Spine
81spine-chilling — adj terrifying; causing great fear. Many children find the movie, Frankenstein, spine chilling. A was spine chilling to learn that a murderer was in our neighborhood. Compare: hair stand on end …
82spine-tingling — adj Very exciting; thrilling. Our ride up the mountain in a chair lift was spine tingling. The children s plane ride was a spine tingling adventure to them …
83spine-chilling — adjective a spine chilling story or film is very frightening in a way that people enjoy spine chiller noun (C) …
84spine-chilling — adj frightening, hair raising, horrifying, scary, terrifying, bloodcurdling, eerie COLLOQ. spooky * * * ˈspine chilling adjective (of a book, film/movie, etc.) frightening in an exciting way Derived Word: ↑ …
85Spine (zoology) — A spine is a hard, thorny or needle like structure which occurs on various animals. Animals such as porcupines and sea urchins grow spines as a self defense mechanism. Spines are often formed of keratin. Other animals with spines are hedgehogs… …
86spine base — (BRYOZOA) A collar like skeletal inflation at the base of a spine …
87spine, curvature of the — ▪ pathology any of a group of deviations of the normal spinal curvature, including scoliosis, lordosis, and kyphosis. Scoliosis is a lateral, or sideways, deviation of the spine, or vertebral column. The condition usually includes two …
88spine-chilling — adjective Inducing fear or nervousness, frequently a work of fiction. Mother thought the spine chilling ghost film could give her children nightmares …
89spine row — (Order Isopoda): Spinose lobe on the mandible, between the molar and incisor processes [Wetzer et al. 1997]. ( ) Nomenclature of isopod cephalon (A). Examples of isopod mouth appendages: Idoteidae (B, C, F, H); Cirolanidae (D, E, G, I). [Wetzer… …
90spine sign — reluctance to flex the spine anteriorly, owing to pain, a sign of poliomyelitis or meningitis …
