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I also think she wanted to avoid the unfavorable interpretation of her drawings as 'appendages' to sculptures. From Wordnik.com. [The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com] Reference
But one caution is necessary in all such appendages. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 85, November, 1864] Reference
When a text talks back be of careful with your appendages. From Wordnik.com. [Life is Life (or Ode to a great big idiot like Zizek)] Reference
The fringed blue gentian, too, has very troublesome appendages. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
The babies often had malformed arms or legs or extra appendages. From Wordnik.com. [Physician to be honored for historic decision on thalidomide] Reference
Only appendages are talking with the occasional guttural response. From Wordnik.com. [Rue Saint Maur, 3:14am] Reference
Brachyural type, whilst the caudal appendages assimilate to those of the. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Tattershall and Kirkstead, with certain appendages, of which Woodhall, or. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Concavenator corcovatus found in Spain shows signs of flight feather appendages. From Wordnik.com. [Humpback dinosaur – theropod of the north] Reference
They are incidental appendages, of which, indeed, one has its seat in another city. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 107, September, 1866] Reference
Many of the masks are very complicated, having appendages of wood, fur and feathers. From Wordnik.com. [The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo] Reference
Every vestige of the locker, or seats, or other appendages of the boat were swept away. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Exploring the Island] Reference
"We went out and performed surgery," slicing off the excess appendages, Mr. Tieman says. From Wordnik.com. [For Sale: T. Rex, Good Condition, Woolly Mammoth, Needs Repair] Reference
Colonnades and dark passages were first-rate appendages of a fashionable man's habitation. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 380, June, 1847] Reference
The subclavian artery is occasionally complicated by the presence of these costal appendages. From Wordnik.com. [Surgical Anatomy] Reference
The U.N. team found only 200 bodies, along with miscellaneous unmatched limbs and appendages. From Wordnik.com. [Genocide Without Corpses] Reference
They doubt the bizarre appendages really are feathers, and say the team's methodology has serious flaws. From Wordnik.com. [Ruffling Some Old Feathers] Reference
One of them peered within at the recumbent body of the weird-looking individual with the four appendages. From Wordnik.com. [The Jameson Satellite] Reference
She knelt down to ready what was to be my bed; her plump appendages pressed and tucked with eager precision. From Wordnik.com. [Europa] Reference
The follicular appendages of the branchial arteries present remarkable differences in their external appearance. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
Every T4 cell has appendages called CD4 receptors, through which it exchanges information with other immune cells. From Wordnik.com. [Aids The Next Ten Years] Reference
Despite this, I truly believe that cell phones should be tools that we use when we need them instead of appendages. From Wordnik.com. [Margaret Hyde: Breaking the Cell Phone Habit] Reference
In the adult, the internal antennæ possess short flagella and complementary appendages, such as exist in the order. From Wordnik.com. [Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society - Vol. 3 Zoology] Reference
If and when I thought about babies, I thought of them as these strange appendages to people I passed on the street. From Wordnik.com. [Helping To Create A New Kind Of Family] Reference
Unlike roadside farm stands that are appendages of far-flung farms, farmers 'markets are essentially farm stand "malls.". From Wordnik.com. [Steve Poses: On the Road: Philadelphia's Neighborhood Farmers' Markets -- Clark Park] Reference
But it's a lot of money for sites that aren't stand-alone businesses but are mere appendages to the company's publications. From Wordnik.com. [The Gray Lady Goes Dot-Com] Reference
From the fact that the nails are in reality appendages of the skin, they are naturally entitled to some brief consideration. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
The maternal cotyledons or "buttons" form appendages or thickened points that become greatly enlarged in the pregnant animal. From Wordnik.com. [Common Diseases of Farm Animals] Reference
Its spherical body is covered with long, slender appendages called neurites, which branch out to form connections with other cells. From Wordnik.com. [Alzheimer's Unlocking The Mystery] Reference
When he clambered up on the rostrum they extended their audio-appendages and retractile fingers and accorded him a round of applause. From Wordnik.com. [The Servant Problem] Reference
Gen. CHIARELLI: Well, invisible wounds are definitely going to play second fiddle to blood and missing appendages, or gunshot wounds. From Wordnik.com. [Military Still Failing To Diagnose, Treat Brain Injuries] Reference
Mr. Grebby, with a sparse frill of grey hair growing right round his face, his chin and long upper lip guiltless of hirsute appendages. From Wordnik.com. [When the Birds Begin to Sing] Reference
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