The cells appear as very fine, spindle-shaped bodies. From Wordnik.com. [Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools] Reference
It had the long spindle-shaped body and the air-fins. From Wordnik.com. [Explorations]
Fusiform: spindle-shaped: tapering gradually to each end. From Wordnik.com. [Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology] Reference
The bag was spindle-shaped and 144 feet from point to point. From Wordnik.com. [Marvels of Modern Science] Reference
The former, in the Dog, becomes long and spindle-shaped, while in. From Wordnik.com. [Essays] Reference
McCann was turning back to the mounted, spindle-shaped instrument. From Wordnik.com. [The Voyage of the Space Beagle]
The plant produces small spindle-shaped tubers, about 5-7. 5 cm long. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 6] Reference
And proper, spindle-shaped spindles for your favourite stickless whorl. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
And now dead ahead was another obstacle, a spindle-shaped battleship this time. From Wordnik.com. [Sun of Suns] Reference
A puncture with a sharp-edged, pointed knife leaves a fusiform or spindle-shaped wound. From Wordnik.com. [Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology] Reference
It was a roughly spindle-shaped rock only six and a half kilometers thick at its narrowest point. From Wordnik.com. [Ender's Game]
In 1781 he made a spindle-shaped apparatus presenting such a surface to the resistance of the air. From Wordnik.com. [Marvels of Modern Science] Reference
As it approached and passed beneath, he saw that it was spindle-shaped, and several hundred feet long. From Wordnik.com. [2001 A Space Odyssey]
The latter are elongated spindle-shaped cells with thick brown spiral bands on the inside of their thin walls. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria"] Reference
It was as wild a piece of architecture as the other, though more spindle-shaped than conical, more topple than top. From Wordnik.com. [Arcana Magi - c.1: Oryn Zentharis, Seeker of the Truth] Reference
Vases that can hold a large quantity of water are to be preferred to the spindle-shaped trumpets that are often used. From Wordnik.com. [The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886] Reference
+Stem+ about 3 inches long and 1 inch thick, solid, hard, swollen in the middle, and extending into a spindle-shaped root. From Wordnik.com. [Among the Mushrooms A Guide For Beginners] Reference
The microscope shows these muscles to consist not of fibers, but of long spindle-shaped cells, united to form sheets or bands. From Wordnik.com. [A Practical Physiology] Reference
Three days later, microscope examination of the brain slices revealed it to be dotted with the distinctive spindle-shaped cells. From Wordnik.com. [Smithsonian - Brain Cells for Socializing] Reference
This ship consisted of a spindle-shaped balloon with a length of 112 feet, diameter of 48 1/2 feet and a volume of 121,800 cubic feet. From Wordnik.com. [British Airships, Past, Present, and Future] Reference
Giffard had many imitations in the spindle-shaped envelope construction, but it was a long time before any good results were obtained. From Wordnik.com. [Marvels of Modern Science] Reference
A spindle-shaped muscle, with tendinous terminations. From Wordnik.com. [The People's Common Sense Medical Adviser in Plain English or, Medicine Simplified, 54th ed., One Million, Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand] Reference
The spindle-shaped skin cells had changed to round cells. From Wordnik.com. [The Times of India] Reference
The latter is made up of very minute spindle-shaped tubes. From Wordnik.com. [The Stock-Feeder's Manual the chemistry of food in relation to the breeding and feeding of live stock] Reference
Shape: various type - round, spherical, 07/08/09 spindle-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Its cells differ from ordinary cardiac muscle cells in being more spindle-shaped. From Wordnik.com. [V. Angiology. 4b. The Heart] Reference
It was spindle-shaped, with a capacity of 87,000 cubic feet, and a length of 144 feet. From Wordnik.com. [The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force] Reference
The heart is at first merely a spindle-shaped enlargement of the main ventral blood-vessel. From Wordnik.com. [The World's Greatest Books — Volume 15 — Science] Reference
Made up of spindle-shaped elongated cells, the cortex layer composes most of a hair's mass. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The = spores = are yellowish, oblong to elliptical or spindle-shaped, and measure 8 -- 12 ×. From Wordnik.com. [Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.] Reference
It was spindle-shaped with olive-green plus red-banded coloration, and it sported a feathered appearance. From Wordnik.com. [timesunion.com: Siena Women's Basketball] Reference
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