a sharp rigid animal process or appendage; as a porcupine quill or a ridge on a bone or a ray of a fish fin | physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together |
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 number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge |
the series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord | a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) |
a small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf | a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance |
any sharply pointed projection | a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone |
| a major division of a long written composition |
| a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made |
| a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game |
| a record in which commercial accounts are recorded |