I knew because she had koilonychia, concave, spoon-shaped nails. From Wordnik.com. [Simple Skin Beauty] Reference
The latter is a spoon-shaped lid, which opens when we breathe, but, by. From Wordnik.com. [Hygienic Physiology : with Special Reference to the Use of Alcoholic Drinks and Narcotics] Reference
The door opened onto a large, spoon-shaped platform of cold red marble. From Wordnik.com. [The Black Wing]
The spoon-shaped terminus of his prodigious tail was raised stiffly upward. From Wordnik.com. [Mystery of the Anti]
Several other birds have similarly narrowed or spoon-shaped feathers and do not bite them. From Wordnik.com. [Are the Effects of Use and Disuse Inherited? An Examination of the View Held by Spencer and Darwin] Reference
The Cos grows longer, narrower, and has spoon-shaped leaves, which have a big, coarse midrib. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
A Runcible Spoon is a spoon-shaped fork with one sharp wavy tine that can be used as a knife. From Wordnik.com. [BSNYC Ride Report: Slippery When Hairy] Reference
The chairs had a narrow, fairly high back, with a central splat spoon-shaped and later fiddle-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Furnishing the Home of Good Taste A Brief Sketch of the Period Styles in Interior Decoration with Suggestions as to Their Employment in the Homes of Today] Reference
This curious little spoon-shaped Scandinavian import, with a dropper that resembles a jewelry chain, punishes perch. From Wordnik.com. [Everything You Need to Know to Start Ice Fishing] Reference
Polly was this quiet sort, with a pretty, spoon-shaped face and wire-rimmed glasses, hair flowing down to her waist. From Wordnik.com. [Dark Dude] Reference
Special spoon-shaped forks are provided for salads, ices, and creams, but for these spoons may always be substituted. From Wordnik.com. [The Etiquette of To-day] Reference
The pregnancy is scraped out with a curette, a small spoon-shaped instrument that is made especially to go into the womb. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 20] Reference
The high-speed water flow strikes the flat or spoon-shaped paddles at an angle tangential to the wheel, which sets it into rotation. From Wordnik.com. [19.1 Bicycle drive pedal drive] Reference
When an old spoon-shaped black Porsche with personalized license plates saying MR VET — veterinarian? — appeared, I stepped forward. From Wordnik.com. [There's Something In A Sunday]
The leaves are from less than an inch to 3in. long, somewhat spoon-shaped or sub-spathulate and entire, smooth, and very soft to the touch. From Wordnik.com. [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference
Those on the end of the body are regularly spoon-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses] Reference
I found the spoon-shaped pram a wonderful boat to handle. From Wordnik.com. [The Worst Journey in the World Antarctic 1910-1913] Reference
Look for: Bright pink coloring and long, spoon-shaped bill. From Wordnik.com. Reference
Serrated, spoon-shaped teeth suggest it ate plants, like sauropods. From Wordnik.com. [KansasCity.com: Front Page] Reference
A spoon-shaped pattern indicates a winter of heavy snow, while a knife points to extreme cold. From Wordnik.com. [The Green Bay Press-Gazette Latest Headlines] Reference
It was nearly three feet long, with a flat spoon-shaped head, and beautifully spotted striped skin. From Wordnik.com. [On the Banks of the Amazon] Reference
The head is terminated by a tiny spoon-shaped projection, which has a special purpose in the Japanese toilette. From Wordnik.com. [Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan Second Series] Reference
The handle was a stick about a foot long and sometimes we whittled the stick to make it spoon-shaped at one end. From Wordnik.com. [Indian Child Life] Reference
Cameras clicked furiously each time a brilliant pink wing fluttered or a spoon-shaped bill swished through the water. From Wordnik.com. [Daytona Beach News-Journal Online] Reference
Very early, with light-colored, short, upright, spoon-shaped leaves, which surround the head well, but do not cover it. From Wordnik.com. [The Cauliflower] Reference
She added a magnetic board (to hold grocery lists later on down the line), a spoon-shaped towel holder, a flat top stove and more. From Wordnik.com. [Ohdeedoh] Reference
A spoon-shaped enlargement, as in the motmots and some of the humming-birds. 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
7:50 PM - The kid in front of us to our left has a chocolate malt with a wooden spoon-shaped thing. From Wordnik.com. [WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: May 2006 Archives] Reference
"The oyster has a deep or spoon-shaped attached valve, and a flat or flatter free valve. From Wordnik.com. [Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution His Life and Work] Reference
Thyroid spoon-shaped nails. From Wordnik.com. [quotes « WordPress.com Tag Feed] Reference
So-called from the paddle-like or spoon-shaped snout. From Wordnik.com. [Scouting For Girls, Official Handbook of the Girl Scouts] Reference
Strange ducks with spoon-shaped bills, -- and overhead. From Wordnik.com. [Days of the Discoverers] Reference
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