Definitions
Etymologies
- From φάλαγγες (phalanges), plural of φάλαγξ (phalanks). (Wiktionary)
Examples
“The second specimen is considerably less impressive, consisting only of two phalanges from the foot.”
“The phalanges are the fourteen bones of the toes, -- three in each except the great toe, which, like the thumb, has two.”
“It extends from the heads of the outer rods of Corti to the external row of the outer hair cells, and is formed by several rows of minute fiddle-shaped cuticular structures, called phalanges, between which are circular apertures containing the free ends of the hair cells.”
X. The Organs of the Senses and the Common Integument. 1d. 4. The Internal Ear or Labyrinth
“They are composed of small bones called phalanges or internodes, which are jointed upon one another like the several parts of the human fingers.”
“The wrist is composed of eight bones, ranked in two rows, each comprising four bones; the metacarpus of five and the fingers, which are five in number, of three bones each, called the phalanges, except the thumb, which has but two.”
“Honking horns, formidable phalanges, terrific teeth or fabulous feathers all attest to the quality of the genetic code carried within.”
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“My mouth opened wide and the clamped cardiac muscle and intruding stake fell free, only to be caught in my still skeletal phalanges.”
“The dead guy was a chicken-plant worker who not only died by having his neck wrung by a machine at the plant, his “dancing phalanges” ended up as nuggets at the Chicken Hut.”
“Twelve phalanges of fingers, each of which was the length of”
“Suppose you wished to examine the phalanges of the rare Ice Man of the Svalbard Archipelago.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘phalanges’.
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Skeleton
Bones! (and other stuff)
cranium, vertebrae, cervical vertebrae, thoriac vertebrae, lumbar vertebrae, clavicle, rib cage, sternum, pelvis, coccyx, scapula, radius and 19 more...
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Words you were amazed to hear in a song
Amazed… or awestruck.
You might want to leave a comment with title and artist somewhere. Thanks.fuligin, lictor, slither, heinous, stigma, penance, conciliation, Urth, lino, acquiesce, halo halo, bo peep and 62 more...
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ChortleGiggleSnort
Significant Words- Guiding you on your path to Snazzibility
flimsy, feeble, ranting, ramble, narky, snazzy, yoghurt, bulbous, pustule, globulous, geranium, megalomaniac and 521 more...
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Anatomically Correct
canthus, vibrissa, femoral, sphenoid, dura mater, pia mater, epiglottis, glottis, mons veneris, plaque, tibia, ulna and 96 more...
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SoSheShall's list
slurp, coeur, slurple, glop, perp, fluarxx, ropechno, herrherr, burrduhherrherr, sloppy, cheezie balls, eccentric and 634 more...
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know-it-all
eunuch, couvade, ecclesiastes, enigma, inevitable, crucible, genteel, bedlam, baculum, scapulimancy, atrophy, smut and 170 more...
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kmalladi's favorites
edification, penchant, ablution, extricate, frank, triumvirate, trifecta, egregious, hoi polloi, articulate, antediluvian, brusque and 291 more...
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Favorite Words of AWP13
We asked attendees who visited the Wordnik booth what their favorite words were, and these are what they told us. (AWP is an annual conference for writers and those in the writing world.)
cling, declivity, susurrus, caramel, cataract, please, fester, reverie, kerplunk!, defenestration, colonel, ocean and 174 more...
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Words of Dinosaurology
This quickly got bigger and weirder than originally intended, so now it's housing terms that relate to the study of dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures. See also Dinosaurs, Pterosaurs, Ichthy...
zygopophyses, ziphodont, plesiomorphic, cleidoic, endothermy, ectothermy, viviparous, vertebrae, cervical, dorsal, sacral, caudal and 628 more...
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nfrank's Words
antediluvian, equivocate, inchoate, denouement, effulgent, edify, endemic, palimpsest, apropos, circumnavigate, circumlocution, cognoscente and 484 more...
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Just 'cause I like 'em, P
pellucid, pertain, pampas, prate, pinecone, philistine, pantocrator, papaverine, postmeridian, potlatch, pharology, pinniped and 622 more...
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skeleton
can't think of a name for the list. onomatopoeia.
spießer, ha'penny'll, abdomen, ur, insouciant, mayonnaise, adjö, susurrer, pwnz0red, railway, automaton, meta and 7 more...
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on the body
palm, wrist, sternum, breast, digit, toes, philtrum, pinky, lips, tongue, palate, skin and 80 more...
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digitaltempest's Words
provocation, dour, verizon, objective, caveat, diaspora, naked, sploosh, queen, goddess, odalisque, dementia and 78 more...
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poetry and prose
the sick muse... is only used for music
élan, libation, phalanges, malleable, cataclysm, imprint, event, motion, emotion, coagulate, tourniquet, larvae and 8 more...
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ossified
frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital, nasal, zygomatic, ethmoid, maxilla, sphenoid, mandible, cervical, thoracic and 22 more...
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