Do we give awards for anyone that lets his inner Neanderthal out for a semi-erect stroll?. From Wordnik.com. [Barry Bortnick: Heroism in the Modern Era] Reference
Phair said to a man who elbowed his way to the stand and began fiddling with the semi-erect unit. From Wordnik.com. [Liz Phair Exults in Guyville: Frank DiGiacomo] Reference
Tarlac made the effort, groaning, but he needed Dave's help, and was gasping by the time he was propped semi-erect. From Wordnik.com. [Hostage A Terran Empire story] Reference
It, too, is semi-erect, so that the line of the vertebral axis makes an angle with the plane of the ground of about seventy degrees. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
It is bulky, slow and deliberate in action, and when it walks in a semi-erect position it rests its knuckles upon the ground, swinging its long arms as crutch-like supports. From Wordnik.com. [The Doctrine of Evolution Its Basis and Its Scope] Reference
The flowers are 2 in. to 3 in. long; the tube spiny; the petals semi-erect and concave, rounded at the tip, and forming a shallow cup or wine-glass-like flower; the colour of the petals is deep blood-red. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
The flowers are much longer than in any yet described, the tube being 6 in. in length, clothed with large sepals on the upper portion, and the petals are semi-erect with recurved points, and coloured a brilliant purple-red. From Wordnik.com. [Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation] Reference
Wild Geranium Wild Geranium, also called Carolina geranium, is a semi-erect winter annual. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
They may readily move along the ground in the erect, or semi-erect position, and without direct support from the arms. From Wordnik.com. [Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work] Reference
Firstly, May readily move along the ground in the erect, or semi-erect, position, and without direct support from its arms. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures and Essays] Reference
Once the grasping power was gained, the first step of change from the quadrupedal to the semi-erect attitude was completed. From Wordnik.com. [Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution] Reference
Massage relieved some of the labor of the heart, and gradually the semi-erect posture was exchanged inch by inch for a semi-recumbent one. From Wordnik.com. [Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria] Reference
First off, there are several pictures of erect or semi-erect penises in the tract, one of which looks to have a bow tied around the testicles. From Wordnik.com. [Rapid Eye Reality] Reference
He was awkward in the semi-erect position of walking that he assumed, and he really touched his knuckles to the ground in order to balance himself. From Wordnik.com. [Before Adam] Reference
This animal usually walks on all fours on the branches in a semi-erect crouching attitude, but our naturalist saw one moving by the use of its arms alone. From Wordnik.com. [Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution] Reference
Once while loading I had a splendid view of him, moving along a large limb of a tree in a semi-erect posture, and showing it to be an animal of the largest size. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago, the land of the orang-utan and the bird of paradise; a narrative of travel, with studies of man and nature — Volume 1] Reference
The shortness of its arms was unsuited to this, while rendering it impossible for the animal to progress in the semi-erect, swinging fashion of the other anthropoid apes. From Wordnik.com. [Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution] Reference
It took its stand about fifty yards ahead, ready for battle, its head, and about a yard of its length, in semi-erect posture, and displaying every sign of its proverbial enmity to Adam's race. From Wordnik.com. [An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America] Reference
An illustrious member of the South African genus of bulbs known as Cape cowslip, this hardy bulbous perennial pops up in midwinter, offering semi-erect, strap-shaped green leaves, faintly spotted brown. From Wordnik.com. [SFGate: Top News Stories] Reference
Upon the Sandwich Islands they change the posture of the mother to the semi-erect from the sitting, in order to effect the speedy removal of the afterbirth, which they regard as very desirable and necessary. From Wordnik.com. [Labor Among Primitive Peoples] Reference
The patient assumes a semi-erect posture, more properly squatting, with the pelvis thrown backward and the knees partly flexed, the midwife at the same time supporting the child, as the cord is not cut until after the delivery of the placenta. From Wordnik.com. [Labor Among Primitive Peoples] Reference
It was approaching through the jungle in a semi-erect position, now and then placing the backs of its closed fists upon the ground -- a great anthropoid ape, and, as it advanced, it emitted deep guttural growls and an occasional low barking sound. From Wordnik.com. [Tarzan of the Apes] Reference
A tree in a semi-erect posture, and showing it to be an animal of the largest size. From Wordnik.com. [The Malay Archipelago] Reference
1stly, May readily move along the ground in the erect, or semi-erect, position, and without direct support from its arms. From Wordnik.com. [A Book of Natural History Young Folks' Library Volume XIV.] Reference
Adjusts his tackle as if its semi-erect. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Business News] Reference
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