Spinous

What do we mean by spinous?

Resembling a spine or thorn. adjective

Having spines or similar projections; spiny. adjective

In zoology and anatomy:

Having spines; spiny; spinigerous or spiniferous.

Shaped like a spine; spiniform; having the character of a spine; sharp or pointed: as, a spinous process of bone. See spinose.

In botany, same as spinose.

Spinose; thorny. adjective

Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike. adjective

The dorsal process of the neural arch of a vertebra; a neurapophysis. adjective

Having many spines. adjective

Of a person, difficult to deal with, prickly. adjective

Of a subject, providing many difficulties, thorny. adjective

Shaped like a spine or thorn adjective

Having spines adjective

Having many spines.

Spine-like; spiny.

Of a person: difficult to deal with, prickly.

Of a subject: providing many difficulties, thorny.

Having a sharp projection.

Words that are spelled similarly to spinous:
spinous, spinout, spicous, spinus, spitous, spinors, spinosus, spinouts.

Words that rhyme with spinous:
sinus, minus, aquinas, dryness, highness, shyness, vinous, fineness, linus, wryness, slyness, pinus, schinus, shiness, spinus, ninus, blinis, thomas aquinas, nighness, coronary sinus, venous sinus, cavernous sinus, frontal sinus, saint thomas aquinas, transverse sinus, straight sinus, gynous, flyness, align us, assign us, confine us, consign us, define us, design us, incline us, line us, malign us, refine us, sign us, undermine us.

Adjectives that are often used to describe spinous:
first, upper, more, tegument, long, joint, anterior, short, lumbar, dorsal, coarsely, anal, thoracic, less, cervical, densely, lower, adjacent, outer, body, bristle, sparsely, posterior, reticulated, superior, cirrus, 1st, medial, finely, pectoral, infra, horny, granular, uneven, distinct, separate, strong, incipiently, lengthened, fifth, bifid, equal, soft.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective spinous:
process, processes, dorsal, layer, fin, portion, fossa, cells, rays, ligament, ligaments, fractures, section, bristle, points, figure, projections, bristles, layers, tubercles, fracture, ray, wiring, ridge, fig, fins, fishes, foramen, wires, fish, fossae, projection, scales, portions, edges, setae, tubercle, hairs, armature, leaves, teeth, tip, cell, plates, shrub, diameter, neurons, tips, tenderness, apophysis, puncture, keratinocytes, eyelid, present, crest, dislocation, ridges, brakes, anal, dusky, protuberances, tick, proc, facet, keel, distal, capsule, fusion, outgrowths, shark, tilt.

Consonant match to spinous:
spinus, spin us, spun us.

Words that sound like spinous:
spinous, spinus, spumous, spinach, spinneys, spinnies, spence, spens, spareness, spins, sinus, spineless, openness, spinners, spinny, spina, spinney, sappiness, spinks, cenus, spana, spanos, soppiness, spinnen, sanus, spryness, spanless, soupiness, spinoffs, cymose, cns, senis, cenis, senesce, spinning, spanish, spinnin, spends, spinet, sponges, sourness, cnas, spunks, spences, simis, speno, spanisch, souness, spin, since, sickness, speeches, spacious, spines, spinner, specious, sinless, spanks, spiny, spans, sinuous, spawns, spinage, cinna, cygnus, snus, saunas, spinoza, spanners, spics, spinoff, spano, spicks, sonos, spinneret, spino, spin-off, spinnerets, somnus, spis, spinosa, spicous, spinout, spin out, spinne, spiss, spini, spin off, spawny, cine-, sinas, spinto, soleness, cyna, spinachy, sanas, senas, sapidness, spinat, spinels.