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Spindle-shaped :: Spindleshanks (n.) A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt..

Cycloidei :: Cycloidei (n. pl.) An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial..

Pollicate :: Pollicate (a.) Having a curved projection or spine on the inner side of a leg joint; -- said of insects.

Rickets :: Rickets (n. pl.) A disease which affects children, and which is characterized by a bulky head, crooked spine and limbs, depressed ribs, enlarged and spongy articular epiphyses, tumid abdomen, and short stature, together with clear and often premature mental faculties. The essential cause of the disease appears to be the nondeposition of earthy salts in the osteoid tissues. Children afflicted with this malady stand and walk unsteadily. Called also rachitis..

Spinel :: Spine-finned (a.) Having fine supported by spinous fin rays; -- said of certain fishes.

Rasping :: Rasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Ras.

Lispingly :: Lispingly (adv.) With a lisp; in a lisping manner.

Jenny :: "Jenny (n.) A machine for spinning a number of threads at once, -- used in factories..

Infraspinal :: Infraspinal (a.) Below the vertebral column, subvertebral..

Ink :: Ink (n.) The step, or socket, in which the lower end of a millstone spindle runs..

Spindle :: Spindle (n.) The long, round, slender rod or pin in spinning wheels by which the thread is twisted, and on which, when twisted, it is wound; also, the pin on which the bobbin is held in a spinning machine, or in the shuttle of a loom..

Echinulate :: Echinulate (a.) Set with small spines or prickles.

Toe :: Toe (n.) The journal, or pivot, at the lower end of a revolving shaft or spindle, which rests in a step..

Bridgepot :: Bridgepot (n.) The adjustable socket, or step, of a millstone spindle..

Spindlelegs :: Spindle-legged (a.) Having long, slender legs..

Caltrap :: Caltrap (n.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylleae, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle..

Fusiform :: Fusiform (a.) Shaped like a spindle; tapering at each end; as, a fusiform root; a fusiform cell..

Crisping :: Crisping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Cris.

Vertebra :: Vertebra (n.) One of the serial segments of the spinal column.

Hasping :: Hasping (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Has.

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