Word Meanings - SUBSPINOUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Subvertebral. Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.

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• PROCESSIVE
  Proceeding; advancing. Because it is language, -- ergo, processive. Coleridge.
• PROCESSIONALIST
  One who goes or marches in a procession.
• HUMERUS
  The bone of the brachium, or upper part of the arm or fore limb. The part of the limb containing the humerus; the brachium.
• SCAPULARY
  See A
• SITUATE
  To place. Landor.
• PROCESSIONARY
  Pertaining to a procession; consisting in processions; as, processionary service. Processionary moth , any moth of the genus Cnethocampa, especially C. processionea of Europe, whose larvæ make large webs on oak trees, and go out to feed in regular
• DISLOCATION
  The displacement of parts of rocks or portions of strata from the situation which they originally occupied. Slips, faults, and the like, are dislocations. (more info) 1. The act of displacing, or the state of being displaced. T. Burnet.
• SUBSPINOUS
  Subvertebral. Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus.
• BENEATH
  1. Lower in place, with something directly over or on; under; underneath; hence, at the foot of. "Beneath the mount." Ex. xxxii.
• SITUATE; SITUATED
  1. Having a site, situation, or location; being in a relative position; permanently fixed; placed; located; as, a town situated, or situate, on a hill or on the seashore. 2. Placed; residing. Pleasure situate in hill and dale. Milton. Note: Situate
• SUBVERTEBRAL
  Situated beneath, or on the ventral side of, the vertebral column; situated beneath, or inside of, the endoskeleton; hypaxial; hyposkeletal.
• PROCESSIONING
  A proceeding prescribed by statute for ascertaining and fixing the boundaries of land. See 2d Procession. Bouvier.
• PROCESS PLATE
  A plate prepared by a mechanical process, esp. a photomechanical process. A very slow photographic plate, giving good contrasts between high lights and shadows, used esp. for making lantern slides.
• PROCESSIONAL
  Of or pertaining to a procession; consisting in a procession. The processional services became more frequent. Milman.
• PROCESSIONER
  1. One who takes part in a procession. 2. A manual of processions; a processional. Fuller.
• SCAPULA
  The principal bone of the shoulder girdle in mammals; the shoulder blade.
• PROCESS
  Any marked prominence or projecting part, especially of a bone; anapophysis. (more info) 1. The act of proceeding; continued forward movement; procedure; progress; advance. "Long process of time." Milton. The thoughts of men are widened with the
• SCAPULAR; SCAPULARY
  A bandage passing over the shoulder to support it, or to retain another bandage in place. (more info) A loose sleeveless vestment falling in front and behind, worn by certain religious orders and devout persons. The name given to two pieces of
• PROCESSION
  An orderly and ceremonial progress of persons, either from the sacristy to the choir, or from the choir around the church, within or without. Shipley. 4. pl. (more info) 1. The act of proceeding, moving on, advancing, or issuing; regular, orderly,
• SPINOUS
  1. Spinose; thorny. 2. Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike. Spinous process of a vertebra , the dorsal process of the neural arch of a vertebra; a neurapophysis.
• PRESCAPULA
  The part of the scapula in front of, or above, the spine, or mesoscapula.
• SUBSCAPULAR; SUBSCAPULARY
  Situated beneath the scapula; infrascapular; as, the subscapular muscle.
• SUPERSPINOUS
  Supraspinuos.
• INFRASCAPULAR
  Beneath the scapula, or shoulder blade; subscapular.
• ACID PROCESS
  That variety of either the Bessemer or the open-hearth process in which the converter or hearth is lined with acid, that is, highly siliceous, material. Opposed to basic process.
• SUPRASPINATE; SUPRASPINOUS
  Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula.
• BARREL PROCESS
  A process of extracting gold or silver by treating the ore in a revolving barrel, or drum, with mercury, chlorine, cyanide solution, or other reagent.
• BASIC PROCESS
  A Bessemer or open-hearth steel-making process in which a lining that is basic, or not siliceous, is used, and additions of basic material are made to the molten charge during treatment. Opposed to acid process, above. Called also Thomas process.
• PAYNE'S PROCESS
  A process for preserving timber and rendering it incombustible by impregnating it successively with solutions of sulphate of iron and calcium chloride in vacuo. --Payn"ize, v. t.
• FLOTATION PROCESS
  A process of separating the substances contained in pulverized ore or the like by depositing the mixture on the surface of a flowing liquid, the substances that are quickly wet readily overcoming the surface tension of the liquid and sinking, the