Word Meanings - WHIRLBONE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The huckle bone. The patella, or kneepan. Ainsworth.

Related words: (words related to WHIRLBONE)

• PATELLAR
  Of or pertaining to the patella, or kneepan.
• HUCKLE
  1. The hip; the haunch. 2. A bunch or part projecting like the hip. Huckle bone. The hip bone; the innominate bone. A small bone of the ankle; astragalus. Udall.
• HUCKLE-BACKED
  Round-shoulded.
• KNEEPAN
  A roundish, flattened, sesamoid bone in the tendon in front of the knee joint; the patella; the kneecap.
• PATELLA
  The kneepan; the cap of the knee. (more info) 1. A small dish, pan, or vase.
• HUCKLEBERRY
  The edible black or dark blue fruit of several species of the American genus Gaylussacia, shrubs nearly related to the blueberries , and formerly confused with them. The commonest huckelberry comes from G. resinosa. The shrub that bears
• CHUCKLEHEAD
  A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. Knowles.
• CHUCKLE
  Etym: 1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. Dryden. 2. To fondle; to cocker. Dryden.
• PAINSWORTHY
  Worth the pains o
• CHUCKLEHEADED
  Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart.