spinescent
adjective
spi·nes·cent
(ˈ)spī¦nesᵊnt
: becoming spiny : tapering to a sharp rigid point : tending toward spininess : spinose, spinulose
Word History
Etymology
New Latin spinescent-, spinescens, from Late Latin, present participle of spinescere to be thorny, inchoative from Latin spina thorn
- scanderbeg
- scandia
- Scandian
- scandians
- scandias
- Scandihoovian
- Scandinavia
- scandinaviae
- Scandinavian
- scandinavians
- scandinavias
- scandium
- scandiums
- Scandix
- scanmag
- scannable
- scanned
- scanner
- scanners
- scanning
- scanning disk
- scanning electron microscope
- scanning electron microscopy
- scanning tunneling microscope
- scanning tunneling microscopy