Word Meanings - ISCHIOCAPSULAR - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament.

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• ISCHIOCAPSULAR
  Of or pertaining to the ischium and the capsule of the hip joint; as, the ischiocapsular ligament.
• JOINTWEED
  A slender, nearly leafless, American herb (Polygonum articulatum), with jointed spikes of small flowers.
• JOINTURELESS
  Having no jointure.
• JOINTING
  The act or process of making a joint; also, the joints thus produced. Jointing machine, a planing machine for wood used in furniture and piano factories, etc. -- Jointing plane. See Jointer, 2. -- Jointing rule , a long straight rule,
• JOINT
  A plane of fracture, or divisional plane, of a rock transverse to the stratification. (more info) 1. The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting
• PERTAIN
  stretch out, reach, pertain; per + tenere to hold, keep. See Per-, 1. To belong; to have connection with, or dependence on, something, as an appurtenance, attribute, etc.; to appertain; as, saltness pertains to the ocean; flowers pertain to plant
• JOINTURESS
  See BOUVIER
• JOINTED
  Having joints; articulated; full of nodes; knotty; as, a jointed doll; jointed structure. "The jointed herbage." J. Philips. -- Joint"ed*ly, adv.
• LIGAMENT
  1. Anything that ties or unites one thing or part to another; a bandage; a bond. Hawthorne. Interwoven is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts. Washington. A tough band or plate of dense, fibrous, connective tissue or
• CAPSULE
  a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc. A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier. a small,
• JOINTER
  1. One who, or that which, joints. 2. A plane for smoothing the surfaces of pieces which are to be accurately joined; especially: The longest plane used by a joiner. A long stationary plane, for plaining the edges of barrel staves. A bent piece
• JOINTWORM
  The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly , which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop.
• JOINTLESS
  Without a joint; rigid; stiff.
• LIGAMENTAL; LIGAMENTOUS
  Composing a ligament; of the nature of a ligament; binding; as, a strong ligamentous membrane.
• JOINTLY
  In a joint manner; together; unitedly; in concert; not separately. Then jointly to the ground their knees they bow. Shak.
• JOINTRESS
  A woman who has a jointure. Blackstone.
• JOINTURE
  An estate settled on a wife, which she is to enjoy after husband's decease, for her own life at least, in satisfaction of dower. The jointure that your king must make, Which with her dowry shall be counterpoised. Shak. (more info) 1. A joining;
• JOINT-FIR
  A genus of leafless shrubs, with the stems conspicuously jointed; -- called also shrubby horsetail. There are about thirty species, of which two or three are found from Texas to California.
• UNJOINT
  To disjoint.
• TWO-CAPSULED
  Having two distinct capsules; bicapsular.
• STRAIGHT-JOINT
  Having straight joints. Specifically: Applied to a floor the boards of which are so laid that the joints form a continued line transverse to the length of the boards themselves. Brandle & C. In the United States, applied to planking or flooring
• DISJOINT
  Disjointed; unconnected; -- opposed to conjoint. Milton.
• UNJOINTED
  Having no joint or articulation; as, an unjointed stem. (more info) 1. Disjointed; unconnected; hence, incoherent. Shak. 2. Etym:
• DISJOINTED
  Separated at the joints; disconnected; incoherent. -- Dis*joint"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis*joint"ed*ness, n.
• LAP-JOINTED
  Having a lap joint, or lap joints, as many kinds of woodwork and metal work.
• REJOINT
  1. To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. Barrow. 2. Specifically , to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. Gwilt.
• CONJOINTLY
  In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne.
• SHORT-JOINTED
  Having short intervals between the joints; -- said of a plant or an animal, especially of a horse whose pastern is too short.
• WATER JOINT
  A joint in a stone pavement where the stones are left slightly higher than elsewhere, the rest of the surface being sunken or dished. The raised surface is intended to prevent the settling of water in the joints.
• BACKJOINT
  A rebate or chase in masonry left to receive a permanent slab or other filling.