Word Meanings - INTERSTERNAL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Between the sternal; -- said of certain membranes or parts of insects and crustaceans.

Related words: (words related to INTERSTERNAL)

• STERNAL
  Of or pertaining to the sternum; in the region of the sternum. Sternal ribs. See the Note under Rib, n., 1.
• CERTAINTY
  Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly. (more info) 1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain. The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames. 2. A fact or truth
• CERTAINNESS
  Certainty.
• CERTAIN
  1. Certainty. Gower. 2. A certain number or quantity. Chaucer.
• BETWEEN
  betweónum; prefix be- by + a form fr. AS. twa two, akin to Goth. 1. In the space which separates; betwixt; as, New York is between Boston and Philadelphia. 2. Used in expressing motion from one body or place to another; from one to another of
• CERTAINLY
  Without doubt or question; unquestionably.
• ASCERTAINMENT
  The act of ascertaining; a reducing to certainty; a finding out by investigation; discovery. The positive ascertainment of its limits. Burke.
• ASCERTAINABLE
  That may be ascertained. -- As`cer*tain"a*ble*ness, n. -- As`cer*tain"a*bly, adv.
• SUPRASTERNAL
  Situated above, or anterior to, the sternum.
• UNCERTAINTY
  1. The quality or state of being uncertain. 2. That which is uncertain; something unknown. Our shepherd's case is every man's case that quits a moral certainty for an uncertainty. L'Estrange.
• LATISTERNAL
  Having a broad breastbone, or sternum; -- said of anthropoid apes.
• UNCERTAINLY
  In an uncertain manner.
• GO-BETWEEN
  An intermediate agent; a broker; a procurer; -- usually in a disparaging sense. Shak.
• METASTERNAL
  Of or pertaining to the metasternum.
• INCERTAIN
  Uncertain; doubtful; unsteady. -- In*cer"tain*ly, adv. Very questionable and of uncertain truth. Sir T. Browne.
• HESTERN; HESTERNAL
  Pertaining to yesterday. See Yester, a. Ld. Lytton.
• MESOSTERNAL
  Of or pertaining to the mesosternum.
• ASTERNAL
  Not sternal; -- said of ribs which do not join the sternum.
• ASCERTAINER
  One who ascertains.
• INFRASTERNAL
  Below the sternum; as, the infrasternal depression, or pit of the stomach.
• OMOSTERNAL
  Of or pertaining to the omosternum.
• INCERTAINTY
  Uncertainty. Shak.