Spine is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SPINE in dictionary:

NOUN:
• the vertebral column
• a series of vertebrae extending from the skull to the small of the back, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen; the backbone
• the central feature or main source of strength of something
• resolution or strength of character.
• a linear pay scale operated by some large organizations that allows flexibility for local and specific conditions.
• a tall mass of viscous lava extruded from a volcano
• A sharp appendage to any of a plant; a thorn.
• A rigid and sharp projection upon any part of an animal.
• One of the rigid and undivided fin rays of a fish.
• The backbone, or spinal column, of an animal; -- so called from the projecting processes upon the vertebrae.
• Anything resembling the spine or backbone; a ridge.
• the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord
• any sharply pointed projection
• a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf
• 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
• a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin
• backbone
• the part of a book's jacket or cover that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's name.
• any hard, pointed defensive projection or structure, such as a prickle of a hedgehog, a spike-like projection on a sea urchin, a sharp ray in a fish's fin, or a spike on the stem of a plant.

Words related to SPINE

backbone18 spina7 spined9 spinelike15 spines8

How to use SPINE in a sentence

• Billie sat up in bed suddenly with the familiar chilly feeling up and down her spine and her hair showing a tendency to pull away from her prickly scalp.
• He was conscious of a chill in the spine as he dwelt on the awful fate which he had escaped.
• Take the dog on the grass while dusting, and begin along the spine.
• I had a cold chill down my spine as I realized that it was not so easy as I had thought to separate myself from Life.
• Every rib could be counted and every joint of the spine, though Mistress Mary did not count them as she bent over and examined them with a solemn savage little face.
• The spine projects back in a thick mass, and terminates in a spatula-shaped tail, naked and scale-form.
• I could feel it distinctly making efforts to crawl behind my spine.
• Backward and yet backward the man bent until it seemed that his spine must snap.
• These have at times a strange, shivering resonance, like an old violin whose notes ripple down your spine.
• This had been penetrated by a bullet, which had entered his body close to his spine.
• The nervous system cannot be maintained at its best unless the spine is held reasonably erect.
• Furthermore, it is absolutely essential that an erect position of the spine be kept in mind continually.
• Now, the maintenance of a strong and erect spine, and especially of the normal curves of youth is most important.
• If one has only very little time each day to devote to exercise, then it would pay him best to give that time to movements which will strengthen and stimulate the spine.
• Incidentally the practice of exercises for improving the spine and giving one the proper erect carriage has a very marked effect upon the chest.
• In spite of herself a little shiver ran down the spine of the girl.
• After a while a shiver passed along his spine, and then he became warm and felt sleepy.
• Bind it tightly with a strong thread and through its center run the spine.
• They thought it might be something wrong with his spine.
• Limping, his pot-hanger spine all arched, the animal hurries slowly, and tries vainly to go faster than the pebbles.
• I felt a cold chill creep down my spine as he passed behind me on these errands.
• She could not mount the stairs on account of her weak spine.
• The following morning his two brothers set out in search and soon found him dead, bitten through the spine in the neck, evidently by a bear.

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