Phrase Hound found 43 phrases and 44 compound words that contain spine. The most common are listed below. Open spine in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 43
- cervical spinevertebrae of the neck; in humans, the seven vertebrae below the skull that protect the spinal cord
- lumbar spinevertebrae of the lower back
- spine boardA rigid carrying surface for an injured person, designed to prevent the movement of the spine during transportation in order to prevent further damage to it.
- C-spineA neckbrace.
- neural spineThe spinous process of a vertebra.
- railway spineA nineteenth-century diagnosis for the post-traumatic symptoms of passengers involved in railroad accidents.
- send shivers down someone's spineTo terrify; to make someone feel extremely nervous.
- thoracic spinevertebrae of the thorax; in humans, the twelve vertebrae of the chest
- spine pigPorcupine.
- dendritic spineA small membranous protrusion from the dendrite of a neuron that typically receives input from a single axon at the synapse.
- spine-chillersplural of spine-chiller: A work of fiction that induces fear or nervousness.
- spine-tailed swiftSynonym of white-throated needletail (Hirundapus caudacutus).
- anterior superior iliac spineA projection at the anterior end of the iliac crest.
- spine-tinglingScary, exciting or exhilarating.
- spine-chillingInducing fear or nervousness; frequently used of a work of fiction.
- drop-spineOf a kind of box for storing a book: designed to lie flat when open.
- L-spineThe lumbar spine.
- pay spineA tiered range of salaries for different jobs or for those who have been in a job for differing amounts of time.
- spine boardsplural of spine board: A rigid carrying surface for an injured person, designed to prevent the movement of the spine during transportation in order to prevent further damage to it.
- spine plotA kind of mosaic plot for only two variables, somewhat resembling a bar chart, but using the width of each bar to express proportion.
- spine plotsplural of spine plot: A kind of mosaic plot for only two variables, somewhat resembling a bar chart, but using the width of each bar to express proportion.
- spine roadA central road from which other streets radiate.
- spine roadsplural of spine road: A central road from which other streets radiate.
- spine-billAlternative form of spinebill: Either of the Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus, types of honeyeaters.
- spine-billsplural of spine-bill: Either of the Australian birds of the genus Acanthorhynchus, types of honeyeaters.
Compound words 44
- spinetailAny of several species of swifts of Apodinae, having shafts of the tailfeathers terminate in rigid spines.
- spinousHaving many spines.
- interspineBetween spines.
- despineTo remove the spines from a plant.
- fourspineHaving four spines; used in the names of species.
- spinophilinA regulatory subunit of protein phosphatase-1 catalytic subunit, highly enriched in dendritic spines.
- finspineA bony structure supporting the fins in some fish
- flatspineHaving a flat spine; used in the names of various organisms.
- holospineThe entire spine
- microspineA very small spine (sharp protrudence)