediterranean, costa, sailed, lies, passage.

Words that rhyme with isthmus:
christmas, father christmas, kiss miss, miss miss, swiss miss.

Adjectives that are often used to describe isthmus:
narrow, american, aortic, central, low, sandy, corinthian, karelian, whole, oropharyngeal, entire, pharyngeal, thyroid, panamanian, temporal, clyde, faucial, broad, tympanic, wide, southern, thin, lower, tubal, critical, flat, slender, rocky, caucasian, nasopharyngeal, awful, uterine, mountainous, mile, lying, northern, posterior, mexican, occlusal, solway, called, strategic, narrower, oviductal, tropical, mitral, eastern, velopharyngeal, proximal, renal, anterior, inferior, rhombencephalic, rugged, diastolic, median, tiny, artificial, submerged, nicaraguan, swampy, protected, duodenocolic, enlarged, subeustachian, elongated, constricted, septal, wooded, tricuspid, shaped, cervical, leucadian, fallopian, marshy, ridden, palatopharyngeal.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective isthmus:
route, region, transit, canal, area, women, railroad, wall, zapotec, line, society, question, people, years, towns, railway, culture, men, life, trade, routes, states, communities, junction, fever, rhombencephali, defences, woman, faucium, lines, history, position, intellectuals, front, land, zapotecs, south, country, sun, road, crossing, district, highway, independence, peasants, lordling, politics, forces, tabasco, passage, open, markets, dress, population, ridge, community, war, crude, movement, oflerapetra, fortifications, cities, town, fleet, travel, coast, cantinas, one, guard, regard, traffic, attitudes, passengers, citizens, ports, steamers, east, zone, climate, berdaches, today, heat, habitable, journey, dance, past, robberies, accounts, defects, households, hotel, production, papillose.

Consonant match to isthmus:
ice mass, ausmus.

Words that sound like isthmus:
isthmus, ismus, isness, issus, isas, istmus, ausmus, imis, ice mass, dismiss, emus, this mess, asus, isma, innes, esus, inus, asmus, ismay, usma, emass, isna, ismi, isis, amos, osis, amus, imus, acis, amas, osma, amase, osmose, asas, isus, osseous, omis, -osis, osus, osas, asthmas, esaias, amiss, assess, ines, acess, sms, asis, esis, innis, inis, emis, les mis, inness, bisnis, emmis, -esis, inniss, m s, christmas, business, immerse, amass, ima, christmass, amis, imma, emerse, emmaus, dismays, assis, inas, amess, decius, estus, eces, esma, cicis, emas, enas, amoss, ignace, icis, acinus, amice, byssus, dimos, esna, amyss, dismas, imss, cissus, asinus, esas, icea, ammas, esox, cymose, imaa, in house.