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innards
CIDE DICTIONARY
innards, n.
The internal organs of an animal collectively especially those in the abdominal cavity. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
innards, n.pl. colloq.
1 entrails.
2 works (of an engine etc.).
1 entrails.
2 works (of an engine etc.).
Etymology
dial. etc. pronunc. of inwards: see INWARD n.
THESAURUS
innards
abdomen, action, anus, appendix, blind gut, bowels, brain, cecum, census, clockworks, colon, composition, constituents, content, contents, divisions, drive train, duodenum, elements, endocardium, entrails, foregut, gear, giblets, gizzard, guts, heart, hindgut, index, ingredients, inner mechanism, insides, internals, intestine, inventory, inwards, items, jejunum, kidney, kishkes, large intestine, list, liver, liver and lights, lung, machinery, mechanism, midgut, motion, movement, movements, part, parts, perineum, power train, pump, pylorus, rectum, servomechanism, small intestine, spleen, stomach, stuffing, ticker, tripes, vermiform appendix, viscera, vitals, watchworks, wheels, wheels within wheels, whole, workings, worksFor further exploring for "innards" in Webster Dictionary Online