Английские слова, начинающиеся на spi - страница 4

adjective

A latin word meaning "of the spine" (= the column of bones down the back), used in medical names and descriptions

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The erector spinae muscles

adjective

Relating to the spine.

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Spinal injuries

noun

The spine

noun

Part of a group of muscles and tendons close to the spine

noun

A slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff.

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There'll always be a huge demand here for raw wool from australia, provided we can keep the spindle…

noun

A slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff.

Примеры использования:

There'll always be a huge demand here for raw wool from australia, provided we can keep the spindle…

noun

A slender rounded rod with tapered ends used in hand spinning to twist and wind thread from a mass of wool or flax held on a distaff.

Примеры использования:

There'll always be a huge demand here for raw wool from australia, provided we can keep the spindle…

adjective

Long or tall and thin.

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Spindly arms and legs

adjective

Long or tall and thin.

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Spindly arms and legs

adjective

Long or tall and thin.

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He rears up on his spindling legs

adjective

Long or tall and thin.

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Spindly arms and legs

noun

Spray blown from the crests of waves by the wind.

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From the dark geometrical precision of its bridge, ghyll beck lopes downhill in long slants of wate…

noun

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.

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A soft voice that sent a shiver down her spine

adjective

Very frightening

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He told them a spine-chilling ghost story.

adjective

Very special and exciting

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Watching bolt win the olympic hundred metres was one of those spine-tingling moments.

noun

A hard glassy mineral occurring as octahedral crystals of variable colour and consisting chiefly of magnesium and aluminium oxides.

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Legendary for its blood-red rubies and spinels, the mogok stone tract of northern myanmar also prod…

adjective

Having no spine or backbone; invertebrate.

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It remains a lifeless and spineless human creation.

adverb

In a way that shows a lack of determination and an unwillingness to take any risks

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He spinelessly agrees to her suggestion., she believes the government spinelessly ducked the issue …

noun

Behaviour that shows a lack of determination and an unwillingness to take any risks

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They fail to carry out their responsibilities out of sheer spinelessness., not even her worst enemy…

noun

A hard glassy mineral occurring as octahedral crystals of variable colour and consisting chiefly of magnesium and aluminium oxides.

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Legendary for its blood-red rubies and spinels, the mogok stone tract of northern myanmar also prod…

noun

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.

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A soft voice that sent a shiver down her spine

noun

A small harpsichord with the strings set obliquely to the keyboard, popular in the 18th century.

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In the spinet, the strings run obliquely away from the player, producing a wing-shaped case, or a t…

noun

Any of a number of birds with pointed feather tips projecting beyond the tail.

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There are two subfamilies of swifts: 13 species of cypseloidinae (primitive american swifts) and 79…

noun

A small harpsichord with the strings set obliquely to the keyboard, popular in the 18th century.

Примеры использования:

In the spinet, the strings run obliquely away from the player, producing a wing-shaped case, or a t…

adjective

Full of or covered with prickles.

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A spiny cactus