Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of limb is as below...

Strappado :: Strappado (n.) A military punishment formerly practiced, which consisted in drawing an offender to the top of a beam and letting him fall to the length of the rope, by which means a limb was often dislocated..

Numb :: Numb (a.) Enfeebled in, or destitute of, the power of sensation and motion; rendered torpid; benumbed; insensible; as, the fingers or limbs are numb with cold..

Limbous :: Limbous (a.) With slightly overlapping borders; -- said of a suture.

Scandent :: Scandent (a.) Climbing.

Swerve :: Swerve (v. i.) To climb or move upward by winding or turning.

Cheiroptera :: Cheiroptera (n. pl.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat..

Abduct :: Abduct (v. t.) To draw away, as a limb or other part, from its ordinary position..

Stiff :: Stiff (superl.) Not easily bent; not flexible or pliant; not limber or flaccid; rigid; firm; as, stiff wood, paper, joints..

Disproportionate :: Disproportionate (a.) Not proportioned; unsymmetrical; unsuitable to something else in bulk, form, value, or extent; out of proportion; inadequate; as, in a perfect body none of the limbs are disproportionate; it is wisdom not to undertake a work disproportionate means..

Regeneration :: Regeneration (n.) The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs..

Cobaea :: Cobaea (n.) A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. C. scandens is a conservatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers..

Unlimber :: Unlimber (v. t.) To detach the limber from; as, to unlimber a gun..

Brachium :: Brachium (n.) The upper arm; the segment of the fore limb between the shoulder and the elbow.

Ramp :: Ramp (v. i.) To climb, as a plant; to creep up..

Alpinist :: Alpinist (n.) A climber of the Alps.

Limb :: Limb (v. t.) To supply with limbs.

Exertion :: Exertion (n.) The act of exerting, or putting into motion or action; the active exercise of any power or faculty; an effort, esp. a laborious or perceptible effort; as, an exertion of strength or power; an exertion of the limbs or of the mind; it is an exertion for him to move, to-day..

Ichthyopterygium :: Ichthyopterygium (n.) The typical limb, or lateral fin, of fishes..

Circle :: Circle (n.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle..

Anabas :: Anabas (n.) A genus of fishes, remarkable for their power of living long out of water, and of making their way on land for considerable distances, and for climbing trees; the climbing fishes..

Random Fonts

Most Popular