About The Word Hangnail
Learn about the word Hangnail to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Hangnail definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Hangnail
| Hangnail Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Hangnail?
[n] a loose narrow strip of skin near the base of a fingernail; tearing it produces a painful sore that is easily infected
Synonyms | Synonyms for Hangnail: agnail Related Terms | Find terms related to Hangnail: See Also | cutis | skin | tegument Hangnail In Webster's Dictionary \Hang"nail`\, n. [A corruption of agnail.]
A small piece or silver of skin which hangs loose, near the
root of finger nail. --Holloway.
|
More Crossword Puzzle Words
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Cross Word Of The Day
- Idle wheel ‐ a pulley on a shaft that presses against a guide belt to guide…
- Savin ‐ procumbent or…
- Cram full ‐ packed full to capacity; "chowder chockablock with pieces of…
- Lamb's lettuce ‐ widely cultivated as a salad crop and pot herb;…
- Bismarck sea ‐ World War II naval battle; Allied land-based bombers destroyed…
- Indiscriminating ‐ not…
- Astragalus danicus ‐ perennial of southern and western Europe having dense racemes…
- Coniferophytina ‐ cone-bearing gymnosperms dating from the Carboniferous period;…
- Unvaried ‐ not diversified [adj]…
- Animal group ‐ a group…