Spine
Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

4 letters

BACK
A support that you can lean against while sitting; "the back of the dental chair was adjustable"

SPUR
A sharp prod fixed to a rider's heel and used to urge a horse onward; "cowboys know not to squat with their spurs on"

5 letters

RIDGE
A beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters

THORN
Something that causes irritation and annoyance; "he's a thorn in my flesh"

6 letters

RACHIS
The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"

7 letters

PRICKER
An awl for making small holes for brads or small screws

PRICKLE
A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

STICKER
A short knife with a pointed blade used for piercing or stabbing

ACANTHA
Any sharply pointed projection

COURAGE
A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear

8 letters

GUMPTION
Fortitude and determination; "he didn't have the guts to try it"

SPIKELET
A small sharp-pointed tip resembling a spike on a stem or leaf

BACKBONE
The part of a network that connects other networks together; "the backbone is the part of a communication network that carries the heaviest traffic"

11 letters

PRICKLEBACK
Small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship; subjects of much research

12 letters

RESOLUTENESS
The trait of being resolute; "his resoluteness carried him through the battle"; "it was his unshakeable resolution to finish the work"

SPINALCOLUMN
The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"

15 letters

VERTEBRALCOLUMN
The series of vertebrae forming the axis of the skeleton and protecting the spinal cord; "the fall broke his back"