Arachnoid, said of the veil when it is cobwebby, that is, formed of loose threads. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
(Hmm, spell check identifies "cobwebby" as a word. From Wordnik.com. [I sveikata!] Reference
Gordon recalled the cobwebby garment on the bed. From Wordnik.com. [Mountain Blood A Novel] Reference
Nothing was mouldering, ragged, cobwebby or dirty. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret of Moon Castle]
Foolish boy, whispers the cobwebby voice of the hogboon. From Wordnik.com. [The Islands of the Blessed by Nancy Farmer: Book summary] Reference
My head's overly cluttered with cobwebby information as is. From Wordnik.com. [The Rebel Worlds]
He moved to the cobwebby hangings suspended from the ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Time Trial]
Ring cobwebby or evanescent, not apparent in old specimens, 18. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference
The place was dusty and cobwebby, but in remarkably good shape. From Wordnik.com. [Memory of Fire]
With cobwebby stuff such as this, there was no coming to grips. From Wordnik.com. [The Way Home] Reference
It is sheer, almost cobwebby, and will enhance any evening gown. From Wordnik.com. [How to Write Letters (Formerly The Book of Letters) A Complete Guide to Correct Business and Personal Correspondence] Reference
Besides giving the vague, cobwebby stuff a body it did not deserve. From Wordnik.com. [Australia Felix] Reference
One can't see anything out of the window, you know, it's so cobwebby. From Wordnik.com. [The Land of Promise] Reference
A gruesome sight awaited them in the fortress's cobwebby antechamber. From Wordnik.com. [Conan The Hunter]
I've been thinking about my own blogroll and its current cobwebby status. From Wordnik.com. [Mêtêr Politikon - Part II] Reference
You're so cobwebby that you've probably got spiders crawling all over you!. From Wordnik.com. [The Rat-A-Tat Mystery]
Which is a dark, cobwebby space of slanted roofs and old, exposed wooden beams. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
But I haven`t updated it in so long that it`s getting a bit cobwebby in there. From Wordnik.com. [Mêtêr Politikon - Part II] Reference
They found an old cobwebby ladder in the barn and dragged it around to the house. From Wordnik.com. [The Secret Of The Mansion]
Miss Livinia looked up from the delicate piece of cobwebby lace she was finishing. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Miss Asenath offered her own cobwebby handkerchief to dry Arethusa's reddened eyes. From Wordnik.com. [The Heart of Arethusa] Reference
"Oh, let's do some nice cobwebby David Bowie," Eddi said, and picked up her guitar. From Wordnik.com. [War for the Oaks]
It is a dark and cobwebby dungeon and doing laundry is #1 on my Chores I Hate list. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-06-01] Reference
A properly kept attic in the olden days was no dark, musty-smelling, cobwebby affair. From Wordnik.com. [Green Valley] Reference
But I haven ` t updated it in so long that it ` s getting a bit cobwebby in there …. From Wordnik.com. [Mêtêr Politikon – Part II | Her Bad Mother] Reference
Maybe just interesting cobwebby spelunking; or you might find fresh gold in there, too. From Wordnik.com. [Reference
She picked cobwebby bits from the hair framing his face, then rapidly scanned his features. From Wordnik.com. [A Lady of His Own]
The problem is that many of these traits are hidden in cobwebby corners of the apple genome. From Wordnik.com. [An Apple A Day Keeps The Genetic Engineers Busy] Reference
Down to the barn she wandered, and up the rickety ladder she climbed into the cobwebby loft. From Wordnik.com. [At the Little Brown House] Reference
Musty saw her coming and squeezed into the cobwebby space be-tween the woodpile and the chimney. From Wordnik.com. [Wizard and Glass]
Over in one corner, hidden behind more crates, a bright white light shone off the cobwebby ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [The Guns Of The South]
One or two long cobwebby strands hanging from the ceiling brushed against his face and made him jump. From Wordnik.com. [The Rockingdown Mystery]
Cellars in houses like this were always dark and creepy, with rumbly oil burners and cobwebby rafters. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Up]
No; there, in the dim shadows of the cobwebby place, was the stanza that was proof of her son's genius. From Wordnik.com. [Joyce of the North Woods] Reference
Lucille tried to be bright and sociable, and Yvette really was most amiable, in her vague, cobwebby way. From Wordnik.com. [The Virgin and the Gypsy] Reference
After she had gone, the twins lay back thoughtfully on the hay and stared at the cobwebby roof above them. From Wordnik.com. [Prudence of the Parsonage] Reference
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