Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Something added or attached to an entity of greater importance or size; an adjunct.
- n. Biology A part or organ, such as an arm, leg, tail, or fin, that is joined to the axis or trunk of a body.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. That which is appended to something as a proper part of it; a subordinate attached part of anything. Specifically— In anatomy and zoology, any limb, member, or peripheral part of the body diverging from the axial trunk; an appended or appendicular part. See cut under
Appendicularia . - n. Something added to a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
- n. Synonyms Adjunct, attachment, appurtenance, addition, concomitant.
Wiktionary
- n. an external body part that projects from the body
- n. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of any organism
- n. a part that is joined to something larger
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. Something appended to, or accompanying, a principal or greater thing, though not necessary to it, as a portico to a house.
- n. (Biol.) A subordinate or subsidiary part or organ; an external organ or limb, esp. of the articulates.
WordNet 3.0
- n. an external body part that projects from the body
- n. a part that is joined to something larger
- n. a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant
Etymologies
- append + -age (Wiktionary)
Examples
“His spider messenger guessed my nickname appendage so I gave him the faith of nightfall, slipped out of my solitude which was an ill-fitting hand-me-down crumble from Cherokee grandmother's cedar scented trousseau.”
“Only if your smegma infested appendage is looking for a place to hide.”
“Now, if the extra appendage is hindering the dog, or is going to cause damage or injury to her, then yes, by all means, perform the surgery.”
“An appendage is either a suffix (90 percent of the time) or a prefix (10 percent of the time).”
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“The random music appendage is the kind of thing that makes me laugh out loud.”
“Deron i hope that right side club like appendage is not giving you grief, with all them animals by your side i doubt it”
“I am not one to bear a grudge, as my readers will know, but I think it worth recording that while my moustache spends the summer as nature intended, grazing in the Welland Valley – the finest pasture in England – Thurso's facial appendage is packed off to the Atom Plant at Dounreay, where it is bombarded with gamma rays or something equally beastly to make it grow to an unnatural size.”
“And TV Addict, if for no other reason than following the saga of T-Bag's hand (you won't BELIVE where the appendage is NOW!), you must get back in the game.”
“The notion that a shadow could be cut off like an appendage is enchanting.”
“The design to murder the king he calls the appendage of the plot:”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘appendage’.
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SCIE - EU nomenclature
All the scientific words found in the official EU nomenclature. For the screening I used Vocabgrabber of the Visual Thesaurus.
silicon, silica, shrimp, shelve, shallot, serine, seedling, septic, secretin, seaweed, screening, Scomber and 1171 more...
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IMCO - EU nomenclature
includes words of the "Prodcom list"
abaca, abdominal, abrasive, absorbent, absorber, accelerator, accessory, account book, accumulator, acebutolol, acetaldehyde, acetamide and 4515 more...
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#faveword
Words chosen as favorites for the Twitter hashtag #faveword.
autumnal, grotto, chiaroscuro, sfumato, homunculus, zing, zest, effervescent, bewitch, avuncular, susurrus, Styrofoam and 205 more...
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Steampunk
Words used quite often in steampunk
ansible, airship, chymical, valve, clockwork, dirigible, thaumaturgy, copper, bronze, difference engine, gear, rivets and 516 more...
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MyList
peter out, fraying, jump on the bandw..., indignation, eclectic, hung up, salutary, hoary, warped, glaring, blue-collar, concomitant and 105 more...
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the first list
an immense, grandiloquent list that loads like a thousand years sentence in stone. new words are in the other lists.
ridiculous, brummagem, predicament, sanctimonious, vapid, eschew, admonish, auspicious, capitulation, enumerate, lachrymose, tenet and 1648 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, A
abaculus, abacus, abaft, abarticular, abbreviate, abeyance, abiding, anthocyanin, antemeridian, arcane, adjure, adduce and 418 more...
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mager's Words
enigmatic, pragmatic, pulchritudinous, nincompoop, annihilation, sociality, entailment, acrosome, egalitarian, culture, technocracy, shenanigan and 541 more...
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GRE
Taisha GRE Bible
archaic, archetype, archipelago, architect, archive, arctic, ardor, arduous, argot, arid, armory, arrest and 289 more...
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Words of the Day
glabella, chirotony, nook-shotten, crapehanger, filemot, swirlie, egosurf, lexiphanicism, Ruritanian, stichometry, chrononaut, faldstool and 2014 more...
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Ugliest Words Ever
words that I refuse to say out loud.
tuna, uranus, bulbous, vaginal, rectum, cunnilingus, flatulance, pedagogy, blooper, booger, beefy, polyp and 116 more...
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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009)
Words from 2009 'Ghosts of Girlfriends Past' film.
ravishing, juggle, rehearsal, in bulk, hoard, miser, detract, appendage, ordain, slick, scent, innuendo and 68 more...
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random words
sedulous, nocturne, scooch, Hansel and Gretel, hurdle, appendage, quoin, pretentious, effigy, profanity, lullaby
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Bodily Functions & pertaining to the ...
functions of the body, diseases in the body, body parts. etc.
erectile, spasm, twitch, paroxysm, seizure, humoralism, frothing, incisor, appendage, limb, twinge, saliva and 19 more...
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