Spina

Acceptable For Game Play - UK word list

This word is acceptable for play in the UK dictionary that is being used in the following games:

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In zoöl. and anat.:
  • n. A spine, in any sense.
  • n. The Spine, or spinal column; the backbone: more fully called spina dorsalis or spina dorsi, also columna spinalis.
  • n. In ornithology, a genus of fringilline birds, the type of which is S. lesbia of southern Europe. Kaup, 1829. Also called Buscarla. See Spinus.
  • n. In Roman antiquity, a barrier dividing the hippodrome longitudinally, about which the racers turned.
  • n. One of the quills of a spinet or similar instrument.
  • n. A slender projection from the upper, median portion of a bird's sternum, just between the articulations of the coracoids.
    • Word Usage
    "The baby had suffered from a condition commonly known as spina bifida and was severely deformed."
    Cross Reference
    summer spinacn    spina frontalis    spina helicis    spina ventosa    spina dorsalis   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Albertina    Albina    Alina    Altadena    Angelina   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bifida    adhibita    bocca    giova    Pelli   
     
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