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A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
Answer for the clue "A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula ", 8 letters:
shoulder
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Word definitions for shoulder in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Old English sculdor "shoulder," from West Germanic *skuldro (cognates: Middle Dutch scouder , Dutch schouder , Old Frisian skoldere , Middle Low German scholder , Old High German scultra , German Schulter ), of unknown origin, perhaps related to shield ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. lift onto one's shoulders push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd" carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Shoulder \Shoul"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shouldered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Shouldering .] To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle. As they the earth would shoulder from her seat. --Spenser. Around her numberless the rabble flowed, ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
A shoulder , often serving as an emergency stopping lane , is a reserved lane by the verge of a road or motorway , on the right in countries which drive on the right, or on the left side in Japan, the UK, Australia, and other left-side driving countries. ...
Usage examples of shoulder.
When we went on holidays, we called it going pink-eye, my Aboriginal father carried me on his shoulders when I was tired.
As she leaned against the wall of the house, the rough texture of the red brick gently abraded her bare shoulders.
She grasped his shoulders then, moving her legs, reveling in the abrasive feel of his hair roughened skin against the softness of her thighs.
In virtual, hours ago, he had been young and solid, just as Abrim remembered him, his shoulders rounded with muscle.
Round the corner of the narrow street there came rushing a brace of whining dogs with tails tucked under their legs, and after them a white-faced burgher, with outstretched hands and wide-spread fingers, his hair all abristle and his eyes glinting back from one shoulder to the other, as though some great terror were at his very heels.
She slung her Uzi over her shoulder then abseiled down, landing silently on the floor below.
The two loops may be connected by an appending ridge provided that it does not abut at right angles between the shoulders of the loop formation.
For example, a loop with an appendage abutting upon its recurve between the shoulders and at right angles, as in illustration 56, will appear sometimes as in illustration 57 with the recurve totally destroyed.
When figure 188 is examined, it will be noticed that the recurve is spoiled by the appendage abutting upon it between the shoulders at a right angle, so it must also be classified with the tented arches.
An appendage abutting upon a loop at right angles between the shoulders is considered to spoil the loop, while an appendage which flows off smoothly is considered to leave the recurve intact.
The one on the left, however, has an appendage abutting upon the shoulders of its recurve at a right angle.
There are three loop formations, each one of which is spoiled by an appendage abutting upon its recurve between the shoulders at a right angle.
If examined closely the pattern will be seen to have an appendage abutting at a right angle between the shoulders of each possible recurve.
Then someone was helping her, telling her in some strange accent to bring him in here, hands guiding her shoulders, leading her into a tent with a soft glow of lamplight.
I walked over to her bed and collapsed on it, and the next thing I knew she was shaking my shoulder and telling me that it was six in the morning and it was time to take the truck back to the Acme Fertilizer Company and make another pick-up.