Definition of cheek

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Cheek (n.) The cheek bone.

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Doorcheek :: Doorcheek (n.) The jamb or sidepiece of a door.
Viz-cacha :: Viz-cacha (n.) A large burrowing South American rodent (Lagostomus trichodactylus) allied to the chinchillas, but much larger. Its fur is soft and rather long, mottled gray above, white or yellowish white beneath. There is a white band across the muzzle, and a dark band on each cheek. It inhabits grassy plains, and is noted for its extensive burrows and for heaping up miscellaneous articles at the mouth of its burrows. Called also biscacha, bizcacha, vischacha, vishatscha..
Glow :: Glow (n.) Brightness or warmth of color; redness; a rosy flush; as, the glow of health in the cheeks..
Dimple :: Dimple (n.) A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin..
Cheeked :: Cheeked (a.) Having a cheek; -- used in composition.
Parrot :: Parrot (n.) Any species of Psittacus, Chrysotis, Pionus, and other genera of the family Psittacidae, as distinguished from the parrakeets, macaws, and lories. They have a short rounded or even tail, and often a naked space on the cheeks. The gray parrot, or jako (P. erithacus) of Africa (see Jako), and the species of Amazon, or green, parrots (Chrysotis) of America, are examples. Many species, as cage birds, readily learn to imitate sounds, and to repeat words and phrases..
Lore :: Lore (n.) The anterior portion of the cheeks of insects.
Ape :: Ape (n.) A quadrumanous mammal, esp. of the family Simiadae, having teeth of the same number and form as in man, and possessing neither a tail nor cheek pouches. The name is applied esp. to species of the genus Hylobates, and is sometimes used as a general term for all Quadrumana. The higher forms, the gorilla, chimpanzee, and ourang, are often called anthropoid apes or man apes..
Bullfinch :: Bullfinch (n.) A bird of the genus Pyrrhula and other related genera, especially the P. vulgaris / rubicilla, a bird of Europe allied to the grosbeak, having the breast, cheeks, and neck, red..
Snaffle :: Snaffle (n.) A kind of bridle bit, having a joint in the part to be placed in the mouth, and rings and cheek pieces at the ends, but having no curb; -- called also snaffle bit..
Wang :: Wang (n.) The jaw, jawbone, or cheek bone..
Buccal :: Buccal (a.) Of or pertaining to the mouth or cheeks.
Baggy :: Baggy (a.) Resembling a bag; loose or puffed out, or pendent, like a bag; flabby; as, baggy trousers; baggy cheeks..
Cherry :: Cherry (a.) Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks..
Blushing :: Blushing (n.) The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.
Noctilionid :: Noctilionid (n.) A South American bat of the genus Noctilio, having cheek pouches and large incisor teeth..
Blush :: Blush (n.) A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty..
Beblubber :: Beblubber (v. t.) To make swollen and disfigured or sullied by weeping; as, her eyes or cheeks were beblubbered..
Vermilion :: Vermilion (n.) Hence, a red color like the pigment; a lively and brilliant red; as, cheeks of vermilion..
Flush :: Flush (v. i.) To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush..
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