Spinous is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 9 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.
You can make 124 anagrams from letters in spinous (inopssu).
1630-40; Latin spīnōsus; see spine, -ous
The spinous point gradually forces its way through the epidermis, so as to project freely at the surface.
The summits of the spinous processes of the vertebræ alone give form to the superior median border of the trunk.
These consist, when fully formed, of a plate bearing a spinous projection.
The back bone receives its name, spine, or spinal column, from these spinous processes.
The most marked characteristic of the dorsal vertebræ is furnished by the spinous processes.
spinous process, a process or bony protuberance, resembling a spine or thorn, whence it derives its name.
Its superior surface presents a crest, formed by the fusion of the spinous processes of the vertebræ which form it.
The spinous class of fishes is more prolific than any other animal.
In the first of these sub-families the tail is smooth, or unarmed, and in the second it is spinous.
Those which spring from the posterior of each arch are the spinous processes.