a. [ Pref. bi- + spinose. ] (Zool.) Having two spines. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. 1. of or relating to the Philippines or its people or customs.
Syn. -- Philippine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. of or relating to the language of the Philippines.
Syn. -- Tagalog. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n.; pl. Filipinos /plu>. [ Sp. ] A native or inhabitant of the Philippine Islands, specif. one of Spanish descent or of mixed blood. [ wns=1 ]

Then there are Filipinos, -- “children of the country, ” they are called, -- who are supposed to be pure-blooded descendants of Spanish settlers. But there are few of them without some touch of Chinese or native blood. The Century. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. the official language of the Philippines, based on Tagalog. It draws its lexicon from other Philippine languages. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- Philippine. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; under + &unr_;, &unr_; strength, fiber. ] (Med.) A diminution in the normal amount of fibrin present in the blood. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Infra + spinate, spinous. ] (Anat.) Below the spine; infraspinal; esp., below the spine of the scapula; as, the infraspinous fossa; the infraspinate muscle. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Between spines; esp., between the spinous processes of the vertebral column. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , n. A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. A game at cards, played with forty-eight cards, being all the cards above the eight spots in two packs. [ Also spelled penuchle. ] [ 1913 Webster +PJC ]

n. 1. An aromatic powder used in Italy in the manufacture of chocolate. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Parched maize, ground, and mixed with sugar, etc. Mixed with water, it makes a nutritious beverage. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Given to rapine. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. spinosus, from spina a thorn. ] Full of spines; armed with thorns; thorny. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The quality or state of being spiny or thorny; spininess. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Spinose; thorny. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Having the form of a spine or thorn; spinelike. [ 1913 Webster ]

Spinous process of a vertebra (Anat.), the dorsal process of the neural arch of a vertebra; a neurapophysis. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The form of Pantheism taught by Benedict Spinoza, that there is but one substance, or infinite essence, in the universe, of which the so-called material and spiritual beings and phenomena are only modes, and that one this one substance is God. [ Written also Spinosism. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A believer in Spinozism. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (a) (Anat.) Subvertebral. (b) (Med.) Situated beneath a spinous process, as that of the scapula; as, subspinous dislocation of the humerus. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Supraspinuos. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. (Anat.) Situated above a spine or spines; especially, situated above, or on the dorsal side of, the neural spines of the vertebral column, or above, or in front of, the spine of the scapula. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Terpin + L. oleum oil. ] (Chem.) Any oil substance having a hyacinthine odor, obtained by the action of acids on terpin, and regarded as a related hydrate. [ 1913 Webster ]