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Crural

Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring.

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Crus 74% connected

That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crus 74% connected

That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Crus 66% connected

That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Amphistylic adjective · 78% connection

Having the mandibular arch articulated with the hyoid arch and the cranium, as in the cestraciont sharks; -- said of a skull.

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Annular adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to, or having the form of, a ring; forming a ring; ringed; ring-shaped; as, annular fibers.

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Arch noun · 78% connection

Any place covered by an arch; an archway; as, to pass into the arch of a bridge.

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Arched adjective · 78% connection

Made with an arch or curve; covered with an arch; as, an arched door.

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Bone noun · 78% connection

One of the pieces or parts of an animal skeleton; as, a rib or a thigh bone; a bone of the arm or leg; also, any fragment of bony subs…

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Circumflex adjective · 78% connection

Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other…

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Cope noun · 78% connection

Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door.

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Crown noun · 78% connection

The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

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Epithelium noun · 78% connection

The superficial layer of cells lining the alimentary canal and all its appendages, all glands and their ducts, blood vessels and lymph…

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Fauld noun · 78% connection

The arch over the dam of a blast furnace; the tymp arch.

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Femur noun · 78% connection

The proximal segment of the hind limb containing the thigh bone; the thigh. See Coxa.

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Gimbals noun · 78% connection

A contrivance for permitting a body to incline freely in all directions, or for suspending anything, as a barometer, ship's compass, c…

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Glossohyal adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining to both the hyoidean arch and the tongue; -- applied to the anterior segment of the hyoidean arch in many fishes. -- n. The…

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Ham noun · 78% connection

The thigh of any animal; especially, the thigh of a hog cured by salting and smoking.

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Heterocycle noun · 78% connection

a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

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Heterocyclic ring noun · 78% connection

a ring of atoms of more than one kind; especially a ring of carbon atoms containing at least one atom that is not carbon

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Hyomandibular adjective · 78% connection

Pertaining both to the hyoidean arch and the mandible or lower jaw; as, the hyomandibular bone or cartilage, a segment of the hyoid ar…

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Intercrural adjective · 78% connection

Between crura; -- applied especially to the interneural plates in the vertebral column of many cartilaginous fishes.

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