About The Word Spiny
Learn about the word Spiny to help solve your crossword puzzle. Discover Spiny definitions and meaning, origins, synonyms, related terms and more at the free Crossword Dictionary.
Spiny
| Spiny Definition And Meaning |
|---|
What's The Definition Of Spiny?
[adj] having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns etc.; "a horse with a short bristly mane"; "bristly shrubs"; "burred fruits"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Spiny: armed | barbed | barbellate | briary | briery | bristled | bristly | burred | burry | prickly | thorny Related Terms | Find terms related to Spiny: See Also | Spiny In Webster's Dictionary \Spin"y\, a. [From {Spine}.]
1. Full of spines; thorny; as, a spiny tree.
2. Like a spine in shape; slender. ``Spiny grasshoppers sit
chirping.'' --Chapman.
3. Fig.: Abounding with difficulties or annoyances.
The spiny deserts of scholastic philosophy. --Bp.
Warburton.
{Spiny lobster}. (Zo["o]l.) Same as {Rock lobster}, under
{Rock}. See also {Lobster}.
\Spin"y\, n. See {Spinny}. |
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
- Disquiet ‐ the trait of seeming ill at ease [n] a feeling of mild anxiety…
- Privately held corporation ‐ a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no…
- Interface ‐ (physical chemistry) a surface forming a common boundary between…
- Freeze out ‐ change from a liquid to a solid when cold; "Water freezes at…
- Mizzen course ‐ the lowermost sail on a…
- Shock absorber ‐ a mechanical damper; absorbs energy of sudden impulses; "the…
- Lycopodium complanatum ‐ a variety…
- Policy-making ‐ concerned with policy, not…
- Pharmacopoeia ‐ a collection or…
- Femtosecond ‐ one quadrillionth of a second; one thousandth of a…