The ringing it left in his tympana was a great confusion. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
However, they do not have actual ears, they have a special organ called the tympana that is located on their knees. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
All the other parts, such as tympana and the simae of the corona, are to be constructed as described above in the case of the Ionic order. From Wordnik.com. [The Ten Books on Architecture] Reference
The jackets almost seemed to mold themselves to his tympana. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
A favourite device on carved tympana above portals was the Last. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
And unlike normal clothing, the radios covered the wearer's tympana. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
They straggled drunkenly into a heap, licking each another's tympana. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
He glanced back at Amdi, who was still frantically grooming his tympana. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
Suddenly she was aware of the greatcloaks, pressing in on all her tympana. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
With one of Scar's tympana hurt, wild gestures made him lose track of his thoughts. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
Just think, in heat like this, to have every part of oneself muffled to the tympana. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
The lateral entrances are sheltered by tympana and arches profusely decorated with statuettes. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 1 "Austria, Lower" to "Bacon"] Reference
It is specially to be noticed that all the tympana in the triforium range are differently ornamented. From Wordnik.com. [The Cathedral Church of Peterborough A Description Of Its Fabric And A Brief History Of The Episcopal See] Reference
Milan, where the tympana of the well-known baldachin are of this material, and contain modelled figures. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
They stared at each other for a moment, then Scriber made silly squirling gestures at his shoulder tympana. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
They didn't cover his low-sound ears at all, but instead the forehead and shoulder tympana of his trigger member. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
Parthenon, in which we find an entirely different principle, namely, the filling of these tympana with figures in the round. From Wordnik.com. [The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1] Reference
The French military bands too are equally discordant; so fond are they of drums, that they seem to have converted the tympana of their ears into parchment. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 12, No. 333, September 27, 1828] Reference
The tympana can pick up sounds that humans can't hear. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
These are the tympana or ear-drums of the ear of that leg. From Wordnik.com. [The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals] Reference
Ah… how about this: they’ll willingly learn terms like thorax, tympana, and sepals without so much as a sigh. From Wordnik.com. [Review of the Day: The Spiderwick Chronicles - Care and Feeding of Sprites] Reference
A survival in the mind of the artist of his memory of the numerous tympana with the Judgment of Michael weighing souls. From Wordnik.com. [Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance] Reference
Cernis ut adtrito diffusus caespite pagus15 annua uota ferat sollemnisque imbuat aras? spirant templa mero, resonant caua tympana palmis. From Wordnik.com. [Redeunt Saturnia Regna] Reference
If we could change some of the tables, and make the receivers and transmitters to cover my tympana, why couldn't I think over the radio? ". From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
They necessarily covered his members 'tympana. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
Plangebant aliae proceris tympana palmis. From Wordnik.com. [The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus] Reference
Vbi cymbalum sonat vox, ubi tympana reboant. From Wordnik.com. [The Carmina of Caius Valerius Catullus] Reference
Laude sonent celebri tympana, sistra, chori!. From Wordnik.com. [A Literary History of the English People From the Origins to the Renaissance] Reference
Cymbala pro galeis, pro scutis tympana putsant. From Wordnik.com. [P. Ovidii Nasonis Fastorum libri VI.] Reference
3»«3t4i. 'tympana moiiia 3, 17, 33 tynnno duro feruire 2, 2f, ix tyranni magni 2, 8 9. From Wordnik.com. [Sex. Avrel. Propertivs varietate lectionis et perpetva adnotatione illvstratvs] Reference
'io» 3ft tympana pumicibus. From Wordnik.com. [Sex. Avrel. Propertivs varietate lectionis et perpetva adnotatione illvstratvs] Reference
"And I see no sign of shoulder tympana. From Wordnik.com. [A Fire Upon the Deep]
Tydeidei65, 10 tympana 78, 3 tympano 308, 2. From Wordnik.com. [Quinti Horatii Flacci Opera] Reference
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