noun. The spinal column of a vertebrate.

noun. Any of various pointed projections, processes, or appendages of animals.

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noun. A strong, sharp-pointed outgrowth derived from a leaf or leaf part.

noun. Any of various similar sharp structures, such as a thorn.

noun. Something that resembles or suggests a backbone, as.

noun. The hinged back of a book.

noun. The crest of a ridge.

noun. Strength of character; courage or willpower.

noun. One of the quills of a harpsichord or spinet.

noun. Specifically, a sharp, columnar mass of solidified lava which was forced upward to a height of over 1,000 feet above the summit of Mount Pelée, Martinique, in 1903. See volcano, 1. It constituted a new phenomenon in vulcanology. See cut under cumulo-volcano.

noun. In botany, a stiff sharp-pointed process, containing more or less woody tissue, and originating in the degeneracy or modification of some organ.

noun. The backbone; the rachis, spina, or spinal column of a vertebrate.

noun. A name of some part in various animals.

noun. In much., any longitudinal ridge; a fin.

noun. In lace-making, a raised projection from the cordonnet: one of the varieties of pinwork; especially, one of many small points that project outward from the edge of the lace, forming a sort of fringe.

noun. The duramen or heartwood of trees: a ship-builders' term. See duramen.

noun. and hemal.

noun. A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.

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noun. A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.

noun. One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.

noun. The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebræ.

noun. Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.

noun. A person or thing's backbone; the series of bones collectively from one's (literal or figurative) head to tail or pelvis.

noun. A rigid, pointed surface protuberance or needle-like structure on an animal, shell, or plant.

noun. Courage or assertiveness.

noun. The narrow, bound edge of a book.

noun. a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin

noun. a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

noun. the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord

noun. the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved

noun. any sharply pointed projection

"For Tanzanian guide George Mavroudis, the animal most likely to send shivers up his spine is the African lion."

angular curvature of the spine  anterior superior spine of the ilium  backbone  concussion of the spine  ethmoidal spine  

send shivers down someone's spine  spina bifida  spinal  spinal canal  spinal column  

part  portion  projection  

Aline  Cline  Combine  Dine  Heine  

abdomen  backbone  belly  bone  buttock  

advocate  alpenstock  arm  athletic supporter  attenuate  

spined  spines  spining