a sustained phenomenon or one marked by gradual changes through a series of states | a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin |
a particular course of action intended to achieve a result | the part of a book's cover that encloses the inner side of the book's pages and that faces outward when the book is shelved |
a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant | the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord |
(psychology) the performance of some composite cognitive activity; an operation that affects mental contents | a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf |
a mental process that you are not directly aware of | any sharply pointed projection |
a writ issued by authority of law; usually compels the defendant's attendance in a civil suit; failure to appear results in a default judgment against the defendant | |