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backboneless

Meaning of "backboneless" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

PRONUNCIATION OF BACKBONELESS

ˈbækbəʊnlɪs


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BACKBONELESS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Backboneless is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES BACKBONELESS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of backboneless in the English dictionary

The definition of backboneless in the dictionary is lacking a backbone, cowardly.



WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BACKBONELESS

boneless · brainless · chainless · dimensionless · directionless · downless · finless · frictionless · motionless · nounless · passionless · seasonless · sinless · spineless · stainless · sunless · thornless · toneless · winless · zoneless

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BACKBONELESS

backband · backbeat · backbench · backbencher · backbenches · backbend · backbit · backbite · backbiter · backbiting · backbitten · backblock · backblocker · backblocks · backboard · backbond · backbone · backbreaker · backbreaking · backburn

WORDS THAT END LIKE BACKBONELESS

bottomless · careless · clueless · faceless · homeless · hopeless · lifeless · loveless · nameless · nevertheless · nonetheless · priceless · senseless · shameless · sleeveless · tasteless · timeless · tireless · tubeless · useless · wireless

Synonyms and antonyms of backboneless in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «backboneless» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF BACKBONELESS

Find out the translation of backboneless to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of backboneless from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «backboneless» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

backboneless
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

backboneless
570 millions of speakers
en

English

backboneless
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

backboneless
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

backboneless
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

беспозвоночных
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

backboneless
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

মেরুদণ্ডহীন
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

backboneless
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Tidak berkulit
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

backboneless
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

backboneless
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

backboneless
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Ora gampang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

backboneless
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

backboneless
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

मुंगी नसलेला
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

backboneless
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

backboneless
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

kręgosłupa i
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

безхребетних
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

backboneless
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

backboneless
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

backboneless
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

backboneless
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

backboneless
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of backboneless

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BACKBONELESS»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about backboneless

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BACKBONELESS»

Discover the use of backboneless in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to backboneless and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Understanding TCP/IP: A Clear and Comprehensive Guide to ...
We call them backboneless areas or simply areas. OSPF does not support direct connection of backboneless areas other than through the backbone i.e., transversal lines between backboneless areas are not allowed. The exception to this ...
Libor Dostálek, Alena Kabelová, 2006
2
Elementary Science
Backboneless animals, on the other hand, have no bones, although some have a hard outer covering which makes the body rigid, for example, the shell of a Beetle or of a Crayfish (Fig. 92). In this book we shall learn something about the ...
Roy A. Gallant, 1980
3
The Outline of Science
The Essential Characters of Vertebrates As far back as Aristotle ( 384-322 B.C. ) there was a recognition of the distinction between Backboned animals ( Vertebrates) and Backboneless animals (Invertebrates). It was seen that Mammals, Birds, ...
J. Arthur Thomson, 2008
4
The Sea Around Us
... theseahad progressed sofarthat all the main groupsof backboneless or invertebrate animals had been developed. But there wereno animalswith backbones, no insects orspiders, andstill no plant or animalhad been evolved that was ...
Rachel Carson, 2011
5
Music and Empire in Britain and India: Identity, ...
No “backboneless cosmopolitanism” for me, but also, and equally emphatically, no “little Englander” music either. English music in the main has been of little or no effect abroad because—as E. J. Dent says somewhere or other—“it has been  ...
Bob van der Linden, 2013
6
Gaither's Dictionary of Scientific Quotations: A Collection ...
1973 BACKBONELESS Bradley, Jr., John Hodgdon American geologist 1898– 1962 Backboneless marine animals are the creatures of the sea in which they live. Like the sea itself they are sluggish, if not entirely sedentary. Like the rest of us ...
Carl C. Gaither, Alma E. Cavazos-Gaither, 2012
7
The Outline of Science, Fourth Volume
The Essential Characters of Vertebrates As far back as Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) there was a recognition of the distinction between Backboned animals ( Vertebrates) and Backboneless animals (Invertebrates). It was seen that Mammals, Birds, ...
J. Arthur Thomson, 2008
8
English Musical Renaissance, 1840-1940
It is all very well for Vaughan Williams to scoff at those musicians who profess in their art what he calls a 'backboneless cosmopolitanism', and to instance Wagner's Meistersinger as his greatest work because it was his most German one in its ...
Meirion Hughes, R. A. Stradling, 2001
9
Wireless Mesh Networking: Architectures, Protocols and Standards
Second design category is routing based on routing backbones and is classified into tree-based backbone routing, mesh-based backboneless routing, and hybrid topology routing. Unlike a wireless ad hoc network, a WMN is relatively static or ...
Yan Zhang, Jijun Luo, Honglin Hu, 2006
10
The Adelphi
The one which immediately concerns me is the impossibility of describing that mind and sensibility in English words. I cannot use the epithets that suggest themselves — weak, cloying, backboneless (this last is most insistent) for the reason ...
John Middleton Murry, 1926

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BACKBONELESS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term backboneless is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Protesters Shut Down Oakland City Council Meeting Preventing E …
You don't see disruptions like this at other city's council meetings; only in the backboneless oakland citty council. Too scared of their own ... «East Bay Express, May 15»
2
BWW Reviews: I'M NOT RAPPAPORT Is More Than Worthy of Its …
... has her father's strength and stubbornness but tempers it with a gentility, and Wolfe is excellent as the stammering, backboneless Danforth. «Broadway World, Apr 15»
3
Fans expect conversion of sinners at Rugby Unions
... the sweep over a backboneless SLRFU which stands accused of towing the line with vanquished President Mahinda Rajapaksa's three sons ... «nation.lk - The Nation Newspaper, Jan 15»
4
Meet the ten hot men on TV!
He has grown from a primarily backboneless character who has a sexual relationship with his sister to a person who is not afraid to champion ... «ABP News, Aug 14»
5
Janet Yellen is NOT Ben Bernanke
But now, the unemployment metric is exposed as the backboneless straw-man that is always has been. And the Fed is specifically going to ... «CNBC.com, Feb 14»
6
Young workers may pay zero premiums under Obamacare
... from enemies of health care as a human right, and some backboneless Democrats as well, over cancellation of substandard individual plans. «People's World, Nov 13»
7
"Didi thoda jhagda karna seekho Bigg Boss mein jaane se pehle"
Glad that she is out Ratan feels that only people who are backboneless survive in the house. Calling it a game tougher than kabaddi and ... «India Today, Oct 13»
8
The 2013 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
But Kurt Vile, who has a strong new album, played a backboneless set that practically evaporated before reaching anyone's ears, and the ... «New York Times, Apr 13»
9
Animal Smarts
Who would have guessed that dolphins, and parrots, and even the backboneless octopipe could be so smart? It takes clever investigative tools ... «Huffington Post, Apr 13»
10
Cases of "Spider Eats Bat" Can Happen Anywhere (Except Antarctica)
The winged mammals have few natural enemies besides hawks, owl and snakes — and, apparently, spiders, in a case of the backboneless ... «Care2.com, Mar 13»
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