spine (noun)
111porcupine wood — noun Etymology: so called from the resemblance of its markings to porcupine quills : the outer wood of the coconut palm * * * porcupine wood noun The wood of the coconut palm, from its spine like markings • • • Main Entry: ↑porcupine …
112shelf mark — noun : a character from a library s system of book arrangement usually appearing at the base of the spine of a book and used to indicate the shelf in a fixed location or the relative position of the book to others of its class in an expansive… …
113spiral binding — noun : mechanical binding in which a continuous spiral wire or plastic strip is passed through holes at the gutter margin * * * a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that… …
114acanthocephalan — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek akantha thorn, spine + kephalē head more at cephalic Date: circa 1889 spiny headed worm • acanthocephalan adjective …
115coelacanth — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek koilos hollow + akantha spine more at cave Date: 1857 any of an order (Coelacanthiformes) of lobe finned fishes known chiefly from Paleozoic and Mesozoic fossils …
116curvature — noun Date: 1603 1. the act of curving ; the state of being curved 2. a measure or amount of curving; specifically the rate of change of the angle through which the tangent to a curve turns in moving along the curve and which for a circle is equal …
117headband — noun Date: 1535 1. a band worn on or around the head 2. a narrow strip of cloth sewn or glued by hand to a book at the extreme ends of the spine …
118kundalini — noun Usage: often capitalized Etymology: Sanskrit kuṇḍalinī, from feminine of kuṇḍalin circular, coiled, from kuṇḍala ring Date: 1897 the yogic life force that is held to lie coiled at the base of the spine until it is aroused and sent to the… …
119kyphosis — noun Etymology: New Latin, from Greek kyphōsis, from kyphos humpbacked Date: 1847 exaggerated outward curvature of the thoracic region of the spine resulting in a rounded upper back compare lordosis • kyphotic adjective …
120loblolly pine — noun Date: 1760 a pine (Pinus taeda) of the southeastern United States with flaky bark, long needles in groups of three, and cones having spine tipped scales; also its coarse grained wood …
