Word Meanings - CRUS - Book Publishers vocabulary database
That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank. Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached
Additional info about word: CRUS
That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank. Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.
Related words: (words related to CRUS)
- APPLICABLE
Capable of being applied; fit or suitable to be applied; having relevance; as, this observation is applicable to the case under consideration. -- Ap"pli*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Ap"pli*ca*bly, adv. - APPLICATIVE
Having of being applied or used; applying; applicatory; practical. Bramhall. -- Ap"pli*ca*tive*ly, adv. - SHANKBEER
See SCHENKBEER - APPLICANCY
The quality or state of being applicable. - APPLICABILITY
The quality of being applicable or fit to be applied. - APPLICATORILY
By way of application. - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - ANKLED
Having ankles; -- used in composition; as, well-ankled. Beau. & Fl. - PLURAL
Relating to, or containing, more than one; designating two or more; as, a plural word. Plural faith, which is too much by one. Shak. Plural number , the number which designates more than one. See Number, n., 8. - PLURALIST
A clerk or clergyman who holds more than one ecclesiastical benefice. Of the parochial clergy, a large proportion were pluralists. Macaulay. - SHANKED
Having a shank. - ANKLE
The joint which connects the foot with the leg; the tarsus. Ankle bone, the bone of the ankle; the astragalus. (more info) ökkla, ökli, Dan. and Sw. ankel, D. enklaauw, enkel, G. enkel, and perh. OHG. encha, ancha thigh, shin: cf. Skr. anga limb, - DIAPHRAGM
The muscular and tendinous partition separating the cavity of the chest from that of the abdomen; the midriff. (more info) 1. A dividing membrane or thin partition, commonly with an opening through it. - OFTENNESS
Frequency. Hooker. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - SUPPOSURE
Supposition; hypothesis; conjecture. Hudibras. - PLURALIZER
A pluralist. - PLURALIZE
1. To make plural by using the plural termination; to attribute plurality to; to express in the plural form. 2. To multiply; to make manifold. - SUPPOSABLE
Capable of being supposed, or imagined to exist; as, that is not a supposable case. -- Sup*pos"a*ble*ness, n. -- Sup*pos"a*bly, adv. - PLURALITY
See PLURALITY (more info) 1. The state of being plural, or consisting of more than one; a number consisting of two or more of the same kind; as, a plurality of worlds; the plurality of a verb. - EQUICRURAL
Having equal legs or sides; isosceles. "Equicrural triangles." Sir T. Browne. - UNAPPLIABLE
Inapplicable. Milton. - REAPPLICATION
The act of reapplying, or the state of being reapplied. - SPINDLESHANKS
A person with slender shanks, or legs; -- used humorously or in contempt. - CRANKLE
To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle. Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips. - INAPPLICABILITY
The quality of being inapplicable; unfitness; inapplicableness. - BICRURAL
Having two legs. Hooker. - REATTACHMENT
The act of reattaching; a second attachment. - PRESUPPOSITION
1. The act of presupposing; an antecedent implication; presumption. 2. That which is presupposed; a previous supposition or surmise. - SHANK
See CHANK