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Adnate
adjective · 78% connection
Growing with one side adherent to a stem; -- a term applied to the lateral zooids of corals and other compound animals.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Antero-
unknown · 78% connection
A combining form meaning anterior, front; as, antero-posterior, front and back; antero-lateral, front side, anterior and at the side.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Apse
noun · 78% connection
A projecting part of a building, esp. of a church, having in the plan a polygonal or semicircular termination, and, most often, projec…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Aversely
adverb · 78% connection
Backward; in a backward direction; as, emitted aversely.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Axis
noun · 78% connection
The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Backing
noun · 78% connection
The act of moving backward, or of putting or moving anything backward.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Balcony
noun · 78% connection
A platform projecting from the wall of a building, usually resting on brackets or consoles, and inclosed by a parapet; as, a balcony i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Beard
noun · 78% connection
A barb or sharp point of an arrow or other instrument, projecting backward to prevent the head from being easily drawn out.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Bumkin
noun · 78% connection
A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Centrum
noun · 78% connection
The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Crane
noun · 78% connection
A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral dista…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Dentated
adjective · 78% connection
Toothed; especially, with the teeth projecting straight out, not pointed either forward or backward; as, a dentate leaf.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Diapophysis
noun · 78% connection
The dorsal transverse, or tubercular, process of a vertebra. See Vertebra.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Dorsal
adjective · 78% connection
Pertaining to, or situated near, the back, or dorsum, of an animal or of one of its parts; notal; tergal; neural; as, the dorsal fin o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Dorsal vertebra
noun · 78% connection
one of 12 vertebrae in the human vertebral column; thoracic vertebrae extend from the seventh cervical vertebra down to the first lumb…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Fringe
noun · 78% connection
An ornamental appendage to the border of a piece of stuff, originally consisting of the ends of the warp, projecting beyond the woven…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Guy
noun · 78% connection
A rope, chain, or rod attached to anything to steady it; as: a rope to steady or guide an object which is being hoisted or lowered; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.
Haddock
noun · 78% connection
A marine food fish (Melanogrammus aeglefinus), allied to the cod, inhabiting the northern coasts of Europe and America. It has a dark…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: lateral, backward-projecting, dorsal, side, vertebra.