See Also: vertebra(dictionary)
vertebra(dictionary)
vertebra(medicine)
vertebra prominens(medicine)
vertebra vera(medicine)
C1 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C2 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C3 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C4 (cervical vertebra)(health)
C5 (cervical vertebra)(health)

volvelle (iou) and vertebra (oh)


volvelle (iou)



volvelle noun. obsolete exc. Hist. LME.
[medieval Latin volvella, volvellum, app. from Latin volvere to roll.]
A device consisting of one or more movable circles surrounded by Other graduated or figured circles, for calculating the rising and setting of the sun and moon, the state of the tides, etc.

vertebra (oh)



[C]
[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Latin; Origin: 'joint, vertebra', from vertere; VERSE]
one of the small hollow bones down the centre of your back
-- vertebral adj [only before noun]